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  My JW Elder Brother Passed Away

  by minimus in

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  he was basically a good man, just a believer in the religion.

  when we were both elders we were best of friends and then things deteriorated when i was not an elder for a while.

  then after becoming an elder again, i slowly drifted away from the religion and he drifted further away from me.

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  Sorry Min. It is just so hard to deal with. I really liked Sparrowdown's comment on losing him before losing him.
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  Informing of judicial decisions - how is it accomplished in 2018?

  by gone for good in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  how do jws (rank and file) know when to commence shunning the victim of an internal judicial proceeding ?

  what direction does the elders manual give to start the congregations participation in shunning?

  when did you most recently see this process initiated in a hall you attend?.

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  An announcement is made: So and so is no longer one of Jehovah's Witnesses. Or So and so is no longer a Jehovah's Witness.

  People in my hall are literally dying to leave this religion, can't remember last DFing. Lots of old people.
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  Hall Closings

  by TweetieBird in

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  is there a thread that lists the kh's that are being sold in the us?

  i just learned that my old hall is getting sold and the 2 congregations that are meeting there are merging with 2 congregations in another hall..

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  hmm. I'll have to look into that jp. I don't comment on youtube because I've never figured out how to create a separate google account that does not show up when logging in to google. I share my current account with my PIMI husband, which was fine until my little apostate projects. I'll have to finally try some things and see if I could make it work. I'm so uneducated in it, and google keeps taking away privacy like not being able to delete sent yt messages.

  I think my google account links to my ip address..., right?

  Maybe if I did it from the library. But I get effing paranoid there too, as anyone could walk up behind me. There aren't any computers with privacy, understandably.

  Hmmm. Maybe if try to get a cheap used iPad or laptop... just for this.

  Just brainstorming.
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  Hall Closings

  by TweetieBird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  is there a thread that lists the kh's that are being sold in the us?

  i just learned that my old hall is getting sold and the 2 congregations that are meeting there are merging with 2 congregations in another hall..

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  I have a personal list with dates for my area, some are approximate. Here's an offer: If you have names of congregations, kingdom halls with the dates (approximate is o.k.), I"ll list them here.

  I don't want to list my own unless I have others also. I'm too effing paranoid. So, if you are like me, you could p.m. your info to me to post.

  I'll keep it on a master document so I can keep track so as avoid duplicating. Any other suggestions would be appreciated.

  Hope I'm not being weird, or umm... 'prominent'! I'm kind of worried that I'd be able to keep up, but, somebody has got to do it. Kim Mikey has a video on it, but I know they had some mistakes too. A list in writing would be good.great!
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  ...'special'.. televised talk today.

  by zeb in

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  29th april.. anyone have a lead on the ..'special'.. talk that my wife et al has to travel miles to hear/see?

  just so i can be advised.. thanks..

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  Naturally it is not one of the members of the GB with the ARC aftermath. Scaredy cats.
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  Wealth, Poverty, and Morality

  by SecondRateMind in

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  i am interested in the approach this forum takes to money.

  apart from sex, (which i am quite relaxed about) it seems to me that wealth is the surest divider between those who are moral, and those who are not.. it seems jesus thought so, also.

  luke 16:19-31 kjv describes well enough his dusty attitude to the rich who do not succour the poor.. and this world has many poor: so many, it might seem that we can do nothing about it, and twist his words; 'the poor ye shall have always with you, but me, ye shall not have always.

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  Totally agree Dub.

  Personally got a yukky feeling about this post/ topic/ o.p. Mean things can be said in the sweetest way.
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  JDub with pink hair at a cart - Video from SW England

  by Wakanda in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maenrmttb-u&list=plj1cxa6hnc11blsv8iz9lzlux_zz6onyd&index=109.

  go to minute nine for the third clip.

  what is up with that hair???

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  1. Thanks for the hair answers peeps! Yeah, I was wondering if it had to do with her high melanin and curly hair. Such double standards. Thought the black people doing things us melanin challenged can't was a U.S. thing, it's too bad it's spread.

  That guy is a nutter. I was just astonished with the hair, and that crazy man not even drawing attention to the hypocrisy!!! She was in a composite clip he put together and it sent me searching for the full video. Maybe I'm the nutter.

  2. Let's review: It's a Cult!

  Now let's all leave this site and get on with our lives, she said sarcastically as she needs to talk about the hypocrisy and needs the group therapy (among other therapy).

  Thanks Simon!
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  JDub with pink hair at a cart - Video from SW England

  by Wakanda in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maenrmttb-u&list=plj1cxa6hnc11blsv8iz9lzlux_zz6onyd&index=109.

  go to minute nine for the third clip.

  what is up with that hair???

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAenrmTTb-U&list=PLj1CXA6hnC11blSv8Iz9LzLuX_ZZ6OnYd&index=109

  Go to minute nine for the third clip. What is up with that hair??? I'd be DF'd yesterday for that!
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  Withdrawing community support in the congs

  by purrpurr in

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  i've noticed in the past 10 years that the social support that used to be available in the congs, a shoulder to cry on, elders to help with family/marriage issues these seem to have been purposely withdrawn.

  counsel is even heard from the platform that the elders are not there to help people with their problems.. so first in the 80s-90s they take away the congregation get to getters and social events and now they seem to be going one step further in taking away the emotional support for people too.. this will take away an aspect that i'm sure was keeping alot of people in the borg, the community support.

  if that's not there and its just about meetings and ministry how many will start to get their emotional support elsewhere?.

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  Just look at the leaked videos about going to the cong you are assigned whether it makes sense or not. They were splitting up families. They are purposely tearing apart their communities. I've seen it with combining congs. They don't' just combine, they move people all over the place that have come to know each other. It's a mess, and people are more zombie ish than ever because they are supposed to be happy, but they are more miserable than ever.

  It's like crackdown on big parties in the 80s, but now they are switching up congregations. Like if people don't get too familiar with each other, apostasy won't break out!
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  Major Article in Today's Philadelphia Inquirer on JW Child Abuse

  by Room 215 in

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  2. scandals

  http://www.philly.com/philly/news/jehovahs-witnesses-sexual-abuse-children-beliefs-rules.html.

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  excellent. Thanks Room 215. and Thanks Barbara.

  They are starting to understand. We need a This American Life expose on JWs sort of like when they got a pulitzer for 'Bad Bank'. (Thought I'd put that out there, cos when I said we need elder's to record elders meeting that seemed to work!)