Posts by Wayward

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Necessary Family Business (NFB) is now acceptable according to the weekly WT Study

by Quarterback in

during the last decade i've seen so many articles, and top speakers try to downplay that nfb policy.

now, this weeks wt study mentions a positive experience of someone applying having, "contact and applying nfb with a df relative".

Wayward

Notice how the young man didn't come back for love of the religion? He came back because he was pining for his family.

NFB =

taking care of elderly family who thought they would be in the new system by now and are not finically prepared.

We certainly will not. So start being nice [ i.e. NFB] to your DF'd kids. You're going to need them.

In my home state its the law that children MUST support their parents when they're old and disabled. No ifs, ands, or buts. That's one law I would LOVE to see contested in court when it comes to parents who voluntarily cut contact with their kids. If your parents refuse to speak to you for 20 years and behave like you're dead, why should they expect you to care for them?

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Trolley cart "witnessing" is getting ridiculous

by oppostate in

i really fail to see how much actual "witnessing" is occurring with the trolley carts.publishers, usually pioneers, just stand or sit there not engaging anyone and count their time.. the only thing i notice that it's accomplishing is brand exposure for jw.0rg so the public is exposed to the logo and literature/poster card headlines.. take for example this "evening" witnessing by a pioneer elder while on summer holiday/vacation.. .

is this not a wth kinda moment when you consider the years of slaving, knocking on doors, business territory and bible studies we had to keep performing so we weren't branded a "weak" publisher?.

Wayward

James Mixon- Girl Scout cookies are delicious! Perhaps the JW carts/booths would get more attention if they disguised the propaganda with a bake sale?

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This generation will by no means pass away

by Darryl in

jw
friends

good morning i hope everyone is having a wonderful day.

there has been a lot of talk about the "new light" concerning the generation teaching.

it's been a major part of the prophecy concerning the last days and of course since jws are the only ones able to decipher and understand prophecy it is of great importance to get this main prophecy right.

Wayward

The original teaching was that the world would end, finito! in 1914. When the world did not, in fact, end that year an explanation had to be devised. That's where the '1914 generation' teaching came from. Something to distract from the fiasco of Armageddon not coming. Which set the JWs up for another fiasco down the line. The 'overlapping generation' is just a way to shove the problem off a little longer for some future GB to explain away.

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Interesting find in the bible last night

by Crazyguy in

so i was reading genesis chapter 10 and 11 to see how it explains the man who supposedly is the offspring of noah and he and his offspring become the nation known as egypt.

in some bibles they actually call him egypt.

well as i was reading chapter 10 i noticed something.

Wayward

It's an origin myth explaining how things came to be. No different from the myths of Greeks and Romans explaining how this ancestor founded and named that city or that hero was descended from which god/goddess. It's not a reflection of what actually happened. just the fertile imagination of nomads sitting around a campfire.

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Trolley cart "witnessing" is getting ridiculous

by oppostate in

i really fail to see how much actual "witnessing" is occurring with the trolley carts.publishers, usually pioneers, just stand or sit there not engaging anyone and count their time.. the only thing i notice that it's accomplishing is brand exposure for jw.0rg so the public is exposed to the logo and literature/poster card headlines.. take for example this "evening" witnessing by a pioneer elder while on summer holiday/vacation.. .

is this not a wth kinda moment when you consider the years of slaving, knocking on doors, business territory and bible studies we had to keep performing so we weren't branded a "weak" publisher?.

Wayward

Why didn't they have this when I was in? Perfect for someone who doesn't like cold calling at people's doors or having to talk to someone!

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Perfect Example of JW Dumbing Down

by thedepressedsoul in

just take a look at this video.

i think arguing or debating scriptures is the most pointless thing ever.

everything at their meetings are so basic with no explanation.

Wayward

I couldn't hear most of the video but what I could hear, I wasn't too impressed with the JWs. The old-timey JWs I went to doors with as a kid were a whole different creature. They knew their Bibles. Twisted the meanings, but they at least knew their Bibles and could hold their own in a debate. These ladies didn't have a chance. Kind of felt sorry for them actually.

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Can baptism be considered a legal verbal agreement?

by StarTrekAngel in

based on the requirements set forth and the questions answered at the end.

i believe this question has been asked before.

the fact that you can only be expelled after having been put under this oath of allegiance and that you have witnesses to you making this agreement ( i remember my name was shout to the crowd when i entered the pool ).. if it can be considered so, would there be a legal ground to say minors can not enter this agreement?.

Wayward

You can't make any kind of legally binding contract, verbal or otherwise, with an someone who is underage. The underage person has the right to repudiate that contract upon reaching legal adulthood.

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What will happen when they go full cult mode

by RobertT18 in

and they start delivering their message of judgment?

what do you think will happen when they start knocking on doors and telling people that their families will be killed in armageddon because they did not believed in jehovah.

i'm curious how people will react.

Wayward

How will people react? Very few will even pay attention.

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Caption This Photo From The May 2016 WT

by JW_Rogue in

her: "i'm really going enjoy talking to young billy about his masturbation problem".

him: "yes, we don't him to turn out out gay, we want him to have a happy marriage filled with hours and hours of reading propaganda together.

even the stuff that is in no way applicable to our lives.

Wayward

Her: Gee, honey! That sounds like just the thing to spice up our ho-hum sex life!

Him: Sure does, sweetie! Just don't tell the elders!

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YMCA?

by LifesNotOver in

my husband's gone to his meeting and i'm catching up with folks here on our forum.

i'm sure i'm having a better time :) anyway, was just following some posts regarding the un and there happened to be a copy of a magazine article stating brothers wouldn't want to be joining the "y" because it was "christian".

i think this was back in the 1950's (maybe not).

Wayward

I remember this from the 80s. We weren't supposed to join the Y because it was the Young Men's CHRISTIAN Assiciation. Somewhere along the line, and I don't know when but by the early 90s, the thinking had changed. I knew of an elder who had a Y membership in the early 90s.