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  Be effective or people will die

  by Odrade in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my husband and i have been out of the org for quite some time, but still find that old ideas and values come up and bite us on the ass.. lately, i've been plagued by an increase in the frequency and severity of my nightmares (which have always been an issue,) so i've begun to dream journal.

  in just a few days, this realization cropped up.

  i can't save people.. i've been blogging again recently.

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  hoser

  This use of guilt and shame is all about compliance and falling in line with the rest of the herd.

  Contolling and abusive people use Fear, Obligation and Guilt as tools to control their victims.
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  So its the Elders School this Weekend.......

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what is the focus for this one.

  is it "well lads ring the legal department but if anything goes wrong, you are on your own.

  the cs deals with all that".

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  hoser

  So Robbie can't get reinstated because he knocked up "aquarium girl".

  i can't seem to remember how long it took king David to get reinstated after he got bath Sheba preggers or how his appeal to his disfellowshipping went.
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  How would YOU like to die - At home with your family, or in Hospital with Strangers

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. social
  2. current

  a big decision no one wants to make, but would you have a preference?.

  and, i guess it may depend on what kind of relationship you have with your family.. .

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  hoser

  We're all gonna die at Armageddon, or did you miss the memo.
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  Sister trying to convince me and herself

  by NoMoreFear4Tracy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  long story short i was raised in this cult (but was never baptized) my mother is die hard jdub, i didnt take this "faith" seriously until i was 26, but i had always gone to meeting, was enrolled in the theocratic school and was mediocre in service.

  at 26 i made the conscious decision to make this religion my own.

  i red the bible cover to cover and used cross reference from the watchtower and other religious sites,with the end goal to get baptized.

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  hoser

  # 3-8

  Mennonites, Hutterites, Amish all do these things so the Jehovahs witnesses are not so unique after all
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  jw.org says "be your own person"

  by hoser in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  on jw.org.

  http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/teenagers/whiteboard-animations/stand-up-to-peer-pressure/.

  it says be your own person at 0:53. .

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  on jw.org

  http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/teenagers/whiteboard-animations/stand-up-to-peer-pressure/

  it says be your own person at 0:53
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  South American "Mayan" mob justice. Have you heard of it??

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. social
  2. current

  i have a close friend who has jw family in south america.

  recently some criminals ran through their town.

  the locals routinely practice "mayan justice" where the criminals are beaten or burned to death, depending on the crime.. the authorities try to stop it, but they are not always successful.

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  hoser

  this happened to a circuit overseer in a central American country. He was a real a-hole and a couple of publishers beat the crap out of him one night.
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  "The governing body at that time..."

  by OneEyedJoe in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i'm listening to the regional manager give his mid week talk and he's going over acts 15 where they're dealing with the issues that arrose from the jewish christians wanting the gentile christians to adhear too the mosaic law, so some of the apostles gathered to hash it out.

  it struck me, though, that he kept using the phrase "the governing body at that time" to describe the apostles and older men who decided on the matter.

  once he even slipped up and said apostles, then corrected it to the gb.. i'm thinking that they've actually gone so far as to put it in his outline to make sure its beaten into the r/f that the gb's power is somehow based in scripture.

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  hoser

  They've been stripped of the privilege of being the faithful and discreet slave
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  Wedding question

  by lostinthought in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  can a witness get in trouble for attending an inactive family members wedding?

  just wondering because i am getting married this summer and my mom tried to blackmail me by saying she and other family members would attend but only if i returned to the meeting.

  i told her i am not going back to the meetings.

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  Are you marrying someone connected to jehovahs witnesses?
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  Wal-Mart Workers Plan Huge Protest on Black Friday

  by talesin in

  1. social
  2. current

  wal-mart, which pays a top wage of $12.00+ to its full-time employees, is under attack, once again, by its employees and those who would like to unionize them.. i can't speak to the usa, but here in canada, most wal-mart employees are not full time.

  it is mostly a part-time employer, so zero benefits.

  in my opinion, that makes the $12.00+ look a lot smaller when you envision the actual paycheque.

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  hoser

  Why not just work somewhere else? Problem solved.

  Because every other retailer is out of business because of Wal Mart's predatory business model
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  Are Today's Elders The Same As The Elders of the Last Century?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was 24 when i was first appointed as an elder.

  i very much respected the old timers, the elders that were basically good guys, family men and who tried to be good examples, although they knew they were far from perfect.

  i haven't been to a meeting in about a decade and i wonder if the elders of today are that much different than those of yesteryear.

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  hoser

  I know one that I suspect of having secret doubts.