wannabefree
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What Music have you Been Listening to this Last Year ? Post You tubes if you Like !
by flipper inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wktxjuyiat4.
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JW Lawyers and Heavyweights lying in court.
by freddo inin a recent canadian case i've seen (on line video in threads on here) the wt lawyer says that disfellowshipping isn't actual shunning but only a cutting off of spiritual association.
but what case is it and is there a transcript available on line?.
any other "good" examples from the point of view that it proves wt speak out of both sides of their mouths?.
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wannabefree
You call it lying, I call it lying, the Org and fully indoctrinated JW's call it theocratic warfare. Nobody outside of the Organization deserves the pure truth of God's Organization, they just wouldn't get it, they are under Satan's control after all, and that's why it is okay to "lie" or use carefully chosen words to mislead them.
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Non JW wife/JW husband Christmas tree debate
by spacegirl443 infirst post here and looking for advice and help.
sorry in advance for it being so long :(.
i'm a happily married woman (no kids) who is a non-jw, presbyterian to be precise.
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wannabefree
You didn't agree to this in your marriage vows. It's not fair of him to expect you to give up your tradition because of Watchtower rules. As long as you don't expect him to help you set up the tree, decorate it, sing Christmas carols around it, take it down, it's none of his damn business. Don't let him force his Watchtower rules on you. If he doesn't understand that you have rights to your beliefs and traditions then he is a bit controlling.
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wannabefree
LOL ToesUp! I was paranoid about that when I first joined.
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Special event this weekend
by TweetieBird inwas talking with a family member today and they said that there is something special going on at the kh this weekend.
any idea what it is?
they said that some kind of broadcast from bethel for everyone..
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wannabefree
This is the state required annual meeting for corporate shareholders of the Watchtower printing corporation. Watchtower turned a mandated business meeting it into a religious event where a select number of tickets were made available that gave non-shareholders bragging rights for attending. A few years ago this meeting was turned into a big deal ... Select few Halls were set up to take part.
I'm pretty much out of touch now. I don't know how extensively the Kingdom Halls are connected. I assume in the U.S. it is the majority.
It is an event that now rivals the memorial in importance ... it seems.
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Surprise Elders Visit
by Tight Pants Twinkle Toes inhello community!
quick background - baptized 1971, 46 years in the borg, former elder.
wife - baptized 1973, pioneer...... we became disgusted with the oranization 10 years ago but still believed it was the truth.
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How Long Out Before They leave You Alone
by tepidpoultry inmany years ago i met an older man in the ministry who told me he was a baptized jw years ago, when i met him he was an alchoholic and had girlfriends, i told the elders, two came by and they told me to treat him as a regular worldly guy, my question is (i know this is a fuzzy area) about how much time needs to go by before someone (me for instance) would be looked upon as a non jw worldly person?.
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wannabefree
I'm in a small town and the elders here don't really seem to care to deal with things they aren't forced to. My wife and oldest daughter are still believers and regular attenders. This past Christmas the COBE (if that's still the current term) and his wife happened to be in line in front of me while I was buying Christmas tree paraphernalia ... awkward ... when I got home I told my wife if he said anything to tell him that I don't celebrate it or recognize it as a religious holiday ... she told him, he had a laugh. I'm still considered inactive. -
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Russia and the letter writing
by Listener inthis is the whole of the instructions that the watchtower gave jws when writing to russian officials -.
content • you are writing to the official to request his intervention.
express the hope that the russian authorities will stop the legal action being taken against the branch office and the congregations in russia so that our brothers and sisters can continue to gather peacefully for christian meetings without interference.
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wannabefree
This is totally nuts! The GB is probably loving this ! They don't expect anything positive from the Russians, just the positive effect of persecution to strengthen the base. Too bad the Russians don't know that banning them actually makes them stronger. The king of the North is making a comeback! Everybody back to the Kingdumb Halls while the Chariot waits!
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Going, going, GONE! Another KH is sold....
by darkspilver indown in south wales, over by newport / cardiff way.
commercial street, griffithstown, pontypool, np4 5jf.
sales details: http://www.dezrez.com/estate-agent-software/propertysystem/externalbrochureget.do?brochure=internet%c2%bfparticulars&pid=3740636.
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wannabefree
Two closed down in my small rural area within the past six months. One of the halls had been built 8 years ago. Remember when they pointed at other religions closing their doors as a big deal back in the 80's and 90's?