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  Did you suffer from not saluting the flag in school as a kid?

  by Sea Breeze in

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  what happened?.

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  3rdgen

  Rattigan: "How is that suffering?" You are either a troll or an idiot.

  What child as young as kindergarten decides they have religious objections to saluting the flag? What child decides they like being the class oddball?
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  Do JWs Really Say This?

  by NotFormer in

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  i stumbled, via a google search, upon a part of jw space that is usually heavily defended against outsiders like my good self.

  in a discussion, someone started their post with "i (started doing x)... when the slave began to suggest doing so"*.

  do pimis really talk that way?

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  When I was a little girl in the 1950s The ENTIRE group of JWs "anointed remnant" and "other sheep" including all of the leadership called themselves the "New World Society". IOW Every JW, man, woman, and child, was part of the "Society". The Entire Remnant of the 144.000 was called "The Faithful and Discrete Slave."

  At this time Bethel produced 2 films each lasting at least an hour. One was called "Happiness in the New World Society". The second was called "The New World Society in Action" These films attempted to show the worldwide brotherhood and work done by JWs. I remember because my father had both films and narrated and showed them to many congregations up to the early 1960s.

  My point is that at that time Terms used by JWs were more inclusive to the whole group. As time went on "The Society" referred only to the leadership throughout the world and effectively discarded the rest of JWs

  When the Elder arrangement started in 1972 control continued to tighten up and so did the terms used. Later the Governing Body" started to call THEMSELVES the "Faithful and Discrete Slave" thus discarding the rest of the "Anointed Remnant". from the title.

  I say all this to outline how over the years the JW leadership has gradually demoted its believers to lower and lower importance while, at the same time, elevating the Governing Body above Jesus himself.
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  Things you can not say in "field service" anymore.

  by greenhornet in

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  many years ago we would be on someone's doorstep, when waiting for the house holder to come to the door we say something like ... yea after the big a this is going to be my house.

  imagine saying that today with the common use of doorbell cameras and the squatting problem .

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  That reminds me...

  When an irate householder yelled at one of the old school elderly brothers in my hall, "Why are you here? I have already told you people never to come back!"

  He replied, "I thought maybe you died and somebody nice moved in."
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  Things you can not say in "field service" anymore.

  by greenhornet in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  many years ago we would be on someone's doorstep, when waiting for the house holder to come to the door we say something like ... yea after the big a this is going to be my house.

  imagine saying that today with the common use of doorbell cameras and the squatting problem .

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  Uh, BUSTED
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  'Socky' - April 2024 broadcast

  by joey jojo in

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  watched a revision of this broadcast on youtube.

  im not sure ive ever seen a more cringe-worthy exchange than between david splane and his good buddy 'socky'.. socky told us the story that he read the book 'what has religion done for mankind?

  ' (1951) when he was 10 and he 'knew' it was the truth.

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  Oh, the irony!

  I remember my parents didn't consider JWs a "religion" because Rutherfraud had made it a bad word. (Snare and Racket) That attitude was prevalent throughout the Borg until the 1960s if I recall.
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  Murderous Jehovah's Witness bludgeoned female customer before leading meeting. Spiritual paradise?

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  1/31/2024 in the strange but true category.

  confused holy spirit appoints killer servant.

  "" a twisted jehovah's witness bludgeoned a woman he rowed with over incomplete building works to death with a hammer, then merrily whistled as he packed up his tools and went to lead a service at the church where they met.

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  Baihi, Ditto
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  OJ Simpson Died today

  by 3rdgen in

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  thoughts?.

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  I remember when he was on trial for the murders my husband #1 insisted he was innocent. That It probably was Nicole's fault. That she must have stiffed her drug supplier/s and they murdered her for revenge. That she was sleeping with Goldman and he was at the wrong place at the wrong time.

  That's right, the woman's, the victims fault.

  Meanwhile, even JWs were divided on the subject. I should have left husband #1 AND the Borg, THEN and cut my losses.

  I'm such a slow learner!
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  OJ Simpson Died today

  by 3rdgen in

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  The "real killers" are relieved!
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  OJ Simpson Died today

  by 3rdgen in

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  I believe it was prostate cancer. He was 77.
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  Murderous Jehovah's Witness bludgeoned female customer before leading meeting. Spiritual paradise?

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  1/31/2024 in the strange but true category.

  confused holy spirit appoints killer servant.

  "" a twisted jehovah's witness bludgeoned a woman he rowed with over incomplete building works to death with a hammer, then merrily whistled as he packed up his tools and went to lead a service at the church where they met.

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  Biahi, Your aunt sounds like my parents.