big mac
to answer your question : yes it is double standard
cskyjw.sun
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questions to jw waverers ,members on this site
by bigmac inok i'm new here , posted a few times & still trying to figure out "who's what".
i thought i'd start a thread directed at members who say they are still actively involved within the wt society.
a few questions they might wish to address.
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Length of Meetings - what do they total per week now?
by Little Imp in.
the meetings used to be three times a week and totalled five hours.. the public talk on a sunday was reduced from one hour to three quarters of an hour whilst we were still attending and then following our fade we were aware that the tuesday night group book study was stopped.. does this now mean the meetings total three and three quarter hours?.
my husband was asking me this morning and i wasn't sure so wondered if anyone can help me out here.. thanks.. li.
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cskyjw.sun
we have WT study on sunday,and together with the meeting for field service, it total up to 1hr45min.together with the mid week meetings(1hr45min)the total weekly meetings is 3hr30min
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Are JWs more likely to stay from Fear of Armageddon or Fear of being Disfellowshipped?
by jwfacts ini have been reading some interesting information on terror management theory at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/terror_management_theory.
this explains how the terror of death leads to a belief in an afterlife and also affects how we live.
there is an "irresolvable paradox" created from the desire to preserve life and the realization of that impossibility because life is finite.
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being Df
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Brace yourselves: The GOOD things about the WTBS! heh
by theMadJW inyes-lotta nonsense; a self-proclaimed "slave class" that is not a prophet but like a prophet, giving so awfully embarrasing opinions that are supposed to be automatically acceted by all of us jws...pretenders...mistakes... and moves not "discreet" at all- like the ngo united nations membership they secretly had for awhile....terrible, isn't it?.
i mean, look at the inspiring example we have in churchianity: such wonderful dogma- such as the three sadist-gods who have been torturing billions of men, women, and children for thousands of years- with eternity to go...and god making the universe in 72 hours...and backing the wars of their governments- "god and country!
", as they send their men out to war, telling them they will be blessed for it, and so many more wonderful revelations: the rapture, once-saved, tithing, etc.
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themadjw:
just to let you know I am still "in"
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Anyone take depression/anxiety meds?
by tresdecu injust wondering if any ex or current "concious class" dubbers out there take anything; and if it works!
my family is still in and with everything else going on in my life, sometimes i consider asking my doc about zolft / prosac.. thanks for any replies!.
i should just ask 85% of my congregation-mates ... lol.
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cskyjw.sun
AIW if one is truly ill,it's not good to deny it. if one suffers mental depression he has to be on medication.if he stops the medication there is the possibility of a relapse.
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Something that's been on my mind for a while and I finally put into words.
by WontLeave inshould i turn "apostate"?.
when anyone is replying to a matter before he hears [it], that is foolishness on his part and a humiliation.
prov 18:13. .
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cskyjw.sun
wountleave i share your sentiment
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the weekly meetings
by cskyjw.sun inknow that the 5 weekly meetings have been cut into 4.but locally in my region,they retain the congregation book study.during midweek they will have 3 meetings instead.
( its duration is 1hr45min).
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cskyjw.sun
know that the 5 weekly meetings have been cut into 4.but locally in my region,they retain the congregation book study.during midweek they will have 3 meetings instead.( its duration is 1hr45min)
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Is "The Truth" Killing You, Lurkers?
by metatron inas an elder of many years, i was continually struck with the abundance of chronically ill witnesses whose disease appeared to be related to their own stress at trying to meet the endless demands of the "truth".
i am not a medical professional but i don't need to be a doctor to know that the depression and virtual self loathing ('i'm not good enough, i must do more, i'm a bad parent....") sets a stage for ill health.. and now science backs up that conclusion:.
http://www.amazon.com/when-body-says-understanding-stress-disease/dp/0471219827.
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Why is there a High Rate of Suicide among Jehovahs Witnesses?????
by Aikon inhi guys.
last week i was involed in a very distressing situation, going with a family to identify their mother who had commited suicide.. we are waiting for the coroner to release the body for the funneral.. but, so far this year a number of jw have commited suicide in england,why???.
can any one throw a light why so many jw of good standing commit suicide,.
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cskyjw.sun
when i first joined the jws, i came across a suicide case.but all the jws members did not even consider it a matter.subsequently i sense that depression is relatively high amongst jw.
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If The Organization Wants U 2 B Financially Insecure How Does It Help Them???
by minimus inthe organization teaches you to rely on jehovah god.
don't worry about the anxieties of this system, just modestly care for the necessities in life.
don't plan for retirement.
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cskyjw.sun
the jews paid tithes and jesus had the treasury chests arrangement, the WT would reemphasized the need to contribute when it runs out of money