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  Drinking at meetings / assemblies / conventions ... who's done it?

  by HarryMac in

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  for me .... 1).

  last district convention after having 'read up' (took some family to it).. 2).

  last 'meeting' to watch step-father-in-law finally get his and get disfellowshipped for molestation.. ...both were taking vodka shots in the bathroom.. i'm sure there's lots of good stories out there..

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  tiki

  i was in a cong that was comprised of a lot of ex-druggies with alcohol probs - and they were all sooooooooo super sensitive to being stumbled. Some wouldn't even go into the home of a bro/sis who had beer/wine/booze of any sort - not that they'd offer it to the person - just the fact that it was THERE. and we had a bunch of suspicious minds who literally went around sniffing breath before meetings to see if they could find someone to torture. so - meeting nights, water only.

  however - we were notorious for going out to lunch when at assemblies or conventions - and we'd have a drink, yes....then go back and have to fight not falling asleep throughout the boring afternoon. if anyone said anything to my hubby, he was/is ballsy - and he'd tell them where to put it. i really don't think anyone ever did take it up with him....he wasn't the sort to take any bs.
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  Got a angry letter from our oldest son today we are very hurt from it.

  by TotallyADD in

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  when i got home today from work my wife showed me a 5 page letter from our oldest son.

  he basically said he does not what anything to do with us because of all the wrong things we did as parents to him and his brother.

  he blames us for not being there for him and we are toxic parents.

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  Totally ADD - It is a sad story - but at this point you have done all you can to make amends. The mental, emotional and physical abuse that JW parents have reaped on their kids is no reflection of Christianity for sure - and all from sincere delusion. I know it is hard to do, but you have to let go and let him work through his anger. Anger is a byproduct of clinical depression, and your words of love - while he may not initially sense their meaning - will be in the back of his mind.

  Please don't dwell on a mixed up man's angry outburst....he will cool down in time. Hang in there!
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  Why dont JWs get tats on their foreheads with their dates ?

  by mP in

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  now thats commitment..

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  tiki

  they have them - they are just invisible. remember the man with the secretary's inkhorn....
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  A JW husband emailing his ex-girlfriend after his wife reveals her apostasy

  by JimmyPage in

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  a woman i've known for years recently confided in me.

  she told me she found out her jw husband had been secretly e-mailing his jw ex-girlfriend.

  he was telling his ex about how difficult it had been for him since his wife was now basically an apostate.

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  tiki

  he's a sleazy hypocrite. and i would guess he's got a plan...
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  Bible Writers not just ignorant "goat herders"

  by applehippie in

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  really, the bible was written by nothin' but goat herders?

  i don't post much but this does irk me.

  yes a few may have been shepherds or fisherman, but a fair amount were far more educated and were professionals in their fields of occupation.

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  tiki

  a lot of negativity in these comments....but historically i think applehippie makes a very valid point. people are too quick to think that we are so advanced our antecedents had to have been so primitive. you have to put things in context - like the plagues on egypt....there is an excellent documentary that goes through each one chronogically from the red tide that killed the fish...the proliferation of frogs....the whole thing down to the first-born eating the best top part of the grain which was poisoned, in turn killing them. the biblical documentation of this natural progression of events is, as the writer believed, actual smiting from god. he had no idea of the science behind it, so everything was seen as a miracle from god.

  there is another documentary i saw that was about jesus and what his life most likely was really like and he was not born into a decrepit poor eke out a living existence. he was educated, travelled with his uncle, a very wealthy businessman, likely as far as what are now the british isles - total different picture from the typical jw idea.

  at any rate - current culture dictated how the history was written. language has changed significantly - and what we are reading and understanding may not necessarily be what was being depicted.
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  CO's comments about loved ones vs. JW.ORG

  by DATA-DOG in

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  this information is from a friends co visit.

  enjoy.. jw.org faq's.

  do you feel that you are the only people who will be saved?00:0000:00. no.

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  tiki

  amazing....and sad that it takes so little logic to destroy his take on it all. he must be a very sour miserable angry man. the good thing is that they are "waiting on Jehovah" to do all the killing. it'd be hideous if they took that on themselves.
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  FOOD at the proper time.....MEAT in due season.......digested and passed along

  by Terry in

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  the watchtower feeds true believers.. the watchtower feeds true believers spiritual "food".. the watchtower feeds true believers spiritual "food" at the proper time.. .

  the members of jehovah's witnesses who receive this "food at the proper time" receive it from their governing body who have digested.

  the importance and timeliness of it and passed it along.. .

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  tiki

  interesting perspective, terry.

  after seeing the new five tracts on another thread, my thought is more like starving in the ranks.........
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  At what age can a JW be baptised in the UK?

  by jwfacts in

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  i just received an email from an unbaptised publisher that made the following comment;.

  in the uk the age of consent by law for a child is 16 and only then can they be baptized of their own free will.

  is anyone aware of jws that have been baptised younger than 16 in the uk?.

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  BUT - if the legal age of consent is 16, those baptisms of kids younger hold no clout. Same as entering into a contract - the contract cannot be binding if one party to it is a child who has not reached legal age of consent. (at least in the US and I cannot imagine the UK would be much different in that respect). I do not attach any meaning whatsoever to the dunking of any kid less than age 18 personally.
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  This is a tall brother that is giving the talk :(

  by Iamallcool in

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  tiki

  freakin stupid
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  JW Poem

  by laverite in

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  i saw this poem on facebook this morning.

  not sure if it has been shared or talked about on here yet or not.

  if not, enjoy .

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  tiki

  gag