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  Errmygerrd!! Frmerly wurshrp!!!

  by DATA-DOG in

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  i am so annoyed!!

  why can't jws just be normal?!?

  a local eldub and his family want to invite us over for family worship!!

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  breakfast of champions

  On the one hand, I feel sorry for you. Yes, why couldn't they just have you over for dinner and talk like human beings.

  On the other hand, I see this Family Worship thing as a source of potential problems for the society at some point. I keep seeing families inviting other families over for FW Night and planning what topic they're going to talk about on social media. What you have then, really, is private study groups - something the society does not want.

  Just wait: there'll be a Kingdom Ministry article about how FW Night is just for your family, and not an excuse to have your own private study group. That could be dangerous!
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  Well, it's March, and the College answers are coming in....

  by CaptainSchmideo in

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  some of you may remember what i posted back in january:.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/271786/1/my-son-has-had-two-very-big-university-interviews#.uyrnovldv2e.

  well, it's now march, and we have been getting answers:.

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  breakfast of champions

  Worrying about whether your kid's going to Princeton or MIT is one of the best worries a parent can have.

  Congrats and best wishes!
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  Tampa Bay Times Article about Shunning

  by Interested Observer in

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  http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/scientology-clergy-force-a-mother-to-choose-son-or-daughter/2170325.

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  breakfast of champions

  This is great - thank you!
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  Regional Convention Program Posted

  by kneehighmiah in

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  http://download.jw.org/files/media_books/b8/co-pgm14_e.pdf.

  i think i will want to kill myself during the friday afternoon symposium.

  it should be called "how to not enjoy life or have fun.".

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  breakfast of champions

  Page 2:"Arranged by the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses"

  I don't ever remember seeing that in a program.
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  June Study WT Up and Bashing Uni Again

  by konceptual99 in

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  rehashed format but same ole' shite.. hypocritical article on viewing "weak" ones compassionately usign the example of a single mum arriving late yet the may km has a whole article on how rude it is not to be punctual.. read it and weep....

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  breakfast of champions

  OUTLAW - Flavia tells me just add extra ice and make sure you rim the margarita glass with lots of salt
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  June Study WT Up and Bashing Uni Again

  by konceptual99 in

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  rehashed format but same ole' shite.. hypocritical article on viewing "weak" ones compassionately usign the example of a single mum arriving late yet the may km has a whole article on how rude it is not to be punctual.. read it and weep....

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  breakfast of champions

  Well, I'm sure Flavia is a very nice person, and quite intelligent, indeed, if she was pursuing an "advanced degree."

  Evidently. . . .

  and unfortunately, she never acquired the critical thinking skills that a college education offers.
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  As a JW, What statements made you "stop thinking?"

  by Faithful Witness in

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  thought-stopping platitudes, like "we are in the last days!

  "jehovah's witnesses are the only ones with the truth...".

  what statements or claims did you use, or hear, that made you feel comforted by the fact that you were part of jehovah's organization?.

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  breakfast of champions

  I wouldn't say this made me feel "comforted", but it did scare me away from critical thinking:

  "That's how a 'spiritually weak' would reason on that" or "So-and-so is just 'spiritually weak"

  Or my favorite: "Going to college is a sign that someone is 'spiritually weak'"

  Those kinds of statements always bothered me because I didn't want to be a 'weak' person - I wanted to be strong! But when only 'weak' persons question things like the Genesis account of creation or the Flood, you just try to avoid thinking about it.

  So the term 'spiritually weak' was a big thought-stopping mechanism for me.

  BTW - I am writing this from my college library and am about to hit my first class of the day. . . .

  Evidently, I am "spiritually weak"
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  Advertise Advertise Advertise

  by ctrwtf in

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  from time to time my commute on the bqe takes me past the old brooklyn properties.

  many of which stand now sans advertising.

  soon the watchtower sign will be gone altogether.

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  breakfast of champions

  CTRWTF - all I can can think of is how your commute on the BQE must SUCK. Sorry you have to endure that.

  Yes, I agree with PHIZZY. . . . This has nothing to do with advertising anything. It has everything to do with the cult mentality.
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  One of the big reasons I left the JW Cult

  by Still Totally ADD in

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  he would love to see you.

  i would tell them please come out anyway he would just love to see you.

  i saw the lack of love and could not believe it.

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  breakfast of champions

  Wow. Thank you for sharing your story.
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  Progess!

  by Jon Preston in

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  well my wife asked me loint blank..."do you wanna be a witness anymore?

  " and i told her no.. .

  we then went into 1914 and shunning and 1975 and she said sheswondered many times about it.. anyways she said "so what do we do now?

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  breakfast of champions

  Great news!