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  Session #8: "Bullet in the Head"

  by Brian J in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so at the phd today with my wife and me, and in slowly getting to the heart of matters (like peeling an onion if you ask me), the dialogue in part went like this: .

  phd: if it came down to it, would you take a bullet in the head instead of giving up membership in your organization?

  wife: absolutely, i would die for my faith.

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  Brian J

  So at the PhD today with my wife and me, and in slowly getting to the heart of matters (like peeling an onion if you ask me), the dialogue in part went like this:

  PhD: If it came down to it, would you take a bullet in the head instead of giving up membership in your organization?

  Wife: Absolutely, I would die for my faith.

  PhD: No, that's not what I asked. You can keep your faith in God and your personal relationship with him, its yours to have, hold, love, and cherish. What I asked is would you take a bullet in the head vs. renouncing membership in the WT organization?

  Wife: Absolutely, I would die for what I would believe.

  PhD: What about you Brian? Same question.

  Brian: Where do I sign?

  I married SUCH an intelligent woman. She knows how to love from the heart, how to care for and protect me and the kids. She is giving and unselfish. A deep thinker. Thrifty. Loves music, nature, wine, good food, the peace of sitting at the front of the plane vs. the back, walks on the beach, making things grow...I mean the list goes on and on. But she would would watch her family be executed vs. renouncing her membership in a 100 year old man made organization.

  Good god almighty, somebody help me wrap my angry mind around this.

  B
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  Thanks For being helpful

  by Jrjw in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  to the person who reported me to the elders from here - thank you for making me be able to leave the organisation a whole lot easier and sooner than i'd planned.

  you did me a huge favour 😊.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLCEUpIg8rE
  
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  Tony "Tightpants" Morris Talks Of Tight Pants AGAIN!!

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  again with the pants... tony, if you can't stop looking at young men in tight pants don't take it out on the rest of us.

  https://www.facebook.com/john.cedars.5/posts/868329653345317.

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  Tomorrow is TPT: Tight Pants Tuesday!
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  Avoiding Service Tips?

  by Kohanic in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  back again!.

  so as i'm still pimo and living under my parent's roof, how can i get out of service?

  cause i really don't want to go and i feel dirty just knowing i could be influencing someone into this garbage..

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  jajajajaajajaj....beard "fractions"

  Love it.
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  Avoiding Service Tips?

  by Kohanic in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  back again!.

  so as i'm still pimo and living under my parent's roof, how can i get out of service?

  cause i really don't want to go and i feel dirty just knowing i could be influencing someone into this garbage..

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  Post your real name, city, state, and congregation on this forum.

  That'll take care of your service problem in short order.
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  Avoiding Service Tips?

  by Kohanic in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  back again!.

  so as i'm still pimo and living under my parent's roof, how can i get out of service?

  cause i really don't want to go and i feel dirty just knowing i could be influencing someone into this garbage..

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  Grow a beard
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  Did You Go To Meetings in Very Inclement Weather?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  living in new england means having lots of snow and cold.

  elders were very reluctant to cancel or reschedule a meeting due to the weather.

  i lived 3 towns away from the kingdom hall and if it was icy and treacherous my vote would always be to cancel the meeting....and forget about rescheduling!.

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  We cancel meetings at the THREAT of inclement weather.

  Our sister congregation, same KH, jokes at us for the amount of meetings we cancel in a year. Love it.

  Roads are wet and temp going all the way down to 33F. Better cancel.

  I just feel bad when all the DF folks and older ones who don't get the cancellation emails and text messages show up dressed and pressed to a cold and wet locked door.
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  New Letter: Announcements and Reminders

  by Brian J in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  letter dated 1/1/2018.

  i know they are trying to simplify but it all is such a confusing mess.... forms, dates, calculators, committees, logins, publisher record cards.....jesus would barf.

  to all bodies of elders re: announcements and reminders dear brothers: in an effort to reduce the number of letters sent to all bodies of elders and congregations, most announcements from the branch office will now be conveyed to congregations by means of the announcements and reminders (s-147) form.

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  Letter dated 1/1/2018. I know they are trying to simplify but it all is such a confusing mess.... Forms, Dates, Calculators, Committees, Logins, Publisher Record Cards.....Jesus would barf

  TO ALL BODIES OF ELDERS Re: Announcements and Reminders Dear Brothers: In an effort to reduce the number of letters sent to all bodies of elders and congregations, most announcements from the branch office will now be conveyed to congregations by means of the Announcements and Reminders (S-147) form. The first part of the form will contain information for the elders only. If there are announcements for the congregation, these will appear on a separate page of the form. Instructions on the form will indicate which announcements are to be read to the congregation and/or posted on the information board when applicable. The Announcements and Reminders form will be released in the “Forms” section of the “Documents” tab on jw.org no more than once a month. When there are no announcements or reminders for a particular month, this will be noted on the jw.org screen. Information containing organizational policy will continue to be released by means of dated letters for ease of reference in Index to Letters for Bodies of Elders (S-22). Thank you for your diligence and faithfulness in caring for the needs of the congregation. (Heb. 13:7) We send our warm Christian love. Your brothers, Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witness
  cc: Circuit overseers
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  Singing todays WT

  by road to nowhere in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the jist was that we all should sing.

  then the first 6 or 8 paragraphs describe how early bible accounts have trained and set aside musicians to do the singing while everyone else listened.. the songs they have put out have no soul, rhythm, or soothing melodies as a whole.

  the old hymns are some real music, even if you don't agree with the "teachings".. there is no admission of poetry using archaic language at times for affect or to add to the rhyme, they have to have everything agree with the grey bible.. anyone speak foreign languages?

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  First time in my married life where 3 paragraphs into the WT, my wife leans over and says..."Babe, singing..really...this is retarded. Can we go?" Later she said, "whats next....how to read?" I let her know that reading was already covered at my recent elders school so Im good in that department, but yes, equally retarded.

  Can we go? Hell yeah we can go! She nods to the kids, everyone grabs their coats, I-pads, and Altoid tins and we leave. Went to Wendy's, did some shipping, headed home happy.

  Got no less than 8 text messages between us asking if we were OK. 1 from the WT conductor while he was still on the platform conducting. WTF?

  Wife is coming around slowly but surely. Whoo-Hoo!
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  Is Happiness Without Religion Possible?

  by Brian J in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  according to the 11/2017 study watchtower.......apparently not.

  is it really true that one can be happy without religion?

  certainly an individual can be happy without false religion, but a person cannot be truly happy unless he has a relationship with jehovah, who is described as “the happy god.” (1 tim.

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  According to the 11/2017 Study Watchtower.......apparently not.

  Is it really true that one can be happy without religion? Certainly an individual can be happy without false religion, but a person cannot be truly happy unless he has a relationship with Jehovah, who is described as “the happy God.” (1 Tim. 1:11) Everything God does benefits others. His servants are happy because they focus on helping others. (Acts 20:35) For example, consider how true worship promotes family happiness. True worship teaches us to honor and respect our spouse, to treat marriage vows as sacred, to avoid adultery, to raise respectful children, and to practice true love. As a result, such worship unites people in happy congregations and a happy worldwide brotherhood.​—