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  Update on my recently disfellowshipped niece

  by keyser soze in

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  i had posted about a month ago that my niece, who just turned 15, was getting disfellowshipped.

  i learned this past weekend that she tried to commit suicide.

  between being df'd, and her dad not being around, it became too much for her.

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  So sorry to hear this but thank goodness she has you. Hope nothing gets in the way of your lifeline of help and communication with her.
  
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  Had a weird love-bombing throwback today......

  by dubstepped in

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  my wife is having her first birthday party in july, and we're looking for a place to hold it.

  we found an episcopal church online that offered their fellowship hall for such occasions, and we went to check it out this morning.

  when we arrived they were having something in the hall and were setting up for it.

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  What a sweet thought: "Most people never remember their first birthday", but your wife will get to remember hers! 🎂 Happy early birthday to her.
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  RC 2016 Leaks & Releases

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in an effort to reduce the number of posts, this year i will try to add links to this post.

  now, on with the leaks & releases!

  first up.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nzvwhflss4.

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  I wonder what, 20 or so years down the road, the people (can't call them actors) who participated in this video will be thinking. Think any will be ashamed they took part in this fear mongering or will they be thinking WTF as they are asked to leave their accommodations at Wallkill because their youthful usefulness has run its course.

  Oh man Billy, you are right, I didn't even notice the little dog, had to go back and watch that part. Guess that was a subliminal message that a true JW has no time for a pet. Wasn't that discussed here sometime before about WT "suggestion" that pets take valuable time from kingdom interests?
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  RC 2016 Leaks & Releases

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in an effort to reduce the number of posts, this year i will try to add links to this post.

  now, on with the leaks & releases!

  first up.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nzvwhflss4.

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  Oh I know...it's July, they are in Cleveland and those are the sounds of the Republican convention outside their window.😁
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  RC 2016 Leaks & Releases

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in an effort to reduce the number of posts, this year i will try to add links to this post.

  now, on with the leaks & releases!

  first up.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nzvwhflss4.

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  Holy Crap, there is just so much wrong with this! Fear mongering at it's worst. There seems to be some kind of chaos and rioting going on outside but there they all sit in their 'Sunday going to meetin' clothes. Will the men ever get to lose the freakin ties? And where the heck did a pioneer couple get the money for a beautiful home and 60" flat screen TV? But let's give it all up for a one room apartment. This is really barf worthy! 30 years from now when that couple is looking at retirement with minimal Social Security coming in they will really know what it means to get along with less!
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  I was reading the thread about the use of technology at the meetings, do the JW's still place the WT and Awakes ?

  by wwjdnwt in

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  i haven't been to a meeting in years, or door to door in years.

  i have been out for a long time now.

  my mom visited recently and she is a devoted jw for 50 years now.

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  I don't know about most people but there is no way in hell I would open my door for someone to show me something on a tablet! I dont ever open my screen door for a salesperson, I tell them to leave it in the door if they have a piece of paper advertisement. Does anyone know what kind of reception this generally gets?
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  Isn't it wonderful how, even now, Jehovah helps his people? Prayer is so powerful.

  by paul from cleveland in

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  “i have to thank jehovah god for this,” serena williams told the crowd after receiving the trophy at the australian open in january, her sixth win there.

  “i was down and out and he helped me today and i just said prayers”.

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  Paul, the parents of those children probably didn't buy a Watchtower when a JW knocked on their hut. Or maybe they did, so don't worry, they are receiving rich spiritual food.
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  New Spiritually Weak Label: Not Using Tablet/iPhone

  by Doubtfully Yours in

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  with last night's meeting it became official: here in the states is a must to keep up with 'jehovah's org' that one fully jumps on board with this tablet/iphone crap.. so, now, all of us that up to this point have refused to follow the wtbts in their electronic/wireless revolution will deal with the browbeating from the 'spiritual' ones.. already receiving lots of grief from hubby and rest of the family/close friends when seen at the meetings with paper publications.

  damn it!!!

  am i alone in this resistance???!!!.

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  Holy crap on a cracker!!! Do they pay attention to what they say? Create class distinctions and showy display of one's means of life? Was this before their website with broadcasts of the GB showing off their bling bling gold rings and rolex watches? Why, why, why can't people see this? They check their brains at the door!
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  New Spiritually Weak Label: Not Using Tablet/iPhone

  by Doubtfully Yours in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  with last night's meeting it became official: here in the states is a must to keep up with 'jehovah's org' that one fully jumps on board with this tablet/iphone crap.. so, now, all of us that up to this point have refused to follow the wtbts in their electronic/wireless revolution will deal with the browbeating from the 'spiritual' ones.. already receiving lots of grief from hubby and rest of the family/close friends when seen at the meetings with paper publications.

  damn it!!!

  am i alone in this resistance???!!!.

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  SafeAtHome

  I am so grateful for this site to keep me up on the world of all things JW. It explains so much of the goings on in my still in family members, like why sometimes there is a period of being shunned, then it seems to let up, then back to shunning, I guess at the whim of what is emphasized at the latest convention or magazine. I can now understand why a certain family member who for years joked about and flaunted a simple flip phone, adequate for caliing and texting, now has the latest iphone! When I heard about them getting it I thought huh? Why do they need that or how did they afford that? Well now I know it is practically a requirement. Guess they are just waiting for all the elderly to die off so they won't have print at all anymore. Can't really picture octogenarians sitting at the KH using an ipad or $600 smart phone! 📱
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  Hearts going out to those in the Fort Mac area

  by Dagney in

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  a few posters on here live in fort mcmurray, canada where there is a devastating fire.

  one at least has lost her home and beloved dog.

  thinking of you all.

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  SafeAtHome

  OMG, just saw footage of the disaster on my local Cleveland Ohio news. So frightening, but sounds like people are pulling together to help each other out in an orderly manner. My heart and thoughts go out to all in the area.