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Watchtower Study March 2020.....Make peace with your brothers
by RULES & REGULATIONS in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the watchtower—study edition | march 2020. .

4 jesus taught us the importance of making peace with a brother who has something against us.

(read matthew 5:23, 24.
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Email from JW relative/elder
by Lynnie in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
as much as i enjoy you and pete's company, you also know our understanding of how much we want you to be reunited with jehovah and his people.. .

we did not set the standards for what jehovah says about our associations with those who choose to not serve him.

so we will always be there for you and pete, but it is in your hands as to how we can enjoy your friendship.. .
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Here is what silly looks like
by Sour Grapes in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
for shits and grins, i looked at an online sunday meeting a few days ago on youtube.

i was in disbelieve on just how silly everything looks with the watchtower reader reading from his little iphone and the watchtower conductor holding up his iphone to ask the questions.

then the conductor asked the reader to read a bible verse and of course, he reads from his little phone.
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Don't even try it!
by JTrottigy in
1. jw
2. friends
there are many here who think they can infiltrate my web-site.

be warned that we administrators of jwtalk call the listed congregation on your application for membership in our site to verify if they know you!.

some of you have slipped through the cracks and got into our site, but rest assured, we will find you out and ban you!.
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11 new things made illegal in a relationship
by Amelia Ashton in
1. jw
2. friends
i was subjected to more than one of these whilst married.

a partner should be treated as an equal.

i wonder how that will work out in a jw household?.
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The Latest Thing Waking People Up...
by pale.emperor in
1. jw
2. experiences
since i woke up and left i've been contacted by others i knew from my youth who've also left the cult.

also people around the world on facebook adding me out of the blue because we have mutual friends and they occasionally ask me stuff or share their story.. what i've noticed in the vast majority of cases, is that people are waking up not because of the arc or doctrine but apathy.

active jws are becoming less and less interested, less and less bothered.
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Anyone watching the handmaids tail?
by blownaway in
1. jw
2. experiences
i thought this was all about the 18th century.

but its current or just post current times.

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Welcoming Our Latest JW Apologist JTrottigy
by pale.emperor in
1. social
2. humour
i'd like to take this opportunity to warmly welcome our newest jw apologist jtrottigy.

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he'll likely only be here for a few days like most jw defenders before he runs away when presented with his own doctrine.. so far he's already said some hilarious stuff, like "there's no such thing as nepotism in jehovah's organisation", "confidentiality is paramount to elders" and, my personal favourite "the overlapping generation is so simple to understand".. yh don't think i don't remember you from jwtalk..
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The 'IN' families
by punkofnice in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
one thing i don't miss about being a jobo, is those families that ruled the congregations.. i've seen how the elders protected their own using our old friend, nepotism.. eg.

the son of an elder that stole a car and was prosecuted but 'let off' because it was kept secret and all his relatives were elders in the same congregation.

it certainly went on when i was an elder but i wasn't one of the 'in' crowd.
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Concerned Parent
by ConcernedParent in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm writing for some advice from former jws.

my family is christian, and my 15yo daughter is "dating" a jw boy.

(the quotes are because they aren't old enough to actually go out on dates... they consider themselves bf/gf and have hung out and gone places with each other, but always with parents, family, etc.