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  Are you materialistic?

  by Goldiver in

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  why, yes i am according to the jws.

  this is an topic that has always irked me with the jws.

  anyone who had a good paying job and nice things was materialistic.

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  From what I own I tend toward minimalism. I have no car, tv, nor any of the accoutrements generally attributed to wealth.

  However, I cherish any wealth I have created.

  I teach a financial accounting class and always make the point that you are not rich based upon what you own, your wealth is defined on the simple formula of assets minus liabilities. As long as you focus on the equity section of your personal account you will continue to grow wealthy - and that is a very good thing. And is something you will never read in the Awake! magazine.
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  Anyone Can be baptised - Can't they?

  by tim hooper in

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  2. beliefs

  does a new convert have to be approved for baptism by the elders or someone similar i wonder?.

  years ago, at a circuit assembly, i came across a young man whose jw father had thrown him out of the family home because of his abusiveness.

  he'd got nowhere to go so he travelled south and finished up attending our local assembly.

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  Tim, what you describe is what has bee recorded by youtube as the "pool jumper." I wonder if this person went through the questions.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erxXdGG6VfI
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  Well my JW elder dad has lost his job...

  by BU2B in

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  2. experiences

  as a little background, my dad became a jw in 1980 i think, went to bethel, married my mom in 86' went back for another year and then i came along... he worked in the auto repair shop at bethel while he was there, and upon leaving, continued working in this field.

  my whole life they have been the type of jw parents that tell you how you will never get to high school, never graduate it, never get married in this system, never have children in this system etc.. i say this to illustrate the end is just around the corner attitude they have always had, probably because they fully bought/buy into the hype at the conventions/wt articles.

  my father has no plan in place for retirement, and he is physically slowing down doing such hard laborious work.

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  BU2B, like it or not, this is your problem. You have a responsibility to your parents and I think you understand this. However, I cannot imagine them moving in with you without them accepting your decision to fade from the organization. But I am not sure they will ever accept this. Quite a dilemma.

  You are getting some good advice here, best wishes to you.
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  Take care, you educated heathens!

  by Etude in

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  i think the jws gave this to the baptist.

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  This shows that it is more than just JWs that are afraid of education. But that does not make it right.
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  Taking Back The Kingdom Halls.

  by RunAsFastAsYouCan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  thesis: the kingdom halls as a real estate entity could be couped; coup d'etat.

  a group of 3 elders as trustees could sell the kingdom hall out from under mother watchtower corporation.

  spread the money to the community or non profits, or just give it as a distribution to the congregation who paid for the kingdom hall.

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  Hasn't this happened in the past a few times? It seems like something that is very unlikely, but you never know.
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  Found out about my 'marking'.

  by Oneoutallout in

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  yesterday we met up with an old ex witness friend after four years.

  it was great to drop all the barriers that have stopped us all meeting recently.

  apparently, it turns out that i was marked as an apostate some time ago.

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  I didn't realize that they specify a name when marking. I though the talk was to be general enough so that only those "in the know" understand who is marked.

  I knew a young girl who was marked. It was quite devastating to her. In her case an elder took it upon himself to mark the young girl.
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  Do you feel guilty?

  by Justmenthedogs in

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  2. friends

  so while i was out hiking with the dogs today i got to thinking about this forum and was wondering how many of you still feel guilty from time to time for leaving?

  i do, i miss my family at times but then i think about the life that i have created and i have a good one, i have good friends and i am happy, happier then i ever was as a jw.

  i was just wondering if others feel the same way sometimes..

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  One of the emotions that I committed to removing from my life included guilt. Guilt is a worthless emotion that just drags you down. So, no I have no guilt. I take responsibility for everything I have done in my life.
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  Cynthia Franz died December 29, 2013

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  i am sad to report that while being treated for various ailments in an atlanta hospital for eight days, cynthia franz died of massive heart failure on december 29, 2013. .

  cynthia franz comes from a very large, loving, close-knit family.

  they have decided to keep cynthia's funeral arrangements private.

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  Thank you Barbara,

  The site is a lovely tribute to two very important people in many lives.

  Best
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  This photo woke me up

  by krejames in

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  i was already on my way to my second fade when i went to the wildlife photographer of the year 2012 exhibition, but this photo made me lose faith in the idea of a loving creator......(the gazelle has been injured by the mother cheetah so she can use it to train her cubs to hunt).

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  It is cycle of life. I regularily enjoy a 4-legged creature; I had one for lunch. Once I am dead I will be the fertilizer for the plants that the 4-legged creatures eat. Since we are what we eat eventually they will be eating one of their own.
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  Most aggravating religious group

  by keith85 in

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  look i don't care what you believe, i really don't.

  just leave me out of it.

  if i were interested in your beliefs i would pursue them, but trying to force your literature and views onto people is just rude.

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  NewYork44M

  So, is the Jehovah's Witness religion the most aggravating religious group - EVER?

  Perhaps, but others can come close.