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  NOT on JW.ORG, Jehovah's Witness Elder becomes beloved Catholic Deacon

  by Balaamsass in

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  2. current

  former jehovahs witness turned deacon bids farewell to local catholicsambria hammel | february 28, 2013 | 3 commentsdeacon jim mickens, reacts to words of gratitude from members of phoenixs catholic retreat for young singles group for his years of service.

  (ambria hammel/catholic sun).

  he was a married deacon who found his calling among catholic singles.

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  I also recall when a Bethelite left to return to Catholicism back in the sixties... he used to post on this forum..
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  What were your favorite assembly foods?

  by NoRegrets in

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  2. experiences

  so i'm young enough to not remember having hot prepared meals at assemblies, but heard all about it from my parents and the like.

  but what i do remember were all of the cold sandwiches and institutional snacks and soda.

  remember the food tickets we started to use?

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  The roasted chicken; they didn't seem to take a lot of fuss with its preparation, yet it came out falling-off-the bone juicy and delicious.
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  I'm turning myself in. Lurking elders, are you listening?

  by Eve Deceived in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i think it's fitting for my very first post to be a thread on jw.net turning myself in to any lurking elders out there on a witch-hunt to cleanse the congregation so that god's choosen ones can "remain in god's love.

  " so i'm sorry to all you awesome, truthful apostates on this site, but this thread is really intended for any lurking nazis -- i mean, the taliban -- ugh, i mean elders of the world's most "loving" cult religion.. i am an apostate.

  here, i'll save you the trouble:.

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  Welcome, Eve/Liz!! What do you need their bogus Paradise for anyway? Kapaa seems more than enough Paradise for anyone!
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  More connect-the-dots madness...

  by cedars in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that's right, a knife and a baby in close proximity.... .

  http://www.jw.org/assets/m/ijw13fr/502013178/ijw13fr_id-502013178_e/502013178_e_cnt_1.pdf.

  anything goes, so long as you're proving how "wise" king solomon was.. .

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  the kid looks like a real block-head!
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  At JW.Org, for kids, a connect the dots coloring page of Lot's wife turning into salt.

  by Theocratic Sedition in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/children/picture-activities/lots-wife-becomes-salt/.

  is it me or is this kinda sick?

  i mean i can understand learning from the account, but this is kinda deviant.

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  Right, Return Of Parakeet... I wonder what the reaction would be if the JW kid were to present his handiwork to a "Show and Tell" session in his classroom.
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  Discipline or child abuse? Still going on in the hall?

  by Pickler in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  does anyone else remember all the discipline of children at the meetings?

  i was just thinking how i never see anyone physically punish their children anymore.

  growing up attending meetings there was a constant stream of children being taken out & hit, as well as all the whispered threats, arm squeezing, pinching etc.

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  Years ago, "spanking" as it was called (you seldom hear that word anymore) was widespread-- and recommended from the platform and in themagazines -- as appropriate discipline for unruly children. That's faded out over the past 30 year o so.
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  Is it disrespectful to call God by his name?

  by BU2B in

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  2. friends

  this seems to me to be yet another flawed reasoning from the wt.

  god is supposed to be jw's "father".

  it always seemed a bit strange even when i was mentally in, the argument they used to support using the name jehovah.

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  Why does the Great Be-All and End-All, Source of all Matter, Energy, the Universe, etc. Uniqueness Personified, need a Name at all? A name implies the existence of peer gods from which Yahweh needs to distinguish himself; is a vestige of monolatry, then polytheisim.
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  Why Watchtower fights dirty in its war against "apostates"

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i've just finished putting together an article that attempts to articulate the frustrations faced by those like me in the "apostate" community who are increasingly frustrated by the watchtower's use of dirty tricks in its fight against them.. http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/secrecy-and-deception-watchtower-fights-dirty-in-its-war-against-apostates.

  ordinary witnesses are unaware that the watchtower is not fighting apostates on a level playing field.

  i highlight three key areas in which this is so.... 1. the huge disparity in how information is presented (i.e.

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  Well done, Cedars; a masterpiece! Two tiny nit-picky suggestions: In the third paragraph under "a difference in tactics" there is what appears to be a mixed metaphor;" "raises an alarm bell," which is probably better expressed as "sounds an alarm bell." Then, an apparent typo in the Shepherd The Flock of God commentary: " on tops or desks" should probably read " on tops OF desks"

  Thanks for all you've done, and continue to do, to sound that alarm bell!
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  w92 7/15: "It is the obligation of all JWs to hate apostates"

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  today i was doing some research for a new article, and i came across the following quote which succeeded in raising my eyebrows.... "the obligation to hate lawlessness also applies to all activity by apostates.

  our attitude toward apostates should be that of david, who declared: 'do i not hate those who are intensely hating you, o jehovah, and do i not feel a loathing for those revolting against you?

  with a complete hatred i do hate them.

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  What else can one expect of an organization whose worldview prepares its followers to trod over the violently dispatched cadavers of "the others" - 7-plus billion men, women, infants, neighbors, relatives, workmates - on their way to paradise?
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  I'm new, please come and meet me!

  by Julia Orwell in

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  2. friends

  long time lurker, first time poster.

  i'm really glad i can join your community because i've been in the wts for the last 14 years and now i'm on my way out and it's great to meet like-minded people!.

  about me: i started learning jw ways when i was in my teens.

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  Welcome, Julia! I give your husband high marks for being so understanding of your present state of of spiritual development; you must know that this is an atypical attitude for most JWs who face newly awakened misgivings on the part of their mate, so count your self lucky in that regard; good luck with your journey.