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  Can a JW go home for Christmas ??

  by Clambake in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  jw love to make a big deal about christmas but the reality is alot of people have time off work from christmas to new years.

  we like to go home.

  with me being an ubm does it become an issue within the cong ?

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  LostGeneration

  There is no hard and fast rule, but lots of JWs are concerned about appearances.

  If there are a lot of douche bag elders in your hall they may suspect your wife is secretly celebrating Xmas behind their backs.
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  Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

  by breakfast of champions in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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  LostGeneration

  Four, five and six congos to a building, I can see it now. Driving 20 miles one way for meetings even though you live in a populated city.

  Yeah that will be a test of faith when they are scheduling meetings on Friday Nights and Watchtower studies on Saturday at 2pm, absolutely ruining the weekend of JWs everywhere.

  Hopefully more will simply say "Screw it, I'm done here"
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  Marriage is done

  by cognac in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  its been done for a long time.

  relieved with the idea of finally being free without the fight.

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  As tough as it is, your kids will thank you in both the short and long run.

  Freeing yourself and your children from a cult is a brave thing to do.
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  Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

  by breakfast of champions in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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  LostGeneration

  Best suggestion yet there Sparrow! The uhhhh, anti-Mormon approach.
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  Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

  by breakfast of champions in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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  LostGeneration

  They will never, ever apologize or even hint at having a child abuse problem.

  The inactive/DF thing is fun to think about. Poor faders might have to show up for KH serve-us once a year to keep their name on the books. Now wouldn't that be funny. I really think there is no way to really enforce that, keeping up with faders would be like herding cats.
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  Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

  by breakfast of champions in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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  LostGeneration

  Lemme guess. JWs now have the privilege of donating 10 percent of their income.
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  comment from an uber dub regarding the $13.5 sex abuse case will just blow you away.

  by joe134cd in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i was talking to an uber dub friend last night who lives in the san diego area.

  he knew nothing of the $13.5 million dollar law suit.

  when i tried to tell him that this is a systemic problem, and that this could perhaps be the tip of the ice burgh.

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  LostGeneration

  like background checks for all in search of a position of authority and reporting all abuse cases to the local authorities.

  You should probably review the WT attitude toward such law in Australia, they basically gave the middle finger to the authorties simply because they didn't want to be inconvenienced.
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  Anthony Morris' family?

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  just simple quesiton.

  in one video i saw, anthony morris iii makes the comment "i come from a wealthy family, you all know that".

  does anyone know who this family is?

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  LostGeneration

  Morris is a pretty common name, even if his family was related in some way to that industry it really wouldn't matter.

  Obviously he isn't involved in the family business, whatever it may be. He is also one of Christ's brothers, its going to take a lot to bring down a special, chosen man like that.
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  comment from an uber dub regarding the $13.5 sex abuse case will just blow you away.

  by joe134cd in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i was talking to an uber dub friend last night who lives in the san diego area.

  he knew nothing of the $13.5 million dollar law suit.

  when i tried to tell him that this is a systemic problem, and that this could perhaps be the tip of the ice burgh.

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  LostGeneration

  I'm really starting to wonder how uber JWs are going to take this if it really gets some legs. I mean if its really the 'tip of the iceberg' as Zalkin puts it, we could be seeing dozens of judgements over the next decade.

  Story after story of this sick behavior is really going to chip away at their armor.
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  Science is right in its details, but wrong in its direction

  by exWTslave in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  science observes, studies and analyses the basic nature of all the components constituting the part of any experiment, follows the principle of cause and effect, and come out with equipments that would contribute to our comfort and save us lots of time and energyall of which are ultimately aimed at making life on this earth happier, longer and healthier, thus making this world a better place to live.. yet man day-by-day becomes more and more unhappy and discontented, and world is becoming bitter and bitter!

  it means: though science is right in its details, it has gone wrong in its direction.

  it failed to rightly judge and assess the true nature of its prime object (man) for whom it works.

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  LostGeneration

  Yet man day-by-day becomes more and more unhappy and discontented, and world is becoming bitter and bitter

  An unsupported platitude and a massive generalization to boot. Do you have an 'unhappy meter' on the world? A bitterness ruler?

  I'm sure millions in Africa who are getting basics like clean drinking water would have a thing to say about your false premise.

  Science isn't a religion. It isn't about providing comforts or luxuries. Its about studying reality without unprovable statements like this getting in the way:

  He is essentially a “spirit” that acts through the medium of his body. (Ecclesiastes 12:7) If we are truly objective, we can experience that everything depends on that IMMATERIAL PART that animates and sustains our bodies—once the SPIRIT departs, our bodies (including our brain which some feel as the source of our intelligence) become a terribly foul-smelling trash.