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  JW Expressions We Hate

  by Socrateswannabe in

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  i was browsing through stuff on jw.org recently and ran across some expressions that really grate on my nerves: loyal love, loving-care, and loving-kindness, as in: "please exercise loving-kindness toward your servant.

  " who talks like that?

  they must be relics of the fred franz era.

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  GATHERINGS!
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  Evolution is a Fact #8 - Jumping Genes

  by cofty in

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  2. beliefs

  we have all become familiar with the use of dna in forensics and paternity disputes.

  all humans share 99.9% of their genome in common, but that still leaves plenty room for variation.. geneticists are able to study sections of dna that identify an individual and their closest relatives.

  mostly these genetic markers are found in our non-coding dna such as the sections of code known as transposons.. one type of transposon is known as the alu element.

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  Dude you can't believe what godless scientists tell you? Please believe the healthful sayings of some bedouins from 3 thousand years ago. They knew that they should dig a hole to crap in! Now that's science! What more do you need. "return to jah" before it is to late!
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  JW's Funerals, Forget About The Person! Let's Preach.

  by new boy in

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  god forbid you would talk about the dead person at his funeral.

  so what do most people get after living 70-80 years?.

  a 5-10 minutes eulogy.

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  Yes - I agree. Though some are trapped with very little chance of getting out. Without dire troubles of course.
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  Sick! "Stoning of Two Transgenders in Dortmund, Germany Prevented By Police In The Last Minute."

  by park ave boy in

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  2. current

  this is what europe is becoming?

  my work colleague in germany sent my this article in an email and it is perhaps one of the most disturbing things i have heard yet.

  i have been hearing about many of these recent homophobic and transphobic hate crimes taking place across europe but this one slipped through the cracks.

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  You will not find Atheists doing something horrible like that.

  To be evil you need religion!
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  Ex elders vs. Current elders

  by dothemath in

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  2. beliefs

  in our congregation there are now more ex-elders than current ones.

  (probably very common).

  what i notice most of all, is that the ones who were the best speakers (we actually had some good ones) are the ones who have all stepped down.. i'm of the opinion the better teachers recognize its all a joke, and can't be bothered to reach out again.. so the ones left who are taking the lead are the most boring ones available.

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  By the way - one of the most insulting thing I have always heard about people like that who left was "they were to smart for their own good." Believe that - smart used as a pejorative.

  I HATE THAT!
  No one can think - Wow those brothers were really good and smart - something must be up for them to leave....
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  JW's Funerals, Forget About The Person! Let's Preach.

  by new boy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  god forbid you would talk about the dead person at his funeral.

  so what do most people get after living 70-80 years?.

  a 5-10 minutes eulogy.

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  I bucked that trend - it was unthinkable to me to make it a Recruitment talk.
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  "If I wasn't born a JW, I would never have become one."

  by OneEyedJoe in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've seen it mentioned by a few on the forum that at some point there was a realization that had they not been born a jw, they never would've converted no matter how many times the jws tried to study with them.

  this was my experience too, and i'm wondering how universal it is for those that were born-in but eventually left.

  i think i started having this thought (more specifically that if i were not born a jw, i would surely have become an atheist by now) in my late teens.

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  Me as well - though if I were back in the 70's pre internet pre information days - who know.
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  Ex elders vs. Current elders

  by dothemath in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in our congregation there are now more ex-elders than current ones.

  (probably very common).

  what i notice most of all, is that the ones who were the best speakers (we actually had some good ones) are the ones who have all stepped down.. i'm of the opinion the better teachers recognize its all a joke, and can't be bothered to reach out again.. so the ones left who are taking the lead are the most boring ones available.

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  Interesting and I think you have a point. I was a very good speaker, and the last 4 years I started really diving into the talk outlines, especial the ones I had at the District level. I kept finding old, outdated, or transparently misleading statements taken out of context. I had a real problem with that, and started to eliminate talk outlines, stop taking some parts I was given, and moving the theme of talks to be centered on love, mercy, and you know - acting like jesus. It was not long before I just could not take the crap any more and stepped down.

  Many of the ones who stay are just - low information - low education - koolaid drinking but kissers who will do anything to find favor with the CO and other elders.
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  Swearing on the bible

  by Lost and adrift in

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  on the subject of truth.

  ..... i was always under the impression that one of the reasons jws couldn't do jury duty or go to court etc was that we were not allowed to swear on the bible.

  ..as in i swear to tell the truth the whole truth etc etc .

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  Never hear that - nor is it in any of the elders books.
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  Office Jargon, drives me nuts

  by punkofnice in

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  'granular' seems to be the latest buzz word going around my office.

  previously it was 'appetite'.. abstract words that appear to be designed to make the person saying it appear powerful and part of the 'team'.. as lord sugar has observed before; why not just speak english and say what you mean.. office jargon really annoys me.

  i had enough loaded language and jargon in the disgusting jw cult..

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  how about GATHERINGS! god forbid you say Party.