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  CRISIS OF CONSCIENCE

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  https://youtu.be/dpq7j8lkc98.

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  freddo

  nicolaou wrote "Those scalpers selling CofC for hundreds of dollars have just had the rug pulled from under them. Good."

  I bought mine (paperback fourth edition) for £48.00 in 2015. Worth every penny. I would occasionally look and see the silly prices in the hundreds of dollars it would fetch in the last year or so but never dreamed of selling it.
  

  I am really happy this is finally available at a reasonable price. I do like the idea of anonymously gifting a copy ... I can think of at least two struggling jw's who would benefit - just not sure they'd have the courage to read it though.
  
  
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  Unhappy being asked to give a Disfellowshipped Sister a ride to and from Meetings

  by Isambard Crater in

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  i'm pimo, very much against disfellowshipping, and going to a meeting leaves me feeling confused and angry at the best of times.

  except an elder asked me on thursday night if i can start giving a ride to a disfellowshipped woman because she lives near me and nobody else from the hall lives in my village.

  it seems the elder and his family who have been giving this woman a ride for the past six months can no longer stomach the time it takes them to go out of their way.. i thought all normal publishers weren't to have any contact with disfellowshipped people?

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  (Luke 11:46) . . .Then he said: “Woe also to you who are versed in the Law, because you load men down with loads hard to carry, but you yourselves do not touch the loads with one of your fingers!

  Pharisaical Elder?
  
  
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  Oh Boy! Beards are "stumbling blocks" again ... from Stephen Lett

  by freddo in

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  2. friends

  so this week's midweek meeting video about stumbling others has lett spouting and gurning rubbish again.. if you can't take the whole 9 minutes go from 5:50 to get the context and 6:45 for the "beard" mention.. https://youtu.be/ezv1ici5cwo.

  oh, well - at least they shoot themselves in the foot with this doublespeak.

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  freddo

  Actually - after mentioning "beards" as a possible cause of stumbling, then "heavy make up" - ole rubber face Lett mentioned alcohol.

  So when Elder "likes a few" gets on your case about your beard you can say "I'll shave off my beard when you stop drinking alcohol."

  Or even better - "I'll shave off my beard when your wife/daughter stops putting on her make up with a trowel."

  
  
  
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  A spy's life is a lonely one

  by LevelThePlayingField in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i have been awake since about this time in 2013, so about 5 years.

  and the craziest thing about it is that now, no one, and i mean no one know's i am an apostate.

  meaning, that i don't believe the jw minds set/beliefs at all, and no one knows it.

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  freddo

  "Hopefully one day you can lose your Dub-bie-0 status and enjoy your freedom."

  FTFY
  
  
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  Oh Boy! Beards are "stumbling blocks" again ... from Stephen Lett

  by freddo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so this week's midweek meeting video about stumbling others has lett spouting and gurning rubbish again.. if you can't take the whole 9 minutes go from 5:50 to get the context and 6:45 for the "beard" mention.. https://youtu.be/ezv1ici5cwo.

  oh, well - at least they shoot themselves in the foot with this doublespeak.

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  freddo

  "When you say, 'midweek meeting video', does this mean that each and every congregation (in the US at least) sits and watches this tripe?"

  Oh yes - Worldwide even! We had it here in the UK on Tuesday night.

  I went (fading) and wanted to gauge reaction to this and report back.

  The brother (pretty certainly PIMI) sat in the same row as me leaned over and whispered "this guy (Lett) always makes me laugh" - I was pleasantly surprised at his comment - and unlike most in attendance he didn't clap like a seal at the end.

  Out of a cong of 65/70 publishers there were 35/40 in attendance. What a crock of shit.
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  Oh Boy! Beards are "stumbling blocks" again ... from Stephen Lett

  by freddo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so this week's midweek meeting video about stumbling others has lett spouting and gurning rubbish again.. if you can't take the whole 9 minutes go from 5:50 to get the context and 6:45 for the "beard" mention.. https://youtu.be/ezv1ici5cwo.

  oh, well - at least they shoot themselves in the foot with this doublespeak.

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  freddo

  So this week's midweek meeting video about stumbling others has Lett spouting and gurning rubbish again.

  If you can't take the whole 9 minutes go from 5:50 to get the context and 6:45 for the "beard" mention.

  https://youtu.be/Ezv1Ici5Cwo
  

  Oh, well - at least they shoot themselves in the foot with this doublespeak.

  Every. Single. Time.
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  Is he interested?

  by Sunnybear in

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  i met a wonderful man on match.com several months ago.

  on our first date, there was amazing chemistry and we ended up having sex.

  it was not planned, it just happened.

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  freddo

  Actually Stuckinarut2, I don't think the bible does talk about a threefold cord in direct relation to marriage.

  It's JW's that take the threefold cord scripture (Eccl 4 v 12) and choose to apply it to marriage by sticking "JEHOVAH" (AKA the GB) in there.
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  Is he interested?

  by Sunnybear in

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  i met a wonderful man on match.com several months ago.

  on our first date, there was amazing chemistry and we ended up having sex.

  it was not planned, it just happened.

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  freddo

  Any advice?
  

  Don't put out too soon.

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  This /\
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  three score years and 10

  by stan livedeath in

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  yep--70 today.

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  freddo

  More candles than cake eh? Never mind ...
  

  You're as young as the woman you feel!

  Congrats ...
  
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  Friends: Jehovah's Witnesses shunning drove Keego Harbor mom to murder-suicide

  by adjusted knowledge in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/02/19/keego-harbor-jehovahs-witness-mom-triple-murder-suicide/351559002/.

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  freddo

  I'm sure there were several factors. What do we "know" (as reported)?

  1. There is a suicide note we are not privy to. Those that are privy to it do not deny that shunning may be a factor - but they may just have kept silent as per protocol. Will more be allowed out later?

  2. Joyce Taylor - Lauren Stuart's "close friend" certainly believes shunning was a factor - to the extent she planned and had an accomplice record her at a Kingdom Hall just two days later (now - 23/2/2018 - on over 40K views BTW) - but maybe a personal axe to grind over this issue?

  3. The latest New York Post says she (LS) was brought up in the JW's - so I wonder if her parents or siblings shun her? This would have more effect than the local bozos at Fumbuk Central Kingdom Hall.

  4. Also mentioned was a personal problem? Did this tip her over the edge?

  Other surmisations -

  She might have been POMI to an extent.

  There may be a record of mental health issues. (Obviously she was "nuts" to do what she did)

  Image and appearance seems important. Not many 45 year-olds go for a "modelling career". What was she trying to do to make herself feel good? What insecurities rushed to the surface? Was it all about to come crashing down?

  Tragic and sad.