Agree. ecan6. But the brother, sister thing has the same connotation, maybe more cult like. When I was growing up and even as an adult it was always "brother or sister", never heard of the aunt, uncle thing. Funny how when you are away from it all (I have been out 30 years) and you are around people calling themselves brother and sister so and so, funny how cult like it sounds. A few years back my mother was in the hospital and some Witnesses who did not know me came in to visit her (yes, it was a Wednesday so they were no doubt in mid-week service counting their time). My mother was living in another state with my brother and they were all still "in". Anyway, when they left they called me "Sister ____" using my maiden name. I can't explain how really creepy that made me feel. Obviously my brother hadn't explained to them that I was a raging apostate.
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Do JW Children Still Call Adults "Aunt" and "Uncle"?
by cofty inwhen i was young we were taught to refer to other adult jws as aunt or uncle.. was this also the case in other countries and does it still happen?.
was it just a custom or has the literature ever commented on it?.
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I just stumbled across this rabbit hole!
by kairos injust wow!.
some of the comments i read were hard to stomach.. https://www.facebook.com/myministryideaz?fref=photo.
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Yes Magnum. Hollow and tired. When I see ones I havent seen for a while, my first thought is how tired they look. -
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I just stumbled across this rabbit hole!
by kairos injust wow!.
some of the comments i read were hard to stomach.. https://www.facebook.com/myministryideaz?fref=photo.
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BU2B That is how I have begun to feel about my family still in. They all seem perfectly intelligent and have the internet with so much information to be had, but they seem such morons, closing their eyes to it all. And we are the generation who grew up with 1975 pounded into us, so no college, most with no retirement money and our parents, the generation who got us into this: all passed away! I have lost respect for them in so many ways. -
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Jehovah's Witness pi$$ing contest
by hoser inok more about the jw wedding i attended.
there were these two couples at our dinner table that were having an all out pissing competition as to who was the most spiritual.
they were comparing who was in "the truth" the longest, who pioneered where and for how long.
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WTF... what happened? or - I'm old and hate change
by undercover ini leave you people alone for one holiday, and you go and change the whole dern place around.
i can't find anything, don't recognize anything, i'm lost... wait, i sound like my grandfather... .
why, would you look what you've done to the place.
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Well I guess I am an old fart too, I really don't like it for all the reasons you have stated. And I have to sign in every time, even though I have checked the remember me button. I used to check this site many times a day and could see so much at a glance, not so much now. Oh well. -
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Please post new forum feedback or questions here
by Simon inwell, the switchover happened - there were a couple of things i had to fix which meant the posting was disabled for longer than i planned but it's now enabled and some people have already posted.. if you have any questions about the new format or suggestions on how to improve it, please post them here.. if you are having trouble signing in or posting then you'll need to email me instead.. many thanks to everyone for their patience during the changeover !.
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OK Millie, what is VIEW POSTS and how do I change it? This thing should have come with instructions. Not everyone is tech savvy. And yes, my Kindle is still doing circles, guess I won't be able to post from it? Crazy, it's what I use most. -
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Please post new forum feedback or questions here
by Simon inwell, the switchover happened - there were a couple of things i had to fix which meant the posting was disabled for longer than i planned but it's now enabled and some people have already posted.. if you have any questions about the new format or suggestions on how to improve it, please post them here.. if you are having trouble signing in or posting then you'll need to email me instead.. many thanks to everyone for their patience during the changeover !.
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Well, here's another reason to not love this new site. I posted my comment on my Kindle which I use 75% of the time about 10 minutes ago. It is still showing a circle going round and round saying it is Queued for processing?? I get on my desk top, where I had to sign in again after having signed in about 1 hour ago, and see my comment has been posted, but I am looking at my Kindle going round and round and round. WTF? -
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Please post new forum feedback or questions here
by Simon inwell, the switchover happened - there were a couple of things i had to fix which meant the posting was disabled for longer than i planned but it's now enabled and some people have already posted.. if you have any questions about the new format or suggestions on how to improve it, please post them here.. if you are having trouble signing in or posting then you'll need to email me instead.. many thanks to everyone for their patience during the changeover !.
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I guess I am in the minority when I say I really do not like the new site. Before it was easy to see the latest topics and a list of active topics which I always checked first. This site was one of the first I became acquainted with after so long out of being a JW, partly because it was so easy to navigate. Guess maybe I just don't get it, but I think this new format is not user friendly at. Shame too, I am not so eager to check in here several times a day as before, mostly because I can't find anything. -
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Today Pope Francis tells kid dogs go to heaven!
by Witness 007 inthe pope told a distressed kid who lost his dog that "all god's creatures will go to paradise..." which has catholics asking do animals now have souls?
i hope i see my labrador again in paradise.
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I knew my little ones would be waiting on the Rainbow Bridge for me! Yes, I can only wish.
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What's Your Favorite Perfume or Cologne?
by minimus init is xmas time and perfumes and colognes are on the list.
what do you really love for a scent if you were being given a gift?.
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Burberry, the Original scent