In 1990 right before Desert Storm. I was in nursing school and there was so much going on in the middle east and the fall of the Berlin wall had occurred only a few months before and I was sure it was Armageddon. I even made a bet with a "worldly" classmate that it was and even gave her a "timeline" of what was going to happen next. Still feeling stupid 24 years later...
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We thought it might be Armageddon when...
by cultBgone inwere there ever specific occurrences which you or those around you thought might be the start of "armageddon"?.
i remember 9/11 being such a day as it happened right as the meeting for field service ended.
it was the week of the c.o.
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Do You Believe That Jehovah's Witnesses Should Be Outlawed As They Are In Some Countries?
by minimus inor do you believe they have the right to practice their religion, as they do?.
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joyfulfader
I want to say yes but the snowball effect could be potentially horrendous for others. Tax them. Tax the crap out of them and like others have said, make them take care of their own for life.
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Counting tracts as placements on reports now?!
by stuckinarut2 inahhhhhh......man....... .
so now we have to count all tracts / leaflets / meeting invitations etc as placements on the monthly report slip???.
is this just another method of control or accountability!
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joyfulfader
Ridiculous. When there was the "the end of religion is near" or whatever it was about 4-5 yrs ago i went to one house and there was a tract still on the porch under a vase on the table. Maybe it was a convention one or memorial one...I don't remember the order of them. I actually had to say not to leave it. Not long after, we were told to find the door most used even if it meant going out of sight suspiciously. That was put to an end quickly when the car group I was in was detained by the police for suspicious behavior after a recent burglar spree. Super easy way to rack up numbers and reach virtually no one. I've been gone for a few years now.
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Is it true that the GB is soon planning on ditching the 1914 doctrine?
by yogosans14 inor atleast tweaking it again... apparently there has been rumors of this coming out of bethel.
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joyfulfader
So they are ok with celebrating their "birth" of the kingdom. Sounds like a big 100th birthday party is being planned. They make no sense to me...
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Ahh....the Kingdom Hall
by Pete Zahut ini have a relative by marriage, who is gay.
she has been shunned since she was 19 when she "came-out" to the family just a few weeks before she and an older married sister in the hall ran off together.
this pretty 19 year old had been babysitting for a married sister since she was in jr. high school.
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joyfulfader
Finally...true familial love. So rare in JWdom.
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What are your turn offs in a guy or girl?
by Iamallcool inone of them is nose rings/piercings.
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joyfulfader
Like FHN, I am at an age of where I know what I want and what I do not. I find that men say they want independent and intelligent women but when actually presented with one, they quickly realize they prefer the more passive woman.
My turn offs would have to be (in no particular order):
Poor grammar
Bad teeth
Poor manners
Shallow/self absorbed
Uncultured
Lazy
Disrespectful
Smoking
No sense of humor
I don't throw lack of chemistry in there because that is so subjective. I have found myself attracted to someone unexpectedly while repulsed by another who, under strictly objective criteria, would normally be attractive.
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Aposate crashes the memorial!
by Batman89 ini should have posted this a few weeks ago, anyways this guy tony prime has guts!.
check it!.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uadqh8-3qa0&list=uu7urkksine92mtdj2s33gwq.
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joyfulfader
It kind of gives credence to the idea that "apostates" are a bit off. I remember seeing the ones picketing the conventions...excuse me, regional assemblies. Wait. Is that the most current term? I'm losing track...but I digress. Seeing the picketers and the occasional person stand up and be disruptive only made me fear them more. I always asked myself why other religions don't have ex followers making scenes. It "evidently" means "we" have the "truth". To me it is counterproductive and entrenches the cult mindset even more so. Witnesses are programmed to fear. Subtlety works so much better. Subtlety or a heinous experience that traumatizes.
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Any Suggestions on what to say if elders ask why you stopped going in FS?
by BU2B ini was curious what might be some good things to say if i am questioned by the elduurs about my decline in fs.
anything too honest may get me a jc (although that would be for the best in the end..) the co visit is this week so they may be getting more agressive than usual.
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joyfulfader
If your goal is to be free physically as well as the mentally, lying on your fs report will only prolong it. I recommend avoiding submitting your time for whatever reason you are comfortable with i.e. your wife and unborn child's health, stress, lack of energy...whichever is a true reason. Stick with it and don't let it go. I find that stooping to their level and lying outright ("theocratic warfare") becomes exhausting. I admit that I just don't speak of anything religiously speaking with my die hard jw parents but I won't lie. the elders called me for about 4 months for time I never had and I haven't heard from them since and that was almost 2.5 years ago. I went from pioneer to inactive in 6 months. Maybe I was lucky or maybe they are just scared of me ;)
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What TV Show(s) Do You Just Love?
by minimus ini regularly watch family feud.. homeland is a great show i watch every week, when it's in season.. metv has so many great programs---from taxi to the twilight zone.. what do you like watching?
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joyfulfader
Grimm, Dexter (I'm just starting season 4), Major Crimes, Modern Family and The Mentalist.
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First year without Memorial
by sp74bb inmy first year after more than 20 years.... it seems strange.
happy fellings but at the same times feeling some loniness.. is your first one as well?.
veterans: how do you feel after some many years?.
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joyfulfader
Not my first missed. My first "missed" one involved going but staying in the lobby with my friend's disabled child and avoiding 90% of it. Last year I just didn't go. I only missed the getting dressed up part. This year I haven't actually thought about it much since it has no significance to me. The bible clearly states that all Christians should partake and while I have come to more agnostic leanings, I think that for a so-called Christian religion they have it all wrong anyway (regardless of my personal theological leanings) by "prohibiting" the partaking of the emblems by all.