Reading the comment by Atlantis I am surprised they do not dictate what color ink should be used when labeling records, or whether it should be written in cursive or printed in block letters.
FedUpJW
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Publisher's Record Cards
by Faded4good inokay, i haven't been to a meeting in over 17 years and i don't live anywhere near the place i grew up.
i have had minimal contact with my jw family, essentially just occasional phone conversations.
i think they could easily guess that i'm inactive but they pretend not to know and they've never shunned me.
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FedUpJW
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How much do Elders actually get along with each other?
by Davros ini was reading in the shepherding book that elders should “ cultivate and maintain friendships with one another.”, and thought to myself “bulls$it!” i remember that most of the elders in my old congregation were nothing but nasty asses.
i know it may vary from congregation to congregation, but do elders generally get along with each other behind closed doors in elders meetings?
or, are they often in conflict with each other?
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FedUpJW
My observation - Elder #1 "compensates" by trying to lord it over the rest of the elders, the congregation, and loves to have the front seats in the synago-I mean the kingdom hall.
Elder #2 - Completely deaf, and so all elder #1 has to do is paste on his best fake smile as he looks at elder #2 while spouting the most idiotic B.S. and elder #2 just grins and says "Okay" to everything because he didn't hear a word of what was said.
Elder#3 - Hates any kind of confrontation and is under the thumb of elder #1, and his usual reply to anything is just a shoulder shrug.
They don't have much of anything to do with each other.
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Who's he kidding!?
by Lost in the fog ini had to read this paragraph twice in case i'd misread it the first time.
who is he trying to kid!?
mr gomez says, "there's very little rules, if any, most of our conduct is governed by principles, and there's a lot of room for us to make personal choices.
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FedUpJW
I liked the line in a song some years ago, "If you tried to tell the truth, you'd choke yourself to death!" Sounds like the eldurrs IMO.
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Who am I talking about?
by neat blue dog in.. is anti-gun, police and war?.
is subject to government but really anti-government?.
is prone to alternative medicine and science?.
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Democrats, or what used to be democrats in the U.S.
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What useful piece of literature have the JW produced?
by HowTheBibleWasCreated inseeing on another post here about former jws throwing away literature.
i am curious as to the various opinions on there value.. for me i have been inactive for 3 years almost 4. i still have alot of books and of course all their bibles ever produced (except a few from the 1800s.).
in my opinion i think there are four books the jws produced that are useful:.
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FedUpJW
Every piece of literature produced is very useful. . .
. . .but then again I have a wood-burner that gets pretty hungry for combustible fuel.
Seriously though, I always liked the Commentary on James book. Of course now the type of Christian attitude that it encourages would never be tolerated in the "loving" organization.
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One State bucking the Trend-------TEXAS
by pistolpete inas thanksgiving is just around the corner, just about all the states are implementing total lock-down with high penalties on any citizen who disobeys.
but what is the deal with texas!.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh0fg5gqhvw.
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FedUpJW
@ Jehalapeno - Somewhat ironic that someone who stated, "Your an idiot. . ." is not intelligent enough to know the difference between Your and You're.
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Circuit overseers wives.
by stan livedeath inor..as i remember the title..circuit servants wives.
but then i left 40+ years ago.. any recollections of those females that led such an unnatural existence?.
those that i recall seemed such aloof creatures..
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FedUpJW
I remember one who came from Wyoming (USA). She was not unattractive, had a pleasant personality, and a real a--hole for a husband. If he ever caught sight of her even passing a word or two with ANY brother he was at her side in a flash, physically getting between her and whomever she was visiting with, and would clench her arm and move her away.
I felt sorry for her as she was obviously tied down to an abusive, "little" man with a big ego.
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FedUpJW
the POOR who typically will be the ones without drivers licences (no car(, passports (no foreign holidays) , no rent card or any number of other documents that comfortable people take for granted.
Always seem able to make it to the government welfare office and get the required documents to prove who they are when it comes time to get in line for free stuff though!
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What’s Your Prediction For The Future Of The Covid Virus?
by minimus inwill it ever end??
will a vaccine end this pandemic?
will it suddenly dissipate if joe biden becomes president?
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FedUpJW
Just because he claimed lofty credentials does not mean he actually has them.
I am a medical professional
Hmm. . .
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What’s Your Prediction For The Future Of The Covid Virus?
by minimus inwill it ever end??
will a vaccine end this pandemic?
will it suddenly dissipate if joe biden becomes president?
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FedUpJW
Will it ever end??
No, it is here to stay just like the cold virus and flu virus.
Will a vaccine end this pandemic?
No, the best to hope for is another type of flu virus vaccine that lessons the symptoms when people come down with it as they surely will continue to do. Trying to get a vaccine that ends the virus will be exactly as successful as flu vaccines have been in eliminating all flu virus', or HIV vaccines that end that virus.
Will it suddenly dissipate if Joe Biden becomes President?
Only to the degree the media and the left quit hyping it 24/7, especially in the U.S. as an anti-Trump weapon.
Will we just learn to live with the virus like we do with yearly flus?
Somewhat. People will have to adjust to living with permanent 365/24/7 mask mandates, "social" distancing, restrictions on family gatherings, restrictions on travel, loss of businesses, loss of income, loss of investments, loss of personal freedom to decide for oneself how to live your life. The government(s) have tasted the sweet taste of control over the masses and will never relinquish that. Get used to it.