It's so much easier to stay awake now. They use mixed media to keep it from being monotone & keep your attention ( talks, videos, interviews, songs/ music videos, audio Bible reading, etc). Yes, the old days were brutal though.
TxNVSue2023
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Would you be able to survive a three day Assembly?
by RULES & REGULATIONS inthe last assembly i attended was over 10 years ago.
the monotone speakers, boring talks, uncomfortable seats, long prayers and nodding off after the lunch break did me in.
i survived the morning sessions, but the afternoon sessions were brutal.
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Why Is Watchtower (Supposedly a Family Friendly Christian Publisher) Obsessed with Oral Sex?
by Sea Breeze inif you do a search on the wt website and type in "oral sex", you will get 69 results.
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/s/r1/lp-e?q=oral+sex&p=par&r=occ&st=a .
why does the wt.
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TxNVSue2023
Unfortunately kids learn about sex at a young age. It's better for the parents to control the narrative than to leave it to peers & the rest of the world to influence them.
Non JW kids know more about sex ( & it's devinces) at a young age. The tragedy there is that they are taught it's normal acceptable behavior and unquestionable engage in it.
However, if adults can talk about why it's not acceptable ( from a spiritual standpoint) & provide guidance to their kids, then they are better equipped to deal with such situations.
Simply sweeping it under the rug & pretending like it doesn't exist because it is an uncomfortable topic is just as dangerous. The fact is kids know or will know soon enough ( from the media, school, friends, etc,). It's better to guide them in the right direction that to pretend it doesn't exist.
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Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
by jwundubbed ini found out recently that michelangelo's painting of adam on the sistine chapel depicts him without a belly button.
i had never noticed this before and it makes sense that neither adam nor eve would have belly buttons, not having been born in the usual way.
then i realized all the first animals were created rather than born, according to the religious views of the origin of life.
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Why would it matter either way which came first?
Of all the stuff to think about in life why would you waste your time & energy in something that doesn't matter & has no meaning?
It just looks like a futile attempt to call your educated.
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Remember the sex talks?
by KerryKing ini remember sitting through public talks where the speaker spent the hour discussing in great detail anal sex, masturbation (of yourself and others), sex during menstruation and so on.
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i was a child, looking back now, i realise that they systematically stripped away our childhood innocence, we knew and heard things no 'worldly' child would have heard.. the child abuse and grooming happened to every single one of us, the feelings of guilt and shame was in all of us even if we didn't actually do anything bad, the mental images caused by these filthy men hung around in our innocent minds till there was no room for that innocence.. it has taken me 44 years to realise that what was done to us, even those of us not physically abused, is a crime.. do they still have talks like that nowadays i wonder?
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TxNVSue2023
The video is horrendous!!
I get that the point they want to get across it that masterbation is the doorway to uncontrolled sexual desires & selfishness. That Bibiblically speaking sex should be shared with a spouse to strengthen their connection, express love, and to build families ( if they choose to have children).
But they went off the rails with this one! Nobody needs to hear the detailed situations & circumstances of sexual acts. The point above would of better been driven home if they counseled about why they feel masterbation is harmful. Not different ways not to masturbate. Are you kidding me?
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TxNVSue2023
Touch of grey -- what you fail to realize is that Christian's don't don't need to follow any leviticus laws -- that is the old covenant for the Jews.
So you failed at your own understanding.
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TxNVSue2023
Lol - it's very clear. And there are many other religions that follow it.
But you are the one cherry- picking the JW's.
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TxNVSue2023
No sure why you blame JW's -- the Bible is very clear on this subject.
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Should Women Be Given Authority In God's Congregation?
by Golden4Altar inshould women be given authority in god's congregation?yorww congregation manuscript #1009in the beginning, god created man and woman, created both them in his "image," and according to his likeness.
this means, of course, jehovah god originally endowed both man and woman with the same capabilities and qualities of his own likeness.
thus, man and woman have the same god-given abilities, gifts and attributes so as to reflect all the "fruits of the spirit" and godly qualities in their lives, if they so desire.
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TxNVSue2023
What is YORWW?
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Education video this midweeks meeting
by jehovaxx inthere is an item this week all about yang ones leaving school.. the two brothers go to a career advisor seminar.
one brother thinks it’s good to work hard full time while you are young and tries to encourage his friend to as well.. his friend (who is the good jw trust the gb no matter what they say)) he wants a part time job.. the video shows him dreaming about investing his money on his phone and the chart goes up, he drives a nice car and seems to be doing well financially.. then he reads the scripture in proverbs and next you see that investment chart go down in the red and he is so pleased he just got a low paid part time job.. this infuriates me.
how many of us are now struggling because we were told to get menial part time jobs and we were told the end would have been here by now.. i will never tell a young person to listen to the gb advice on this.
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TxNVSue2023
I understand what they are trying to say: Don't become consumed with the love of money/material pursuits. No one can serve two masters. This is a Bibiblical message & it is true. We see time & time again how people trust so much in their material wealth that 5hey become absorbed in it & it leads to spiritual ruin. It is in fact Jehovah's counsel & warning to make your spiritual goals a priority & therfore build your spiritual treasures. In my life experience, I know this is absolutely true & good advice.
However, what I disagree with & don't like is the GB has taken that Bible counsel & twisted it into " full- time jobs are bad". They basically harass, judge & guilt- trip everyone who is trying to/needs to just make a living. This has personally affected me & this topic is a little touchy. It is absolutely one of the things that I don't fully agree with. Because there is a big difference with just trying to make a living and being greedy & pursuing riches.
If feel they need to include in their discussions about higher education & jobs/career the fact that there is nothing wrong with with those things in an of themselves. So they need to focus more on warning of spiritual dangers from the love of money, not assume that working full-time is bad & means your not spiritual.
I came in when I was in my early 20s & I was a divorced single mom. I had no family support or financial support/child support. I struggled terribly financially. Then a few years in I got a good full-time job with a decent salary & benefits. I was able to keep my head above water financially, but ai certainly wasn't rich or had excess. One Saturday a month, I was required to work 8- 2.
I got counsel from an elder I liked & respected that was negative. He says, remember, your 1st responsibility is raising & training your daughter to serve Jehovah. All the time you spend working means that's time away from your daughter, Jehovah & the congregation. Consider finding a job where you don't have to work so many hours.
I was flabbergasted! It came out of left field! Meanwhile this guy was married & both he and his wife worked. Do they critisise & judge men who are the 'head of household' when they have full-time jobs? Because as a single parent, I am the head of household. That was just one example of their criticism & judgement that I don't agree with.
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Still Confused About The FDS
by NotFormer inthis was prompted by another thread where it was revealed that the gb were referred to as "our future kings" in a wt video.
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4911685446402048/fun-moment.
if i've got it right, the 144,000 are (or were until recently) the fds.
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TxNVSue2023
So if you read about the account of Sarah & Hagar in the Bible - both in Genesis & in Galatians.
Sarah a free woman- would represent Kingdom subjects ( Jerusalem above is free) & Hagar is a slave woman - she represents our current condition as a slave to sin & death.