Posts by parlay

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Name only One - one only - the best only!!!!

by AK - Jeff in

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your absolute favorite song of all time.

no lists.

just your absolute favorite and artist.. mine:.

parlay

Distant Lover - Marvin Gaye

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Breaking the Destructive Cycle of the Watchtower Society

by The wanderer in

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breaking the destructive cycle of the watchtower society despite the obvious, i do not attend meetings anymore, in what other ways have.

you accomplished breaking the cycle of the jehovah's witnesses programming .

ideologies?

parlay

Do what you've always wanted to but didn't because it somehow didn't fit into the WT framework.

Go back to school, start a business, experience friendship not based on plastic WT principles, get to know

people without the WT judgemental mindset. Prove them wrong by being happy and successful in what ever you do.

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Just What Is The WT Up To Now?

by lovelylil in

has anyone heard about what is going on inside the organization these days regarding those who claim to be "anointed" christians?

i have had at least three different people now who live in different areas of the country tell me that the elders are systematically pushing out people who claim to have become anointed within the last few years.

these would be younger ones who are now professing the heavenly rather than earthly hope.. i find this interesting for several reasons.

parlay

What page was that point on in the Watchtower? A good question would be, if there are no annointed on the earth, who will feed the domestics spiritual food at the proper time? This has been the basis on which the GB held dominion.

The truth is the belief that annointed ones would be on the earth right up to the end painted them into a corner, just like the 1914 generation teaching. Just like they changed one they changed the other and the rank and file will accept it as "new light". They can't distinguish the difference between humble compliance and blind stupidity.

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baby elders

by SB in

i'm curious ~ has anyone noticed how young elders are these days?

in my old congregation, 6 of our 8 elders were under the age of 30, one of them 23, unmarried.

the father being the p.o...ironically.

parlay

Many of these younger men (and older for that matter) look upon eldership as a badge of status, power, influence, etc.

I know many former elders that don't want to serve again. After being on the endless elder

treadmill of duties and responsibilities, it feels good to be able to exhale and relax and they

are in no hurry to put on the shackles of eldership again. The younger men don't have the

experience of the treadmill yet, so they focus only on the prestige they think comes with eldership.

But they will learn when they start to burn.

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Gotta get this out today.

by purplesofa in

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i don't know where to begin to say what is all bottled up inside me.

i may need to be on another forum, but i have come to respect the posts and input of so many here, and trust.....so it may be jumbled, and may take starting a few topics to fully get it out.. i have already posted about my youngest brother committing suicide.

i have another brother also.. my mother divorced my father i am guessing when i was five or six.

parlay

Perhaps sharing these two articles of the very same magazines your mother distributes will help her see

her role in getting the healing started.

***w9311/15p.30WhyAdmitaMistake?***

BeQuicktoAdmitaMistake

An apology is usually appreciated, especially if made quickly. In fact, the sooner we admit a mistake the better. To illustrate: On October 31, 1992, Pope John Paul II admitted that the Inquisition had acted “mistakenly” 360 years ago in punishing Galileo for asserting that the earth is not the center of the universe. Yet, postponing an apology for such a long time tends to diminish its value.

The same is true in personal relationships. A quick apology can heal a wound caused by an unkind word or deed. Jesus urged us not to delay in making peace, saying: “If . . . you are bringing your gift to the altar and you there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar, and go away; first make your peace with your brother, and then, when you have come back, offer up your gift.” (Matthew 5:23, 24) Often, restoring peaceful relations simply requires admitting that we handled matters wrongly and asking forgiveness. The longer we wait to do this, the more difficult it becomes.

***w7211/1p.644BeBigEnoughtoAdmitaMistake***

In view of such examples, why should it be so difficult for individuals to admit to making mistakes? No human knows everything; we all keep learning. Time and again, due to insufficient knowledge, we make mistakes. Or, then again, we may make mistakes due to our emotions getting the better of us; we may have let some prejudice or wounded vanity cause us to respond without first using our thinking ability to evaluate the consequences of our words or actions.—Prov. 5:1, 2.

Being willing to admit a mistake is the right course, for it leaves one with a clear conscience. It keeps us from being on the defensive or attempting to justify our mistakes by saying, “Nobody is perfect.”

