DesirousOfChange

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  A Prayer for the Stressed

  by BoogerMan in

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  a prayer for the stressed .

  grant me the serenity to accept the things i cannot change, the courage to change the things i cannot accept, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those i had to kill today because they got on my nerves.. and also, help me to be careful of the toes i step on today, as they may be connected to the feet i may have to kiss tomorrow.. help me always to give 100% at work... 12% on monday, 23% on tuesday, 40% on wednesday, 20% on thursday and 5% on friday.

  and help me to remember...... when i'm having a bad day and it seems that people are trying to wind me up, it takes 42 muscles to frown, 28 to smile, and only 4 to extend my arm and smack someone in the mouth!.

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  And the wisdom to hide the bodies of those I had to kill today because they got on my nerves.

  If only.............
  
  
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  original reddit post (removed).

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  He’s the biggest advert for Watchtower’s stereotype of an immoral apostate they have ever had. They must be loving it. ~ SFB

  (I really promised myself to skip over this topic, but there seems to be one meaningful post out 100 that draws me back.)

  Slim, that has to one of the best posts of the 5000 on this topic. That really about sums it up!

  I'm sure there have been some laughs had over glasses of scotch on the subject of LE.
  
  
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  Gorbatchev

  by Gorb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the real gorby has died today.

  he was my inspiration for change, with perestroika and glasnost.. that is why i chose the name gorby at jwn.. see the man at the background.

  he was there also.. g..

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  DesirousOfChange

  Yes, wouldn't it be great if we had the likes of Ronald Reagan and Gorbachev today. I'm not sure there are men of that caliber today in politics. In fact, pretty damn sure there are not!

  Then again, Jane Wyman might disagree with me.
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  2022-Secret Watchtower Disfellowshipping Reference Manual.

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  massive new document written by wt, 837 pages, meant for arguments vs officials and media to defend the disfellowshipping arrangement.

  found in the casefile in norway.

  meant to be secret.. .

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  I don't know how I missed this the first time around.

  Waiting to see if it's reposted.

  Doc
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  10 years on and I’m still indoctrinated

  by joe134cd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this experience highlights the level of my indoctrination, after 10 years of been a pomo.

  a few months back my gf was hinting to me about what we could do for my birthday.

  to be honest i just had no idea, that i even had a birthday.

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  IMO, we have gotten too involved with birthdays since becoming POMO. While still PIMI with small kids (and not so small) we recognized their birthdays and did something special. We just didn't have the blow out parties, etc. Now though it seems we must do something "significant". We are all fortunate in our financial/material circumstances. For my wife & I, I think I can truly say there is nothing we desire (reasonable things that can be purchased) that we haven't already gone out and purchased. It's the same for all of our children and their families. So we struggle to find something "special" every birthday. Special and still equitable (can't favor one over the other). Personally, I'd rather go "all out" on those significant ones. THREE -0 FOUR-0 etc

  ASFA Christmas, I still don't want any part of it. It's just blatant commercialization. Getting together since most everyone has the day off is great, but no one needs to piss away all that money for shit than no one wants.

  As a JW kid, I always had gifts on or near by birthday. Just not "birthday presents". And I do not feel like I missed out on Christmas celebrations or other holidays. Especially since I was taught WHY they were "wrong". Of course I don't have any of those issues now, but the only thing important to me about holidays are 3- or 4-day weekends.
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  Useless Majors

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was passing through a very liberal college town recently during rush hour.

  so, i decided to stop for some refreshment at a fine-looking establishment and wait for traffic to die down.

  a young waitress waited on me who probably could have been stevie nicks twin when she was young.

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  She's gonna be limited to an academic career probably, so I would hope she's really passionate about the subject in order to get a job in what must be a limited field.

  That's not necessarily true. We have a JW friend with a degree in Anthropology and specifically Egyptology who landed a great position with the US Government (in an agency that she cannot name). She is in the Accounting/PR area. All they required was a 4-year degree of any kind.

  
  
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  Dispute resolved over gift shop for Jehovah’s Witnesses

  by was a new boy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  background:.

  https://westfaironline.com/105235/partners-fighting-over-gift-shop-for-jehovahs-witnesses/.

  'a jehovah’s witness who partnered with a couple he trusted based on their shared faith is suing them over ownership of a religion-themed gift shop in orange county.. greg holland of victoria, british columbia, claims in a federal lawsuit that thomas and nanci matos of pine bush, coerced him into relinquishing his property.. “through deceit and intimidation, the matoses stole holland’s investment and interest in ministry ideaz llc,” the complaint states.

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  Will they be facing a committee for fraud?

  Are there two witnesses testifying in favor of their disfellowshipped partner who allegedly was wronged?

  
  

  
  
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  Could the WT org. Be in on the "great reset"?

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the org.

  was all too willing to emphasize to the government - especially the left that they very obedient to the calls for mask, vaccine, and lockdown mandates.

  those that know about the great reset know what i'm talking about.

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  I think WTS is getting a lot of sh!t in a lot of places around the globe (ie, Russia) and they are trying to "play nice" as they sure do not need other problems right now. They more than enough they with which to deal and plenty of them are affecting their CA$H flow (ie, pedo lawsuits).
  
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  Another one.

  by Lost in the fog in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/aug/15/lawsuit-claims-former-spokane-jehovahs-witness-lea/ .

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  DesirousOfChange

  LOOK OUT WTS! DIG DOWN DEEP....
  

  

  THEY'RE COMING FOR YOUR MONEY!
  
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  Bring on the YOUNG elders

  by enoughisenough in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there seems to be a push to fast track the younger men to become elders.

  beings jesus was 30 when he took up his ministry, i would think that would sort of be an age gauge...the older men were to have their children in subjection, so some were old enough to have children that were old enough to want to rebel.

  ( that's my slant ) how will the ones who have been jw for years respond to being counseled by those younger than some of their grandchildren?

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  I think it's a Catch-22 for WT. Getting young men "involved" makes them feel important and gives them something to do within the Borg instead out in the "world". On the other hand, the deeper one gets involved into the inner circles them more BS you are exposed to and the more likely one is to see the hypocrisy and lack of evidence of any divine oversight.