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  Shepherding call

  by lostinthought in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, on sunday i left the meeting and was sitting in my car putting my keys in the ignition, an elder pulled on my door handal and opened up.

  i rolled my eyes, this man is annoying...anyway he asked if i was going to be around wednesday.

  i told him i should be.

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  cobaltcupcake

  sitting in my car putting my keys in the ignition, an elder pulled on my door handal and opened up

  This is why I always lock my door immediately after closing it. That a-hole has some nerve. Be sure you lock your door at home!
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  Female Preacher digs into the Word of God with her boobs out

  by His Excellency in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duqsfiwq0n0.

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  Well, there's the nip slip heard round the world.
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  Will Courts Ever Subpoena Records From The Watch Tower Corporation Over Child Molestation Issues?

  by frankiespeakin in

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  2. child-abuse
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  I sure hope so!
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  What Would The Rank and File Do If The Governing Body Went To Jail Over Criminal Activity With Reguards To Failure To Alert Parisheners Of Child Molesters In Their Congregation?

  by frankiespeakin in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i think it a very real possiblity:.

  http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jan/07/local/la-me-church-files-20130108.

  judge orders archdiocese to restore names in abuse filesthe public's right to know how the church handled molestation allegations outweighs officials' privacy rights, court rules.q: haven't several states extended the statutes of limitation in response to the abuse scandal?.

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  Well, when Jim Jones and his cult fled to Jonestown when he was exposed for abusing his followers. Less than a year and a half later the Kool-Aid came out.
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  The importance of 1975 or was that 1976?

  by Listener in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i came across an article in the feb 1, 1955 watchtower (questions from readers) which discusses 1976 as being 6,000 years since the creation of adam.

  the question being addressed was -.

  what are the reasons for changing the date of adams creation first from 4028 b.c.

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  cobaltcupcake

  Well, 1976 was quite a year here in the U.S. It was the nation's bicentennial and the merchandizing element went nuckin' futs. We had bicentennial-themed everything right down to garbage bags and toilet paper.
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  Email "Hey Mr. X, We Had A Elder Read A Spoof Story From The Platform!" ROFLMAO!

  by ÁrbolesdeArabia in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  did you ever have elders forget to due their due diligence and read fake stories from the platform?

  i got a great email i need to format about several stupid elders and ministerial servants who read spoof jw urban legends from the platform.

  big brother said one of the clowns did this while the c.o.

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  I would love to have been a fly on the wall at that meeting!

  When my born-in ex-husband was a kid he wrote his own ministry school talks and sometimes said some really offbeat things from the platform. Before he went up to give his talks his parents would always tell him, "Tell the truth, Dave."
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  New Girl

  by Gypsy Sam in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hope everyone is having a lovely day.

  i ended up here after spending the past few months researching jw, without the blinders on.

  i was a born-in, baptized as a teen, pioneered out of high school for a couple years (turning down a 4 year scholarship).

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  From our group of about 25 jw friends that we regularly associated with, 22 have left in the past two years.

  Wow! That's good news!

  Welcome, Gypsy!
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  Kingdom Hall pranks (or persecution)

  by Dismissing servant in

  1. social
  2. humour

  here in sweden there has been som cases with changing the kingdom hall signs.

  in some congregation the elders went nuts, in others they were calm and more or less laughed obout it.. but, someone probably discovered that it is possible to rearrange the letters in the word "rikets sal" (kingdom hall) into "skitarsle" ( direct translated "sh*t-a**hole", or freely translated: "a**hole full of sh*t, an invective) probably it were young boys doing this as a prank.

  but it has happened in a lot of towns, and got some media attention.

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  What a hoot! I can only imagine the horror among the congregation members when they saw that.
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  Brother placed 'Teach" Book to President Obama? WTF?

  by Smoky in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i just read a post on monday aprox 9pm on the "escuela del ministerio teocratico/theocratic ministry school" on facebook (posted in spanish).. it is talking about an experience given in a ohio, circuit assembly.. it reads that a brother that was a worker at the factory obama was visiting, was able to preach briefly to president obama and place the book 'what does the bible teach' during a quick meet and greet.. i think its bullshit.. anyone ever heard of this experience at a assembly?.

  i dont have a cpu, and my phone is not working, for me to copy, translate and post on here for you all to see.

  maybe one of you can?.

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  This sounds like the famous myth about President Clinton's helicopter hovering outside the GB's office window. We were told that the Prez would hover there with secret service because it was the only safe spot in NYC.. He knew he was safe near the JW's.

  
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  Not doing good things for bad reasons

  by dissonance_resolved in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so someone made a comment on one of my other posts that got me thinking- they said "the non-jw you is better than the the jw you.

  " that made me think of all the good things i've never done for whacked-out jw reasons:.

  1) contributing to charity- united way (religious origin), red cross (has the word cross in it so it must be wrong), salvation army (forget it), greenpece (political), donating to food banks at the holidays (why help someone celebrate a pagan holiday?

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  Good point, DR. I hated the no-charitable-giving, no-volunteering thing. Especially when the annual United Way fund drive was underway and my company was dead set on 100% employee participation - talk about pressure. I finally found one charity under that umbrella that wasn't religiously connected - United Cerebral Palsy - and was able to participate.