Topics Started by Irish Dame

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So who attended the memorial and why?
by atomant in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this should be interesting.
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California Electrician Dies After Falling 53 Stories...Possible JW and Suicide?
by JW GoneBad in
1. watchtower
2. bible
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-construction-worker-falls-from-l-a-high-rise-hits-cars-dies-20160317-story.html.

social media is saying that this individual was a jehovah's witness.

can someone from the southern california area confirm this.
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New Field Service Report
by cognac in
1. jw
2. friends
has anyone seen this?

when did that happen?.

http://www.jw-archive.org/post/137681838624/new-service-report-jwinspirational.
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Survey: How long were you in the cult vs what year you were baptized
by ILoveTTATT2 in
1. jw
2. friends
hi people,.

i want as much data as possible on the effect of the internet on the time captured by the cult.. please answer the three following questions about yourself or about someone you know (for example, if your parents or grandparents were jw's and left).

1) were you raised as a jw, or did you convert?.
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Elder harassed my mom and asked for donation
by kaik in
1. social
2. family
my mom had surgery last month and she developed complication and had to be on antibiotics to treat infection.

so, she is recovering slowly, but things was tough on her and she was not attending kh or went to assembly two weeks ago.

nonetheless, elder showed up at her place and instead providing her with comfort he started to harass her that her faith is weak, she does not put trust in jah, etc.
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I just found out that my youngest brother committed suicide
by SnakesInTheTower in
1. jw
2. friends
my middle brother called me a couple of hours ago.

our youngest brother, josh, who was 38, was found by his friends in his apartment.

he hung himself.
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Anyone from Plymouth MI or Wayne/Westland or Howell MI.
by firestillon in
1. jw
2. experiences
just found this site and still finding my way around.

seeing if there are any old acquaintances here from the areas above.

i and my wife were in those cities till around 1989. drop a note if you were too or know us.
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The Elders of the congregations make for the worst possible "shepards".
by Dunedain in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the main goal of a shepard, is to keep the flock as safe as possible.

the loss of just a single sheep, could be devastating to a flock, and a shepards financial well being.

every sheep is valuable, from a monetary stanpoint, and future strength of the flock.
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Three elders show up "to encourage me" after 10 years!
by Wasanelder Once in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
"hey brother wasa, come on back to the meetings.

" (after 10 years) so i respond that the situation with pedophiles is out of hand.

they tell me "we" elders have received tons of training on the subject, its not like it was 10 years ago.
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Suicide - How many do you know within the JWs
by Lady Lee in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
thw wts likes to play games with their statistics.

one interesting but truly tragic is the number of jwhovah's witnesses who commit suicie.. now i suspect that if a person commits suicide shortly before or after they are disfellowshipped then the elders would say that person wasn't a witness or that they had done something so terrible that they were too guilty to admit it and by their action of committing suicide they pretty much declared they were no longer a jw.. yup fancy talk to make sure any crap didn't fall on them.. so my question.. do you know of cases like this?

if so then can you answer a few more questions.. had this person been dfed or in real danger of being dfed or whatever the equivalent is if they were never baptized?.