Beth Sarim

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  Please could you give me your opinions on this statement? . . .

  by Miss Worldly in

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  'i have prayed, and confessed my sins to my god, i'm not telling them (the elders) anything'.

  .. could this be a significant sign that there maybe a small dent in the armour of an active jw?

  or is it just a case of 'keep your nose out' ?

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  Beth Sarim

  ''Telling the elders'', is only one of their control mechanisms. It's all a bunch of bull $shit, or politics. If God knows your whole heart, mind and soul, their is no need to have elders run your business.

  On a side note, about elders committing past sins, transgressions. Yes, it is true. If an elder has indeed committed a past sin and 2 or 3 years has passed, then, and only then, only are ONLY elders excused from any judicial action or deletion of their appointments. The elder(s) who transgressed, can retain their title. So yes, elders are above the law, in a way.
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  I miss my family so much. I thought I was over it but I have breakdowns every few months thinking about my family

  by macys in

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  as most of you know i have been shunned by my family for 2 years because of a photo posted on facebook of me kissing another girl at a party.

  the matter was not dealt with fairly but it is over now and i am 100% certain that jdub org is a cult.

  but i miss my family so much.

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  macy's

  Being disfellowshipped because of an image of merely kissing a girl!!! Wow!!. Then that confirms what others including myself have come to realize or suspect. The elders these days are quicker to disfellowship and slower to reinstate.

  I have it on good authority that elders have these so called all weekend, 2 day elder courses. That is where they are trained and conditioned to enforce even more rigid rules. Like that of quicker to disfellowship and slower to reinstate, without even the rank and file knowing.
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  "Only Baptized Ones have Unrestricted Privilege of Prayer"

  by BluesBrother in

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  i was sitting at the recent circuit assembly that i attended, (the things i do for sis blues) and the baptism talk was under way .

  i admit that my mind was more on my imminent packed lunch and flask of coffee but i distinctly heard the speaker make the statement that heads this thread and cite a wt reference.. you what !

  i was shocked....... how can they possibly make such an arrogant statement ?

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  I think what that WT meant was only baptized ones only have the privilege of praying audibly in front of people, offering prayer before a group. They should make things more clear, discernable so people will understand more easily instead of having to spell things out.
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  Would you like to make a donation?

  by pixel in

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  is this new?

  i noticed it today:.

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  They claim they don't pass a plate. Well hypocritically they do in a way by imposing on people by subtly asking for a donation.
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  Anthony Morris's talk about beards and facial hair

  by EndofMysteries in

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  i just found an archive of one of anthony morris's talks back from 1916, (yes the man is that old), about facial hair.

  obviously he recycles his talks as it will sound very similar to a recent rant of his!

  "it's in america, and it's in europe, they have the metrosexual look.

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  I don't think I've ever seen a picture of Rutherford with any hair on his face besides his eyebrows.
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  How long till the hounders come back ?

  by Clambake in

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  after having a baby ?

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  we just had an elder drop by and invite my wife to the kh with a 21 day old baby.. i thought it was kind of classless.

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  Why do elders think that they can come by out of the blue and wake a baby who is sleeping? That's because elders think they are above courtesy. Which of course they aren't.
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  Anthony Morris's talk about beards and facial hair

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just found an archive of one of anthony morris's talks back from 1916, (yes the man is that old), about facial hair.

  obviously he recycles his talks as it will sound very similar to a recent rant of his!

  "it's in america, and it's in europe, they have the metrosexual look.

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  I've always understood that the reason why Rutherford imposed the fallacy of the ''no beards policy'', was because Judge Rutherford didn't care how beards looked. Or because Rutherford couldn't grow a full beard, and that maybe he was jealous of men with full beards.
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  Forgiving Loans the Watchtower Way

  by cofty in

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  bank - thank you for maintaining your loan repayments for the past 3 years.

  to show our appreciation we are forgiving the balance of your loan.

  borrower - yeah!.

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  It's sad and yet I'm amazed that the average JW cannot see that there is a huge money grabbing scheme going on here.
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  Peaceful Revolution in Romania and Taxing Religions

  by cookiemaster in

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  some of you might know i'm from romania.

  some of you might have also heard about that terrible club fire that killed 32 people and injured hundreds.

  the whole thing happened because the club owners bought the officials to allow them to operate even though the location was a fire hazard.

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  Taxing on religion. Could never be too soon.
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  Invisible Rulership - one of the dumbest things I ever believed in

  by Black Man in

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  having now been out of the cult for a few years, it really shocks me about some of the nonsense i used to believe in.

  like for instance, christ ruling in the midst of his enemies, but doing so invisibly.. let's let that one sink in for a minute.

  you've supposedly got a king who is ruling for a kingdom, but it is an invisible rule.

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  Beth Sarim

  I know, invisible reign. Every eye will see Him when he returns. Nothing about invisible return anywhere in the Bible.