Posts by millie210

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Ladies: Circumcision or not?
by Wonderment in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the topic of circumcision has been brought up a few times recently.

then i wondered... .

how do women really view circumcision?
millie210

Its not how the pen looks, its how well it writes.
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Actively Fading and The Memorial
by All for show in
1. jw
2. friends
those of you fading- with the memorial approaching are you going to appease family?

not going and making up an excuse?

acting like your going but not really?.
millie210

I am weighing this all out to...grrr.
Thanks for starting this thread. We cant be the only ones!
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Vomit inducing JW Broadcasting Music Video
by sieborg in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
sorry in advance if you have.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay5of0nxm44.

do not know how to put in a direct link.
millie210

stuckinarut2
What do they have in common apart from the religion?
Probably nothing...and once they are married, and find that out, its TOO LATE
Agree!
I guess the whole intent was to look for someone who wants to be "of service" to others and willing to do the humble job.
That is the Watchtower idea of the ideal couple.
However, mass producing a video telling everyone "these are the marriage rules" means anyone can handle a few trashbags to snare br or sr "right". Now it is no longer an act of voluntary service, its a mating ritual.
I am SO offended by this ! I need to calm down LOL!!!
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Vomit inducing JW Broadcasting Music Video
by sieborg in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
sorry in advance if you have.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay5of0nxm44.

do not know how to put in a direct link.
millie210

So spend your time out in field service and then one day at an assembly a brother pushing a broom will spy a sister bundling trash and its true love?
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What TV shows were forbidden in your JW household?
by Funchback in
1. social
2. entertainment
in the u.s., three's company was not allowed.

it was explained to me that it was an immoral show because a man and women lived together and no one was married.

the sister who gave this observation was a family friend and we were newbies to the religion.. at least i somehow managed to watch the benny hill show undetected..
millie210

Does anyone remember ET being mentioned in an Awake?
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What TV shows were forbidden in your JW household?
by Funchback in
1. social
2. entertainment
in the u.s., three's company was not allowed.

it was explained to me that it was an immoral show because a man and women lived together and no one was married.

the sister who gave this observation was a family friend and we were newbies to the religion.. at least i somehow managed to watch the benny hill show undetected..
millie210

All of the above
and yet?
The Flying Nun was OK.
Go figure
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The Watchtower Org will die.
by Freeandclear in
1. jw
2. friends
i was just reading through some posts and had a startling realization.. the comment that sparked this went something like this: why oh why when i started into this in 1989 did i not research the history of the wtbts?

etc....... i too was studying and moving towards baptism around that same time.

i got dunked in dec of 1990.. my thought.
millie210

And yet there is still no hard copy translation of the new Bible in the Spanish language?
Doesnt seem like a good way to take care of your most viable constituents.
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Saturday Morning Vibes
by freemindfade in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
its saturday morning here on the east coast of america.

i haven't been out in service in probably getting close to two years.

i wake up every saturday extremely happy and thankful im not getting up to go f-ck up my morning and my neighbors morning, not today, not ever again.
millie210

I love reading all the comments and have savored Saturdays just like the ones you are all describing.
As I sit here on this sunny Sunday morning, I just wanted to add that this thread applies to Sundays also, doesnt it?
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Intro
by hillfy333 in
1. jw
2. experiences
hi, although i signed up two years ago, and filled out the "interview with an apostate" as hillfy54321, i have since only read various posts.

then purchased a new computer and lost my password, thus no new posts.

i have since reapplied, and now go under the handle of hillfy 333.. a little about myself.
millie210

Hi hilfy,
Your much more well read in your exit than I am but your story really resonates with me. A born in finding their way out finally.
Circumstances within the Org are actually conspiring with you to help your wife feel able to leave.
There is an apathy and disorganized feel within that is helping its members become more feeble and detached.
Really good to meet you!
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Who Picks The Governing Body?
by millie210 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hey everyone,.

just a simple straight forward question on exactly what the process is.

if a gb member died tomorrow, do the remaining ones choose who gets to be next?.
millie210

A look at how things got to where they are now...

The 1970 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses noted that the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania was the organization used to plan the activity of Jehovah's Witnesses and provide them with "spiritual food", then declared: "So really the governing body of Jehovah's Witnesses is the board of directors of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania.

The Watchtower of December 15, 1971 was the first to unambiguously capitalize the term "Governing Body of Jehovah's witnesses" as the defined group leading the religion, with a series of articles explaining its role and its relationship with the Watch Tower Society.

After its formal establishment in 1971, the Governing Body met regularly but, according to Raymond Franz, only briefly; Franz claims meetings were sometimes as short as seven minutes.

The Governing Body voted in December 1975 to establish six operating committees to oversee the various administrative requirement of the organization's worldwide activities that formerly had been under the direction of the president; furthermore, each branch overseer was to be replaced by a branch committee of at least three members.

The change, which took effect on January 1, 1976, was described in the Watch Tower Society's 1993 history book, Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom, as "one of the most significant organizational readjustments in the modern-day history of Jehovah's Witnesses.

In 1980, dissent arose among members of the Governing Body regarding the significance of 1914 in Jehovah's Witnesses' doctrines.

Consequently, dissenting members were expelled from the Brooklyn headquarters staff in the same year.

In his 1997 study of the religion, Penton concluded that since Raymond Franz's expulsion in 1980, the Governing Body displayed an increased level of conservatism, sturdy resistance to changes of policy and doctrines, and an increased tendency to isolate dissidents within the organization by means of disfellowshipping.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governing_Body_of_Jehovah%27s_Witnesses