My mother is an average rank and file member and she has no problem with the money going on law suits because apparently "it says that is what Jehovah wants".
The mind boggles.
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Padron Case Settled. What happens to the fine?
by Slidin Fast init seems that irwin zalkin has obtained undisclosed settlement in the case.
the $4000 a day fine then seems to be dead.
the downside?
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Is he interested?
by Sunnybear ini met a wonderful man on match.com several months ago.
on our first date, there was amazing chemistry and we ended up having sex.
it was not planned, it just happened.
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moreconfusedthanever
So there are a few issues here.
He grew up a witness which means in maturity he will be way behind other men of his own age - proof is the hour long crying show.
His family obviously want him to get baptized and he is under pressure to do what he is told.
He wants you in his life but that will only be allowed if you become a JW.
The fact that he had sex with you is a big problem which is only tolerated by his mother due to the fact that he cannot be excommunicated at this point because he is not baptized.
You will forever be a reminder of his error and trigger of guilt for him and therefore this relationship cannot last.
You DO NOT want to be a JW.
Your only course of action is to end it unless you love him enough to give up your entire way of life and become a good house wife, a yes woman, in subjection to this immature man as your head, giving up your own family and friends and never again make a decision without asking what "the organization" has to say on the matter.
I've said it before, I say it again - run away, change your number and be happy, single and free.
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What if ... a GB member announced he was no longer anointed??
by msecodo inwhat if a gb member all-of-a-sudden thought he was no longer anointed??.
what could possibly happen?
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Nothing would happen. They would not tell. No one would ever know and they could continue living in the way to which they have become accustomed.
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Do Jehovah's Witnesses Accept Evolution?
by jukief inby evolution or by creation?
by evolution or by creation?
"the bible is a myth" and "evolution is true".
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And that's how they do it
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Oh Boy! Beards are "stumbling blocks" again ... from Stephen Lett
by freddo inso this week's midweek meeting video about stumbling others has lett spouting and gurning rubbish again.. if you can't take the whole 9 minutes go from 5:50 to get the context and 6:45 for the "beard" mention.. https://youtu.be/ezv1ici5cwo.
oh, well - at least they shoot themselves in the foot with this doublespeak.
single.
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moreconfusedthanever
Hahahaha! OMG these guys are hilarious. How do they give these talks with a straight face?
THEY, the GB, who are the only emblem partakers without mental issues, the ones who change their minds about life effecting doctrines and rules, the ones who seem to talk without thinking first and live in a bubble, are the ones doing all the stumbling.
If God does indeed exist he will "pitch them into the firey furnace" for being things that cause stumbling according to Matthew 13:41, 42. Unless of course they have changed the words of that scripture too. Lol.
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Is he interested?
by Sunnybear ini met a wonderful man on match.com several months ago.
on our first date, there was amazing chemistry and we ended up having sex.
it was not planned, it just happened.
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moreconfusedthanever
Please re read your last post. He turns up the charm when he is afraid to lose you. He has a good heart and is super affectionate etc. Then you say your needs are not being met and that you doubt you could count on him in a crisis.
He is a manipulator and not someone that can be trusted. Trust your gut and choose wisely.
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Is he interested?
by Sunnybear ini met a wonderful man on match.com several months ago.
on our first date, there was amazing chemistry and we ended up having sex.
it was not planned, it just happened.
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moreconfusedthanever
Match.com and sex before marriage.
This man is NOT a JW. He may have been brought up as one and his family are but deep down he is not and he does not want to be honest with them or himself.
Guaranteed, his family do not know about you and your relationship with him and when he introduces you to his mother for your "bible study" he will tell them you are actually interested in the "truth" and it would not be appropriate for him to study with you because you are of the opposite sex. He will play the game and portray himself as a "rule following, christian", for the benefit of his family and the congregation.
Once you have been "converted" he knows you would never tell of your relationship as consequences would now be had for you and him and so all the power lies with him to choose to make your relationship formal or to drop you like a hot potato. You will have no power or say in what happens.
He may be interested in you and be enjoying your "company" but in no way should you consider this as love. Love is what everyone deserves in a long term relationship. There are more fish in the sea.
Change your phone number and run as fast as you can from this one.
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Did You Ever Find The Theolgy of JWs Reasonable?
by minimus inwhen i was a young man growing up in the religion, i would try to defend whatever the understanding of a doctrine was.
i won a lot of arguments based on the idea that i knew better than anyone i was talking to and defended myself admirably.
(lol)....eventually, i realized i was in a cult but for many years i was a believer and i had faith that the gb knew more that i could understand..
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Yes did. Believed all of it. Thought it unusual that others couldn't understand that it was the truth.
Then I had children and I needed to answer their questions and explain what I believed to them and it didn't make sense anymore.
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Blood Issue.......something for thought, where is the logic.
by CovertsadJW ini have yet to read about the contradictions in the jw teachings on blood, but i have personally witnessed one.
i am a medical professional and have seen hemopure administered for an active jw who did refuse a blood transfusion.
its not fda approved here, but given in special life saving circumstances.
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Most JWs do not know about this. Just recently I came across one who didn't know they can get fractions from blood or that JWs are allowed to take them.
They trust a group of men to tell them what they can and cannot have without giving any thought or research into it. They trust that the research has been done for them and that the organization would not allow anything that Jehovah disapproves of.
Logic does not come into it.
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EMDR Therapy Anyone?
by Brian J intwo+ months into marital counseling for my wife (pimi) and i (pimo).
wife after decades of marriage decides for the first time to bring up separation due to, drum-roll please...... absolute endangerment of spiritual life.
a spouse may constantly try to make it impossible for the mate to pursue true worship or may even try to force that mate to break god’s commands in some way.
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I can't see how you not believing the same as her, places her in absolute spiritual danger. You have not stopped her from living her life as a JW.
Could it be that she IS starting to see your point of view and finds it scary and her flight response has kicked in?