Posts by millie210

Wasnt there a flurry of comments on someones watch once before in a video the Org produced? Then, the next time the person was on a video the watch was absent?

The case of the flip flopping watch brought to you by the flip flopping religion!

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What Was/Is The Dumbest JW Belief?

by minimus in

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i think the finished mystery book probably contains the stupidest beliefs ever recorded!

almost any prophecy publication but especially anything to do with revelation, is unbelievable!

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millie210

the belief that anyone turns in an accurate service report!

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USA Arizona - Missing JW 18-year-old found dead

by darkspilver in

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police are still investigating the cause of death.. az central, 13 may 2017. missing prescott valley 18-year-old found dead.

a prescott valley woman who was reported missing late last month has been found dead, police said friday.. yavapai county sheriff's office deputies joined the prescott valley police in searching for the 18-year-old walmart cashier.surveyors working on a new connector road above glassford hill in prescott valley found her body on friday and contacted authorities, according to the police department.. police in a press release confirmed that the body found off a maintenance road near glassford hill was lefler's.. the case is still being investigated, and the cause of death is unknown.. red more: http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-breaking/2017/05/13/missing-prescott-valley-18-year-old-found-dead/321043001/.

gofundme, 3 may 2017. help find lianna lefler gibson.

millie210

Reading around at the links she was troubled and suffered from depression.

Sounds about right for a poor kid stuck in the religion, poor thing.

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How do the GB micro-manage people's lives today?

by UnshackleTheChains in

how do the gb micro-manage people's lives today?one example is their micro management in dress and grooming.

eg their view of beards.

elders in most congs will take a brother to a corner and remind him why jws don't grow beards.

millie210

Thanks WTWizard. I am no good with dates and trying to work off memory. What you are saying sounds right to me!

So question....do they actually ask people about this stuff or are you supposed to confess? Like their policy on the big "M" word? (masturbation)

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How do jw's view this?

by carla in

how do jw's view the following scripture or how differently does it read in their version?.

1 timothy 5:8- anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.-niv.

but if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.-kjv.

millie210

In my experience they apply it this way:

- C.O.s and their wives begrudgingly leave the Circuit work to care for a parent (maybe they are secretly relieved though who knows?) because of that scripture.

- It is used by the Elder body to keep someone from being appointed if they dont want the man in the first place. If they DO want him, it is ignored.

- If you are giving ANY financial help whatsoever either locally to the congregation or to Headquarters, this scripture becomes invisible and no one mentions it at all. The Org trumps scripture. Always.

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How do the GB micro-manage people's lives today?

by UnshackleTheChains in

how do the gb micro-manage people's lives today?one example is their micro management in dress and grooming.

eg their view of beards.

elders in most congs will take a brother to a corner and remind him why jws don't grow beards.

millie210

Beards are allowed over here, saw loads at the convention in London last year.
Micro management could also be subject to the whims of your local elders.

Here we had a "no jeans skirts" rule. Meaning the material the skirt was made out of could not be the same as the material blue jeans are made out of. This was strictly enforced - one pioneer sister was threatened with being taken off the Pioneer list if she did not comply.

When my husband came into the truth he was told he could no longer be a DJ (back in the early 80s) and he could no longer go and watch football matches. He was made to give up going to watch is favourite team play.

After reading your post I am thinking that the 80s were a stand out in strictness. So much has been loosened (and at the same time, tightened, so weird) now as compared to then.

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How do the GB micro-manage people's lives today?

by UnshackleTheChains in

how do the gb micro-manage people's lives today?one example is their micro management in dress and grooming.

eg their view of beards.

elders in most congs will take a brother to a corner and remind him why jws don't grow beards.

millie210

I stand corrected.

Aw, Rainbow.... you are probably much younger than my old mind that hearkens back to this JW nonsense! (hugs to you)

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How do the GB micro-manage people's lives today?

by UnshackleTheChains in

how do the gb micro-manage people's lives today?one example is their micro management in dress and grooming.

eg their view of beards.

elders in most congs will take a brother to a corner and remind him why jws don't grow beards.

millie210

Wasnt it in the 80s that they had the policy on no oral sex between a married couple?

There were even "scriptural" divorces granted to an "injured" mate when the other partner insisted.

They backed away from that policy very quickly.

Then there is the birth control policy. No IUDs and no morning after pill.

You are not supposed to use any contraception that could interfere with implantation.

During this same time period, vasectomies were a no-no if you wanted to be a Pioneer or servant.

Again, you dont here much about those either