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  Received a letter from a JW today.

  by smiddy3 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it started off as "dear friend ,as one of your neighbours" , however the postmark on the letter was from 2 townships away ?

  a good twenty minute car drive away .a minor point i know.

  it goes on about how she is concerned about the effects that current events are having on the welfare of the community and the corona-virus has prevented her from discussing the issues personally with me.. she then goes on to state and quote jeremiah 29:11 and then goes on to say "for more information about this promise and other questions like :.

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  Sounds like a colossal waste of time....
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  Witness reaching out to me after 20+ years...

  by SouthCentral in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a few weeks ago; a witness couple from the midwest reached out to me after 25+ years.

  they said they were doing a letter writing campaign and decided to reach out to me… they called on my personal cell phone, which was a little surprising.

  a few days ago, a couple that i knew from over 40 years ago, sent me a text, again to my personal cell phone.. i assume that they just googled my name to get the personal info.

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  Desperate times....desperate moves

  I'm out of their loop...none of them really ever liked me enough to want me back. But I have a lot of friends who are ex-dubs!!
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  “Minimus” Was Mentioned On Another Site In A Negative Way!

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was told that minimus was talked about on six screens by someone who said “minimus is a racist “.

  i just want to set the record straight and say he is a great guy and loves everybody equally.

  race and color does not make a person better or worse.

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  My impression of minimus is that he at least minimally likes to be a pot stirrer. But he leans more than minimally to the right and in so doing appears at least minimally to be on the narrow-minded spectrum. Unless he is presenting himself farcically that is....perhaps he truly is a progressive minded liberal thinking sophisticate! Who knows...who knows....
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  The “simplified” congregation donation arrangement

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  did anyone else experience a nostalgic throwback to the 1990s when the latest watchtower announcements presented their demand for increased donations from congregations as a “simplified” arrangement?

  5. adjustment to resolved congregation donations: in the past, the congregation was presented with multiple resolutions to donate funds to the branch office in support of vari- ous activities cared for by the organization.

  this arrangement has been simplified.

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  Yep...the best simplification and the most happifying too...extricate yourself from that loony organization!!!
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  How do I find a woman who is a Jehovah's Witness during COVID-19 Pandemic?

  by Silkythefresh in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  hello there, fellow believers!

  i'm here today to talk about something that has been bothering my mind and my heart.

  i truly want to find a woman who knows jehovah's name and worships him.

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  Grow up. Get a career and a life. At 16 you have no need for a woman other than your mother.

  And if horny is the issue there are plenty of tramp teenagers out there.
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  The women that abandon “The Good News” are a large army

  by Aimee.Padilla in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  to be born a woman is a great disadvantage in many parts of the world and much more if she is part of a destructive sect like the jehovah’s witnesses where she is submitted to the “theocratic order” being the base that sustains the corporate pyramid, displaying submission at all times before male authority.

  those of us that have been part of this cult can verify that the woman has to carry out a series of practices that for the rest of society is somewhat incomprehensible.

  i’d like to draw your attention to the act of head covering, if for any reason a woman has to pray in public while a male is present, who is not available to lead the prayer, she must cover her head because she wouldn’t be respecting the arrangement of authority if she didn’t.

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  I am mystified and disheartened that there are negative reactions to this true and beautiful piece. Women in the JW cult most assuredly are treated as inferiors. Sadly this religion is not the only one that does...patriarchal systems still exist and females in some are treated far worse than the JW experience.

  Fairness and true justice are not exactly the order of the day so long as people with their own agenda are allowed to dominate and discriminate .....
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  So according to wt. Doctrine, If you die one day before Armageddon...

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  you will be resurrected.

  but if you live one more day when armageddon starts you will die a horrible death with no chance of a resurrection.

  makes sense to me!.

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  You can't make sense out of nonsense.....and you cannot reason with the unreasonable.
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  Was Sin Inevitable?

  by Parker in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was wondering about this question and wanted to ask: was sin inevitable?

  also, i had thought about past watchtower articles or publications related to this topic and did some research and found this from our readers ask if adam was perfect, how was it possible for him to sin?.

  well, then, did god create adam with a moral weakness, so that he lacked the ability to make sound decisions or to withstand temptation?

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  I always had issues with the theory that dwelling on a "sin" would lead to one actually following through and doing the deed.... I have observed in my existence on planet earth that a greater number of what are construed as sinful acts are impulsive.....kind of out of the blue mistakes people make. Sociopaths may dwell on the evils they plan to commit....but that group is not representative of the average flawed human.

  At best it is indeed a conundrum....and trying to make sense out of a spirit creature disguised as a reptile playing mind games with a pure innocent newly created human and her subsequent curiosity....well....good luck with that. And then endeavoring to explain it from God's perspective??? Given the JW view of God it becomes the utmost presumption to try to explain his thought processes.
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  Don't forget to take Sauerkraut for COVID-19 ?

  by was a new boy in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  fermented foods may lower your risk of covid-19 death.

  countries that consume higher amounts of traditionally fermented foods have lower covid-19 mortality rates.

  according to german researchers, significant changes in the microbiome caused by modern life and low fermented food consumption may have increased the spread or severity of the disease.

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  Fermentation? As in grapes becoming vino!?! Whoppeeee!!!!!
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  Are You Afraid of Contracting The Covid Virus?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  thankfully my best friend who got this terrible malady is doing well after being in the hospital for more than two months!

  i see some people who are still petrified over this virus.

  they are still virtual prisoners in their own homes.

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  Realistically concerned...not scared crazy. Following guidelines respectfully. However the idea of being a vaccine guinea pig does give pause. I would prefer a tried and true protection....and that may take years.