ShirleyW

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  Bethelite"s wife storms out of headquarters and leaves him...she was forced into Bethel. My story begins....

  by Witness 007 in

  1. jw
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  we were all in our 20's the 1990's pioneers who still hoped the 1914 generation was for real.

  jenny {names changed} loved peter who was younger then me and very handsome.

  he wanted to go to bethel since he was a kid.

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  ShirleyW

  "tomo's undies"

  what's that ?
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  Are JWs trying to make dysfunctional kids and destroy their ability to live normal lives?

  by C0ntr013r in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  are jws trying to make dysfunctional kids that wont "fit" in normal society so they will "return to jehovah"?

  because there have been many stories about young people who have been out in the world only to find how bad it was and how correct the org was.. a good jw kid with "good" jw parents will have many big issues, some examples:.

  fear of demons (fear, misfit).

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  ShirleyW

  They're not outright trying, but a lot of them sure end up that way.
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  I find it hard to believe that Terrence Howard isn't awake.

  by Island Man in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for those who don't know, terrence howard is an actor who has had some exposure to "the truth" and has spoken positively about the jw religion in a past interview saying he would become a jw if he could.. i've started watching wayward pines where terrence howard stars as the town sheriff.

  there are some striking cult parallels between the show and some facets of jw cult culture.

  ~ people who try to leave wayward pines are subject to punishment.

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  ShirleyW

  I've heard the Terrence Howard JW story before, I think his mother may have been one. Also, on one of the morning talk shows, although it's been said in certain gossip columns that he's not dealing with a full deck, a certain actress kind of hinted around that that's basically the way the entertainment industry views him as well. With that being said, sounds like perfect JW material to me, he'll blend right in !!
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  INTERVIEW: with an Elder

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  elder: "i'm not sure i know what you mean by 'diversity.'.

  elder: "well, it's not quite like that.

  elder: "um.

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  ShirleyW

  Funny how the only true religion on earth has the same response when they are asked something that they cant answer, RUN!!!
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  Evidence of God.

  by Jaewook kim in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  sugar water will show blue light over the sun.. salt water will show red light over the sun.. our body components, salt sugar water.. blue blood vein and red blood... definition of our body in his form.. this is the evidence, of our god..

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  ShirleyW

  didn't you post this a few weeks ago, i believe so. Why the second run?
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  Remember Going Out In Field Service Before Thursday and Friday's Heat-Stroke Convention at Dodger Stadium?

  by The1975Blues in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i don't think the kids will remember going out in field service at your convention's city location helping the fiends do their territory.

  on top of the horrendous heat-stroke sitting at dodger stadium we had to preach earlier in the week!

  i heard some elderly witnesses speaking about "those were the good old days they thought" the grand old time they had while visiting the city of los angeles!

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  Well, here on the east coast, I remember the assembly in the summer of either 67-68. It was held at the stadium where the Washington DC Senators used to play. The assembly was for four days and bathroom facilities in the men and women's rooms weren't working. I'm sure now of days no matter what the event that would not be permitted to happen anymore, but the assembly went on as usual. They weren't locked, but they were all filled to the brims with Lord knows want so you did have the option to overflow them at your expense.

  And of course the sickening banter that Sunday after it was all over was, . . .well you can imagine. How Jah's happy people can still assemble without the use of a toilet !!
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  Slow motion pioneers

  by 1Averagejoe in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  observing our local unemployed pioneers and how long they take to get to their first or next call, usually taking the longest route to get to one they know won't be there anyway.

  along the way it's gossipy this and that.

  pioneers?

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  ShirleyW

  Since most of you that have responded here used to pioneer, can you please tell me what scripture says that you need to send in your time to Bethel every month for every hour you were out service? I have asked those I see doing street work about this but just get the roundabout answer or some scripture far away from the subject. My usual question to them is where did the apostles send in their time since there was no Bethel and/or Brooklyn back in those days.
  
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  Could this happen to you?

  by adjusted knowledge in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there was a jw who was a born in and faded about 10 years ago near a congregation i attended.

  he never married or had children and was in his late 30's.

  his parents shun him for the most part but then he had a major stroke.

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  Well, your question could this happen to you? Of course, I'm sure out of all the folks that woke up this morning, some of them find themselves in some kind of medical emergency, regardless of what religion their family adheres to.
  
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  What percentage of the population are gay?

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  during the long debate on the question of gay marriage, there have been many competing answers to the question of, "how many people are gay?".

  a very anti-gay christian minister in sydney, the reverend fred nile, (who is also a member of the state parliament) claims that the percentage is as low as 1%.. some university (u.of new south wales) research in sydney has suggested 5%, but the authors of the study cautioned that there was a problem in the fact that an unknown number of respondents would likely not admit to being gay.. there are other problems in asking the question.

  for example, what does being gay mean?

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  ShirleyW

  What percentage of the population are gay?
  

  More than you (or anyone) will ever know.
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  Ran into some JW's.......but this time I did the teaching ;) x

  by snare&racket in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i went out today with my broken leg and got accosted by an old lady, with some magazines.. it was my first ever encounter with a jw in ten years, and i had said 'i know you are jw's, i'm not interested thank you.

  " twice.....then she started talking about my broken leg and how wonderful we are made and how amazing the healing process is.... and that's when it all started...."i used to be a bethelite pioneer, now i'm an atheist doctor...".

  she was with me a good 30 mins, her elder husband left very annoyed but she stayed, and she was dying to hear everything i spurted out, despite aggressively defending every point, from military engines to paedophilia.

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  ShirleyW

  Umbertoecho - That tells you something right there if you mention one of their publications and you're told it's no longer relevant. I would've said to that elder, "the Bible hasn't changed, right", to which he would've obviously agreed, then I would've said so how does a publication from the religion that claims to be the only true religion on earth become no longer relevant? There's no way you would've gotten a straight answer to that.

  Matter of fact, I'm going to use that the next time I feel like messing with those folks with the carts in he subway station.