brotherdan: do you have any actual examples of this occurring? Just curious. Also... I thought that publisher cards get thrown out every like 5 or 10 years. Not sure. My Dad is an elder.
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To any used to be/are still Elders on the board
by watersprout inhow do the elders go about disfellowshipping someone?.
do bethel have to be notified?.
just wondering.... peace and light .
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Pray for the Governing Body
by pirata ini was told that at the 2010 annual meeting, jws were asked to pray for the governing body to remain(?
) discreet and make wise decisions.. please include this in your prayers..
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Wait, so they've been making foolish decisions all along? Oh wait...
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Strangest comment
by drewcoul inwhat is the strangest or most wacked-out comment or answer you've ever heard at a wt or book study?.
i remember at the cong.
wt study, we were studying about the jews being led out of egypt by moses.
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We had an elderly sister repeat three phrases for three whole minutes. Scary.
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Facebook privacy settings are crucial to control your info!!
by WingCommander ini just thought i'd start this topic about facebook privacy settings as i am seeing it come up on here and other forums a lot where you have people who are on facebook and then their jw family or friends are requesting to be friends with them and they don't know what to do!!
we are hearing it time and time again: you "friended" some jw family member, long-ago pioneer partner, etc, etc.
that person then goes through your facebook profile and sees everything you've written, your photos of you and your new life including holidays, partners, worldly activities, etc, etc.
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double life: you can do it by clicking on the lock right before submitting the post and clicking Customize. Put the name of the list into the Exclude section.
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Anyone DF'd because of this site
by bottleofwater inhas anyone been df'd for visiting and/or posting to this site?
has anyone been df'd for visiting jwfacts or freeminds?.
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Has anyone been DF'd for visiting and/or posting to this site? Has anyone been DF'd for visiting jwfacts or freeminds?
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2010 partakers.... lets bet!
by cyberjesus inlets see who gets closer to the number.
bets will end when the new yearbook is ready (when is that?).
i say 11000.
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bottleofwater
What if we're all slowly turning back to all being anointed? ;-)
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Those who have Judeo-Christian perspective: Is Satan a poor strategist?
by SweetBabyCheezits inso supposedly.... the devil had access to all the prophecies written about jesus, right?
it was all "written aforetime" so he knew in advance the details that would help people identify the messiah.
he was aware that, for the sake of god's will, jesus would have to die.. why didn't satan just protect jesus?
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Wouldn't making sure that the prophecy regarding him not be fulfilled be better for him? And wouldn't that put God in a conundrum because he gave Satan free will? What if that is what Satan's plan is? I mean if we can think of something like this, why can't someone with far greater intelligence do so?
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Woman Raised Jehovah's Witness awarded Rhodes Scholarship
by slimboyfat insorry if this has been posted already, i don't recall seeing it before.. .
http://www.wave3.com/global/story.asp?s=11554602.
first u of l woman awarded rhodes scholarshipposted:
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Then again... What kind of congregation does she go to? One congregation that I know has tons of pioneering college students. But then it's a Russian congregation. And you can blame the economy. I bet the most complaining Witnesses are those who sit down at dinner with a fresh, hearty meal...
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Me and my story... Issues, issues, issues
by bottleofwater inmy parents learned the truth when i was about 2 years old or so and they got baptized when i was 4.. they came from ukraine from the former soviet union and i was born months after they came to brooklyn.. they started studying with a sister who was american and joined the first russian group in brooklyn.. my brother was born when i was 5. we moved to staten island when i was 8 or 9.. ever since i was 14 or 15, i realized an attraction to guys.. of course, i kept on putting it off as a phase or an "everyone feels this way" excuse.. and yes, i had lots of crushes on guys, but i didn't tell others because it was hard to face the facts.. around 18 years of age, we were having our family study and my dad said that if a person even has gay thoughts then they can't be a pioneer, etc.. and he was an elder and a coordinator of the body of elders.. i got depressed and cried for days and eventually this got me to feel the need to tell someone about it.. i told my 14 year old brother (the other younger one is 7) about it because he keeps his mouth shut all the time.. he didn't react at all really.
eventually i felt like i had to tell my pioneer mom about it (by the way, i've been pioneering since 18 years of age due to knowing that that would be the only reason why my dad would pay for my college education).. she reacted with mixed feelings of denial, also attacking me and making it look like i'm disgusting, immoral, this and that.... eventually i told someone my age about this in my congregation, as he was also a neighbor of ours.
he was a bit more feminine acting, though i wasn't sure if he was gay or not (though the sisters had their rumors) (i'm more of the masc type it seems).
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Honestly trueblue, if you're so spiritual, why are you on this site in the first place?