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  Now I need to buy her an iPad for service?

  by FadeToBlack in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the wife just got back from the service meeting tonight and she is pumped!

  apparently, i need to buy her an ipad for field service.

  they had the demos outlined in the km and she is really excited about it.

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  And those things break very easily. I can't imagine them being practical for FS.
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  JWism- Bibical Conversion or Cult Indoctrination?

  by Think About It in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  something that always bothered me when i was in was how long it took someone to become a jehovah witness.

  many accounts in the bible had people becoming a christian immediately, overnight, or in a very brief time.

  with becoming a jehovah witness it was always like a cult indoctrination rather than a bible account conversion.. here are the steps as i remember them.

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  As I recall, the explanation for the instantaneous conversions back in the 1st century was that they were all Jews, so they already knew the "truth" with the exception of accepting Jesus as the Christ. So, a short chariot ride or talk in the town square was sufficient to "convert" them.

  Evidently, the early Christians didn't worry too much about the character of the person like JWs do now. After all, the apostles were constantly ranting about bad conduct in the congregations.
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  emailed PDF's count as placements!

  by wallsofjericho in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  sorry if this has already been discussed.. but at the service meeting this week on jw.org it was clearly stated by our cobe that pdf's from jw.org that are emialed to interested persons count as placements!!!.

  okay folks, next time you get a circular spam email, copy all the recipients and there is your contact list.

  email thousands of people watchtower pdf's and watch the placements soar through the roof!!!.

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  Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V, Send...ka-ching! Placement!
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  All the Single Ladies put your hands up!

  by mojonogo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi, i read a lot on here, and i am still active, i get about 3 hrs a month in service so not really that active.

  i know there are ones on here shaking their heads at me, i do believe the basic teachings, what brought me to post a thread was a thread that hit home, the topic of dating in the oganization, it brought up a lot of hurt feelings for me.

  see, i used to pioneer and i basically burned out, i was working mon wed friday sat and sun 2nd shift so i could go to the meetings on tue and thurs.

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  I never dated while JW, but at 18 I was pushed into a bad marriage that I worked hard to make better. Worked for 27 years to try to be the perfect JW wife - submissive, diligent, respectful - and nothing ever changed.

  Finally I realized that JWs were not the true religion and that exploded my reasons for sticking it out in a miserable marriage. Left 'em both in one fell swoop and haven't looked back.

  So, yes I'm single.
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  El Dorado, AR vehicle tag "XJW" -- this your BMW?

  by FatFreek 2005 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my wife and i were slowly leaving walmart's parking lot in el dorado (that's arkansas) last night and i did a double-take.

  my wife said, "what are you doing"?

  as i swung around to circle back to the row we had just left.

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  GSD - That's a quote from English poet George Herbert.

  I always believed that if I drew away from Jehovah my life would crumble and I'd be under constant demon attack. I feel that having a successful life away from the Borg proves that wrong.
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  12//22 CBS News:" 48 HR Mystery; "Mystery on Twin peaks Drive" Jehovahs Witness Elder, Murderer ?

  by Balaamsass in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50137647n.

  link to cbs docu-drama of jw elder who leaves wife for jw, followed by suspicious death.

  video..

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  How in the heck are these people JWs? He was an elder in her cong and they had an affair? She was in law enforcement? When did she become a Dub? Kid doing the peeping tom on his stepmother? Dad has facial hair! Sleeping with ex-wife? Was she a JW too? Kid on crystal meth? No mention of any congregation action. Something's not adding up. Maybe I'll have to read the book.

  They seem like a scummy family, no matter how you slice it.
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  What evidence is there for Jesus (NOT USING THE BIBLE)?

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have often wondered if there is any actual archealogical evidence that jesus existed other than the claims of the bible.. i don't want to go down the route of 'you can't prove he didn't exist' as this is tiresome.

  or 'well pontius pilate existed we found a stone with his name on so it follows jesus existed!

  ' that won't cut it.

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  The question could be expanded to include any Bible character. Esther, Ruth, Moses, David?

  I've wondered about that too. All I have in my head are JW arguments.
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  Is unhappiness a reason for divorce ?

  by caliber in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here are some sample expressions i found on-line.

  my spouse is not abusive, mean, a bad person, an adulterer or any of those other labels.

  my spouse refuses to grow up.

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  My parents pushed me into marriage at age 18, and it was a huge mistake. I didn't love him, and he was only interested in sex.

  I was unhappy, and I let him know - respectfully and calmly - I wanted to talk it out and come to an understanding.

  He essentially treated me like an appliance. When you want toast your toaster becomes very important, but the rest of the time it is ignored on the counter.

  I detailed what I wanted, and he said he agreed that I was right and he promised he would make an effort to be more loving and thoughtful.

  We had this conversation approximately once every 3 months for the 27 years we were married. He never made even the slightest effort to accommodate me.

  I finally told him that if he didn't show some progress I would leave him. Even that had no effect on him, so I left.

  I have had so much more energy since I left him that I have to believe that remaining in that marriage was sucking the life out of me.

  So yes, unhappiness is a valid reason for divorce. I should have left him in the first year.
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  What's The Main Reason You Do Not Believe That The Witnesses Are The Best Religion?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  some people leave because they are fed up with the elders.

  others have personality issues.

  some have doctrinal and prophecy reasons.

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  Referring to a watcher, not the pedophilia (we posted at the same time...)

  Whew! You had me worried.
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  Why are Regular Pioneers Increasing?

  by Gayle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we know the "bar" for pubs.

  was lowered, 15 min/month pubs are counted.

  increases in pubs are decreasing annually, 1.9% worldwide, .9% u.s. .

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  Jeepers, I don't even remember that. Yippee! I'm getting deprogrammed.

  I used to temporary pioneer when I was a teenager. It was 75 hours for the first month, but if you did it two or more months in a row the succeeding months were 100 hours. Seventy hours for regular pioneers seems wimpy to me.