Sounds like you need to have a heart-to-heart talk with your wife. Tell her that you aren't trying to be selfish, it's just that family time is important to you, and maybe you and she could regulary schedule two or three days out of the week in which you can all be together for lunch. Perhaps you and your wife could also set up a "date night" once a week to help you reconnect. These aren't unreasonable requests; if she is sincere towards your marriage then she shouldn't have a problem with these things.
Posts by JWOP
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3Theocratic Warfare?
by outsmartthesystem ini think my wife might be employing a bit of theocratic warfare on me.
either that or i am being overly paranoid.
but both are definite possibilities.
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Field Service Records
by God_Delusion inhi guys and gals,.
as it's been a good 3 years since i visited a kingdom hall, i was wondering if the keeping of hours still applies?
therefore, does anyone have a pdf of the report slip?.
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JWOP
Shoot, sometimes it isn't even your own fiction! The last several months I was in, I refused to turn in the slips, so after a few months of non-submittal, the elders decided upon an appropriate number for me and submitted that! Eeesh!
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Proud to be a Jehovah's Witness?
by compound complex inlet's be honest, brothers, and apply to ourselves what we write in our publications:.
awake!, september 8, 1987, pages 10 and 11: future prospects for protestantismand for you!.
if your church fails to act, will you?.
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JWOP
Mommy... can I have the GREEN kool aid?.....
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Awful, horrible: still no official WTBTS statement about the child abuse case
by Gorbatchov inhow awful, how un-christian beheavior, how horrible for believers with a conciense.
the wtbts, the corporations, the pr staff in brooklyn / patterson gave no official comment about the child abuse case.. only the lawyer of the "local congregation" gave some remarks.. humiliating for the victims and also for fellow believers with a conciense and good hart.
they only can questioning why the wtbts is hiding..
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JWOP
Since WHEN has the Watchtower Society EVER apologized for ANYTHING??????!!!!
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Calling for action!
by blindnomore inno, i am not asking you to sign the petition!.
the poster, blindersoff1 commented following on one of the threads:.
please try to use search friendly terms in your comments.
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JWOP
I'm REEEALLY Hoping he said I Love Tofu!
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District Convention Lunches... Invisibly present since... (1995)?
by darthfader inthanks to billy the x for connecting the "invisible lunch".... .
anyone remember when they quit providing lunch?
was it around the same time that the publications went to "complete donation bases"?.
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JWOP
I remember the tickets and the lines. Sometimes we'd volunteer to help with the concessions. I was disfellowshipped the first time in 1987, when I returned in 1993 they had already done away with the food service.
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Gen.3;24 places the cherubim, and A flaming sword to guard, why?
by jam inok , why was it necessary for god to places a arm cherubim.
to guard the way to the tree of life?
adam and eve had.
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JWOP
You're forgetting that there were TWO trees. Adam and Eve partook of the Tree of Knowledge, whereas the Cherubim were guarding the Tree of Life (which they had not yet partaken of). God was making darned sure that they DIDN'T partake of it, as the Scripture states.
Where is the proof that there were other people outside of the garden at this time?
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Where was Jehovah for people before The WTS?
by mrbunyrabit ini was just wondering, since the wts claims its the only true religion, and channel to god, where was jehovah for the people before the wts?.
how did they get to know truths?
i know it was "prophesied" that the true religion will die down, and come back at the end of the system, but um.... where was god for the poor people who didnt have th wts?.
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According to the Watchtower Society, there are "abundant credentials" that the Faithful and Discreet Slave has been around since Noah's day. You can find this list in the March 1, 1981 Watchtower, p.27 (I've highlighted some of the more laughable ones):
