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One really nice brother left our hall as he liked to wear a non matching jacket and trousers and was persecuted for it by the elders.
The guy looked smart and neat and clean and smelled fantastic. Unlike the pish stained suits the elders wore.
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Are there 'ultra strict' congregations?
by jambon1 inwhen i studied as a young adult, it was in one of those congregations.
having viewed the religion as a quaint little band of christians it conpletely dumbfounded me when i was told about such rules as 1 - no beards.
2 - you must wear a suit to meetings and while giving a talk.
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Are there 'ultra strict' congregations?
by jambon1 inwhen i studied as a young adult, it was in one of those congregations.
having viewed the religion as a quaint little band of christians it conpletely dumbfounded me when i was told about such rules as 1 - no beards.
2 - you must wear a suit to meetings and while giving a talk.
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When I studied as a young adult, it was in one of those congregations.
Having viewed the religion as a quaint little band of christians it conpletely dumbfounded me when I was told about such rules as 1 - no beards. 2 - you MUST wear a suit to meetings and while giving a talk. I just didn't understand such an invasion on personal choice. To my shame I conformed. I wish I'd told them to ram it up their arse.
Our hall was absolutely famous in the area for an elder implemented rule that forbade a brother giving a talk while wearing a mis-matching jacket and trousers. Also, they had a white shirt in the cloak room for any visiting elders who showed up to give a public talk wearing a coloured shirt.
Needless to say, the place was filled with rampant hypocrisy, favouritism and nepotism among the elders and their families.
I moved from there to a more 'wishy-washy' congregation shortly after joining the religion
Madness.
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Marc & Cora on YouTube causing unnecessary divisions
by jambon1 inwhat is it with this pair?
why do they have to constantly have a bitch about guys like john cedars?
a very recent video of them shows them calling him a 'village idiot' and making other disparaging claims.
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On the topic where all the mud slinging was spotted (Russian ban) Lloyd doesn't half nail the issues in one of his latest short videos posted below.
In my opinion it shows approaches like Marc and Cora to be ill thought out and full of biterness and anger.
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Disfellowshipped people are dead people?
by snugglebunny inskimming though my iphone earlier today i came across a fb post - which i now can't find!.
basically it was a claim that a gb member had stated that associating with a disfellowshipped person was akin to sleeping next to a corpse.. so obviously i'm curious as to whether anyone else has come across this..
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Didn't that freak show Lett not say something similar in the March broadcast?
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Jehovah doesn't want anyone to die + draws people?!
by Isambard Crater inif the two scriptures i have in mind about him not desiring anyone to die, and drawing those he wants to be his people, how come he draws so very, very few, especially in the western world?
it's like he hardly wants anyone, judging by the one or two he "draws" into u.k congregations every couple of years.
#confused.
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India, China and Pakistan don't seem to be on his 'draw' list.
But you can add that to stopping malaria, river blindness, AIDS & starvation on his list of things he doesn't deal with.
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Was it just me or was something different about the memorial last night?
by kpop inthis was the first memorial that i declined to do any work for the memorial.
i was assigned as a parking attendant after getting downgraded from doing the sound and had no intention of doing either task but i had to attend for my family and continuation of my fade.
i sat there last night listening to the talk and couldn't help but shake my head as my brain attempted to process the bs.
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I wonder if the governing body enjoyed throwing cream cakes at each other during theirs?
Naked, of course.
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UK Memorial attendances up this year?!
by Isambard Crater inmy congregation had around 25 more people at the memorial last night than last year, and the two other congregations i have family in all experienced a similar increase in about 25 more people present.
umm, i'm surprised, having thought this year would see a memorial decline again.
and i'm kind of disappointed..
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What do you mean 'will keep saying', as if it's some kind of new phenomenon?
They've been saying it since the late 1800's along with hundreds of other faiths.
Try to seperate what they say with the reality of the situation. They've had a wee erection about what's happened in Russia. When that blows over they'll find some other form of persecution porn.
Its always the way with them. Repeatative, tedious, scaremongering bullshit.
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UK Memorial attendances up this year?!
by Isambard Crater inmy congregation had around 25 more people at the memorial last night than last year, and the two other congregations i have family in all experienced a similar increase in about 25 more people present.
umm, i'm surprised, having thought this year would see a memorial decline again.
and i'm kind of disappointed..
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There was always a fluctuation in attendances due to world events. Someone may correct me but I'm sure after 9/11 and the ensuing war on terror that the 2002 attendance was slightly increased.
A bit similar to how they all dropped in 1976 once it dawned on people that the organisation had led them down the garden path with another false prediction regarding 1975.
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What will you be doing on the evening of the 11th ?
by Phizzy inmrs phizzy and myself will be eating out, sure in the knowledge we will not have jw's using the same restaurant.. i may have a cigar along with my brandy at the meal's end to celebrate my (our) freedom..
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Juve v Barca has been good.
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You Can Encourage An Inactive Christian!
by Yesu Kristo Bwana Wangu inhttps://www.jw.org/en/publications/jw-meeting-workbook/april-2017-mwb/meeting-schedule-apr10-16/encourage-inactive-christian/.
this is part of the clam meeting this week.. how contradictory is it?.
first, they instruct people to avoid inactive ones and to shun them and to treat them the same as da'd or df'd ones, .
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Look at how guilty and lowly she looks when she returns to the cong. As if she's the filthiest, most degenerated human being alive.
This is the way they like you - filled with under confidence and self loathing - so they can then be the fix you need.
Vile propaganda. They can ram it up their arse.