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Jws don't really have "communities" or "functions" like churches do?
by nowawake14 in
1. jw
2. friends
i've noticed how this religion is kind of narrow.

all they ever do is preach, study the watchtower, or their meeting or convention.

no other organized functions that i know of.
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JW's With Explosives?--A Little Hard to Believe!
by Atlantis in
1. jw
2. friends
this is a little hard to believe.

(2018 article).

this article must have slipped by me because i never heard of this before.. .
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No longer gods channel of communication?
by Crazyguy in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
smurf girl, i believe is her youtube name, an exjw with a youtube channel.

she claims that if you go all over the jw.borg website you will no longer be able to find any mention of the organization or the fds being gods channel of communication.

so what’s your thoughts on why the change?
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Consequences for having a non religious wedding ceraminy?
by Addison0998 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hey i was wondering if maybe someone who is an ex elder or who knows a lot about these things could help me.

my dad is an elder but i need to be cautious with questions i ask.

now that i’ve been woken up from my brainwashed love of this corrupt corporation and from my belief in the bible, and my fiancé is starting to wake up as well, i really don’t want to have the sexist, overused, impersonal talk outline used for my wedding ceremony by some elder who is trying to show off his talk giving skills.
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Kingdom Hall shot up in Washington state
by Crazyguy in
1. social
2. current
a kingdom hall near a small community called yelm was shot up.

yelm is where two kingdom halls where set on fire about a month ago.

i think someone, exjw, in that area is really pissed off..
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Suicide in the spiritual paradise all too common
by doubtfull1799 in
1. jw
2. experiences
just heard that a young brother committed suicide this week - the whole congregation is naturally very distressed.

what a tragedy.

according to my source he'd only been married about a year and his wife found him - he’d hung himself.
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Tattoos
by new boy in
1. jw
2. friends
i don't really have an opinion on the them one way or another.. when i was growing up the only place you saw them were on old ex military guys.

they had eagles with american flags or a heart with a knife through it.

some were so old and faded out you didn't know what they were supposed represent anymore.
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New brochure about donations.
by Ray Frankz in
1. jw
2. experiences
in this midweek meeting the local needs was a booooring speech about the new brochure on donations.

the wt must think the jws are dying to know how to give their money.. well, it's not new this is disgusting but this time, after i ve been slightly hinting people here and there for a year about the 'abnormal request of money' and remind them that 'the faithful slave wasn't like that until some time ago', this time i saw their faces.

they did get bothered with that talk.
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5/6/18 cleveland ohio circuit assembly notes
by nowwhat? in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
willoughby assembly hall.

1400+ attendance 5 baptised a robust 0.38 growth!.

$11k expenses however 1st.
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Help me with the disfellowshipping topic, how is it NOT scriptural
by LevelThePlayingField in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
many have said that jesus never shunned anyone.

yet it seems that the apostle paul said to shun an unrepentant sinner, "stop keeping company" and "not even eating with such a man" 1co 5:9-12. it seems like shunning is what paul wanted us to do.

but honestly, it doesn't seem right to me.