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sisters wearing pants/trousers?
by twinkletoes in
1. jw
2. friends
my sister-in-law has recently gone back to the org :-(.

she has been wearing trousers (pants to us members ) now she has been told to expect a shepherding call from one of the elders about her style of dress!.

has anyone any good ideas or even scriptural comments that she could use.. .
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sisters wearing pants/trousers?
by twinkletoes in
1. jw
2. friends
my sister-in-law has recently gone back to the org :-(.

she has been wearing trousers (pants to us members ) now she has been told to expect a shepherding call from one of the elders about her style of dress!.

has anyone any good ideas or even scriptural comments that she could use.. .
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Elimination of Jesus from Song Book?
by twinkletoes in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
ive recently been looking at a non-jw tract this was an interesting paragraph.

watchtower 1st 1954 page 31. there we read "jehovahs witnesses are proud of the fact that they have eliminated from their song books, songs praising jesus (revelation, its grand climax at hand, page 36)".

i was in the org.
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French TV and JW child abuse
by twinkletoes in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
investigation: sects: children under influencechannel + proposes, within the framework its box investigation, monday october 8, 2007 at 8 p.m. 55, the document sects: children under influence.. .

the cameras penetrate in the secrecy of several sects established in france.. .

the authorities estimate that more than 8000 enfants< placed under the influence of these religious groups would be in danger.. .
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No good deed goes unpunished
by twinkletoes in
1. jw
2. friends
the last congregation we were at, decided to invite a neighbouring congregation to their territory to help them with the field service.. the elders asked my husband, if we would host the bbq for the brothers and sisters after the ministry, as we have a large garden.

we were told not to worry about the amounts of food, as everyone from the other congregation would bring something.

not even a bag of crisps arrived.
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What was the reason why you were never made an elder or Ministerial Servant
by twinkletoes in
1. jw
2. experiences
the reason i heard constantly by the elders, as to ones spiritual progress in the organisation was, .

"brothers are appointed by holy spirit.".

if this is the case, why is god speaking to himself when he says in 1 tim 3 v 6 .not a newly converted man, for fear that he might get puffed up with prideetc.. to re-iterate if god appoints elders, why would he give himself this advice ???.
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Changes to the Shunning Practice ? We have just been spoken to !
by twinkletoes in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
we went to lunch at our local cafe on saturday, and there were two families - still jws, also dining there, (in different parts of the cafe).

we expected the usual shunning treatment, but surprisingly they initiated the "hellos and how are you" and seemed genuinely pleased to see us (we have been out of the org for over 3 yrs now and we are always shunned whenever we see former jw friends) it was such a surprise to us and we couldn't help wondering if the governing body have issued "new light" on the treatment of disassociated ones.

especially as these two families have completely avoided us for a long time, even though we personally wrote to them to explain our reasons for leaving (un involvement etc+) .
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Should I take the bread and the wine, asks my friend,
by twinkletoes in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
two of our friends (ex jws) came out of the org, about three years ago.

they went to an evangelical church, and have now settled in the salvation army.

the sa, does not have the bread and wine ceremony/service, and the wife, (her husband believes that they should partake of the bread and wine) has been prayerfully searching to see if they should really take of the bread and wine.
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Is Michael the Archangel really Jesus?
by twinkletoes in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
for years i have believed what the wt says about michael the archangel really being another name for jesus christ.

but now i am reading lots of other non-witness books, i am beginning to question this teaching.. has anyone done any research on this particular subject.. your comments would be appreciated.

twink.
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Has anyone ever been to a Christadelphian meeting?
by twinkletoes in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
since i have been out of the jws, i have found the freedom to look into other beliefs.

i remember when i was in the org.

how they used to say that the christadelphians are so similar in beliefs to the jws that they must be controlled by satan, especially as they do not beleive in satan as a person/individual.