I'm sorry about the loss of your uncle. And I'm appalled by the rude behavior of the Elders' to your cousin.
PaintedToeNail
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Terrible conduct by congregation Elders in hospital room !
by RULES & REGULATIONS inmy uncle was rushed to the hospital last tuesday with severe stomach pain.
(he was diagnosed with colon cancer one year ago.
the doctors, family,and my uncle decided against colon surgery.
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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 02-03-2012 WT Study (WARNING)
by blondie in1, 2. in what ways can you benefit from bible examples?.
find in him a good example of one who.
that the only warning we find in solomons.
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PaintedToeNail
blondie! Excellent, as usual. I will definitely have to work some of your points in conversation with my hubby. He mentioned what paragraph 11 said about Solomon being married before he was king, but he failed to use your reasoning about why weren't his parents concerned with him marrying an unbeliever. You are so smart! Also, the points about Solomon having suffered no bad consequences for his actions, were very interesting.
Thank you for your insights.
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Had dinner with friends-found out none of got Baptized because we loved God
by PaintedToeNail inmy spouse and i had supper with some long time friends this evening.
we got onto the subject of baptisim, and out of the four of us, we all got baptized for some other reason than love of jehovah.
i find this to be really sad.
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PaintedToeNail
Toth, Fernando, WTW, SixoNine, outsmart, DOC, Ding, Jim, Princess-Thank you all for your input
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Had dinner with friends-found out none of got Baptized because we loved God
by PaintedToeNail inmy spouse and i had supper with some long time friends this evening.
we got onto the subject of baptisim, and out of the four of us, we all got baptized for some other reason than love of jehovah.
i find this to be really sad.
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PaintedToeNail
mouthy-so many of us got baptized because of guilt. I felt guilty that my dad wouldn't go to my wedding.
Tater-T-good for you!
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Had dinner with friends-found out none of got Baptized because we loved God
by PaintedToeNail inmy spouse and i had supper with some long time friends this evening.
we got onto the subject of baptisim, and out of the four of us, we all got baptized for some other reason than love of jehovah.
i find this to be really sad.
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My spouse and I had supper with some long time friends this evening. We got onto the subject of baptisim, and out of the four of us, we all got baptized for some other reason than love of Jehovah. I find this to be really sad. I was baptized because my father said he wouldn't go to my wedding if I wasn't baptized (1st marriage, lasted 4 horrid years). My hubby got baptized because his parents told him it was time for him to get baptized. My girlfriend got baptized because everyone else was, and her hubby got baptized because his friend did the year earlier and he was starting to get some heat from people in the KH.
Not one of us got baptized because we had love for Jehovah and wanted to serve him forever. This is sad. The WTBTS claims that its people get baptized because of wanting to serve God forever, and because of love for him. I have met more people who were pressured into baptisim, or that they were expected to get dunked, so they did, than I have of people who wanted to serve god.
How about you? What were your reasons for getting baptized?
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Family Dinner
by fade_away inso my wife and i decided to throw a little dinner for her parents and mine.
they are all hardcore jws and my wife and i have been out for a little more than a year.
her father has been innactive for years, but as soon as we decided to leave, her father decided to go full throttle jw.
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PaintedToeNail
Thank you fade_away-makes sense now. Very gracious of you both, it was rather rude of them to try to make you feel guilty.
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Family Dinner
by fade_away inso my wife and i decided to throw a little dinner for her parents and mine.
they are all hardcore jws and my wife and i have been out for a little more than a year.
her father has been innactive for years, but as soon as we decided to leave, her father decided to go full throttle jw.
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PaintedToeNail
I'd like to know why you were standing too. Do you normally stand while eating? Why didn't you join them at the table? It would make me uncomfortable to have people standing while I was sitting down to my food.
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BBC Three - Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents - teenager daughter of JW parents!!!
by happyexjw inif you live in the uk tune in to bbc three, the teenage daughter of jw parents go on holiday abroad for the first time with her mates...i can see these parents being called into the back room by the elders on sunday .
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happyexjw .
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PaintedToeNail
The people in my area always say 'Jehovah Witness'...very annoying. They also say ec-scape, instead of escape, and x-pecially instead of especially!
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i am a regular pioneer in my cong reading crisis of conscience.here goes...
by MsGrowingGirl20 ini'm on page 90 right now...the info is definitely new and gives me a totally diff view as to how i used to think of faithful and discreet slave.
i was thoroughly disgusted with the way the brothers handled the oral sex and leadership problem and the insight on the scriptures book...... still have alot of questions though.
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PaintedToeNail
Welcome!
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On being born in and celebrating Birthdays
by baltar447 inso i'm in my mid 30s and about to have a birthday next month.
was putting together a very modest wish list and just broke down crying.
i was in tears.
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PaintedToeNail
balthar447, I don't know what's on your wish list, but I wish you happiness and long life. As a virtual born in, I never had a birthday either. You are right, it does make a person seem insignificant.