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What if you were DF'd for apostacy, but instead of the expected...
by respectful_observer in
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this is a hypothethical, so i'm not looking for whether you would ever do this, or "why would you want to subject yourself to this...", but rather, what would happen if some did do this..... .................... you're half of a married jw couple, and you admit to doubts about certain wts teachings and it leads to an eventual disfellowshipping.

but instead of walking away from the kingdom hall forever, you stay put.

you faithfully go to every meeting with your spouse.
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Washington Post 2/25/13: "Losing my Religion"
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sound familiar??.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/advice/forums#!/topic/1361811219-286-914/.

any way this can end well?from a reader: .
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College Degree Required
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i don't anticipate seeing this article, or its supporting data, referenced in any wt publications anytime soon.... ....................................... http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/business/college-degree-required-by-increasing-number-of-companies.html?hpw&_r=0.

a few excerpts:.

the college degree is becoming the new high school diploma: the new minimum requirement, albeit an expensive one, for getting even the lowest-level job.. like other employers across the country, the firm hires only people with a bachelors degree, even for jobs that do not require college-level skills.
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"Saved by the Bell" JW - Lark Voohries "Troubling Interview-Bi-polar?"
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i don't post links too often, so hope this is clickable:.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/10/03/saved-by-bell-star-lark-voorhiesh-gives-troubling-interview-mom-says-is-bipolar/?intcmp=features.

(as an aside, i looked at her profile on wiki just to make sure i was remembering correctly that she was a jw.
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New WT Video being filmed at DC
by respectful_observer in
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there was a full bethel video production crew at the dc held in amherst, ma this past weekend.

large set lighting was set up inside the main entrance and the video crew spent much of the day roaming the arena doing shots of the crowd, singing, talks, etc.

there were several staged scenesfriends associating outside together, a sister dropping a contribution in the box, and a few others.
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Br. Jackson Illustration: "Run, Idiot, Run!"
by respectful_observer in
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i'm not sure if this has already been posted and i just haven't seen it, but here's an email i received recently that gave me a chuckle.... ...................... run, idiot, run.

br.

jackson of the governing body concluding a talk @ la district convention had this neat illustration at the very end of the convention.
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Interesting WP read: Parishioners Question Need for Fidelity Oath
by respectful_observer in
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the wts has the two baptism questions that must be answered aloud.

interesting to see how members of another faith react to something similar.

i pasted a few excerpts below (emphasis mine).. ................... http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/sunday-school-teachers-balk-at-oath-agreeing-to-all-church-teachings/2012/07/11/gjqacavgew_story.html.
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No more 3-day DCs starting in 2013?
by respectful_observer in
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apologies if there is another recent thread on this, but i have heard from 4 different people in 3 different geographic areas (including someone who does advance work for the dcs), that beginning in 2013 the three day dc program will be replaced by a second two-day circuit assembly.

some people were passing the info along like a secret, others seemed to think that everyone already knew.. if everyone in j-dub land is already talking about this, how is it not all over this forum??.

anyway, can anyone confirm or deny?.
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Would you have left if b-days and blood were okay, and DF-ing was rare?
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Can't reconcile the JW concept of "temptation"
by respectful_observer in
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when told recently of someone in the congregation who had "given in to temptation", the person relating the incident said: "satan waited until just the right moment to tempt br.

weak.

i began thinking about the correlation between temptation, free will, and what jws teach about wicked spirit creatures' abilities (or lack thereof).. jws teach that wicked spirit forces can affect the material world-- move objects, speak in audible voice, create visions, possess living creatures (humans included); yet they also teach that they cannot read or manipulate our thoughts.