Being big enough to admit a mistake is also the wise course. Even as noted with the children who complained about their Dad’s not admitting a mistake, by our admitting we made a mistake we make for better relations with others, be they our fellows, our superiors, or inferiors—that is, organizationally speaking. And by admitting the mistake it will impress it so on our own mind that we will be less likely to repeat that mistake, if for no other reason than because of the humiliation that was involved.

So be big. Be big enough to admit a mistake. Be willing to say, “Yes, that’s right. I did make a mistake and I’m sorry.” Then try very hard not to repeat it.

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Beards and bald heads

by parlay in

what do you think about the wts prohibition on beards?

currently in the us, i think a brother can wear a beard, he just won't be used in the congregation.

i see all references in the wt to beards are in a negative light, such as the supreme court upholding a supermarket chains no beards rule.

parlay

Saw a brother today that asked me "whats that facial hair?"

I said yeah, you can wear a beard too, you just won't get used in the cong. I don't have

to worry about that, so for the first time in my life I'm growing a beard.

Plus, I said, I noticed that all the prophets of old and even jesus are shown with beards in the

watchtower, so I'm following their example. After all beards are a part of Jehovahs creation right?

All he could said was "yeah". LOL.

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Are Faders "better" than DF'd or DA'd?

by ESTEE in

this is something i've been mulling over.

just would like to hear opinions as to whether faders, or inactive ones think they are superior to disfellowshipped or disassociated ones?

what is your experience with this?

parlay

If anyone has any ideas of being superior to another they haven't

faded mentally because that, I'm better than you minset, is a JW trademark.

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Where have you found JW literature?

by Funchback in

so, yesterday i'm at bally's (a fitness center) and i'm about to get on the treadmill.

i decided to check out their magazine rack.

let's see...'bicycling', 'sports illustrated', 'a2z', and about 10 watchtower and awakes.

parlay

Inside a public toilet taped to the wall. Written next to them, " Emergency toilet paper."

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IN YOUR OPINION

by Honesty in

does the watchtower society show the bait and hide the hook when it comes to being open and honest with newly interested ones?.

in other words, do they make themselves appear to have all the answers, the most righteous crowd and the only truth from god until a person is hooked by the 'fear factor' that unless they conform to watchtower doctrines they will surely be destroyed by god at armageddon or, if they decide the jw's are not for them they will never be resurrected should they die before armageddon?.

parlay

That's why I could no longer go out in service. I would feel like a hypocrite only telling people half the story. Encouraging them to examine their current religion and ask revealing questions about it, knowing that they wouldn't be able to ask the same kind of questions about JW's once they got baptized. How could I encourage them to do something I couldn't even do (with out repercussions)?

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Beards and bald heads

by parlay in

what do you think about the wts prohibition on beards?

currently in the us, i think a brother can wear a beard, he just won't be used in the congregation.

i see all references in the wt to beards are in a negative light, such as the supreme court upholding a supermarket chains no beards rule.

parlay

I agree Ironclaw, whether a man has a beard or not doesn't translate into what kind of person he is. There are plenty of clean shaven, smiling hypocrites among the JW's. A lot of the young brothers here shave their heads and it's known that they are not going bald.

A brother once told me that his father wasn't allowed to give parts on the assembly programs because he shaved his head. Then sometime later I saw purposely shaven heads given parts. Guess the rule was relaxed.

***w683/15p.191QuestionsfromReaders***

What about the length of one’s hair today? Just as the natural length of hair differs among races, so do customs and personal tastes. The short style of men’s hair in the Western world is patterned after the Roman custom, and it is considerably shorter than the style common for Jewish men in Jesus’ time. Similarly, women today quite often cut their hair shorter than was usual among ancient women. Yet, there is still a marked difference between the sexes. So, while personal taste and local custom have a definite bearing on how long a Christian man wears his hair, he does want it to reflect his masculinity. Similarly, Christian women style their hair modestly and with evident femininity, so it will be a glory for them.—1 Pet. 3:3; 1 Tim. 2:9; 1 Cor. 11:15.

Why isn't the same balance written here about the length of ones hair applied to beards? Could not a beard contribute to reflecting a mans masculinity? Seems like another double standard rule, invading personal decision and conscience.