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  My Mother Died Two Weeks Ago

  by Perry in

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  none of my jehovah's witness relatives called to tell me or my family.

  just found out this morning.

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  Scully

  Very sorry to hear this, Perry.

  I wish you'd had a chance to say a proper good-bye to your mother. What the JWs do is inexcusable.
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  First thoughts on "new" meeting...

  by konceptual99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  had a quick look at the workbook and flicked through the sample meeting video.. the increased use of video shows the trend for more centralised dissemination of "best practice" .

  sure there isn't really a "school" any more and the format is a bit different but i think those that called it as the same old crap just in new package got it pretty much right.

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  Scully

  You'd think they could give the guy a properly fitting suit. How distracting...

  He actually looks like he's trying to hide a bulging colostomy bag... which is an appropriate metaphor for this "new" Meeting™ format.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Governing Body and the COW an illustration

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  Scully

  I thought you were referring to the Watchtower article from the 60s that compared women to cows in heat... "when the ovum is at large"... LOL

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4556/women-cows

  * How can girls guard against temptation in this sex-crazy world?

  When a girl reaches the age of puberty or physical maturity, her
  body has developed in the matter of sex more than in the mind.
  Young folks like to be together, first in groups, later in twos.
  If they have not been instructed by their parents in regard to the
  matter of sex, a boy and a girl are likely to become too familiar
  and to engage in what is popularly called petting or necking. They
  may practice this for a time and see no bad results. However, the
  time will come when there will be great danger in such actions.
  Why? In answer to this question, we can learn about nature and sex
  from the bovine family of mammals, both wild and tame.

  Large herds of cattle, both male and female, wander over the plains
  feeding. Ordinarily the male or bull would not think of approaching
  the female or cow for sex purposes. If he did approach he would not
  receive a hearty welcome, but, rather, he might be gored by the cow's
  horns. There is no petting or sex relations between bull and cow
  permitted, because the female is not in physical condition to breed.
  The bull seems to understand this and keeps in his own place. However,
  when the female of the species is in condition to breed, she makes the
  matter known. If there is no male in the herd, she will go elsewhere
  looking for one and she is unsettled until she finds one and then is
  bred by him. Now she is contented, and the end result is a calf. In
  this connection it is interesting to note that the male animal has no
  season at which he is not willing to engage in the breeding act.

  If we humans would take a lesson from these creatures, we would learn
  something of importance in matters of sex, as to its purpose and the
  results of its operation.

  As with a cow, when a young girl who has reached her puberty is in
  physical condition to conceive and become pregnant, her sex emotions
  are greatly aroused. If she has association with a boy, she is
  inclined to think that it is the sweetness of the "boy friend" that
  causes this delightful and new feeling, and so she becomes infatuated
  with him. If the boy friend should become sexually aroused and lets
  her know it and then she yields her body to the advances of the
  amorous boy friend, she is likely to become pregnant as a result of
  just one sex experience of this kind.

  Some persons foolishly think that they know when it is "safe" to
  have sex contact with those of the opposite sex and thus avoid
  becoming pregnant, but this is a serious mistake on their part.
  Even learned biologists do not know exactly when there is no danger
  of conception for a woman. This is due to certain irregularities
  in the case of various females.

  When the ovum, that is, the egg cell from which the baby starts,
  is at large or is on its way from the woman's ovary through her
  Fallopian tube to the uterus, there it remains for an uncertain
  length of time, which varies greatly with different females. Then
  is the time when conception can take place if the ovum is met by a
  male life sperm. During that same time the female is sexually
  aroused and is ready for the sex act that at this time will cause
  a baby to result. This bearing of children is the sole privilege
  of the female. In fact, this is one main reason for creating the
  female of the human species.

  There are cases where a girl became pregnant as a result of one sex
  interview with a boy. What a price for a girl, a virgin, to pay for
  a few minutes of satisfied sex emotions! When persons start in
  this dangerous and sinful course, they find it hard to overcome
  future temptations. When a young, unmarried girl falls to the
  temptation, the price she pays is terrible: shame, sorrow, a ruined
  reputation, endless troubles, with the danger of being
  disfellowshiped from a congregation if the girl is a dedicated
  member. It is high time for girls to understand the make-up of
  their bodies and its functions, especially with regard to sex.
  Then if a girl understandingly takes care of herself while the ovum
  is at large and is causing sex disturbance and cravings within her,
  she will be able to act like a true lady of irreproachable morals
  at all times. She will avoid the violating of her virginity and
  the shame and conscience-stricken state due to this; and wisely she
  will direct her young life so as to end up in the position of a
  clean, happy wife and mother of legitimate children, jouneying to
  the new world of righteousness, where there will be no sex problems
  amid a sex-crazy population.

