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  I feel like a leper

  by Wild_Thing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i certainly have had my share of jw stupidity for the day ... and of my family's stupidity today.

  two things happened ... both completely unrelated.

  as a little background, i "faded" from the witnesses almost five years ago.

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  Then, some of the other elders came to him and said that they think he has too much on his plate (aka judicial meetings) and that they were going to give the "privilege" to another elder.
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  In the real (non-JW) world, close friends are invited to say a few words about the dearly departed. In the dub world, this is an assignment (aka privlege) handed out to disinterested elders like so many other chores.
  
  ~Quotes, of the "Eu-googilizer" class
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  in about fifty-two minutes time...

  by zaphod in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  ...my gran, who has been a jw since the 1950's will be reproved publicly for speaking to her grand-daughter who is disfellowshipped.

  she is 77 years old and i am worried that it will be the death of her.

  the"truth" has been her life for nearly fifty years and she is still a regular publisher.. if she continues to commit this gross sin she will be disfellowshipped.. her daughter and son in law are to be disfellowshipped for the terrible sin of allowing their daughter to live under their roof since she left her husband.

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  This is the type of thing that often interest's news reporters. Why don't you give a local newsie a call? The optics on this make for a great story!
  
  ~Quotes, of the "City Desk" class
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  divide and conquer

  by A Paduan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

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  hurling the truth, insults and the like aren't going to work on many.

  rather than call yourselves apostates, you really must call yourselves "jehovah's true witnesses" - you need to take their name and unity from them

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  Even if I had witnessed Jahoobee, recent studies regarding the remarkable unreliability of eye witness testimony would make me question the accuracy of what I witnessed.
  
  I prefer to be called "intelligent" or "well read", but I'll settle for "nice" or "normal", as in "Hey, that Quotes is one really nice, normal guy!"
  
  ~Quotes, of the "finally normal" class
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  Mom's reaction to the Golden Age "No Gravity" article

  by Quotes in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i recently sent my mom a copy of the 1932 golden age article which blabs on and on about how the theory of gravity is incorrect (read it here: http://quotes.watchtower.ca/gravitation_and_electric_energy.htm).

  she left me a voicemail message and said that she and my father had read it over, thoroughly.

  "your father said, 'well, it looks like a very unscientific person took it on himself to write a scientific article' (giggle)".

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  DantheMan, you are not showing respect for God's chosen channel of communication(tm). :-)
  
  Jahoobee is practical, and the Earth is likewise. If you can not understand these simple, practical concepts, then you should spend more time out in service explaining them to others! That is the only way you will really learn: repeating what you don't understand.
  
  ~Quotes, of the "Super Valency... in my pants" class
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  Crappy TV Shows on the Public Access station

  by Nosferatu in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  okay people, what are some of the worst public access tv shows that you've seen?

  here's mine:.

  - cooking with fran.

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  Whats all this then?
  
  Public access lets any moron onto the air?
  
  (((Quotes opens his phone book and looks upthe number for Rogers Cable 10, so he can pitch his show called "Watchtower Quotes: What the JWs Don't want you to know")))
  
  Quotes, of the "I'm gonna be famous, a star of the screnn, but you can do something in between.... baby you can drive my car" class
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  Officials fear for teen Girl, 14, flees B.C. to avoid blood transfusion

  by William Penwell in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  officials fear for teen girl, 14, flees b.c.

  to avoid blood transfusion

  jack keating

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  As someone posted here at JWD a while ago:
  
  Their basic logic is flawed.
  
  Assuming one accept, for the sake of argument, that the "don't eat blood" rule is still in force.
  
  The WTS says that a blood transfusion is same as eating blood.
  
  The problem is that the DO NOT say that an organ donation is the same as eating the organ (OK, they used to say that, but then relaxed the no-transplants prohibition). Blood is an organ. A blood transfusion is an organ transplant. Accepting a blood transfusion is NOT the same as eating the blood, any more than a liver transplant is the same as eating someone else's liver.
  
  Hey, they changed their mind on the organ thing, maybe they'll wise up and realize that blood is just another organ.
  
  ~Quotes, of the "Not a doctor, although I play one on TV" class
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  Disassociation = Disfellowshipment = The Final Insult (A Proposal)

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i try to keep up with discussion on this forum, but i missed the threads about the new policy on the announcement of disfellowshipping and disassociation.

  so excuse me if i am covering old ground.

  the new "organized to do jehovah's will" book stated that in future announcements of disfellowshipping and disassociation would follow the same formulation: "****** ****** is no longer one of jehovah's witnesses".

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  SBF, when reading your opening paragraphs about the change in announcement protocol, I immediately thought exactly what you also concluded: this is a way to further demonize DAs, by lumping them together with DFs. My gut tells me that this is the reason (or at least, one of several reasons).
  
  People, esp. JWs, often assume the worst. So if/when they hear that "SBF is no longer one of JWs" they will assume you were caught in a motel room with a Goat, smoking weed.
  
  But if they hear "SBF has DA himself" then little wheels will be spinning, curiousity will be piqued, and people will want to know WHY! How could good, strong Bro. SBF DA himself? What could possibly cause him to walk out? -- their quest for answers could lead to more DAs.
  
  Nope, better to let people assume you "couldn't comply with God's high moral standards" and were caught with the Goat in the motel.
  
  The new obscure announcement serves two purposes: demonize the conscientious DAs, and hide the fact that more and more people are voluntarily leaving, and have not "broken god's rules".
  
  Hey, if you make your announcement, try and tape record it, eh?
  
  ~Quotes, of the "never smoke weed with a goat in a motel" class
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  What an interesting feeling!

  by cruzanheart in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  about a month or two ago, i spent a week feeling incredibly sad.

  i cried at the drop of a hat and was very, very sad -- about what i didn't know.

  (and, no, it wasn't "that" time of the month.

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  What a truly wonderful anecdote. Thank you for brightening my day.
  
  ~Quotes, of the "only a little anger left" class
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  Compiling List-Trivial Items People Are Counseled Against

  by love2Bworldly in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i hope this is not a repeat of past threads and i hope to get a lot of response.

  i am compiling info of how people are treated within the wts.

  i just read the post about a person being counseled for having baby shower games.

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  To all you sisters that had been counselled regarding high heels, fish-net stockings, short skirts, halters, great bodies, large racks, errect nipples, and being generally sexy:
  
  Having only been in KHs without all these "worldly" problems, it is difficult for me to understand exactly what you are talking about.
  
  Could you please post photos demonstrating, in excruciating detail, exactly what you you were conselled about; ie pictures of you in high heels, fish-net stockings, short skirts, and halters. Be sure that your great body, large rack, and erect nipples are obviously apparent in the photos.
  
  The other brothers here on the Investigative Committee thank you for your cooperation! :-)
  
  ~Quotes, of the "almost perverted enough to be a great elder" class
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  B.C. Jehovah's Witness family seen in Toronto

  by Quotes in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  (my apologies if this has already been mentioned, i looked around and didn't see it).

  jehovah's witness family seen in toronto.

  jehovah's witness girl who's fighting a blood transfusion order will appear in an ontario court on tuesday.

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  iiz2cool, CityTV spoke to Beans for 30 minutes yesterday. Then this morning he saw the Global TV crew on the street getting opinions on the same story, so he "un-witnessed" again.
  
  Hey, how did they get your email address? I too want to be on the media's short list for getting sound clips about witness doctrine and dogma!
  
  ~Quotes, of the "great TV presence" class