GB video about "spanks" and tight clothing.
Regardless of how much they have lightened up on the "FIVE" meetings, they still require everyone to have a significant share in the recruiting work and they expect members to be at that Kingdom Hall every week.
They still insist on shunning what would be close family members.
College is bad, school sports is bad, worldly friends are bad, etc. etc. etc.
How do they micro-manage the people? Through video and magazines and meetings and elders.
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How do the GB micro-manage people's lives today?
by UnshackleTheChains inhow do the gb micro-manage people's lives today?one example is their micro management in dress and grooming.
eg their view of beards.
elders in most congs will take a brother to a corner and remind him why jws don't grow beards.
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Major changes to convention security beginning in 2017
by Edison Trent inshort info on interesting changes to the major conventions this year: there will be a new security concept that will be implemented at all regional conventions in 2017.. similar to other major events (e.g.
festivals, concerts), there will be admittance controls in stadiums.. - at each entrance, there will be a massive presence of attendants that look at each visitor.. - there will be pocket checks at the entrance.. - suspicious persons are no longer left on the convention grounds.. - suppliers to the stadium will be intensively inspected by attendants.. - there will be a special sign for attendants that must enter the stadium before 7.30 am.
all others (even all attendants) can only enter after 7.30 am..
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I am so tempted to go to the event in my typical Hawaiian shirt, sandals, and cargo shorts. Then let the fun begin.
NAH! They would probably let me stay and then I would have to listen to that crap.
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Our Christian Life and Ministry Meeting Assignment
by Ndeh inassignation helper is free application developed to make assignments for our christian life and ministry meeting quickly and easily.
it's a very nice tool!
the website is: assignation-helper.com.
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WOW! I was the school overseer back in the day. I would have used that were it available and the elders would have quickly warned me of the dangers of doing such. Today, no big deal.
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Fake publisher card
by floridaborn inso i've been a lurked on this site for about 15 years, thank goodness for dial up internet.... anyway my fade has been working off and on for that long but my whole family is still in including my kid.
at this point i have started dating a worldly person.
he is wiling to put onthe facade of being a witness so i don't have to lose my family.
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Before subjecting your mate to the phony publisher idea, I would simply attempt to be more honest that he is not a JW. You can always try to win back your family a little bit by your half-assed participation in meetings for awhile if they feel the need to shun you.
If that didn't work, then I would let the people go rather than try to keep up such a deception.
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Elder Told A JW To Ignore Governing Body Advice
by pale.emperor ini had an interesting conversation with a fellow ex-jw yesterday.
for the sake of this post lets call her "katie".
katie is a former pioneer who suddenly stopped attending meetings and managed to be left alone by the elders.
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Wow, and I thought I was really "out there" as an elder telling people that they just do not need to tell the elders everything they do.
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2017 Convention Releases
by Edison Trent inon http://avoidjw.org/2017-regional-convention/ you can find the talk outlines of the regional convention this year.. i looked into the final talks each day and found these releases to be announced:.
on saturday:.
new magazine-size book entitled "lessons you can learn from the bible".
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I hope REMEMBER THE WIFE OF LOT is a comedy. They could cover the offer to give the daughters to the men to rape and the daughters could say "AGAIN???"
As far as books for children, they have pretty much given up recruiting adults so they need to stay current with new exciting stuff....or at least new.
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Birthday Party
by OnTheWayOut ini have posted less and less personal threads because less and less jw-related activity has happened in my life.
my jw mother called me on friday and asked me if i could do something on saturday.
i was sure my wife would ask me if anyone asked about her, and what i said.
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fastJehu, thanks for the thumbs up.
sparky1, no dancing girls. That's probably why no beheadings.longgone, good story to add, thanks.
LV101, at least my mother didn't want to shun me for going. It's not all that bad.
My Name is of No Consequence, the real reason they cannot say is that not celebrating birthdays makes a Witness avoid non-JW family gatherings and makes the children have to avoid "worldly" children from school when they have parties. Anniversaries are ideally to be between two JW's, and maybe Governing Body members' wives said "You AIN'T taking away anniversaries just to get out of buying me a present." Or......
tepidpoultry, .....Or...... it's like tepidpoultry said. LOL!
EverApostate, wow. Thanks for the compliment. I find it hard to accept what I once believed also.
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Birthday Party
by OnTheWayOut ini have posted less and less personal threads because less and less jw-related activity has happened in my life.
my jw mother called me on friday and asked me if i could do something on saturday.
i was sure my wife would ask me if anyone asked about her, and what i said.
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I have posted less and less personal threads because less and less JW-related activity has happened in my life. But every now and then, something does happen.
So my sister on my dad's side scheduled a birthday party for her 1 year old this past Saturday. ( Nobody on that side is a JW.)
My JW mother called me on Friday and asked me if I could do something on Saturday. I mentioned the birthday party for my 1 year old niece and said I wasn't free. My mother's first response was " Your wife is going to a birthday party!?" I told her no, that just I was going but went further to say " If my wife went, it would be to see family. What would be wrong with that?" She didn't answer.
At the birthday party, I was asked about my wife. I said how her religion doesn't allow her to attend birthday parties. I was sure my wife would ask me if anyone asked about her, and what I said. It's just something she would always do. I was going to tell her the truth and mention what I said. Maybe her JW senses kicked in, because she never asked- very much atypical for her.
So no discussion of the party was had. By the way, no one was beheaded at the party.
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what is the craziest book the dubbers ever published?
by dogon inso i was wondering what book is the nuttiest they ever printed?
i know there are several in contention for first place but which is your vote for no 1?
also if you don't mind post a bit of what is in the book you pick to show why you picked it.
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The Silver New World Translation of The Holy Scriptures.
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Do you find it therapeutic coming to this site?
by UnshackleTheChains ini read on another thread how this site has helped another user and that for them it has been a form of therapy.. for me yes, jwn has most certainly been a form of therapy.. i recall the days i first came to jwn (in 2004) and couldn't believe i had found people who were of the same opinion as myself in regards to the society.
it was this site that led me to reading ray franz's book 'crisis of conscience' which i read twice within a week.
it also led me to jw facts that goes into every nook and cranny regarding the society's teachings, policies and history.. note: i also visit many other sites and watch you tube videos a lot, but gravitate here most of the time.. coming here to express my inner most thoughts and feelings has helped me no end and allows me to overcome my frustrations.
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I used to need to come here every day. I still do sometimes. This forum was definitely an important part of my therapy- discussing like problems with like-minded people that I don't need to explain JW things to.