ShirleyW

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  Three elders show up "to encourage me" after 10 years!

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  "hey brother wasa, come on back to the meetings.

  " (after 10 years) so i respond that the situation with pedophiles is out of hand.

  they tell me "we" elders have received tons of training on the subject, its not like it was 10 years ago.

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  ShirleyW

  Did the question of why did they show up after 10 years ever get answered? That would've been the first thing out of my mouth.
  
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  Is it common for old men to marry young JW?

  by adjusted knowledge in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i left in the 90's and marriage partners were similar in age at my former congregation.

  i ran into a former jw friend from my childhood.

  i haven't seen him in 15 years.

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  ShirleyW

  I remember quite a while ago a sister in her mid 20's married a brother who was in his late 50's, but the sick part of the story is the brother is her best friends father. Their friendship didn't suffer at all and they had a baby around the same time as each other, to me that's kinda sick. This brother was no Denzel Washington so to speak, he looked every day his age and then some, he looked more like Al Roker before he lost the weight, including the cow licked bald head Al had back then.
  
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  Jury Service in the UK

  by Nambo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i had always thought the powers that be knew i was a jw and so never called me up for jury service.. today however, i received a summons for jury service.. what is the jw's position on jury service?, what will happen to me when i refuse to swear an oath?.

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  I think the Dubs that use the religion as an excuse to not serve is because they just don't want to be bothered, like most folks that get called, they're just using the religion as a bona fide reason to be excused and it's not.
  

  I know of several Dubs who have served.
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  How many here gave up having a family for the sake of the "truth"?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is a sensitive topic for many of us i know, but i am wondering how many here actually gave up the idea of having a family "in this system" for the sake of "kingdom activity or service"??.

  start the count here with my wife and i.

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  ShirleyW

  Really surprised that people my age(in their 50's) and younger bought into the don't bring kids into the world thing. Really thought that was something that was adhered to in the 30's and 40's then forgotten about. Like I posted earlier I grew up in da troof and to me we were always attending bridal showers, and of course after that comes the onslaught of baby showers. That's why I'm not interesting in going to either as an adult, been to so many of them while growing up.
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  How many here gave up having a family for the sake of the "truth"?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is a sensitive topic for many of us i know, but i am wondering how many here actually gave up the idea of having a family "in this system" for the sake of "kingdom activity or service"??.

  start the count here with my wife and i.

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  I thought the admonishment to not have kids was like back in the 30's and 40's. I'm almost 60 and was a born in and there were always kids in my Hall and the surrounding congregations. They should've made it grounds for getting DF'd, would've been interesting to see how it played out
  
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  Is This a JW on The TV show called Horders?

  by greenhornet in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  http://www.aetv.com/hoarders/video/stacey-roi.

  this is the link.

  however it may not work because i am logged in on my account.

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  ShirleyW

  LisaRose you said no elder would know enough to deal with this behavior.

  Yes they would, the hoarder would be told to go out in service more, remember?

  I guess you've forgotten how knocking on doors or standing like a statue in a subway station is the cure all for everything in JDubland.
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  Is This a JW on The TV show called Horders?

  by greenhornet in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  http://www.aetv.com/hoarders/video/stacey-roi.

  this is the link.

  however it may not work because i am logged in on my account.

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  ShirleyW

  I didn't click on the attachment since someone above said it says "not available" but I remember about a year or so ago watching a rerun of the show about a guy in his 40's-50s and as they scanned the filth I saw a few publications in the background. He lived alone and I believe he was married at one time.
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  Are Jehovah's Witnesses Happy?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know of the local congregation's issues, per an elder i know quite well.

  he has said that nearly everyone in the congregation is suffering emotionally and mentally.

  he said he has never seen so many witnesses with so many problems.

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  Whatever they are told to be, they are.
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  Did you know that murdered singer (1995), Selena, was raised a JW? April 16th is her birthday. Read more...

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://watchtowerdocuments.org/murdered-singer-selena-was-raised-a-jw/.

  murdered singer, selena, was raised a jw?.

  did you know that selena quintanilla was raised in a devout jehovahs witness family?

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  Yeah, I remember that making the rounds that her family were JWs. She even makes the lists of celebrities who are JWs all the time
  
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  Last chance to make an impact! Help me please....

  by Anon_SA1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so tomorrow is going to be my last encounter with a jw friend of mine for various reasons on her side.

  (long story).

  i have spent a lot of time discussing various concerns about the jw teachings, but havent been able to make any progress in helping her to question or doubt the teachings.

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  ShirleyW

  She's blinded by the "JW" light, she will just dismiss everything you say OR she still may dismiss what you say but she will never let you know if you planted a seed to make her think about something that you said