ShirleyW

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  I have to get this off my chest...cult equals guilible

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  two weeks ago while visiting a friend in north carolina, i agreed to go with him to the sunday public talk.

  the public talk was about how the witnesses have the direction of angels while going in service.

  the speaker told some real doozies and you could hear the "oohs and ahhs" from the audience.

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  ShirleyW

  Well the lady did not live in the building and somehow the brothers when they pushed the buzzer for the intercom connected to the the ladies cellphone in a different building and she jsut happened to want a Bible study. I thought the audience was going to start clapping.

  Can that even happen? If I'm following this correctly, they pushed a button, the intercom button to get access to one of the individual apts in a bldg but this time when pushing that button a cellphone can be called? I guess with all this modern technology that can be done, but obviously that intercom button rang a cellphone of someone who doesn't even live in the bldg? Really not buying this one, tell the Elders to try again, this sounds just as bogus as the Avon Lady story that was going around when I was growing up in da troof .
  
  
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  Keep the meeting going! (even if somebody's dying)

  by TimeBandit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is a true story.

  it's about a sister named henriette venema.

  she was a very loyal jw.

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  ShirleyW

  The show must go on, sad. I remember a brother who was conducting the WT study had a seizure, so he was carried to the back while paramedics were called, someone stepped up to take his place and picked up from the paragraph he left off at, can't waste Jah's precious time!
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  Cart "witnessing" in Rio during the 2016 Olympiad

  by oppostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  at the 2016 olympic games in rio de janeiro, brazil, there are reportedly 62 carts with over a thousand brothers/sisters taking shifts and <ehem>working</ehem> the proximity in rio de janeiro from 8 in the morning till 11 at night (8:00 to 23:00), august 5th-21st.. .

  such an "olympic" effort!.

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  ShirleyW

  Between all the 62 carts, how much literature do you think they all placed in total, I'll say about three or four rags if that
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  How to argue with a JW who says the org never said the end in 75

  by dogon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have argued with several jws who are now being trained to deny the org ever said the end in 75, what is your approach?.

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  ShirleyW

  May 1974 Kingdom Ministry

  on the 3rd page it mentions how brothers are selling there homes, and says pioneering is a fine way to spend the short time left. I like to share this and a few other quotes from the magazines that say the same thing. I like to mess with the folks with the carts with this and give the specific magazine it's mentioned in the date and page and urge them to look it up after I read the quotes to them. I doubt they bother to look it up though
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  What's your passion???

  by Faith after Deception in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yesterday, i was feeling very blue.

  this is quite unusual for me, as i tend to be quite an upbeat, positive person, so spells of sadness or depression take me by surprise and are a real shock to the system.

  you know, i don’t believe in “putting on a face” or pretending to be ok; this “fake it ’til you make it” malarkey has never been something i’ve liked.

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  ShirleyW

  I started volunteering two years ago as a reading tutor after saying for years that it's something that I always wanted to do. My first choice was to be a hospital volunteer but you have to get a T-Dap shot and I don't want that so went with my second choice.
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  Can JWs Use Corporal Punishment On Their Children?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  can a parent slap or use a "rod of discipline" on their kids?

  i know it's politically incorrect and perhaps illegal, but is it a personal decision based upon the scriptures or is it taboo these days?.

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  ShirleyW

  Can JWs Use Corporal Punishment On Their Children?

  They always have, at least when I was growing up.
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  If Apostates Were Allowed To Stay In The Congregations...

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my wife was playing the "stay loyal" convention that she taped the other day and i noticed the brother said something that wasn't in the outline.

  during one of the talks friday on shunning he said "can you imagine if apostates were allowed to stay in the congregations?

  the congregations would be a garbage heap instead of the spiritual paradise they are now.

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  ShirleyW

  I'm sure there are many apostates still in because they're still doing the double life thing so certain family members won't cut them off, or they're just hanging on until they feel totally comfortable to tell the elders to fuck off.
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  Anybody know of Marques Houston?

  by BluesBrother in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have never heard of the guy but it seems that he is now a j w ....and important enough to warrant a newspaper story.. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/rnb-star-marques-houston-reveals-he-has-become-jehovahs-witness-1571588.

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  ShirleyW

  He's an actor. You might want to google his name since he's now baptized, there are a few molestation allegations against him before he got dipped
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  Rumor: Discouraging news from GB at upcoming CA?

  by bohm in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is on the reddit frontpage and sounds super weird.

  can it be confirmed in any way by anyone here?.

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/4u72dk/what_kind_of_announcement_could_cause_jws_to/.

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  ShirleyW

  Don't believe the hype !!

  Don't they pull the same every year at the annual meetings they have ?
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  Brother & Sister-in-Law Return to Kingdom Hall After Two Decades, Quickly Get Stumbled

  by TMS in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it was a mild surprise, learning that a brother and sister-in-law had began re-associating with jehovah's witnesses after at least 25 years of being away.

  the couple, of hispanic ethnicity, are in their early 60's, with their five children all grown and independent.

  the family had been considered nominal jws, infrequently attending meetings, rarely in field service, but using the annual convention as their family vacation.

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  ShirleyW

  What kind of bullshit is that? They should be glad some folks showed up to do the work!, I remember several talks when I just a kid encouraging those at the weekly meeting about showing up when it was your book studys turn to clean the KH, such assholes, but yet they blindly follow !