Posts by Open mind

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How about prayers being used as a talk?

by NikL in

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another thread on here made me think of it.. its a personal peeve of mine.. you bow your head in prayer and the brother says thinks like thank you for the lessons we learned today like bla bla bla and for that wonderful point about yadda yadda yadda.

jehovah we know that etc etc etc therefore we must...well you get the gist.and on and on it goes.

absolutely drives me mad..

Open mind

Magwitch: "The final prayer would get started by one of my long winded foreign speaking Ukrainian uncles and the majority in the audience just wanted death........"

Ahhhh, Good Times!!

I'll never forget a CO who counseled the entire audience at a CA re: the nature of our public prayers. (Which of course only applied to the penis-possessors in the audience.) His counsel was absolutely spot-on, IMO. He said something to the effect of "Brothers, Do you think Jehovah needs a refresher course on the content of the program today? (Long pause) He doesn't."

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Facial Hair?

by HereIgo in

now what was the deal with this one?

my cong strictly enforced the facial hair unwritten rule.

alot of bros starting growing soul patches, then the co cracked down on that too, no more, must be clean shaven, especially ms and elders.

Open mind

A recent WT backed off on the beard ban and says it's culture by culture.

Haven't heard whether or not JWs in Northern California are easing up on it or not.

Anyone else?

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RC 2017 Rumors

by wifibandit in

source: http://www.extj.com/showthread.php?28321-asamblea-regional-2017 (for a more literal translation) here is the gist, edited for formatting/chronological order/correct minor errors:.

regional convention 2017 rumors.

theme: the bible and the divine name.. 3 dramas and 2 dramatic bible readings.. .

Open mind

Marking so I can mess with still-in relatives heads.

Thanks WiFi Bandit!

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What Songs Best Fit you when you learned TATT and Afterwards?

by Wasanelder Once in

the work of john lennon best fit my situation.

first, i found out.

i found out.

Open mind

Woke up to TTATT about 10 years ago. Continued as a double-agent elder for 2.5 years to see if I could influence my wife and teenage kids to join me......

Queen, Fight From the Inside

You gotta fight from the inside
Attack from the rear
Fight from the inside
You can't win with your hands tied
Fight from the inside
Ooh, ooh, aah
Fight from the inside
Right down the line

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Elaine from the bunker video

by jookbeard in

does anyone know anything about the luscious elaine?

is she a professional actress or just a member of the r&f recruited to be a member of the cast of this video?

the pout,olive skin stunning looks make my heart miss a beat every time i see this beauty.

Open mind

Marking for future reference.

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The bitter reality of death

by Bonsai in

been a lot of death in my life recently.

a close family member died yesterday.

a close friend died 8 weeks ago - both from cancer.

Open mind

Very sorry for your loss Bonsai.

Stay strong and treasure each day.

om

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Judge sanctions WTS - $4k per day penalty for not producing sex abuse documents

by Simon in

judge sanctions jehovah's witnesses.

imposes $4000-a-day penalty for not producing documents in sex-abuse case.

by dorian hargrove, june 24, 2016. a san diego superior court judge has ordered the church of jehovah's witnesses, also known as the watchtower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, to pay $4000 a day for every day that it fails to produce documents requested in a civil lawsuit brought by former parishioner, osbaldo padron, who claims a church elder sexually abused him when he was seven years old.. in a june 23 ruling, expected to be made final today, judge richard strauss admonished the church for willfully ignoring a court order to produce all documents associated with a 1997 body of elders letter that church leaders sent to parishes around the world in a quest to learn about sexual abuse of children by church leaders.. over the course of the past year, the watchtower society and its lawyers have fought hard to keep the letter confidential, claiming that turning over the documents would infringe on the privacy of those mentioned in the letter that were not associated with the case.. in march 2015, the church turned over a heavily redacted version of the letter.

Open mind

Marked. Awaiting an update.

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Introducing myself

by scratchme1010 in

i just joined the forum, i just want to introduce myself.

i tried to change my bio in my profile but for some reason i couldn't apply the update.. i was born and raise in the jw organization.

lived in it for 23 years.

Open mind

Welcome aboard scratchme1010!

You said: "I've known I'm gay since I reached puberty,"

Just curious, how old were you when you figured out it's OK to be gay?

My oldest brother figured out he was 100% gay when he was 12 (about 6 months after getting baptized) but still thought it was the "truth" even when he came out in his mid-twenties, started dating men and got DFed. Took him about a year of being out of the JWs to realize the problem was with the religion, not him.

om

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Beards - September 2016 Watchtower

by Listener in

the issue of whether beards are acceptable or not is addressed in the september 2016 watchtower - well sort of.

it is as clear as mud as to whether they are allowed in places like australia, usa and britain.. 17. what are some factors that may affect whether a brother wears a beard?17 what about the propriety of brothers wearing a beard?

the mosaic law required men to wear a beard.

Open mind

I'm very sorry to read this. WT is becoming a bit more reasonable.

Just today we ran into a former JW at local watering hole. We instantly knew that we both were not active in the church because we both were sporting beards. We could easily dispense with the "are you still in" dance thanks to the WT beard ban.

BRING BACK THE BAN!!!

om

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All 2016 Convention videos in English and all Talk outlines for download

by Watchtower-Free in

all convention videos in english and all talk outlines for download.

http://avoidjw.org/2016-regional-convention/

Open mind

At 0:30 in the "Shun Unrepentant Wrongdoers" it is announced that "Sonia Erickson has been disfellowshipped".

When did they start using the term "Disfellowshipped" again in the public announcement?

When I left around 8-9 years ago the announcement was "Sonia Erickson is no longer one of Jehovah's Witnesses".

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