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  Hello!

  by Kathy1978 in

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  i just wanted to give a brief intro.

  i was born into jw world and left it in 2015 along with my husband and 2 little children.

  looking forward to reading the posts and interaction with you.

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  pale.emperor

  Welcome Kathy

  My little one was 2 when i left the religion, fortunately she doesn’t remember much about the KH or anything.

  I look forward to hearing more from you.
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  Do you celebrate Christmas?

  by LovingLifeNow in

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  do you celebrate and how long have you been out?

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  3 years for me and yes i do..

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  I celebrate Saturnalia. Exact same thing. Only my daughter calls it Christmas. It's also a good comeback when smug JWs tell me I celebrate a pagan festival. My reply is "Yes. I openly celebrate Saturnalia. My ancestors celebrated this festival thousands of years ago. You know as well as I, Christmas has nothing to do with christianity".
  
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  Reminiscing about the Manchester JW Scene

  by Farmer Jim1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i’m sure like many of you that use this forum i sometimes think back over the years as a jw and recall the funny, the strange and then the downright bizarre things that happened within the organisation.

  i grew up and settled in a densely jw populated area of manchester which was filled with the usual jw drama and nonsense.. if you were from the area and have any memories or stories please post them here.. one of the things i clearly recall (and i’m sure this wasn’t just a manchester jw thing) was the massive drinking culture within the jw community.

  i didn’t really pick up on it until i started questioning things but looking back i can remember my parents taking about an elder in the hall that drank a can of beer before going to the thursday meeting.

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  There was an occasion where a pub in central Manchester had put a sign up saying ‘no Jehovah’s Witnesses allowed entry’ during convention time at the Manchester Arena. I think this was linked to a booze-fuelled fight between two or more witnesses immediately after the Saturday convention session. (Would love to hear more about this story if anyone knows about it).

  I know about this!

  It was my cousin and his mates. One of his mates who was only in "the truth" for the friends and the girls - he was from a tough family. Those in Liverpool will know him, his last name was Morgan.

  Anyway, my cousin, his best mate Bro. Morgan and a few others went to the pub after the convention and ended up getting into an argument with non JWs. I've been drinking with this Bro before and he loves confrontation. He likes to be the "alpha male" in every room. One thing led to another and he bottled someone (Liverpool slang for he smashed a beer bottle over someones head). A fight ensued and they were all thrown out.

  Not sure if police arrived or what but the young brothers in my congregation were individually grilled about it asking what we knew, were we there? If not, where were you?

  The CO lost his shit.

  Our Hotel had a fire alarm Sat night & we arrived back to our hotel (The Renaissance) at 3am to find our elders and families in the street in dressing gowns thanks to some plonker JW cooking in their room.

  I remember hearing about that at the time. Didnt the hotel ban JWs during convention time? Or at least started asking for a deposit or something? Something came of it anyway.
  
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  They would Stone us if the law would allow

  by ElderEtta in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  several years ago unless i was dreaming i read a watchtower quotation that effectively said that they would execute us as disfellowshipped individuals if the law would allow.. was i dreaming?.

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  What I dont get is, why is it that when the GB bring out a "revised understanding" they're not called apostates by the 8 million members?

  If you're told something is "the truth" and even shown proof scripturally, then any change to that truth should be called apostasy right?
  
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  Sentinel Island: Rewards for Those Who Expand Their Ministry, Blessings Await You!!!!!

  by moomanchu in

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  "can you serve where the need for kingdom publishers is greater?".

  https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/22/asia/north-sentinel-island-worlds-isolated-tribes-intl/index.html.

  the message of jehovah’s kingdom by christ has already gained grand triumphs throughout the earth because he backs up and blesses the preaching of this “good news” by his witnesses in all the inhabited earth.

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  I read that it was on his THIRD visit (each one being met with arrows and wounded on the second attempt) that he was killed.

  WTF was he expecting, really?

  And anyway, what was he planning to bring them? They've been isolated and content in their own little community for thousands of years and then some guy wants to tell them that they're all sinners, their dead ancestors are in hell and they're not worthy unless they follow a man in the sky they've never heard of from a place they've never heard of in a language they dont understand.

  Darwin award winner right there.

  https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/christian-group-invites-ridicule-with-demand-of-murder-charges-against-sentinelese/articleshow/66776223.cms
  
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  “Do You Know the Time?” From WT Sept 2018

  by skin in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  there is a one page article in the current wt study mag, sept 2018 pg 22 with the title “do you know the time?”.

  in that article it describes a number of different ways you can say the time is 1:30. it goes on to say “there are even places where that same time could be expressed as “half two,” meaning 30 minutes before two”.

  what i would like to know is this, where in the world does “half 2” mean 1:30?

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  Yh this was confusing for me when I was learning German. To be safe I stick to saying the time like a 24hr clock, like "one thirty" (ein dreißig) or "two thirty" (zwei dreißig) instead.
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  Films with nudity

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i guess every jw has a different conscience on the matter, and i don't believe any jw publications have ever specifically mentioned nudity in film as being off limits.

  of course genitals are out of the question because that's usually relegated to r movies which most good jws don't view.

  female toplessness is condoned but not spoken about, as most jws i know have seen titanic and many own it.

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  Are you sure he didn't know what a naked women looked like until he was 30, even the pompous elders that will counsel you and tell it's a sin to shoot one off every now and then knew what a naked women looked like well before they were 30

  Wont go into too much detail, but he didn't know what a vagina looked like. He thought it was like a belly button under the torso exactly in the middle.
  
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  Films with nudity

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i guess every jw has a different conscience on the matter, and i don't believe any jw publications have ever specifically mentioned nudity in film as being off limits.

  of course genitals are out of the question because that's usually relegated to r movies which most good jws don't view.

  female toplessness is condoned but not spoken about, as most jws i know have seen titanic and many own it.

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  In my mums house everything above was banned. Including ass shots for comedic purposes, breastfeeding women on medical documentaries and even animals mating.

  She took my younger brother out of sex ed in school so he didn’t know what a naked woman even looked like until he was 30!

  I got my sex education through porn. Bad that innit?
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  Be Honest in All Things - New video exposes a problem with honesty at Bethel/Construction

  by George One Time in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  on tv.jw.org kenneth cook jr. discusses how important it is to be honest when applying for special assignemts.

  he mentions health and viewing pornography.

  those who viewed pornography during the last year should not apply.

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  So you cant apply to be a volunteer if you've looked at porn and you cant have a wank at bethel. I'd love to meet this person who is being approved for volunteer status. He deserves a medal... pinned to his huge balls and permanently erect penis.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItgN-SmKSVk
  
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  Ken Cook's Biography

  by Iamallcool in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-study-january-2019/new-member-governing-body/ .

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  Just read it. That's gotta be the shortest and least informative bio I've ever read. The other GB members got at least 2 pages worth of story.

  No story of how he met his wife, who his parents were, any struggles he experienced. Nothing.

  Also, it's actually kinda sad. Both he and his wife have devoted their youth to the cult and been moved from pillar to post regularly.