naazira

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  I quit the Goodwill :(

  by Joliette in

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  i couldnt take seeing people from the kingdom hall.

  you guys wouldnt believe how many jehovahs witnesses shop in the goodwill.

  i couldnt take it.

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  naazira

  I wouldn't have quit my job because of them. After all, the Jehovah's witnesses don't pay my bills! But at least you won't have to see em!
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  I got my Memorial invite! I got my Memorial invite!

  by Dagney in

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  my first one!

  even though i got it saturday, march 26, in the mail in an envelope addressed to "my dear neighbor.".

  it's the thought that counts..

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  naazira

  Haha they're trying to get you to attend the special talk!
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  Diddling, adjusting, changing Doctrines? Why not leave it alone?

  by Terry in

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  i have kept on asking myself why the jw's put targets on themselves by constant diddling with their own doctrines?

  why not leave it alone?.

  mainstream christianity has fixed teachings.

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  naazira

  They don't have fixed teachings because it's a way of weeding out the disloyal ones. Only those who are truly loyal will remain.
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  Can a DFed person donate?

  by Lostandfound in

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  rereading a post re the shunning wt in feb made me think, do the wt accept money from the dead?

  not inheritances but from the "living dead" as they perceive df and da people to be.. personally i think they accept or more correctly badger members who are really brain dead into giving.

  or do attendants guard contribution boxes to stop such non existent people from putting money in.

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  naazira

  If they encourage children to donate their ice cream money, then I'm sure they have no problem taking it from the Disfellowshipped person.
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  Will the Borg ever do what the WCG did?

  by tornapart in

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  whilst not endorsing any of the beliefs or doctrines of this group i found it really interesting that once herbert armstrong died it had a major overhaul of it's beliefs and practices (very similar in a cultish way to jws).

  apologising for it's errors and putting things right.

  it became less judgemental, more encompassing of other christian faiths.

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  naazira

  I have often thought of this myself, but after WCG became Grace Communion International and strayed from Herbert Armstrong's teachings many divisions occurred. Those who wanted to stick with the original teachings formed their own congregations and they are aired on my local TV stations. So if this were to happen to the Watchtower, there would probably be a liberal Jehovah's Witness Movement and a "Restored" Jehovah's Witness movement aka conservative cult like.
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  The memorial beauty pageant

  by BlackWolf in

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  since the memorial is coming up soon and its about time for me to go shopping for a new memorial ( aka easter) dress, i've realized what the memorial really is for us teenage girls, a beauty pageant!

  the memorial is the day i spend painting my nails, curling my hair, and carefully applying makeup because my mother says i have to "represent jehovah" and look my best.

  in reality its just to impress the newcomers and to compete with the other girls.

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  naazira

  Yes, so true, especially about the middle aged sisters with their super high heels and above the knee skirts.
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  Sophie gives even more than ice cream money to the WT

  by OrphanCrow in

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  naazira

  I'm surprised they even made this into a maze. I would have thought they would make it a simple straight line. To make sure the coin makes it easily to the society. Cha-ching
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  Unbelievable! Is this even allowed? Two elders from my hall RANDOMLY stopped by my apartment!

  by macys in

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  ok wow.

  i am really really pissed.

  i had to really hold back and bite my tongue.

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  naazira

  Yes because it's memorial season.
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  I dont know how i can leave my family!

  by BlackWolf in

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  my mom and i were talking today about how next summer i will be 18 and she said that just thinking about it might make her cry.

  that made me think about how much more it would hurt her if i quit being a jw.

  i really do love my parents, i know they are just being cruelly manipulated by a cult and that they really think they are doing what is best for me.

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  naazira

  Just make sure you're stable as in having money/ a place to live in mind maybe with a roommate or on a college campus, before you break the news. I would suggest leaving in the same manner the guy in the prodigal son returns video did.... Ya know for.... "Career Opportunities". :-)

  Enjoy YOUR life... You only get one! Best wishes
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  Got my memorial invite yesterday...

  by OneEyedJoe in

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  i wasn't sure how this would be handled since the elders haven't harassed me as much as a lot of others have gotten, plus we live a ways outside of the territory so i figured there was a shot they'd leave me alone since it's inconvenient.

  guess not.

  two elders showed up unannounced toward the end of their recruiting shift.

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  naazira

  It was really difficult to hold in a sarcastic "holy shit, I'll be at the next meeting now

  
  Hahaha.