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  How do you manage to keep JW friendships after you left the organization?

  by Bonsai in

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  2. friends

  it seems incredibly difficult.

  those who leave the org.

  (or fade) no longer have anything in common with jehovah's witnesses, nor do they want to stick around to get radiated by the fear and guilt that saturates every aspect of a witnesses' life.. i've lost all but one of my jw friends quite simply because i can no longer condone the evil things that they condone.

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  My wife and I had been in the organization for over 30 years, she as a pioneer and I as a MS. We managed to fade, but lost every last JW friendship. Some dropped emails that they no longer considered us friends, and over course the rumor mill had a field day on us.

  It was difficult at first, but in the past seven years we have made many new and improved friendships. We also reconnected with many ex-JWs who either left before, during or after our fade.

  I recommend actively and patiently making new friends.
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  Where are the Young Elders?

  by James Jack in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was appointed as an elder when i turned 30, 25 years ago.

  which was the norm back then.. now, i very rarely here of a young man becoming an elder.

  in our town we have 2 english congregations.

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  The last KMS I attended, we were informed that the average age of elders in this country was 58 and that do MS was 56. That was eight years ago, so I assume both are over 60 now.
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  BOE May 27, 2015 Re: Kingdom Hall and Assembly Hall Construction Worldwide

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  thanks stayedaliveafter75 !.

  http://imgur.com/a/ccnus.

  pdf download from google or mega..

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  Voluntary contributions are not so voluntary anymore. If as a true dub I pledge $100 and then loose my job, the society still thinks I owe them $1200 that year. More local needs on money, I think I prefer a collection plate.
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  Kirtland & Cedar Point Ohio.Both significant places in 2 different religions.

  by joe134cd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  since leaving the jws for some reason i have done a lot of research on the mormon faith as well.

  i guess it's probably because i can see so many parallels between the 2 religions.

  i just thought it was uncanny how the 2 religions both had significant events in their history happen in locations that are with in 1.5 hour drive from each other.

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  Cedar Point is not a city/town in Ohio, it is a theme park...a theme park!
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  Cart Witnessing - Thrilling! Productive! Epic! Er.....um, well, not so much.....

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  talked with a pioneer recently, she was recounting her first experience with cart witnessing.. she brought the subject up, was going on & on & on & on about how wonderful the experience was, and how great, and how she enjoyed it so much, and it was so wonderful, and oh jehovah's blessing, and on and on and on...... a few questions to her revealed what really happened:.

  -- a jw who owns a small restaurant in a strip mall allows jws to set up their cart outside his restaurant.

  -- the restaurant is tucked pretty far out of the way, not prominent at all.

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  Here is the form that needs to be completed and approved before you can be one of the 135000 cart guards:

  http://jwsurvey.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/metropolitan-form007.pdf
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  The WTBTS "almost" admits the truth.....

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  during the wt session, the org admits that the actions of eldubs can cause an eventual shortage of "qualified " brothers, and it has.

  they speak of a lack of teaching as the cause.

  in reality, it's the legalism and control issues within the org itself that have caused a shortage of men who are willing to reach out.

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  How you describe Johnny is verbatim to me while I was in...

  I had months of 20 hours, but with a busy work schedule and kids, also had months of 7-8 hours. Finally, when I managed to do 6 straight months of 10 hours or more, they commented that I with my job travel during the week, that I sometimes skipped weekday meetings, so was not recommendable.

  Meanwhile two elders sons, who most likely forged their FS reports were appointed "elders" while still wet behind the ears.

  So glad I'm out.
  
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  2015 Regional Convention Anthony Morris Governing Body encourages coerced baptism of unwilling children ...again

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is from the last talk of the convention ......... clip 1:30 minutes longhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrej8tlyiso&feature=youtu.be.

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  Good question Blondie - I don't know.

  Did a quick check and found this video of the 1958 convention.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbtyPInI2hk

  Interesting if you see the baptismal candidates here, they all appear to be adults. That cannot be said any longer.
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  2015 Regional Convention Anthony Morris Governing Body encourages coerced baptism of unwilling children ...again

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is from the last talk of the convention ......... clip 1:30 minutes longhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrej8tlyiso&feature=youtu.be.

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  Ironic that at a convention with the theme "Imitate the Christ" parents are pressured to baptize their children at HALF the age Jesus was when he was baptized. Let's review: it's a CULT.
  
  On a positive note, at this huge convention, with all bigwigs from the GB, there were only 5 baptized (okay, still 5 too many). Compare the to the 1958 DC in The same state (NY) when 7136 were baptized!
  
  Kids are smart. They do go online behind their parents back and Google on JWs and try to avoid baptism. They have seen too much shunning around them when baptized kids leave the org and seen that those not baptized generally can retain some contact with their families.
  
  Though the tower will not fall anytime soon, the cracks are becoming visible.
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  Does the GB also do Fieldservice?

  by 1tMakesNoSence in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the wt study of may stated that no one is exempt from doing fieldservice.does that mean the gb also does fieldservice?and dont give me any if that "no they only give us insrtuction bullshit" because that would mean not everything applies to everyone, and thats never the case in the jw organisation!

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  I am sure they make their token H2H hours...but most time will be counting time for their talks, not H2H.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses 2015 Regional Convention Saturday PM experience parents shunning children

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  clip 3 minutes long.

  ron and brenda sutton ................warwick 3 children

  it was the missed association with family that brought them back.

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  Designer Stubble

  Do JWs destroy families:
  http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/families/
  
  Do JWs shun former members:
  http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/shunning/