  The Watchtower, 12/15 1961, p. 767.
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  My Mom Is Dying

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just wanted to say that my dear 89 year old mom is terminally ill and will soon pass.

  she is on morphine and hanging on.

  she has been a devout witness for about 60 years and a wonderful mother.

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  Scully

  So sorry to hear about the turn for the worse, minimus.

  Hugs for both of you.
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  My Mom Is Dying

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just wanted to say that my dear 89 year old mom is terminally ill and will soon pass.

  she is on morphine and hanging on.

  she has been a devout witness for about 60 years and a wonderful mother.

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  Scully

  I'm glad to hear the update, and I hope your mom pulls through. Enjoy every minute you have with her.
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  Template to dump Special Pioneers

  by avaddohn94 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "downsizing" has reached special pioneers.. this is the template mexico is using to get rid of many of its special pioneers.

  see how cold and unloving is the language they use.

  a translation attempt is as follows:.

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  Scully

  Since nobody's said it yet, I have no choice....

  Well, isn't that Special™?

  http://cdn.meme.am/instances/400x/60520105.jpg
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  Looking at the pics of Warwick... I'm chocked.

  by StephaneLaliberte in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am truly chocked and baffled by the number of volunteers they got for this project; especially in the states.

  looking at one of their articles on the matter, they stated that a large portion of the printing work was delegated to other locations than ny, thus, they did not need as much space as they did in ny.

  also, it was stated that operation cost in nyc were expensive.

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  Scully

  ecan6:

  You certainly gave fukitol a proper dressing down in flawless English. Just sayin'.

  and to fukitol:

  I'd hardly call someone who has eight (8) years on the site a "newbie".

  As you were.
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  For those of you that are disfellowshipped, How Far Would Your Faithfull JW Family Go To Stay Loyal to The WT?

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ive seen jw parents shun their disfellowshipped children for 20-30 years.

  ive seen parents remove disfellowshipped or fader children from wills and give the inheritance to the watchtower..

  if your country got run over by some form of government like the nazi regime and started a process of eliminating any groups or individuals who it considered a threat.

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  Scully

  One of the things that scared the crap out of me when I was a kid growing up in a JW home, was the thought that if one of my siblings or I ever needed blood transfusions to save our lives, our parents wouldn't bat an eye and would willingly sacrifice us on the WTS's NO BLOOD altar.
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  Need Help with Blood Transfusion Illustration

  by Dissonant15 in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  please, who can provide an intelligent rebuttal to the following illustration?

  i always thought it was bullet-proof:.

  "if your doctor directs you to 'abstain from alcohol' would you be ok to have it injected into your veins rather than drink it?

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  Scully

  A person can live without alcohol. Abstaining from it would not put a person's life at risk. Alcohol is ingested orally; it is not intended to be infused intravenously.

  A person cannot live without an adequate blood supply. Abstaining from blood needed to maintain bodily function (for example, after a car accident where the individual loses 50% of their blood volume) results in hypovolemic shock and multi-system organ failure and the person dies. Blood can be ingested orally, by which it serves a nutritional value. It does not maintain its capacity to oxygenate the body once in contact with digestive enzymes. When infused intravenously, via blood transfusion, blood has the ability to oxygenate tissues that have been starved of oxygen during the episode of blood loss. It transports glucose and oxygen to the brain to sustain brain function during a critical situation in the person's life.

  When faced with the dilemma of whether it is better to die while Keeping Integrity™ to the WTS or accept a blood transfusion and be considered tainted or be Disfellowshipped™ to save your own life, I like to refer to this scripture:

  There is hope for whoever is among the living, because a live dog is better off than a dead lion. ~ Ecclesiastes 9:4 (NWT)

  Ironically, Ecclesiastes 9:5 is a favorite among JWs and it astonishes me than most of them have never clued in to the context of the previous verse. "For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing at all, nor do they have any more reward, because all memory of them is forgotten."
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  Blurring of genders

  by Saltheart Foamfollower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as sometimes happens at elders meetings with the co, he has a letter from the branch to read out.

  this rarely is made available later so any policies have to be acted on from memory.

  this visit a letter was read about blurring of the genders and in particular brothers dressing in a metrosexual style - tight clothing was mentioned again.

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  Scully

  What about Sisters™ who display more masculine behaviours, like assertiveness, outspokenness and having masculine mannerisms? or maybe with unfortunate facial hair? or wearing culottes or a skort??

  I'd love to be a fly on the wall when that happens...