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  Tonight's Meeting

  by Studyover in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  during tonight's meeting the brother seemed to read out something along the lines of "you may be helping a poor sister who you think may be struggling, but in turn that sister may be getting financial assistance from the government.

  it is always best to stick to jehovah's arrangement in these matters so that help can get to those who most need it, including the worldwide work".

  i think it may have been an article about social media platforms initially and how they should be avoided and then this was mentioned.

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  This is disgusting. If you have money to donate to a person or a cause....do your due diligence...find out if it is a legitimate need and take care your hard earned $$$ goes where you intend and not to some scamming crook. And religions are notorious scams.
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  Going to see my abusive jw mother tomorrow

  by Simonsez in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my me mother and i do not see eye to eye to say the least.

  my childhood was fraught with her abusive behavior.

  alas.she is old now and though i have not spoken to her in a year she called the other day and wanted to see me.

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  Good grief....forget about money and legalities. Just visit the woman who gave birth to you ..... Chat....tell her all your happy things..... Forget religion and anything divisive and live in the moment. Feel some love...express it...and let the visit be a fun uplifting time for the two of you.
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  Flu Vaccine Now REQUIRED For All Students Going To School In Massachusetts

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is a requirement now in massachusetts.

  children must get a flu shot by december 31. some allowances are made for religious reasons and health reasons.. personally, i don’t agree with the government making this mandatory.. what is your opinion?

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  I remember polio...I had childhood friends who contracted the disease prior to the vaccine.. I saw the broken body ...the results of the disease. We stood in line in the school gym and got the polio vaccine. We were protected from the horrid ravages of the disease.

  I had a case of severe measles that could have killed me as a kid if I weren't tough enough. That was before the measles vaccine.

  Take the damn shot and shut up. The shot cannot give you one hundredth of the negative consequences the illness might cause. And have a little respect for your fellowman and their well-being.
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  Dress and Grooming

  by Anna Marina in

  1. social
  2. humour

  things are reaching a new high with jw fashion.. a jw orgie facemask.

  https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/784736158/jw-face-mask-jw-gift-multi-functional?ref=related-3&pro=1&frs=1.

  a witness without a word.

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  Omg......
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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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  tiki

  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 .....