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  Absalom prefigured young JWs who fist bump, play video games, and take pictures of themselves with the opposite sex

  by JimmyPage in

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  jehovah's witnesses top the list in not being able to hold on to their younger members.

  so what do they do to combat this?

  do they go out of their way to change things to keep the next generation, their only real hope of long run survival?

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  garyneal

  Yeah, I remember reading this article in the Watchtower thinking 'WTF?!' I really did not know how to respond to this to my wife so I said nothing.

  I wonder if my wife even paid attention during this study? I will never know but I sure am glad she is willing to sign our kids up for gymnastics, soccer, swimming, and even karate. I figured I just keep quite about the cult BS and allow my wife to continue doing these things for our kids and I doubt they will ever take this religion seriously when they are older.
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  Serena Williams wins....but as a Jehovah's Witness will not toast.....New York Daily News Story

  by Balaamsass in

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  u.s. open sponsor moet leads champagne toast to champion serena williams, a jehovah's witness who does not drinkreporters on tight deadline wait for inappropriate-feeling homage before williams can begin press conference.comments (7).

  by filip bondy / new york daily newsmonday, september 10, 2012, 12:00 am.

  howard simmons/new york daily newsserena williams is thrilled about winning the u.s. open, but she will not celebrate with a champagne toast due to her religious beliefs.. there was an awkward interval sunday night in the press interview room, when the u.s. open sponsors, moet, delivered a trolley of small champagne bottles to the assembled media who already had waited an hour to ask post-match questions of serena williams.. before williams could begin answering questions, usta ceo gordon smith led a toast that basically called williams victory the greatest match in open history.. .

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  garyneal

  Wow this is too funny and too typical of the witnesses I encountered (including my wife). Live like the world and downplay the religious rules (except the ones you want to follow). If she one day decides to go running back to the cult after settling down, I feel sorry for the poor fellow who winds up marrying her.
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  I need help with Free Minds - volunteers who are reliable and fun-hearted

  by Dogpatch in

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  it seems like i never give up looking for volunteers.

  they can be hard to work with, dry out, or are unpredictable.

  some get downright nasty and become very undesirable.

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  garyneal

  A part of me wants to help given all that I benefitted from that site. But I am not even a witness and plus I am married to one. Count me in, maybe I can fit in somewhere.
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  The generation that saw the end of the Vietnam War will never die!

  by life is to short in

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  so what will be the new light on having such a young gb member?

  will it be that obviously jesus clearly meant that evidently, plainly, unmistakably and with out a doubt (matt 24:34) that this generation that overlapped with the generation that saw ww1 and would overlap with the generation that saw ww2 which would than clearly overlap with the ones who saw the end of the vietnam war will never die.. this new gb is younger then i am and i just barley remember the end of the vietnam war.. how do the older ones keep believing this?

  how can someone who is in their 60's to 80's swallow this?

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  garyneal

  I missed the announcement of the newest GB member. How old is he?
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  Thought you all would get a kick out of this...

  by garyneal in

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  recipe for an ifb cult leader:.

  1 multi-dose vial of love bombing.

  2 cups of megalomania.

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  garyneal

  gary, is their a website that explains the history of this group? Lots of similarities, cultlike.

  I haven't found one that was anywhere on par with free minds and jwfacts. Plus I have not been looking too much for it since, for me at least, it has been between fifteen and twenty years since I set foot in an IFB church (and therefore I have long since gotten past the experiences).

  I just remember that when I first started attending the meetings with my wife regularly and studying with the witnesses I felt many of the same sinking feelings I use to feel at those IFB churches. Seeing the 20-20 documentary on the IFB's hammered home the reasons why.
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  To Any Jehovah's Witness Reading This---Please Think About Getting Out!

  by minimus in

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  i sympathize with you.

  you may feel there's no where to go.

  you might worry that you could lose all your friends and family.. you might believe it's better than the other religions and you should just "wait" on jehovah/the organization.. you might have doubts but you might feel a spiritual connection.. all i can suggest to you is to please think about your life.

