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  Can JWs vote?

  by NikL in

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  2. beliefs

  i finally found the questions from readers i was looking for.. from nov 1, 1999 wt .

  it says.... questions from readershow do jehovah’s witnesses view voting?there are clear principles set out in the bible that enable servants of god to take a proper view of this matter.

  however, there appears to be no principle against the practice of voting itself.

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  ShirleyW

  I don't know who the poster was but going back 10 years someone posted from the Awake back in either 1961 or 62 the exact page in the Bound Volume where it says witnesses can vote, I even showed it to my mother since she had a library of the Bound Volumes going back to the early 60's. I hope someone here knows where to find it, it says yes they can vote'
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  Is 1975 explicitly written in old publications ?

  by SlappySlap in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i've been hearing about 1975 for decades but i've never found a publication where this date is explicitly written.. do somebody have references ?.

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  ShirleyW

  SlappySlap . . . . I just like saying SlappySlap
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  What woke you up?

  by MrRoboto in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  for me, i think it was just the right time as i was starting to wake up on other fronts as well (anyone who had went through these will know what i mean).

  but it started when i was looking for what info goes on a publisher card, which led to me reading one person's story (ex bethelite) which was pretty crazy to an all-in jw but who trusts those apostates...?.

  then i started watching videos on cults, as if my subconscious was trying to tell my concord mind something... when i saw a particular one about a young man in lds getting ready to start their 2 year preaching campaign, including a school, social activities etc, i realized that i couldn't tell the difference between the folks of this mormon cult and the jws (save for some religious differences) .

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  ShirleyW

  I was a born-in, but never bought into it, they way I was treated by my the majority of my peers in the Cong, never being invited to the teenage gatherings, etc.,but the sentence below from NoviceLocs14 makes my blood just boil:

  The elders, unsatisfied with me not returning their correspondence, looked up the number to my new job and proceeded to call my job several times a week

  I would've cursed them all out and reported them for harassment, how do these assholes think they're so high an mighty !!
  
  
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  Wow i do not reconize this religion anymore...

  by _Morpheus in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  had the misfortune of stopping by the "regional" convention yesterday.

  i promised my daughter i would come to sunday afternoon so she wouldnt have to ride home with her mother.... holy crap it was weird!

  im sure all of this has been covered on the forum but to actually see it.... just wow.

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  Phoebe - I was looking for the platform and flowers, remember years back people could buy the flowers after the convention

  I remember in the 60's and 70's they used to give them away for free !!
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  7 day conventions?

  by HereIgo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  did any of you attend the old school week long conventions?

  i have heard stories and it seems like these were mostly in the 70's and 80's before my time.

  i couldn't imagine.

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  ShirleyW

  My mother was baptized at the 1958 Assembly which was held at the Polo Grounds and Yankee Stadium

  I was at the 1969 Yankee Stadium Assembly, wasn't that the last seven or eight day assembly?

  Does anybody here remember the Assembly that was held in Washington DC in either 67' or '68, which was just four days, but the kicker is the toilets were not working for all four days. The restroom were open, but they were all flooded to the top and I'm sure I don't have to say anything else. I think today that wouldn't be allowed for any venue to be opened if they didn't have proper bathroom facilities, because remember, back then they still served food at the assemblies. I was just about nine or 10, so didn't bother me much,but just think of the women and small kids.
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  Women finds frog in salad..

  by James Mixon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok the first thing that come to mind, how in the hell a frog make in through all the food handlers into a salad..but when you think about it i became a jw thinking a nice spiritual meal and i ended up with crap and no one warned me, there is something ugly in your organization.......the restaurant bj's w. covina ca.

  one of my favorite restaurant....ktla.com/woman-finds-frog-in-salad-at-bjs-restaurant-in west-covina.

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  Is this a new story or from a while back, recall a month or so ago a woman claiming the same thing

  or, the way the world is today she brought it in herself looking for a major payout
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  Would You Outlaw Jehovah's Witnesses If You Had Your Way?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i still believe in freedom of religion even if i disagree with the beliefsof the religion.

  what about you?.

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  Just on the blood issue alone, thousands thought they were giving their lives to Jehovah when they were just following what seven old guys in Brooklyn told them to do. The GB should be under the jail just for that issue alone. All religions/cults have the sex abuse issues which are also very serious but only the Dubs don't believe in blood and thousands have given up their lives for absolutely nothing!
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  Who Do You Think Is HOTTTT?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what attracts you in a male or female?

  give me an example or better yet a pic to tell me what you like.😈.

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  ShirleyW

  OUTLAW !!

  I don't recall giving you the OK to post my picture when I posed in a Kanuk bikini !!
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  What "Rules" Did The Elders In Your KH Make?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  some congregations were known as liberal and others were considered very conservative.

  back in the 1970s a nearby congregation made all speakers who gave public talks a white shirt to wear.

  if a speaker came in wearing anything but white they were brought into the library and were given a white shirt!

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  ShirleyW

  (they didn't call it a bar though, they referred to it as a place with a "long thing")

  Well, that can take on different meanings, what the heck is the "long thing"
  
  
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  Surprise Elders Visit

  by Tight Pants Twinkle Toes in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hello community!

  quick background - baptized 1971, 46 years in the borg, former elder.

  wife - baptized 1973, pioneer...... we became disgusted with the oranization 10 years ago but still believed it was the truth.

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  ShirleyW

  DesirousofChange - I'd call the little bitch that formerly worked for you and quote her Matt 18:15 and tell her THAT is how a TRUE CHRISTIAN would have handled the situation (like CHRIST said to do it)

  totally agree, accept I'd curse "the little bitch" out and ask her how come she can't mind her f***ing business