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  For My Kids

  by myjourney in

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  i haven't been on here much, but every so often i try and keep up with the discussions.

  i'm sure this topic has been talked about before, so my apologies in advance if i'm repeating.. a little about me.... i'm a non baptized jw married to a devout jw.

  both my husband and i were raised in the organization.

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  freddo

  This may sound incredibly naive but if separating is on the table what have you got to lose by trying to save your marriage first but do the following anyway?

  A) Telling your husband why you believe jw's to be "wrong" in their world view - ARC/Generations/False Prophecies etc.

  B) Telling your kids the above.

  C) Providing an alternative for them - education - non jw friends - being decent citizens - fun - helping the less fortunate - value of money?

  If you aren't baptised then "everyone" knows you haven't bought into the religion including your kids and husband. Tell 'em why!
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  The 1975 Generation---are they still around?

  by minimus in

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  i was raised as a jw and 1975 expectations were pretty intense.

  as i recall, most people did not leave after the failed expectations but many s l o w e d down.

  now, i think most of the 1975 witnesses are gone or barely in.. is the older generation still around in the kingdom halls or are they much gone?.

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  freddo

  I remember the run up to 1975 as a young teen.

  Looking round the cong I occasionally attend there are about 80 publishers. Of which still now attending at least 12/14 were baptised in or before 1975 and another 4/5 would have been what are now unbaptised publishers aged 10 plus. So 20/25% still would have solid memories of 1975.

  Of that group 4 still serve as elders (aged 60's through 80's) and 1 as a min servant. They would have gone through not only 1975 but also the big generation change of 1995 and they're still repeating and parroting and spouting the same old crap as ever.
  
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  Disassociation Announcement

  by Paul Bonanno in

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  did anyone experience a disassociation announcement during the public meeting instead during the service meeting?.

  in my case it was announced the next day that we submitted our letter and this was on sunday instead of waiting for the service meeting on thursday..

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  freddo

  Nearly always at a service meeting. Sometimes even when the CO is there - elders usually ask him whether to go ahead or not.

  Also if there is no service meeting because of an assembly they might rush it through on a Sunday so that you don't mix with the brethren at the assembly!
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  One Thing I Don't Get About Brexit

  by JW_Rogue in

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  how did such a weighty decision get put directly in the hands on the average citizen?

  and with only a simple majority required?

  in the usa the biggest thing that people vote on directly is city building projects or infrastructure.

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  freddo

  No Xanthippe - 48% of those who voted did not want to leave the EU.
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  One Thing I Don't Get About Brexit

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. jw
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  how did such a weighty decision get put directly in the hands on the average citizen?

  and with only a simple majority required?

  in the usa the biggest thing that people vote on directly is city building projects or infrastructure.

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  freddo

  bohm

  It's not the people's "job" to investigate about the EU. It's the people's job to be fed bread and circuses!
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  Gift giving

  by ab.ortega in

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  whenever we had the c/o visit or a special speaker at an assembly, etc.

  i used to give the "brother" or couple a thank you note with some cash.

  also did it with our tour guides at bethel branches.

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  freddo

  Why not get to the meeting early and unseen quickly pin an envelope with a card in it to the KH noticeboard with instructions written in big letters on it for it to be given to the C/O.

  The COBE or another elder will see it, take it from the noticeboard and give it to the CO who will likely put it away to be opened when he gets home.

  When he gets home he will open the card and you can have anonymously written:

  Dear (name)

  I wanted to write a few lines to say how much I appreciate your self sacrificing attitude for the brotherhood and how encouraging your visits are. Sadly this is not true. How you can promote the support of an organization which fails to report child molesters to Caesar and promote the support of the risable doctrine of "overlapping generations" that saw 1914 is beyond me!

  Therefore instead of giving yet more dollars to a representative of a cult that lives off of members donations anyway I have sent $100.00 to a more worthy cause.

  Yours truly,

  An anonymous member of your circuit.
  
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  One Thing I Don't Get About Brexit

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. jw
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  how did such a weighty decision get put directly in the hands on the average citizen?

  and with only a simple majority required?

  in the usa the biggest thing that people vote on directly is city building projects or infrastructure.

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  freddo

  Look JW_Rogue - over here in London we have the mother of all parliaments (or mother of something! )

  Without the English civil war in the 1640's modern day democracy would never have happened and then spread to the rest of Europe let alone in some outpost of the British Empire now called the USA.

  So now what we do in the UK is ask "the people" what they want. The fact that 50% of "the people" have an IQ lower than 85 didn't deter the UK government from every few decades asking what they want to do! In the past they have been able to "guide the voters" to do their bidding.

  But despite the manipulation and craftiness and the support of much of the media the IQ85'ers (ie thicko's) have swung it to an OUT vote.

  Now watch all the back tracking and meltdowns and loss of office of party leaders until it all settles down and everyone realises that this wasn't the Battle of the Somme and life will continue in a "Keep Calm and Carry On" sort of way with a few weedy protests and twitchings of talons from the disgruntled.
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  Printing presses, bye... bye...

  by sp74bb in

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  bye... bye.... no more new printing presses for jw.org... the growth is so tremendous (irony...).. all printing work in europe will be arrange in the next month only in selters (germany), but no renovation or upgrading in printing presses is expected... it will be a full outsourcing :).

  a worldly company axel s******* will be used.

  this company is known to be printing bild newspaper... the interesting part of it is the logistics will be as well outsourced.

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  freddo

  I hope the supercilious middle management at London Bethel are sweating like a cold case rapist whose been told his DNA has been matched to the crime.
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  Printing presses, bye... bye...

  by sp74bb in

  1. jw
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  bye... bye.... no more new printing presses for jw.org... the growth is so tremendous (irony...).. all printing work in europe will be arrange in the next month only in selters (germany), but no renovation or upgrading in printing presses is expected... it will be a full outsourcing :).

  a worldly company axel s******* will be used.

  this company is known to be printing bild newspaper... the interesting part of it is the logistics will be as well outsourced.

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  freddo

  @K99

  ""the billy big bollocks" highlight of the tour...""

  
  
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  Do jihadist extremist beliefs deserve respect?

  by azor in

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  what say you..

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  freddo

  Do "jihadist extremist" beliefs deserve respect? Only in the same way as Anders Breivik's beliefs deserve respect.