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  garyneal

  What if it was announced from the Watchtower that anyone who was thinking of not wanting to be a witness ever again could leave the Kingdom Hall and never come back if they so choose without repercussions?

  What if it was also announced that any still-in witness who either shunned them or otherwise treated them differently would be promptly dealt with by the local body of elders since the Watchtower no longer views such practices as marks of being a true Christian.

  What if all witnesses who were still-in were encouraged to treat these former witnesses with the same respect paid to current witnesses in good standing?

  How many would leave and more importantly, how many would stay?

  "If you love someone enough, let that person go and if he or she does not return, that person never belonged to you to begin with."

  Can the Watchtower ever think like this?
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  Post 607: Reject 607 BC if You TRULY Trust the Bible!!!

  by Londo111 in

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  therefore, if the 70 years period is for the destruction of jerusalem and exile at babylon:.

  if zedekiah had not rebelled against babylon, had he surrendered during the final siege that lasted two and a half years, then the destruction of jerusalem and the deportation need not have happened.

  then in the jubilee year, they were set free and their hereditary land was returned to them.

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  garyneal

  Thanks.

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  Thought you all would get a kick out of this...

  by garyneal in

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  recipe for an ifb cult leader:.

  1 multi-dose vial of love bombing.

  2 cups of megalomania.

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  garyneal

  Oh, and just for the record, I did not write this. Got it from the IFB Cult Survivors wall on facebook.

  Amazing the similarities, isn't it?
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  Thought you all would get a kick out of this...

  by garyneal in

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  recipe for an ifb cult leader:.

  1 multi-dose vial of love bombing.

  2 cups of megalomania.

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  garyneal

  Recipe for an IFB cult leader:
  
  1 multi-dose vial of love bombing
  2 cups of Megalomania
  ½ cup of bigotry
  ... 1 splash of polishing your shaft
  2 years of preacher boys class, preferably self taught by your “pastor” but will accept a degree from any unaccredited bible institute
  2 tablespoons of paranoia
  1 large barrel filled with both Rick Warren and Jon Bon Jovi CD’s
  3 die hard followers (preferably related by blood)
  1 large potluck belly (we don’t believe in beer!)
  12 stoic children (necessary to complete the quiver, and form the Lord’s army)
  3 cups of KJV or a personal translation will do
  
  In a bowl, mix megalomania with KJV. Slowly pour in the love bombing. Slide the bigotry and paranoia in at the bottom of the mixture. Add the stoic children. You can add sausage, preferably one that looks bigger than it actually is. In a second bowl, mix together the polished shaft, preacher boy class, die hard followers, and potluck belly. Pour the mixture from the second bowl over the first. Bake at 350 degrees to hell. Light the barrel of Cds on fire, and shout “hallelujah”.
  
  (If the mixture comes out soggy, remove the children and beat them)
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  How many of you had trouble getting or keeping jobs because of JW schedule?

  by puffthedragon in

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  before i acquired a skill, i worked retail.

  like many jobs that work non-traditional hours, when you apply for a job in retail or a restaurant or something, you have to tell them what hours you are available to work.

  now most people looking for a job, unless they are in school or something, are available to work whenever the job requires.

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  garyneal

  This is especially true with Walmart, which maintains an open availability policy (you belong to Walmart).

  Not to derail this thread but that was one aspect of them (Wal-mart) that I hated most. I am glad I no longer have to work for them but there are a lot of people I know (my mom included) who still do. Many of them on my wife's side of the family and as a result, they are indeed weak witnesses. My mother-in-law draws disability so she gets to pio-sneer all she wants. What a truly excellent example of a GREAT CHRISTIAN! Don't work, live off disability, and serve JEHOVAH.

  I guess only people like me (who sees the hypocrisy in the whole 'God will provide' argument) can see why witnesses should not take this too seriously.