(1) Noah’s wife, Gen. 7:7; (2) angels sent to Lot, Gen. 19:15; (3) Rebekah, Gen. 24:64; (4) Joseph and Benjamin, Gen. 45:14; (5) gleanings left behind, Lev. 19:9; (6) two spies to Rahab, Josh. 2:4; (7) Barak, Judg. 4:14; (8) Jephthah, Judg. 11:34; (9) Naomi and Ruth, Ruth 2:2; (10) David’s Israelite warriors, 2 Sam. 18:1; (11) Jehu, 2 Ki. 10:11, 15; (12) Mordecai and Esther, Esther 4:13; (13) Job, Job 42:10, 13; (14) King’s daughter, Ps. 45:13; (15) men of loving-kindness, Ps. 50:5; (16) intimate group, Ps. 89:7; (17) Shear-jashub, Isa. 7:3; (18) light of the nations, Isa. 60:3; (19) big trees of righteousness, Isa. 61:3; (20) ministers of our God, Isa. 61:6; (21) cluster preserved, Isa. 65:8; (22) servants called by another name, Isa. 65:15; (23) men trembling at God’s word, Isa. 66:5; (24) new nation born, Isa. 66:8; (25) Jeremiah, Jer. 1:10; (26) Jehovah’s people in the new covenant, Jer. 31:33; (27) enduring watchman, Ezek. 3:16-27; (28) man in linen, Ezek. 9:2; (29) cleansed people, Ezek. 36:29-32; (30) dwellers in center of earth, Ezek. 38:12; (31) the host of heaven, Dan. 8:10; (32) sanctuary restored (cleansed), Dan. 8:14; (33) they that are wise, Dan. 11:33; (34) the happy one who is keeping in expectation, Dan. 12:12; (35) all flesh receiving the spirit, Joel 2:28; (36) Jonah, Jon. 3:1-3; (37) apple of Jehovah’s eye, Zech. 2:8; (38) liberated remnant, Zech. 2:7; (39) a Jew, Zech. 8:23; (40) sons of Levi, Mal. 3:3; (41) wheat, Matt. 13:25; (42) sons of the kingdom, Matt. 13:38; (43) workers for the vineyard, Matt. 20:1; (44) those invited to marriage feast, Matt. 22:3-14; (45) chosen ones, Matt. 24:22; (46) eagles, Matt. 24:28; (47) faithful and discreet slave, Matt. 24:45; (48) discreet virgins, Matt. 25:2; (49) brothers of the king, Matt. 25:40; (50) little flock of sheep, Luke 12:32; (51) beggar Lazarus, Luke 16:20; (52) sheep in “this fold,” John 10:1-16; (53) branches of the vine, John 15:4; (54) royal palace of David, Acts 15:16; (55) heirs with Christ, Rom. 8:17; (56) the remnant, Rom. 11:5; (57) branches in the olive tree, Rom. 11:24; (58) holy ones or saints, 1 Cor. 6:2; Rev. 16:6; (59) temple, 1 Cor. 6:19; (60) new creation, 2 Cor. 5:17; (61) ambassadors for Christ, 2 Cor. 5:20; (62) congregation of God, Gal. 1:13; (63) part of Abraham’s seed, Gal. 3:29; (64) Israel of God, Gal. 6:16; (65) body of Christ, Eph. 1:22, 23; (66) soldiers of Christ Jesus, 2 Tim. 2:3; (67) house under Christ, Heb. 3:6; (68) holy priesthood, 1 Pet. 2:5; (69) holy nation, 1 Pet. 2:9; (70) association of brothers, 1 Pet. 2:17; (71) seven congregations, Rev. 1:20; (72) twenty-four persons of advanced age, Rev. 4:4; (73) spiritual Israel, Rev. 7:4; (74) locusts, Rev. 9:3; (75) two witnesses, Rev. 11:3; (76) two olive trees, Rev. 11:4; (77) seed of the woman, Rev. 12:17; (78) New Jerusalem, Rev. 21:2; (79) the bride of Christ, Rev. 22:17; 19:7; (80) Jehovah’s witnesses, Isa. 43:10.
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Why did Lazarus Pay for his sins twice?
by criticalwitness inaccording to j dub doc the wages sins pays is death meaning to them death covers your debt of sin when lazarus died did he not pay his debt?
so when jesus resctd him why did he die again?
when jesus brought him back did he creat or recreat an imperfect being on the sinful road to destruction?
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JWOP
LORE SAID:
I asked the same question. Answer I got was that Lazarus paid for his sins with his death. But since Jesus hadn't died yet if Lazarus sinned again then he would become imperfect again. So Lazarus must have sinned after being ressurected and before Jesus died.Which just sounds like a stupid loophole Gods lawyers came up with after the fact.
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Why does it sound like a stupid loophole? Why is it so far fetched to assume that Lazarus sinned again after his resurrection? -
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Shunning ... when it's Convenient
by xelder ini have a lifelong buddy (g) who is now df'd ....doing great and happy.
he has a nice boat.
a while back he gets a call from a very well known elder who, of course, shuns him.. elder: "hi g. i know this is a little strange, but i don't know who else to call".
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JWOP
I'm all for taking the high road, so I applaud your buddy for helping when asked. I've done similar things myself: A few years ago I came into some money due to a car accident. I had been DF'd for nearly four years at the time. My brother, still a JW, emailed me out of the blue, pretty much groveling actually, asking if I could loan him some money for a car so he could get to work. I took the high road and GAVE him the money free and clear. He bought a decent used car and even showed it to me. As it happened, a couple of years later my own car broke down and I couldn't get to work, YIKES! My brother, remembering my kindness, actually drove me to work and back for the couple of weeks it took me to get another car.
I also gave another one of my brothers $1,000 to keep him out of jail for child support arrears (he had lost his job, his ex-wife was a troll about it).
AND.... I also filled my parent's stand-up freezer.
And then last year my elderly parents' furnace died in the middle of winter. Their landlord needed to wait for a part to come in to fix it. What did the Jehovah's Witnesses do? Gave them a coupla small space heaters. What did I do? Gave them both of our oil heaters that are designed to heat a room each.
In spite of my label as a dirty apostate, my family really can't say to much bad about me.