Posts by Beth Sarim

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I'm Catholic and madly in love with a Jehovah Witness...

by Luge62 in

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we are madly in love with each other and she is in the process of being divorced.

let me make one thing clear i'm not the reason for the divorce.

she attempted to reconcile with him but to no avail.

Beth Sarim

As far as I'm concerned, the JW's have become ever more cultier than ever before just in the last 6 months to year-and-half now. The JW who wants to marry a Catholic will face the henchmen in that of their local elders. They have changed a lot of their ''disciplinary'' words to ''brazen conduct'' broadening the scope of offenses, they are a lot quicker now to disfellowship(excommunication). It's up to the local JW gestapo what punishment they will administer though.

Shunning is now enforced to a stronghold, so any relatives including your immediate family not living under your roof will ostracize you at will. Remember, once you sign your life away by baptism, it's a life long contract. Shunning a JW family member takes precedence in practising loyalty to the cult.

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Why JWs record and report time?

by ThinkerBelle in

okay, so yes, i'm a born-in, but this point has always baffled me (and i guess i never bothered to research or ask).

what is the purpose of counting time in service?

when was it started and why?

Beth Sarim

Why do JW's record and report time?

It's simply a control mechanism. The number on a slip of paper at the beginning of a new months gauges one's ''spirituality''. Any record number over the congregation or national average proves a ''brothers'' eligibility for ''priviledges''. Privilidges such as carrying a microphone around or operating the sound system at the back of the hall. Other priviledges like being used to read for the WT or the book study or prayer before the meeting.

Secondly, I want to state that another reason why they record time is another control mechanism. When the ''circuit overseer'' , or CO makes his rounds to the congregations every 6 months or so. He goes through each and every members' preaching records on the Tuesday afternoon before the week's visit. He goes through everyone's records and determines who is shall we say judged as ''weak'', by that I mean ''low hours''. From there it is determined when the elders get together for their meeting with the CO, they discuss who merits one of those dreaded ''shepparding calls'' or those rude drop in visits out of the blue.

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2015-10/30/BOE!

by Atlantis in

if this has already been posted then just delete this post.

2015, 10/30/boe.. .. re: 2016 regional conventions .

click the green download button.. http://wwwb.fileflyer.com/view/e0nrcbh.

Beth Sarim

Thanks Atlantis!!

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Canadian JW's exerting themselves vigorously. Really?

by clarity in

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there were at least four jw's to one lone man on the street.

they look to be mostly elders.

if they are ... is this the example they really want to set.

Beth Sarim

yes, they do exert themselves. That pioneer walk is ever so fast.

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'Seek the Kingdom First' Economics

by Tornintwo in

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has anyone else's family finances been victim to the 'seek the kingdom first' economic policy?.

for years, my husband and i have had our own business, my husband is not the most proactive guy, prefers to go in field service than to work, but he has always encouraged me to 'rely on jehovah and all these other things will be added to you', 'seek the kingdom first' etc etc.

there have been times, such as when i was heavily pregnant and we lost a big deal, that i have been begging jehovah on hands and knees to honour that promise, wondering why he wasn't helping us.

Beth Sarim

What hypocrisy!! So apparently it is o.k. if Mr. Elder with wife and kids to have full time job with benefits. But a single woman in the Borg to have a full time job with benefits, with no other income and with paying sky high rent is labelled as weak.

This was one of the things I struggled with. Mr. Elders is so poor I guess. He has a motor home, boat, living on an acreage and vacations twice a year or more to tropical places. I have always struggled with this mind set. Nauseating.

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2015 Jehovah's Witnesses Annual Meeting Lett warning about apostates CLIP

by Watchtower-Free in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja4z2-sf4ky.

Beth Sarim

obey, obey, obey.....etc. That is about it.

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Scientology loses Tax Exempt status in Netherlands!

by talesin in

the hague court has made this ruling ......... i searched, and no topic showed up, so hope this is not 'old news'.. if a cult loses its tax-free status, does anybody care?well, yeah!

*pumps fist in the air*.

it's about time.

Beth Sarim

Scientology loses tax exempt status in Netherlands, WOW, I hope this opens the floodgates to tax religion. About friggen time!!

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Fighting about college

by cognac in

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my nephew is a sweet, smart, thoughtful person.

he wants to go to college.. normally, a mom would be proud to have a son like this.. nope, not a friggin jw mom.

apparently, he's being selfish to both her and jehovah.

Beth Sarim

There is something very, very wrong about discouraging post-secondary education. It is an obvious sign of a cult that discourages education which enables a human being the ability to think.

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