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  My Personal Atheist Manifesto?

  by dubstepped in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so, i have a guy that is emailing me after listening to my podcast series "this jw life" about my life story before, during, and after being a jw.

  this guy happens to be an elder and pioneer serving where the need is greater.

  i love this guy.

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  freddo

  Excellent work dubstepped.

  I think he is on the way out - eventually. He wants to be his own man but he's trapped and loves his mummy who was there for him when his father walked out and he doesn't want her to be hurt. He can't (yet) cope with losing his family.

  He's a canny one and I think he will eventually fade. It might take years but here is my prediction.

  Now. Carry on trying to be a good kind elder, circumnavigating/dodging organisational crap.

  Soon. Feel so embarrassed/wretched/shit about himself as he is trapped between promoting Tight Pants Rants, Overcrapping Generalisations, crazy cart work and his authentic beliefs.

  Later. Step aside from being an elder.

  Later again. Fade.
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  Scary Effectiveness of Assembly Videos

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well, i got to see the final day of this years regional convention.and i saw something that disturbs me.. the final, "summing up review" video.

  it disturbs me because it was so well done.

  (i wish i could remember the title of the song), to the strains of a solo vocalist singing in a fine "irish tenor", we see the actors from the previous videos of the last few days all assembling together in a clearing.

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  freddo

  Joseph Goebbels was clever at gilding and polishing a turd ...

  On May 1st 1945, in the ruins of the Nazi Germany he helped create he and his wife Magda killed themselves after murdering their six children as the Russians closed in.
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  murders at school

  by zeb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  at a school in santa fe in the us.

  many people killed and wounded.

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  freddo

  Ban guns for under 21's. Hey - it rhymes.

  Then under 21's who need a gun for work (farms, pest control etc) or want to use them on a range can do so under supervision or at a club.
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  Did You Care About The Royal Wedding?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i don’t get it.

  who really cares?

  in the usa, it’s such a huge newsworthy event.

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  freddo

  Actually - putting my mean head on - I can use this wedding service as a bit of ammunition because I know a few elders' wives got together to watch it. Service and all.

  So if I choose to watch Harry Potter or Saving Private Ryan or listen to some "music that debases" then I get counsel ...

  But sisters snooty and righteous can watch five different clergy share in giving a wedding service in a church the size of a cathedral with "worldly hymns" ?

  OKKKAAAAAAAAYYYYYY ...
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  Did You Care About The Royal Wedding?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i don’t get it.

  who really cares?

  in the usa, it’s such a huge newsworthy event.

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  freddo

  We Brits know how to put on a show don't we? And for me the American Bishop was brilliant. If you are going to preach "Christian Love" then do it with passion and style.

  I enjoyed watching William and Kate's marriage - she's lovely too - but he is the future King and it had to be a bit more formal and "British stiff upper lip" - this one was more human which I think reflected the personalities of the couple and because Harry is very unlikely to become King he can throw himself into charitable good stuff. Meghan Markle is lovely as well!

  The two lads - having lost their mother at tender ages and who actually have done good things - are much more normal, connected, accepted and real than Charles (Old duffer who talks to plants), Anne (two legged horse) and Andrew (Buffoon).
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  Consequences for having a non religious wedding ceraminy?

  by Addison0998 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hey i was wondering if maybe someone who is an ex elder or who knows a lot about these things could help me.

  my dad is an elder but i need to be cautious with questions i ask.

  now that i’ve been woken up from my brainwashed love of this corrupt corporation and from my belief in the bible, and my fiancé is starting to wake up as well, i really don’t want to have the sexist, overused, impersonal talk outline used for my wedding ceremony by some elder who is trying to show off his talk giving skills.

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  I think your main worry will be close family and their attitudes.

  I know of a couple who I believe are still jw's who eloped in the middle of the night in the early 1980's, went to Gretna Green and married in a civil ceromony and came back to the hall. Fait Accompli.

  I know another jw couple who did the same but went off to Paris!

  All they got was a verbal bollocking but no reproof or anything. The last couple - he became a pioneer a year later and then a few years after that MS then Elder.

  As far as anyone knows the above couples had "clean" courtships in jw terms too. Just didn't want the hassle of a formal jw wedding.

  Also I knew of couples who were "dealt with" by elders for sex before marriage and so not allowed to use the KH and so had a civil non-religious ceremony.
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  I just bought a John Deere 6130R tractor!

  by silentbuddha in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  you may be thinking, "so, what... it's just a tractor" right.

  yes, it is just a tractor.

  however, for me it was the last step in me actually realizing my dream of becoming a farmer.

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  freddo

  https://youtu.be/tb63PdPweDc
  
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  Evening gala/ball

  by Researchedandenlightened in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  can anyone tell me when, and why jehovahs witnesses hold evening gala,s / ball with full tuxedo,s and evening gowns ?

  is it uk only as i have heard family throughout the uk attend these events (jw only) of course !.

  what is the purpose of these events and how long have the dubs being doing so ?

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  freddo

  Never been to one but have a now married friend who used to on occasion. They seem to largely be singles and divorcees often not "appointed as E/MS" - maybe a few married with no kids who like to socialise and my friend would travel quite long distances (in UK terms) to go - sort of 50 - 100 miles - as they tended to be held in the catchment areas of London, Birmingham, Manchester or some other major city.

  Dunno about Scotland - maybe they put on a kilt and dance round swords!
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  Active witnesses? Please help?

  by Ahava in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hi,i'm lost and a little sad.

  i actually like the jw faith.

  some might call this faith cold, strict, dogmatic but they're just trying to follow rules and give back to god.

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  Welcome!

  Maybe start with Luke 21 v 8 and 2 Thessalonians 2 v 2.

  Do these two scriptures not show that JW's should not be constantly talking about impending doom all the time?
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  Ryde ( I o Wight UK ) KH now a vets.

  by stan livedeath in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

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  freddo

  Just to clarify PE - it's now five congregations in three halls.