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  Did they change the shunning article on the JW.ORG Website?

  by bluesaph in

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  it no longer says, "those who simply leave the congregation are not shunned.".

  trying to make us look like liars or what!.

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  NVR2L8

  An other lie is that the blood ties and family affection remain...but they fail to mention for family members living under the same roof. As for all other family members love and affection is demonstrated by not even communicating by email...keeping contacts to a bare minimum...
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  Rebuttal to Governing Body member Anthony Morris

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  interesting video.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc1hi7s85ge.

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  NVR2L8

  Thank you very much for all the hard work put into this video. I like how you call BS on Morris' story with simple reasoning and the re-enactment is priceless.
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  Elder and CO just dropped by....

  by El_Guapo in

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  i haven't been to a meeting in over a year, and as you know as soon as you stop attending meetings/fieldservice the "conditional" love becomes more apperant.

  the coordinating elder starts off by saying how much he loves and misses me, etc.

  i ask him, when was the last time you called or texted me?

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  Great job El G

  I haven't been to a meeting in almost 4 years and like you I was a MS who was reaching out to be an elder. I am very sociable and went on vacation with a JW elder and his wife. I often invited people into my home and had a book study group that I conducted in our house. I mentored "fatherless" boys by studying and socializing with them. I decided to stop going to the meetings after the last sessions of our DC in 2010. My wife continues to go and all I got was "say hello to your husband" messages from the brothers. After 2 years I received one phone call from a brother I worked with on the RBC and on a Saturday afternoon 2 elders showed up at my door unanounced, in their suits and bible in hand. I told them I knew how to contact them if I needed to talk. Since then, nothing. Like many said, hospitality from the elders is one way - when you invite them. When my wife brings greetings from the hall or when she says that some "miss" me, I am tempted to reply that they all know where we live...why aren't they coming to visit? But in reality I want nothing to do with the conditional friends and I just want them to forget me...that shouldn't be hard for them.
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  The Society’s Governing Body …now can count

  by MacHislopp in

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  the societys governing body ...now can count.

  i couldnt resist:.

  remember?

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  NVR2L8

  Thanks ADCMS
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  Does Anyone Feel the Ministerial School Helped Them?

  by Band on the Run in

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  as a born-in, i was eager to join the ministry school.

  my cousins were also born-in but lived in different states.

  there was keen competition to see who could do mature things, such as baptism (my mom said when i was 35) and ministry school.

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  When I was in the cult I thought the TMS was the reason I am recognized as our company's best public speaker. Now that I am out of the cult I realized that something would be drastically wrong with me if after 50 years of practice I was not an expert! I could hhave spared 45 years and gotten a diploma if instead I went to college to acquire the same skills.
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  A Must Read! ... What Every Jehovah's Witness Needs To Know! [For Bible-Believers & Newbies Only]

  by bjc2read in

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  the following information has been posted especially for bible-believers & "newbies" only...thanks!

  i found this golden "nugget" surfing the net.. someone made this astute observation shown at the link below, and i just wanted to share it with all concerned here, especially after jws around the world just studied paragraph #17 of the nov. 15th, 2013 issue of the watchtower last sunday.. link: http://meletivivlon.com/2014/01/20/obey-jehovahs-shepherds-w13-1015-p-21/#comment-7711.

  "jude" posted:.

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  NVR2L8

  Great reasoning and a big G for the use of illustrations.
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  a few thoughts

  by Defianttruth in

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  the true power of lies.

  masturbation.

  i remember my father being suspect of my long showers as a 13 year old.

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  I love your approach DT.

  It brought me back to my youth. At 18 I bought a motorcycle and rode with other youths in my neighbourhood. One day 4 of us went to one of the guys home to listen to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon album. The guy had pot and they passed a joint around. I didn't feel the urge to run out but I turned it down telling them I didn't even smoke cigarettes...At that time in my "JW life" I already had responsibilities in the congregation as an assistant book study conductor and I assisted at the magazine counter...so I felt guilty for not avoiding a spiritually dangerous situation and staying in the house with my pot smoking buddies. Masturbation was also another matter that bothered my conscience...until all was "resolved" when I got married a few day before turning 19. Unlike many who married at that age in the mid-seventies, we are still happily married after 40 years.
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  Super Tasty Kool Aid Flavored WT Study this Weekend!

  by LostGeneration in

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  would love to hear comments on what is being said on the paragraph which states that if the wt demands you drink the kool aid, you should do it - even if you don't understand why!.

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  look forward to any replies..

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  The Literature Stands

  by sherrie11 in

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  just got a visit from two jw's and i mentioned the literature stands they have now.. i mentioned i walk past their stand they set up in my town every thursday on my way to work.

  last week the stand was smaller and i asked why was it smaller.

  no answer..... i then said you guys usually go door to door dont you?

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  NVR2L8

  When I was a child in the early sixties and my mom was vacation pioneering, she would start her time while walking me to school. One block away from my school there was a bus stop where we both stood silent holding up the latest mags. I hated doing this because my teacher and school mates would see me standing there. In these days the mags were much larger in size than today's so I would try to hide behind them. At that time we just stood silent, but sometime later we were instructed to approach the people to start a conversation. From that moment on fewer publishers went out to do street corner work...
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  Did You Ever Hear An Elder or Bethelite's Comments That Made You Question ??

  by minimus in

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  years ago, the society's speakers used to give many off the cuff statements.

  a lot of personal opinions and questionable remarks.. anything ever stand out for you in this area?.

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  ecan6

  Must be at a recent assembly...can you remember who gave that talk? Just curious because I'm from Mtl.