Tightening it's grip, personal shunning experienced by me testifies to this. Those doing the shunning are going above and beyond even what the WTS expects.
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WT: mainstreaming, becoming more cultish, or disappearing?
by JimmyPage inis the wt mainstreaming into a more normal religion, is it tightening its grip, or are its leaders preparing to take the money and run, leaving its followers high and dry?
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Throughout the history of JW's, what years do think they strayed most from being "God's People"? Who was responible for this,and why do you think this?
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All of the above; they were never God's people in the first place.
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My wife was invited to the Memorial
by Big Tex inso here i am moving furniture from downstairs to upstairs and from upstairs to downstairs (yes i'm very sore today) when there comes a knock at the door.
two witnesses, man and wife, that nina has known since the 70's had come over to invite her to the memorial.
never mind she hasn't talked or heard from then in over a decade.. they made a point of ignoring me, and spoke only to nina.
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This year, as was the case over the past couple of years, the Witnesses have a quota of around 50 Memorial invitation tracts each to distribute.
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NEW EX-JW BLOGS UP AT FREEMINDS - SEEKER4, ATJ, AAG,BARB ANDERSON, ETC
by Seeker4 inrandy has created a new part of the freeminds site where a dozen or so ex-jws are blogging and posting articles.
i'm one of them, posting about going from a jw elder to being a freethinker and atheist.
my blog is here:.
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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 03-15-09 WT Study (DISCIPLE)
by blondie incomments you will not hear at the 03-15-09 wt study (december 15, 2008, pages 7-11)(disciple-making).
review comments will be in red.
wt material from today's wt will be in black.
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@bluesbrother - there are more kids in the Org than at any point in their short history. Each family with kids counts a study. I'm sure it's this that's boosting the overall number of studies.
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So, we had a baby !
by passwordprotected ini'm delighted to say our latest addition to the family, fergus keir hunter, was born on saturday morning - 6.06am - weighing in at 6lbs 12oz.
mum and baby are both doing very well.
our other two kids are very pleased, cameron in particular; he's now got the wee brother he's always wanted.. i twittered throughout the pregnancy and you can find the 'tweets' here.. .
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Thanks for all the congratulations.
@Besty - we're all watching Celtic v Rangers right now!
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So, we had a baby !
by passwordprotected ini'm delighted to say our latest addition to the family, fergus keir hunter, was born on saturday morning - 6.06am - weighing in at 6lbs 12oz.
mum and baby are both doing very well.
our other two kids are very pleased, cameron in particular; he's now got the wee brother he's always wanted.. i twittered throughout the pregnancy and you can find the 'tweets' here.. .
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EDIT - Tweets are here.
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So, we had a baby !
by passwordprotected ini'm delighted to say our latest addition to the family, fergus keir hunter, was born on saturday morning - 6.06am - weighing in at 6lbs 12oz.
mum and baby are both doing very well.
our other two kids are very pleased, cameron in particular; he's now got the wee brother he's always wanted.. i twittered throughout the pregnancy and you can find the 'tweets' here.. .
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@ ninja - the parents have all been great, it's like nothing has ever changed. How long that lasts, we don't know, but we're certainly not going to cast it up to them or make any issues. The other family members who are still 'in' are notable by their absolute silence.
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So, we had a baby !
by passwordprotected ini'm delighted to say our latest addition to the family, fergus keir hunter, was born on saturday morning - 6.06am - weighing in at 6lbs 12oz.
mum and baby are both doing very well.
our other two kids are very pleased, cameron in particular; he's now got the wee brother he's always wanted.. i twittered throughout the pregnancy and you can find the 'tweets' here.. .
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Sidenote; this is our first child outside of the WTS. He was conceived just before we stopped attending the meetings (and subsequently DAd). Gail and I have talked about this often. Fergus will never know or experience;
- Kingdom Hall meetings and the pressure to be quiet and on his best behaviour at all times (we now go to church and they embrace families with young children. The kids are encouraged to sit up at the front for the first part of the Sunday family service. The person leading the service always speaks to the kids, tells them a story and involves them, then after the worship part of the service the kids go into 'Sunday Club' where they have a Bible story, do some crafts and play some games, then get some sweets)
- Door-to-door field service
- District Conventions
- Memorial 'celebrations'
- Having to tell his friends that Christmas and birthdays are "against his religion"
- Rejecting a birthday party invitation
- Not being able to achieve his potential at school
- Not being able to cultivate skills which could lead to a fulfilling career