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  Help Elders poking nose in

  by Formerbrother in

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  2. friends

  what can i do when elders want to poke their nose in?.

  they want to have another chat with me and my wife, but we dont want to, it just gets us down..

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  moreconfusedthanever

  Get an answering machine and screen your calls. Just don't talk to them at all.
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  How long is a generation?

  by LevelThePlayingField in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what splain does in his talk and chart illustration is make the leap that a generation can have two groups.

  and in this case the two groups span more than 108 years.

  but no where in scripture is there ever a notion that a generation has two groups.

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  moreconfusedthanever

  Generation definition is. "all of the people born and living at about the same time regarded collectively". Synonyms "age, age group, peer group, cohort, stage of life.

  It is mind boggling that anyone at all actually buys the overlapping generation explanation. Further proof that they are not actually listening. They have latched onto the promise of eternal life with raised dead ones in a panda patting paradise and all the rest is not relevant to them.
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  The increase in the Anointed Ones

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  to illustrate how the botchtower's groupies are losing brain cells...last year an elder told me some of the increase in the anointed is due to those who have been unfaithful and needed to be replaced.

  when i was in first grade i knew that if i had 10 marbles and i lost one and a friend gave me a marble to replace the one i lost that i once again had 10 not 11 marbles.. jdubs are very good at not thinking..

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  moreconfusedthanever

  And the thing about the anointed is, even the GB knows that there are a lot of posers and liars out there, and even some people who genuinely believe they are anointed but are simply delusional. Why do you think the anointed are never given special treatment? Not because we're not supposed to "idolize" our fellow humans or give certain people preferential treatment.

  Yes well the GB know all about the posers and liars because that is what THEY are. Yet they absolutely want to be given preferential treatment and love being idolized on their very own show.
  
  
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  18-Year Old Daughter Moves in with Boyfriend and studying to become a witness

  by RunAwayDaughter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my 18-year-old-daughter, who has not finished high school, left south carolina on january 31 with her 22-year old boyfriend to move in with his family in california.

  they are jehovah witness.

  daughter: i love you too.

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  moreconfusedthanever

  You have been to JW org site and showed your interest. Now you can further research and when you can, share your research with her. Go to JW facts and read there and encourage her to do the same.

  When she shares this information with her new family they may very well send her back. Reading anything about the JWs that isn't written by them is a sure fire way of getting thrown out.
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  What are you most passionate about?

  by SplaneThisToMe in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i had an interview today and was asked a question o have gotten in the past: what are you most passionate about?

  it was a struggle to come up with an answer on this one.

  as a jw, the things i was passionate about were chosen for me.

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  moreconfusedthanever

  I have no clue. I hate those kinds of questions. Same as what are your weaknesses? My weaknesses are chocolate and coffee. Oh and I am terrible at interviews.
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  The increase in the Anointed Ones

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  to illustrate how the botchtower's groupies are losing brain cells...last year an elder told me some of the increase in the anointed is due to those who have been unfaithful and needed to be replaced.

  when i was in first grade i knew that if i had 10 marbles and i lost one and a friend gave me a marble to replace the one i lost that i once again had 10 not 11 marbles.. jdubs are very good at not thinking..

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  moreconfusedthanever

  I always thought that if the anointed ones who know they are good enough to make it to heaven can't stick with it, what hope do the rest of us have?

  18000 emblem takers! That's a lot of replacements.
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  Disfellowshipped/disassociated – How did your parents handle it?

  by Richard_I in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  to those who were disfellowshipped/disassociated – how did your still-in parents handle it?.

  i don’t want to fade, so i am thinking about disassociating soon – i don’t care if i’m playing by the org’s rules, i just want out.. however, i am concerned about how my parents will react.

  i don’t want them to become super depressed or whatever due to me leaving the org.. i don’t want them to be hurt by my decision to leave the org, but i feel like there is no way of avoiding this..

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  moreconfusedthanever

  I have not DAd or DFd. I stopped going to meetings and witnessing and my mother is depressed, sad and afraid for my life. She wrote a friend of ours saying that the pain is unbearable.

  There is no way out without hurting someone.
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  Thanks

  by Akid48 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hey its me if any one remembers me,i just wanted to post saying that ive been doing well.right now im just trying to live life and have some fun while im still a kid.it still sucks to have to go to meetings etc.. like the title i wanted to say thanks for the people that helped me when i was posting a lot.i might post some times but not as much as i used to..

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  moreconfusedthanever

  Thanks for letting us know how you are doing. Glad you are in a good headspace. Stay positive and enjoy your youth.
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  My last Memorial

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i missed my first memorial last year in 60 years.

  it always amazed me on this special night that the jw's forget how to park their cars in the parking lot.

  i would pull in with my wife and there are 5 brothers giving directions on where and how to park my car.

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  moreconfusedthanever

  This year's is on the 31st of March. It will be the first one I miss.
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  Cousin's Runaway Girlfriend Living with us

  by RunAwayDaughter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my cousin's girlfriend moved from another state and is now living in our home.

  they said she lived in a bad situation, but i don't believe them.

  my cousin lies.

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  moreconfusedthanever

  I agree with Vanderhoven on a couple of points. If at all possible I would go to the graduation. Firstly you would regret missing such a milestone in the future and secondly you have an opportunity to show your unconditional love for her to her by attending. I would not interact with any of the boyfriend's family so as not to give a message of acceptance.

  Hormones and I suspect grief may be causing a lot of mixed emotions in your daughter. Your husband has only been gone a year and grief makes some do out of character things.