i would like to know if there are any ex's or formers who still appreciate good manners and respectfulness?
but i hope this question isn't offensive to this forum.
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"Well, the forum had paused in posting this thread unlike my other threads, therefore, I thought I had said the wrong thing at this forum."
You can only post two new threads every 24 hours. Trying to do it again will only create another identical thread that will appear when the 24 hour curfew expires.
when a whole branch went bad (or was it good)?
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i guess it's too late to get much of the details of this story (outside of the official versions), but we ought not to lose it altogether.. so i'm committing to print what i know of this story, and hoping that somewhere out there will be someone else that knows more than i do, about one of the more exotic incidents in the history of the wts.
Well, this is a fascinating story. Which is why I brought it BTTT. Some insider information about the history of the Australian branch, as told by exes, of course, could be useful. It must have been reasonably important; Jaracz served there for a while. But the OP's fears that such histories would probably die without being told by those who were around in those days have probably come to fruition. 😔
i would like to know if there are any ex's or formers who still appreciate good manners and respectfulness?
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Given that (from what many people have posted here) JWs are taught to disdain outsiders (or "The World") and even fellow JWs who are "less spiritual", I wouldn't be surprised if manners weren't a high priority in Dubdom. (I've met plenty of nice JWs, though)
i would like to know if there are any ex's or formers who still appreciate good manners and respectfulness?
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There's a limit of two new posts a day. Trying to put another one through will just clog up the system. I ended up with four duplicate threads when I first started posting here. Post only two new threads a day and wait 24 hours before trying again.
found this on fb from the recent losch talk.
time for a new business model?.
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are the governing body really in charge or are they just a figurehead with the real power being behind the curtain .
"a thousand hungry piranhas can and will fuck up your shit way worse than one big-ass shark."
A very astute observation! 👍 With one small flaw: that metaphor has predator and victim in the wrong positions...
But it's nice to see the 'Tower being devoured one bite at a time 👍
are the governing body really in charge or are they just a figurehead with the real power being behind the curtain .
DesirousOfChange: "I believe they have plugged the hole in the dike by taking extreme measures if there is even a "hint" of any kind of misconduct involving a child"
Do they now encourage the elders or the parents to call the police, or do they still insist on the two witnesses rule? If not, what's changed?
i would like to know if ex's and formers who are not church christians, believe that many of jws' doctrines and bible interpretations are correct, or do you feel that they aren't?
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Elderberry, JWs aren't the only ones who entertain the possibility that Michael could be Jesus. Here is a SDA article: https://www.adventistbiblicalresearch.org/materials/is-michael-another-name-for-jesus/
I'm pretty sure that I've heard Christadelphians refer to Jesus as Michael, which means that that is probably where Russell got the idea from. I also know of individual writers from mainstream Christianity who entertain the possibility. But it doesn't seem to be a tightly held doctrine in most denominations.
this young jw lady was shunned by her parents since she was 18 or 19 years old.
she was befriended by the older man that you see in the picture.
perhaps you recognize him?
BoogerMan, the initials on the plane are JE, for Epstein himself, but I can certainly see what you're talking about! There's a certain subliminal feel to it, even though it can't in actuality be any more than coincidence.
old habits die hard...and quite often in my comments i will refer to the borg as the 'truth'.
does anyone know of any other churches that refer to their own particular church or religion as the 'truth'??
also, does anyone know how it originated...all my life i have used the term...comments like 'how long have u been in the truth?
slimboyfat (everytime I read your name, I hear "Weapon of Choice going through my head 😸): I thought if anyone could confirm that, it'd be you 👍
Jan, we mainstream Christians tend to refer to Jesus as "the Truth" (John 14:6), not our denominations.
