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  How the Need for An Elder to "Preside Over His Household in a Fine Manner" Forces Kids Out

  by TMS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  twelve years ago, i submitted this comment to the jwd board, relating to the practice of disfellowshipping young people from the congregation:.

  "i am angry at the way jehovah's witnesses treat their most precious endowment; their young, developing, stumbling, exasperating, questioning, experimenting, growing offspring.. at the very most urgent time in their young lives; when they need the most reassurance, nurturing, patience, understanding and forgiveness, witness parents, under the direction of their congregation elders and governing body, toss thousands of these young ones out into the cold, cruel world, allowing them to virtually self-destruct.. many of these castaways are still in their teens.. there is no excuse, biblical, human, parental or otherwise to shut off all the guidance resources these young ones have ever known.

  the human wreckage of this disgusting practice is astronomical.

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  humble and elder aren't words that I think go together very well
  
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  Brother & Sister-in-Law Return to Kingdom Hall After Two Decades, Quickly Get Stumbled

  by TMS in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it was a mild surprise, learning that a brother and sister-in-law had began re-associating with jehovah's witnesses after at least 25 years of being away.

  the couple, of hispanic ethnicity, are in their early 60's, with their five children all grown and independent.

  the family had been considered nominal jws, infrequently attending meetings, rarely in field service, but using the annual convention as their family vacation.

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  At the couple's second or third Kingdom Hall meeting since coming back to the organization, our brother-in-law learned about a special work day at the Kingdom Hall the following Saturday, to mow grass and trim bushes. He showed up on Saturday ready for work, but was informed that those duties could only be performed by approved JWs "in good standing."

  
  

  I was a little late to the meeting once and went to get a chair from the stack to sit at the back and a brother, , snatched it from my hands and said i had no authority to get a chair as i wasn't a MS he was. So he took it and placed it where I wanted to sit. I had to laugh
  
  
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  When did "The Truth" become "The Truth"?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it struck me that while the society and witnesses in general use the expression "the truth" for being a witness, it opens a can of worms..... i mean, when did the society become "the truth"?

  after all, as we well know (and feel free to list examples please), the doctrines and teachings, and procedures have changed so much since the organisation started, that what was once "truth" is no longer so and vice versa..... maybe the conversation between jesus and pilate was correct : "what is truth?

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  I think the conversation where Pilate said what is truth was preceded by Pilate saying about Jesus being king and Jesus saying, for this I have been born and for this I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth.

  in Galatians Paul mentions the truth of the good news.

  so I think JW good news about the end of the gentile times in 1914 hasn't changed I dont think and so it doesn't matter about the rest that has
  
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  What would you like to have known about JWs before deciding whether to get baptised?

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if you could go back in time and tell yourself one thing about jws would you do it?

  and what would you choose to say to yourself?

  do you think you could have convinced yourself not to get baptised if you chose the right thing to say?

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  Nothing. It would have caused more problems. I left at the right time for me.

  (i was raised as a JW and baptised in my early teens)
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  Did you have "Your chair" or place you sat at the K.H??

  by karter in

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  2. friends

  i never really did but lots of the "friends" did like one brother who felt the cold and had "his chair" by the window and was always closing the window when everyone else wanted it open.. karter..

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  I usually sat in the room where the 2nd school was held
  
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  Musicians Who Died in the Last Year - or Through the Years- Who Do you Miss Most ?

  by flipper in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i think for me in the last year the death of david bowie got to me the most.

  not only in the way he handled his demise so classy by even making a song about it and a you tube about dying and sharing it with fans, but just his whole persona i always thought was pretty cool.

  plus i enjoyed a good many of his songs.

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  Freddie Mercury
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  Think for Yourself: Reform Judaism Uses JW Blood Issue For Shavuot

  by David_Jay in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as the jewish holy day of shavuot (pentecost) begins this weekend, the reform judaism site publishes an interesting article entitled "judaism teaches: question authority, think for yourself.".

  the article employs a jewish doctor's recollection of a jw patient who refused blood and died as an example of how both religious traditions greatly differ on how they see and apply god's law.. shavuot is the day jews recall god's giving the law to israel.

  the article is significant in that it demonstrates how jews see the giving of the law as a call to questioning authority, including divine revelation itself whereas the death of the jw patient is contrasted as a slavish interpretation that misses the point behind jewish scripture.. for more see the article at:.

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  I was told very candidly that the teaching is an interpretation based on what the Bible has to say on blood

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  The 1975 Generation---are they still around?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was raised as a jw and 1975 expectations were pretty intense.

  as i recall, most people did not leave after the failed expectations but many s l o w e d down.

  now, i think most of the 1975 witnesses are gone or barely in.. is the older generation still around in the kingdom halls or are they much gone?.

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  Is the older generation still around in the Kingdom Halls or are they much gone?
  

  There are several witnesses that I have had contact with over the past few years, all of them were witnesses in 1975 and ranged from being children and teenagers to people who were in their forties at the time.

  The last elder that I spoke to regarding 1975 disagreed with me concerning what was said and I offered to show him the publications which he declined.

  One who is an active witness agrees with me and has I understand discussed it over the years. They feel that the organization is more careful now with what is said.

  The last witness that I spoke to that invited me to the Kingdom Hall very recently was a witness in 1975 and had a family (we didn't discuss 1975) he is still active

  I believe it was really preached as part of the good news and so I feel surprised that there is a difference of viewpoint.
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  Jehovah protects his people. Did he ever protect you?

  by TimeBandit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello forum.

  i started this topic because i had been thinking recently about a story that i had heard many times in different congregations over the years.

  kind of a jw urban legend if you will.

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  i always thought that He helped with what you could bear and remain faithful. I think maybe he did
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  Why Are You Here?

  by Believer in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm wondering why believers remain members of this forum which is clearly hostile to believers.

  as one member said, nonbelievers pounce on any semblance of belief like piranhas on prey.

  as former jws we should have had our fill of judgmental know-it-alls, but here we are.

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  Why are you here?

  
  

  I don't know. I keep saying to myself that this is it. I won't read or post. Then I do. I think it's boredom.

  But this is my last post and the last time I look at this site I have hobbies