You cannot BE a member of the YMCA, but can USE their facilities as a JW. We always had our baptisms at the Y when I was living in the midwest. Apparently, it is okay to give the Y money to use the gym or pool, but to have a membership is supporting their cause, which has Christian overtones. It is definitely a crazy reasoning, but there it is.
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New to The Jehovahs Witness Faith and need some help
by jnjburkett inhello there i am new to the faith and have been studying for about a month.
i am very excited and hungry for the truth and have not missed a meeting or study since the memorial.
we do about 2 bible studies a week.
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I be a walkin......
by out4good3 inacross that stage tommorrow dressed in graduate garb picking up a masters degree.. .
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5 years inactive and still sometimes I'm haunted.
by ctrwtf ini've lately been thinking about the pernicious nature of the belief by the jw's that they are the one and only true religion.
how this belief allows for an egotistical world view and allows them to shun and denegrate those that do not share their opinions.. please pardon my round about thinking process as i've been mulling this rant for some time.
while my father's side of the family has been entrenched with the jw's for two generations before him, my mother was a new convert.
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PaintedToeNail
So often JWs, including our families, are taught that they will gain 'brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers' in the faith. JWs are encouraged to push away anyone not in the faith. Recently, I have had Facebook conversations with my aunt, who I haven't seen in decades. She did mention that my parents were always witnessing and it did get tedious. I reconnected with my cousins on FB too, as we live over a thousand miles away.
If you contacted your mom's family, they would probably realize that you didn't shun them, your father did, and by default your mother. They were probably missing your mom and her kids too. No Christmas's spent together, no birthdays to commemorate the kids getting bigger. 'Wouldn't it be nice if ___were here?' It isn't too late to TRY to connect with them. Until we are dead, it isn't too late.
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Helsinki Times Article: "The End of the World" - Lengthy interview with many former JWs
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/10435-the-end-of-the-world.html.
the end of the world.
last autumn, jussi k. began to plan his disassociation from jehovah's witnesses.
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Lovely article, not filled with malice. But rather a sadness that the majority of us feel regarding the time wasted in life, lack of friends outside the organization, alienation from family, a loss of our culture.
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A Text Message Exchange
by Emery ini have been in the fading process for over a year now.
nobody has really bothered my wife and me since we've stopped, which i am thankful for.
recently, i've had an old jw friend send me a few text messages relating to business.
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PaintedToeNail
I like this conversation. Your friend didn't like you usi g the number of Mormons as proof of approval by God, yet he used number of magazine circulation...
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Can you take someone with you in Judicial Committee?
by zound ini've heard of a couple of cases of a person being present (maybe wife, or friend) for support at judicial committees - is this commonly accepted by the elder committee or is it just a rarity?.
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PaintedToeNail
Marked.
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Husband can sit in on wife's judicial committee meeting, but not other way around
by PaintedToeNail innot long ago, there were comments on this topic.
i cannot find it, i don't know what the actual thread was.
i've checked back through the pages and done several searches, but don't know what the key words were, am coming up blank.
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PaintedToeNail
Yes! Thank you! I kept looking up adultery and husband!
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Husband can sit in on wife's judicial committee meeting, but not other way around
by PaintedToeNail innot long ago, there were comments on this topic.
i cannot find it, i don't know what the actual thread was.
i've checked back through the pages and done several searches, but don't know what the key words were, am coming up blank.
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PaintedToeNail
Not long ago, there were comments on this topic. I cannot find it, I don't know what the actual thread was. I've checked back through the pages and done several searches, but don't know what the key words were, am coming up blank. Does anyone remember this and what the topic was? Thanks for any help.
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Has anyone going/been to Oberamagau??
by quellycatface into watch the "passion play"?
i have visited the town near christmas time and it's gorgeously decorated etc..... wondered if anyone went to see the famous play at all.. just a little bit of information as well.
councillors in oxford recently, banned the reinactment of this play, as the thought it was going to be a sex show.
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PaintedToeNail
Such a beautiful place, didn't see the Passion Play, but I bought great wood carvings...beautiful fountains too.
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Your Experience with Resigning as an Elder
by committeechairman ini'm considering resigning as an elder.
i'm not planning to fade or stop as one of jehovah's witnesses, just stop serving as an elder.. i have responsibility in the congregation and in circuit, district, rbc, etc.
and i'm completely exhausted.
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PaintedToeNail
Often the WTBTS uses the old testiment to shore up their take on things. Yet, they ignore the scriptures that show men in charge of the spirituality of the Israelites were PAID to perform at the temple, so they wouldn't have to make a living and MINISTER. It was the same way when Jesus was on earth. While he did away with Mosaic Law, the principle of not overworking the minister stands. It would make life so much easier if the WTBTS would simply pay the elders. Of course, they would never part with any money.