Yeah scratchme1010 I thought anyone could listen by phone. So I suppose if they don't think you're 'worthy' and yet you're long term sick or depressed you still get branded spiritually sick for missing meetings. Well it gets elders out of caring for you which is the name of the game!
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Is it a once a week church now? Or can you skip that and listen on the phone?
by Xanthippe ini would like to outline what exactly this religion is now because i've lost track of all the changes on here.
this forum's my only source of information as my family still-in shun me.
so what do jws do now?.
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Is it a once a week church now? Or can you skip that and listen on the phone?
by Xanthippe ini would like to outline what exactly this religion is now because i've lost track of all the changes on here.
this forum's my only source of information as my family still-in shun me.
so what do jws do now?.
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Yes ME and fibromyalgia are two of her illnesses! That's what I suspected, thanks. So basically she's not a practising witness anymore just a nominal one by the sounds of it. Interesting.
So I guess lying about your health is not a sin but saying you cannot believe the nonsense anymore is.
Although of course health problems do multiply in that religion because the body can only take so much guilting and negativity.
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Is it a once a week church now? Or can you skip that and listen on the phone?
by Xanthippe ini would like to outline what exactly this religion is now because i've lost track of all the changes on here.
this forum's my only source of information as my family still-in shun me.
so what do jws do now?.
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Thanks konceptual. So I suppose as one of my sisters has type two diabetes and the one I mentioned seems to have a new illness every year it's possible they haven't been for years and listen on the phone.
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Is it a once a week church now? Or can you skip that and listen on the phone?
by Xanthippe ini would like to outline what exactly this religion is now because i've lost track of all the changes on here.
this forum's my only source of information as my family still-in shun me.
so what do jws do now?.
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I would like to outline what exactly this religion is now because I've lost track of all the changes on here. This forum's my only source of information as my family still-in shun me. So what do JWs do now?
Is it meetings twice a week or can you just go down to one without recriminations and listen on the phone to the other? Is there a convention of two days in the summer? Are circuit assemblies just one day and is there just one a year? Someone mentioned a while ago about not putting in FS reports but I didn't have time to read it and then I couldn't find it later. Was that just speculation?
It seems like as long as you keep your head down and don't tell people what you read, what movies you see, what trips you take etc., you can do more of what you want because you hardly seem to see the congregation any more.
I know my sister has a list of illnesses as long as your arm and has started walking with a stick according to my nonJW cousin. I'm wondering if basically my sister and possibly my other siblings are just JWs in name only and yet still shunning me. They might not have gone for years! Although I can't see my brother giving up his eldering. Even though at the last family funeral he looked huge and was swilling down the beer like nobody's business.
So it's not just idle curiosity I'm wondering what my family are actually required to do, minimum now? Thanks in advance for your help.
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happy people.
by zeb ini have opened thesite to relate this part of my day.. yes the jw are such happy people.
yeah right... my wife has come home after an extended sunday meeting in a foul mood.
to be around her is like feeling your way through barbed wire.
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I think Zeb knows his own wife by now. He's not asking for marital advice just wants to know has something happened at the meeting to upset her and do the pimos know.
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Recent JW Literature Trolley Experience
by Athanasius inthe j ws have set up a literature trolley in one of our local shopping centers.
since the goodwill thrift store at the center has an excellent selection of second hand books, i stop by twice a month and buy a book or two that catches my interest.
as a result i've become friendly with the j ws who mind the trolley.. usually the minders are two 70 something j w ladies.
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Oh my goodness this religion is just a sad parade of physically and mentally disabled people. I don't know what to say, I feel so sorry for these poor individuals but seriously is this all they have left to man the trolleys?
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The upcoming protest at Warwick on November 5th
by UnshackleTheChains inhey all.. just saw this video about the upcoming protest at warwick on november 5th.
it looks like some momentum is building up to it.
but what i really want to know is will it have much impact?
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Diogenesister, great YouTube thank you. Yes she is very articulate and also very caring. It's a good ided to warn people in the Warwick area about this cult and it looks like they're already aware of its presence. The pastor's wife said they are a very heavy presence going from door to door around Warwick, all dressed up!
For me the ex-JW's compassionate approach was a reminder that many who are trapped are still good people who need help. I like that, sometimes I get so angry with my own family I forget there are others in it that just got sucked in at a vulnerable time in their lives. Good vid, thanks.
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Video nobody knows who you are you haven't left any clues on here. You've only posted four times, we know nothing about you so just leave the forum and don't worry. Wishing you all the best for the future.
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Watches: mens mechanical facination
by elderelite inlots of guys have a mechanical facination, be it cars or building things or one of a hundred other ways.
one area in particular is watches.
i have a few that i love.. a personal fav is my tissot sea star 1000. cant post a pic atm but its an awesome watch.... .
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I'm gutted you can't buy mechanical watches anymore. Had a lovely one for years. Why oh why do we have to keep putting batteries into these Quartz monstrocites. My old watch kept perfect time without rock and electricity.
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Explain the annual meeting please
by carla incan someone please explain the annual meeting to me?
it takes place tomorrow from what i gather.
does this mean they still do fs in the morning?
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Xanthippe
When I went as a young pioneer for the 'privilege' of serving food there was a shareholders meeting in a private room. I only found out because they forget to turn the loud speaker off outside the room and you could hear what was going on.