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  What happened to your marriage after you stopped believing?

  by JerkhovahsWitless in

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  i know some posters here went through or are going through some painful things right now because of no longer believing when they have a husband / wife that still does.

  others were able to free the minds of their spouse.

  i'm assuming the latter is a lot more rare.. anyone that wishes to share their story, please do.. i'm looking to pass the info on to someone who doesn't totally believe, but may marry a jw.

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  Mattieu

  We have our up and down days, at the moment we cannot discuss anything spiritual as it doesn’t end too good. I was a “born in” (late 60’s) and she came to know the “truth” as a teenager and cannot accept the damage that the ever-changing truths and understanding have done to my immediate family.

  I can throw as many wtbts publications in front of her exposing the hypocrisy of it all, some days I seem to get through, and then some days she is their biggest defender......

  Mattieu

  PS – Been married 20 years

  PSS - Looking forward to the day she is awake fully
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  JW Tall Tales

  by lancelink in

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  recently i was cleaning my bookcase and found an old book that i enjoyed as a child.

  it had stories in it such as paul bunyan, pecos bill, and john henry.

  while these stories are fictional, i enjoyed them because they were entertaining, and easy to understand.. fast forward to the late 70's when i was a teenager sitting at the ca hall in janesville wisconsin.. the speaker was explaining the great sacrifice god made in sending his son down to earth to die for all mankind.

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  Hi Lancelink, that illustration was used so many times here in Australia as well. It got the response the speaker wanted, the emotionally fragile would cry, those who sadly had lost a child in death (my mom) would cry as it brought back a lot of painful memories and the rest of the hall would become solemn and depressed. I used to hate that illustration. What about the one back in the early 80’s when supposedly the top level government heads from Communist China toured the Brooklyn printing facilities, saw a copy of the my book of bible stories, took a copy and demanded more so that every child in primary school back in China could have one! Our old City overseer was the best at fabricating stories as he went along! Mattieu.
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  JC violence

  by sooner7nc in

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  does anyone know of confirmed cases of violence breaking out during a jc?.

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  Not a JC, even better! It was between the body of elders/MS’s and 2 C/O’s sent to clean up the divisions amongst the body and the effect it was having on the congo.

  During on the many prayers during that meeting, the service overseer went ballistic, screaming and punching out at an opposing elder. He had to be restrained. The worst part was that they never got to say amen to that unanswered prayer.....

  The official word put out by the 2 c/o’s to the body was that it was a demon attack! (not a lack of the fruits of the spirit).

  To this day, he (demon attack elder) still has that nervous twitch like the police inspector in the pink panther!

  Mattieu....
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  Is the Governing Body really Jehovah's mouthpiece?

  by dgp in

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  on another thread, african gb member wondered whether the members of the governing body really believe what they preach.

  and that led me to this thought:.

  unless i misunderstood what i have read, the governing body claims that jehovah communicates with them and tells them what to do.

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  Mattieu

  Well that would make the elders the dribble that come out of the mouthpiece......

  Mattieu..
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  Can anyone here read and write Russian?

  by asilentone in

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  contact sidex, he is new here at the board, look at his first topic.

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  Mattieu

  Only one word - vodka......

  Mattieu.
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  Artists in Societys publications are working under inspiration?

  by donny in

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  i saw this in a post from a watchtower facebook page.

  a person asks about the discrepancy between the society's illustrations and the actual biblical text.

  look at the response for some good humor.. .

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  Mattieu

  Well thats all the laughter I can take on a Saturday morning....

  Mattieu.
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  after a long 2 days, Jookbeard Jnr finally arrived!

  by jookbeard in

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  a whopping 8.5lb, at 1755 hrs bright as a button, shattered now!.

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  Congrats to you both, well done!!

  Mattieu.
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  my mum taught us very valuable lessons about Jehovah in her special way. Any other parents out there as psycho?

  by God Chick in

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  ok before i start i know my mum was um "special" and had some, well...... bizzare training ideas.. .

  i was one of 7 kids, dad didnt help much coz he was sick, so my mum was left to run the 'ship' and she did it with an iron fist.. .

  we were never late for a meeting we sat, parents and 2 kids in one row the other 5 in row in front.

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  Hi God Chick, sorry to hear about your upbringing, mine was nowhere near that bad.

  Yeah, we went through a few wooden spoons, but my Mum had her strange answers to everything in relation to Jehovah’s view on matters. I regret that she took everything and I mean everything that was said from the platform as coming from Jehovah’s mouth. So many things were said that were obviously elder’s personal views o n matters, but no she took them as being Jehovah’s (still does) and we paid the consequence... (Dam lost my smurf collection)

  Education/sports/clothes/hairstyles/movies/music.... the list goes on... “Jehovah doesn’t approve of that...” No. Some elder or his wife didn’t like something and we all had to fall in line...

  Sorry, Saturday morning rant...

  Mattieu
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  KM Meeting tonight guilt trip for late comers

  by Mattieu in

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  mrs mattieu went running out the doors with kids in tow (yes, i helped them get ready) in state of panic because tonights km part is all about showing respect for being taught by jehovah by being early to the meetings and how latecomers should be put before a judicial committee.

  ok, made that last bit up.. i used to hate these parts on being late to the meetings as most would judge the late comers without fully understanding their work/family/health issues.. i dont have her km with me, but it mentioned that being late is something that should not be a regular occurrence and that we should be early to sit down and be ready to be taught by jehovah.. not sure if this article is particular to the australian km or being used worldwide, though will try and scan it through tomorrow.. mattieu...... .

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  TOH, true, the parts not that bad, the part about saving seats for kiddie families was quite practical though was always ignored when I used to go.

  The k’hall that Mrs Mattieu goes to has “old school” attendants who like to embarrass late comers by seating them to the front. But it’s always articles like these that create a panic on the night to be there on time!

  I will never forget one elders/ms meeting when the p/o more or less read out a roll call from the last months meetings reading out the names of the late comers, they needed gentle shepherding calls.... barf

  Mattieu
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  KM Meeting tonight guilt trip for late comers

  by Mattieu in

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  mrs mattieu went running out the doors with kids in tow (yes, i helped them get ready) in state of panic because tonights km part is all about showing respect for being taught by jehovah by being early to the meetings and how latecomers should be put before a judicial committee.

  ok, made that last bit up.. i used to hate these parts on being late to the meetings as most would judge the late comers without fully understanding their work/family/health issues.. i dont have her km with me, but it mentioned that being late is something that should not be a regular occurrence and that we should be early to sit down and be ready to be taught by jehovah.. not sure if this article is particular to the australian km or being used worldwide, though will try and scan it through tomorrow.. mattieu...... .

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  Mattieu

  Mrs Mattieu went running out the doors with kids in tow (yes, I helped them get ready) in state of panic because tonight’s KM part is all about showing respect for being taught by Jehovah by being early to the meetings and how latecomers should be put before a judicial committee. OK, made that last bit up.

  I used to hate these parts on being late to the meetings as most would judge the late comers without fully understanding their work/family/health issues.

  I don’t have her KM with me, but it mentioned that being late is something that should not be a regular occurrence and that we should be early to sit down and be ready to be taught by Jehovah.

  Not sure if this article is particular to the Australian KM or being used worldwide, though will try and scan it through tomorrow.

  Mattieu.....