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  The J.W fishpond of marriage mates! How many of us married a idiot!! No choice.

  by Witness 007 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  what a horror.

  instead of there being "more fish in the sea" our marriage mates came from the small and crapy witness pond.

  anyone got burned by going with mr or mrs you will have to do?

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  exjwlemming

  Right here! I married the poster child of the JW idiot!
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  Did your congregation rehearse service meeting parts?

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was just thinking back to some parts i conducted.

  when other publishers were involved in the part, its success often depended on how well rehearsed the participants were.

  timing, proper interplay of dialogue, dramatic impact, etc.. as the one giving the part or as one drafted to do a demo, did your elders require rehearsals?.

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  exjwlemming

  I'm with ttdtt. You got to be kidding me! When I was in, there were a couple of elders that would call the house about 45 minutes to an hour before the meeting. There were looking for a demonstration, an experience, an interview, a reader, or something. They were masters at procrastinating and didn't even care about the assignment. My "gung-ho" ex would answer the phone and take on any assignment to give her the spotlight for 5-10 minutes. Very quickly, I learned to leave the phone off the hook at atleast 90 minutes before the meeting. It worked for awhile until cell phones came into the picture. ;)
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  The Vietnam War and “Higher Education”

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a few weeks ago, i was chatting with a brother who is well into his 80’s.

  he went to college, got his bachelor’s degree and was a school teacher for many years.

  during that time, he was an elder in his congregation, had many privileges and cared for his young family.

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  exjwlemming

  Join the trades, learn a construction skill, and if you are fortunate, you can help us build our real estate empire for free.
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  Why Marrying An Outsider Is NOT A Disfellowshipping "Offense"

  by Divergent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so yeah, i was thinking about this.

  marrying an unbeliever is considered to be wrong, but at the same time, it is not a disfellowshipping "offense".

  well, the reason is simple: there is more to gain than to lose by not disfellowshipping.

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  exjwlemming

  It's all about supply and demand. Sisters outnumber the brothers. It's about keeping the sisters in a small pond and elevating the spiritual qualifications of prospective brothers. Sisters are told to look for strong spiritual men as their husband heads. Sisters are dangling "carrots" and motivate the brothers to reach out for MS and Elder privileges. Brothers can then have the pick of the pack if their show themselves to be spiritual men. I know too many spouses that appeared spiritual to score a young, attractive bride or groom. Once the deed was done, they morphed into a controlling and abusive spouse.
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  Why aren't there windows in the KH?

  by longgone in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the last kh i attended, (faded) was built in 2014. there are no windows anywhere, although the front doors are glass.

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  it's nothing but a brown brick rectangle, as nondescript as possible as well.. any thoughts about why?.

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  It might prevent elders or ministerial servants over arguing which "self employed window cleaning servant" is the best and should clean the windows?
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  Two Brothers Living Together - Never Dated Girls...

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  in my old congregation there are two brothers (non related) who are in the early 30s.

  they've never dated girls.

  they're "best friends".

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  exjwlemming

  Their names were Patrick Fitzgerald and Gerald Fitzpatrick.
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  The one where the JW Died!

  by Thisismein1972 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://youtu.be/q6b77gm8xxi.

  all will be revealed..

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  This is "click bait." Just a couple of people talking about some event that may or may not have occurred. I rather see a credible, local news story posted. Otherwise, this is all hearsay. Any wrongful death is whored out by the media....especially if JWs are involved. "If it bleeds, it leads." Nothing on the Google search engine????? I'm skeptical.
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  Orange hard hat for boss, white hard hats for workers

  by hoser in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the latest study watchtower december 2016 study article by undeserved kindness you were set free has a picture at paragraph 19 of some construction workers.

  i always thought the foreman wore a white hard hat.

  besides that i hate the term undeserved kindness.

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  exjwlemming

  Typically, the supervisors wear white hardhats. The illustration depicts an actual KH project. There are 3 supervising elders telling one poor schmuck what to do. Each elder tells him to do something different. When he follows the direction of one elder, the other two have him disfellowshipped for not following the direction of Jehovah's appointed servants.
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  JW Stand On Concealed Carry

  by Cold Steel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if a jw wanted to get a concealed carry permit, would the society have any moral or ethical problems with it?

  in other words, if one of your elders noticed you were carrying concealed, would they be apt to just ignore it or would they counsel you on it?

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  I have knew of a police officer that was studying and pressure was being applied to change his profession. The thought was that carrying a weapon is a license to take a life if need be. "A Christian would not want to put himself in a situation that might cause him to have to kill someone." He left his study and never looked back. I also knew a baptized, paramedic that was told that he should find another career. His occupation might cause him to be called to administer a blood transfusion which is forbidden by God's law. "Why would one want to have a part in breaking God's law?" Maybe to save someones life that does not have the same beliefs as a JW?
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  Any regrets whilst you were in the Org

  by Tallon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the biggest regret i have is of 'shunning' persons who were disfellowshipped and for 'marking' ones deemed as bad association.. there's no way i can approach these people to ask them for forgiveness as i've emigrated to another country however, by this post i'd like it to be known..

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  exjwlemming

  It's bad enough that I handicapped myself in my life by being a pawn in the borg. I regret ever having a role in indoctrinating my 2 kids in this abusive cult. Even though they currently don't see it, I have crippled them in the ability to have a normal, free, non-judgmental life by not serving this controlling, manipulative, abusive cult. I envy those that were "weak" in the truth and let their kids grown up in a normal environment, get an education, and be self sufficient, well adjusted, critical thinkers instead of parroting the bull**** that emanates and radiates as "new" light from the malevolent despots in their east coast ivory tower. I wish I had a time machine and could go back and stop the minions that called on my mother who bought into this degenerate, religious ecosystem...better yet, for the world, stop Russell or Rutherford for duping millions of people for over a century.