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  Do you find it hard to be around active JW's now?

  by EdenOne in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i do - actually, it's become close to unbearable.. and herein lies the paradox: i tried to fade in the illusion that i might keep contact with family and friends still "in".

  was it worth it?

  because not only most of them shun me anyways, but i find it almost unbearable to be around them, especially when the cult chit chat kicks in: every cute animal video clip triggers endless comments about glimpses of the future paradise and how "god did it"; those greasy praises to the organization and the governing body; the dumb awe about every jw broadcast and those cheesy music videos; the endless drivel against other religions when one knows perfectly well that we're no better than them; the endless flow of "experiences" of field service or spectacular conversions into "the truth"; the relentless congregation gossip; and so on .... i ask myself: is this why i am fading for ...?

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  jwfacts

  Great observation. The few times I have been around a JW I realise I cannot bear to listen to the tripe that they discuss. The other issue is that it is pointless having a meaningful discussion, as they do not have opinions, but simply recite what they have been told to believe about things.
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  WE NEED MORE FIELD SERVICE REPORTS (Letter sent to Ecuador)

  by elkatire1980 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this letter was sent to all congregations in ecuador (south america).. the translation into english of the letter:.

  to body ofelders.

  subject: publisher who did not report field service time in the second semester of service year.. dear brothers:.

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  This is normal for August globally. The service year runs from September to August, so they try to get everything in August that is missing from the previous months so as to push the average up. It also helps provide for a potential peak publisher increase.
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  Largest amount of refugees since WW2 in Europe

  by Powermetal4ever in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i had a discussion with my mother about this, and she claims that because of this that: "we are surely living in the last days right now" while i must admit myself that the situation seem chaotic, i don't want to believe that it is the last days.

  so question is, how do i face an opinion like that?

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  jwfacts

  As the others have said, have your father read some history. Or just read the Bible. The world has been in a state of constant warfare.
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  Wife Equates Having A Good Marriage With Being "Spiritual"

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i've noticed lately that my wife seems to think that in order to have a good marriage both people must be "spiritual".

  she thinks being close as a family is all about family worship night, field service and praying together.

  i know where these ideas are coming from but it is very hard to combat them.

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  jwfacts

  She needs to meet happy families that are not JWs. The perception about worldly people is usually based on lack of experience.
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  Evolutionists Who Are Against Darwinism

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is a nice list of evolutionary scientists and their quotes regarding the impossibility of naturalism or materialism being able to account for life as it is observed :.

  evolutionists against darwinism.

  most, while sympathetic and respectful of their more committed colleagues, are disparaged as morons for not carrying the materialism banner as a religion, as a matter of faith.

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  Perry, you seem critical of evolutionists not all holding to an identical understanding. Isn't the situation far worse amongst religious people? Despite theists often claiming to communicate with God, they are scores of different understandings of who he is, or how many Gods exist, inciting such passion to invoke wars. Even Christians cannot agree on who God is or the nature of God. That is a bigger problem for you to be concerning yourself with than the fine tuning of a recent scientific theory.
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  What Qualifications does Geoffrey Jackson have as a Translator of the Bible ? In any Capacity ?

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  geoffrey jackson left school at the age of 15 and began pioneering , he never attended a university ,never studied ancient greek ,hebrew or aramaic at any recognized teaching academy , he has no certificates or credentials / qualifications from any place of learning that is approved by a competent body of religious instruction .. and by his own words at the australian royal commission , under oath he stated that was his primary role as a translator of scripture into other languages .. a 15 year old drop out from school in australia is the chief/ prime translator of the bible for jehovah`s witnesses world wide in their many languages that they preach in .. it would be very interesting to see his report cards for those few years he did attend school .. is it just me , or does anybody else see that his qualifications don`t come up to scratch to be a translator of the old testament or the new testament scriptures , and be taken seriously as a translator of either , into any language.. if i am wrong anywhere in this post feel free to correct me .. smiddy.

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  His discussion at the RC about "the rod" was totally wrong, both according to the original text and Watchtower interpretation of Proverbs.
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  what happens when one informs elders that one's baptism was invalid?

  by quincemyles in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  is it possible to move from baptized publisher to unbaptized status perpetually?

  what do elders do when you inform them that your baptism was invalid?

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  I have known of a couple of cases, but it is very unlikely to work for most people.

  In one case, the person was gambling before and after baptism. They pleaded the case that they had not been baptised with the correct understanding, and got baptised again.

  The second one was a person with mental illness that was engaged in wrongdoing before and after baptism. It was decided that due to her circumstances the baptism had never been valid and they just let her leave.

  I unsuccessfully tried the get an annulment. The results are here http://jwfacts.com/watchtower/experiences/grundy.php.
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  Paul Grundy

  by Lozza Aussie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi all, been a while since i posted here.

  i am in australia and heard paul grundy being interviewed by someone on abc radio in sydney.

  it was good to put a voice to the guy on jw facts.

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  Thanks for the kind comments. Here is a link to the podcast.

  http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2015/08/21/4297526.htm
  

  The podcasts get over one million downloads and the live radio interview has hundreds of thousands of listeners. I could not believe how many people I knew regularly listen to the show and contacted me after hearing it.
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  Look out for a new congregation position for elders wives: Helper to the Elders

  by Splash in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  geoffrey jackson spent 20 minutes accepting the position that it is not scripturally prohibited for women to be used in the investigation process, although probably not the jc itself (he said he'd check the scriptures on that bit, but we can guess the outcome).. look out for the wives of elders jostling for and gaining these positions.

  there will be no better opportunity for gossip mongers to raise their status in the congregation than being officially involved in the intimate private business of others in the congregation.. think of the power they will have in advising the elders on a jc if she thinks the victim is credible, with her opinion, bias and embellishments on the details.

  i wouldn't fancy the chances of a victim who has previously fallen out with one of these 'helpers'.. whatever next, sisters handling microphones??!

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  I was impressed with this recommendation so it is interesting to see this alternative point of view.

  At the end of the day, virtually no JW is trained for such situations and it is imperative that an accusations are referred to trained authorities to establish the facts.
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  GeeJay at the RC: highlights, paraphrases and translations.

  by sparrowdown in

  1. social
  2. humour

  q: is there anyone that has the permanent role of coordinator or chairman?.

  geejay: no, we rotate yearly...... (translaton) we are all sparticus.. geejay: we are a faith driven org, we are not a group of lawyers, being overly concerned with legal matters..... fave quotes .

  on establishing headship principle 1cor 14: 33-35, 1 cor 11:3. geejay:...... that's talking about women not excitedly jumping up arguing with others..... geejay: ......our literature has said it, and we agree!.

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  jwfacts

  I attended today and had some very interesting conversations. As much as the JWs will gloat over how much better GJ did than those that preceded him, the attendants were very frustrated at his evasive and baseless answers.

  McClellan is particularly unimpressed by Watchtowers opinion of women. It will be interesting to see how he frames his recommendations.