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  Miniimizing 'Punishment' - marrying a non-JW

  by doasthouwilt in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i’d like to marry my best friend of 30+ years, turned ‘secret’ girlfriend of 1 ½ years who is a jehovah’s witness, born into it, baptized and an active ‘pioneer’.

  our marriage would happen prior to letting any of her jw friends and cohorts know that we are together.

  once married she may simply come forward and ‘admit’ or we may wait until it’s found out – one way or the other, the reason for this marriage is not customary – i am hoping that by doing so she can avoid being ‘marked’ or possibly ‘disfellowshipped’ once our relationship is no longer a secret and due to our already being married at that point, there can be no notion from society elders about her ending the relationship.

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  joey jojo

  If the elders find out you have been living at her place before you were married and you were both alone, I doubt she will be allowed to remain a pioneer at the very least. More likely she will be reproved, maybe disfellowshipped depending on the circumstances of your living arrangements prior to marriage.

  An active pioneer secretly marrying a worldly guy would almost be an embarrassment to the local cong. and they may want to set an example for others.

  Thats short term. If she keeps going to meetings and shows everyone that you married for love, eventually she will probably be able to pioneer again.
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  I pioneered brothers parked their BMW and got aride in my 20 year old car?? No support.

  by Witness 007 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so i pioneered for 10 years in the 1990's it was 90 hours a month with alot of country driving.

  i was shocked when brothers and sisters with full time jobs would park their brand new cars and go witnessing in my 20 year old orange datsun.

  i was barely living on $250 a week as a yeah...window cleaner.

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  joey jojo

  Elders with businesses, families, investment properties, expensive cars and lots of kids, who then give talks about 'putting the kingdom first' and 'how bad this world is' have always made me sick.
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  Back to the Meetings. It's Offical!

  by pistolpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  yep, the vacation is over, it's time to go to work------for free!

  😭😢😓😰😡.

  https://www.jw.org/en/news/jw/.

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  joey jojo

  Pretty much everything is back to normal here in Australia- capacity crowds at events, churches open, no density limits and masks no longer mandatory. There are some local covid rules in certain areas and situations but overall its almost business as usual.

  There are no health directives stopping meetings from resuming, so why haven't they started yet?

  I can understand preaching not starting for a while because quite a few people in the community won't be happy with unannounced strangers invading their space while there is a risk of infection, in fact, It could be a long time before door to door preaching starts again.
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  Blood Transfusions & Flood, Questions from Bible student only

  by Marbles in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was never a jdubb, only a bible student.

  there are two main questions i have.

  let me preface that by saying that i do not believe the bible is true, or the word of god.

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  joey jojo

  This world, and everything in it, only begins to make sense when you have the courage to accept that God does not exist.
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  Blood Transfusions & Flood, Questions from Bible student only

  by Marbles in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was never a jdubb, only a bible student.

  there are two main questions i have.

  let me preface that by saying that i do not believe the bible is true, or the word of god.

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  joey jojo

  Fisherman:

  "All they had was a knife and cutting the cartoid artery with a sharp knife rendered the animal unconscious before it was aware of it as it bled to death. That was the most humane method at that time."

  Animals dont become unconscious as soon as their throat is cut. It takes a while for them to die and they are in distress the whole time. A blow to the head to instantly kill it first would be more humane.

  The 'captive bolt' method used in non-religious meat processing plants these days does not stun the animal- it kills it outright, and then the throat is cut.
  
  
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  Blood Transfusions & Flood, Questions from Bible student only

  by Marbles in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was never a jdubb, only a bible student.

  there are two main questions i have.

  let me preface that by saying that i do not believe the bible is true, or the word of god.

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  joey jojo

  In most western meat processing facilities, as far as I know, the animal is killed and then instantly has its throat cut to bleed it. Kosher and muslim cut the throat first and allow the animal to bleed to death. It's hard to watch and just another legacy of an ancient book that causes pointless suffering.
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  100+ Of The Great Canadian Rock Artists Of All Time!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i find it refreshing to step away from all that tower crap from time to time!.

  100+ of the greatest canadian rock artists of all time!.

  it is no surprise to see the name "neil young" listed as number 1.. .

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  joey jojo

  Atlantis- I like Alanis Morrisette, but Im a very simple man. :)

  BTW, everyone knows the Bee Gees are Aussies- well, we claim them anyway.
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  100+ Of The Great Canadian Rock Artists Of All Time!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i find it refreshing to step away from all that tower crap from time to time!.

  100+ of the greatest canadian rock artists of all time!.

  it is no surprise to see the name "neil young" listed as number 1.. .

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  joey jojo

  Great list.

  For me, Alanis Morissette wins.
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  WATCHTOWER extracts 104 million from Trust in U.K. Plan to ditch Kingdom Halls at play??

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  {brother ?, a copy of this is being passed around here in bristol, kent, london, etc.

  to “certain” elders by way of heads up.

  feel free to ignore it or investigate it.

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  Where will the war in Ukraine lead to?

  by Kosonen in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there has been comments in the news recently that the war in ukraine could be the beginning to the world war three.. i would not be surprised if it is.

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  the bible says a time will come when the peace will be taken from the earth.. revelation 6:4 another came out, a fiery-colored horse, and it was granted to the one seated on it to take peace away from the earth so that they should slaughter one another, and he was given a great sword.. have you heard what possibly this war in ukraine could lead to?.

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  joey jojo

  Fear of NATO expansion seems to be the main reason behind it. From Putins point of view, that seems understandable. What isnt understandable is why there is a need to drop bombs on apartment buildings.

  There has been, and will continue to be a brain drain from Russia, and now , because of Russias actions, if they take over Ukraine, anyone with a brain will already be on their way to a safer European country which will benefit from Russias loss.

  Could it escalate? A result of strangling Russias economy could be retaliation against the west, or Russia might accidently drop a bomb on a NATO country. At the moment the west seems the safest way to deal with it is to allow it to run its course as long as it is contained.