RebelWife

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  Can a non-JW go to a non-public function?

  by RebelWife in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've never been a jw.

  if i got a wild hair and decided to go to something other than a "public talk," what would happen?

  would they allow someone to sit in on one of their sales meetings?

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  RebelWife

  Hubby is not going yet. I was just wondering whether they would try to discourage a lone person from any of their functions, if they think any function is too cultish or weird to let outsiders in. Right now, Mr. Rebel is excited about Halloween, so I don't think he'll be going to meetings any time soon. (Unless he feels guilty about the Halloween party AND our life gets crazier. He weathered the last crazy patch pretty well. I was impressed.)
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  Can a non-JW go to a non-public function?

  by RebelWife in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've never been a jw.

  if i got a wild hair and decided to go to something other than a "public talk," what would happen?

  would they allow someone to sit in on one of their sales meetings?

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  RebelWife

  I've never been a JW. If I got a wild hair and decided to go to something other than a "public talk," what would happen? Would they allow someone to sit in on one of their sales meetings? (I don't know what they're called, the ones where they teach people how to do the door-to-door spiel.)
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  Does Gilead have any accreditation?

  by journey-on in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when a witness talks about someone who has "graduated" from gilead, they always make it sound like such an accomplishment as if they graduated from harvard or somethin...lol.

  i know it's called the watchtower bible school of gilead and is located at the watchtower educational center in patterson, ny (sounds impressive, uh?)..

  it used to be known as the watchtower bible college of gilead in south lansing, ny.. does this school have any accreditation that you know of or is it just glorified classroom training for jw "missionaries"?

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  RebelWife

  I just did a search on the Department of Education's website and it didn't show up. I tried by name only and then by location.
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  2008 year text announced

  by JWFreak in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  stand firm and see the salvation of jehovah .

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  as announced last sat at agm...yawn zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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  RebelWife

  Wow. How nutty.
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  2008 year text announced

  by JWFreak in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  stand firm and see the salvation of jehovah .

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  as announced last sat at agm...yawn zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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  RebelWife

  Is that like their motto or something for the next year? Do they get T-shirts with it emblazoned across the front or what?
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  2008 year text announced

  by JWFreak in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  stand firm and see the salvation of jehovah .

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  as announced last sat at agm...yawn zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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  RebelWife

  What is a "year text"?
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  Take the 'apostate' quiz

  by AK - Jeff in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  occasionally at work they give us a required survey to fill out on the computer.

  i was thinking that we need one of those here, in this format.. here is the first question.

  answer if you like and add more questions in the same format;.

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  RebelWife

  dance around and say "look at the little sissy - who's afraid of the big bad apostate?" I love it!
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  Is it appropriate for a stranger to comment on a woman's bruises?

  by rebel8 in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  if you saw a woman in public, and said woman was a complete stranger to you, would you feel it's appropriate to discuss it with her (if you're concerned she is in an abusive relationship)?

  if you did, would it be appropriate to do it within earshot of others?

  and if she offered you an explanation other than abuse, how would you proceed?

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  RebelWife

  Lots of good suggestions & comments on here. I will say that usually by the time an abuser makes visible marks, he's run off a girl's support system and torn down her self-esteem. I think discreetly checking to see if someone is okay is good because sometimes all it takes is just having someone else validate that this-is-not-right feeling at the right time. Being loud or pushy is not. If they're polite, I'd try to be polite, but I'm sure that gets really tiresome. But if they're rude, say whatever you feel like saying right then. How about, "My husband knows better -- I shot my first husband"?
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  -A quick thought on birthdays.

  by Awakened07 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this thought just occurred to me:.

  we all - even jehovah's witnesses - mourn our loved ones when they die.

  we cry and wail, with good reason.

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  RebelWife

  Excellent points. I can see a stumper, must-ask-elders kind of conversation here. A thought I had was that it's very, very human to need to feel special and to feel a sense of belonging. They take away all the things that make a person feel special & valued for who they are (& a sense of belonging) and replace those things with being a member of the cult.
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  Advice Article-What to do when JWs say you should never trust the critics

  by IsaacJS2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've noticed that this is something witnesses in my area tend to do.

  i consider it an excuse not to think about the issues raised by critics.

  in any case, when they bug us about about returning to the society we often tend to do the "who you gonna believe?

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  RebelWife

  Good comebacks.