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  Suicide in the spiritual paradise all too common

  by doubtfull1799 in

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  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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  if they didn't make people so afraid of the "world" and "worldly people" maybe more jw's would seek the professional help they need. Sad
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  Tattoos

  by new boy in

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  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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  I have a few tattoos and i like them, they have meaning. I don't mind if someone has none or 100. At 70 years of age, tattoos or not, the body isn't going to be that great to look at anyways lol.
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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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  Locally this past month when they read the accounts report, the cong, gave a whole $82 to the society lol. This is a hall of 70 something publishers and a few well off elders.
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  5/6/18 cleveland ohio circuit assembly notes

  by nowwhat? in

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  willoughby assembly hall.

  1400+ attendance 5 baptised a robust 0.38 growth!.

  $11k expenses however 1st.

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  My dad told me the other day that the end is very near now with Trump and Rocket man meeting and they could declare peace and security. I've heard the end is near for 30 years now.
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  Help me with the disfellowshipping topic, how is it NOT scriptural

  by LevelThePlayingField in

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  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.

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  My opinion is that Paul was one of the first apostates, going against the idea of jesus being loving towards all. Just an idea, nothing to base that on :)
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  KH hall 4 sale just whose waters are supposed to be drying up again?!

  by nowwhat? in

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  avon lake ohio.

  while new mega church being built right down the street!.

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  I know of a few in eastern iowa/illinois also that are being sold off/closed. Dewitt ia, rumor has it Anamosa ia is closing too, savannah ill a few years ago, galena ill about 6 years ago, manchester ia, platteville wi. These are just the ones i can think of over the last ten years and all within a 60 mile radius.
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  Please Switch Off Your Critical Thinking

  by pale.emperor in

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  2. beliefs

  i have an uneasy feeling inside that something is coming this year or the next.

  perhaps a new big announcement that turns jwdom on it's head.. we've seen the statement in the watchtower november 15th, 2013 which said:.

  watchtower november 15th, 2013 - page 20, paragraph 17.. .

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  At this weeks meeting a elder said that when the governing body asks us to jump, we say how hi and don't question it. Then another person made a comment that we should not question the printed material and also not to research anything and to trust in what we are given at meetings.

  I guess free will has been swept under the rug.
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  Watch Tower's eBay account

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the last post about the violin for sale got me to looking at their ebay account which says it's based in wallkill.

  they've got over 200 items for sale, most obsolete electronics that are grossly overpriced.

  among them are used hard drives, like this one:.

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  I can't believe they are using a demonized/worldly website to sell such spiritual artifacts. Selling these precious items on the same site that Mrs. Tony tightpants can buy a dildo!!
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  BOE-Jan/18/2018-Donations!

  by Atlantis in

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  2. bible

  january-18-2018--boe.

  donations for 2019 international convention travel.

  https://we.tl/ikbkzz8xpwatlantis!

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  Resolutions are the easiest way to get guaranteed donations for the WT
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  What was your trigger to waking up ?

  by CovertsadJW in

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  good afternoon , .

  i wanted to ask everyone here , what was your trigger to waking up ?

  i have been waking up for a long time , but in looking back it’s hard for me to look at one event and say “ ah ha “ , i think mine is like a slow leak - like a crack in a damn - and then hold on , because after that it’s just a flood of information.

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  Not one thing here either, but getting df'd really did open my eyes. I wish every JW could have that privilege. To see how shallow friendships really are and the lack of love is really sad. One day you can talk to me, then next day nothing. And all because a couple of control freak elders say so.

  Also the hypocrisy. The same friends who would no longer talk to me, were also doing things before i was df'd that would have gotten them in trouble, but being in a close knit group of friends, their secrets were always safe with me and the others.

  And the way they talk down so badly about non witnesses and other religions really is disgusting and arrogant. Not sure how anyone thinks that is ok. Research also helped to seal the deal that they are not the true religion and all they use is fear and guilt to control the flock. They say they are the happiest people on earth? Ha! no one was ever really happy at meetings or service. They were happiest when meeting was over and after putting in their obligatory saturday morning service hours.