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  This takes the cake

  by Sour Grapes in

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  2. friends

  today during the public talk the speaker said that satan was behind the new modern phones, which are like mini computers, so that the world would have easy access to pornography..

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  Scully

  And yet, those same devices are encouraged to be used at the Meetings™ to follow along on jw.org
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  "Sorry, sister; but the CO said he isn't going to visit anyone durind the Special Week."

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  third post about the big disappointments that woke me up.

  i'm writing them in no particular order.

  these episodes made me bitter when they happened.

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  We used to make a point of having the CO & wife come over for lunch during their Congregation™ visits.

  It all stopped when it was arranged for them to come, and an hour after the scheduled visit, they still hadn't arrived. Table set, food ready (okay, it was soup and a platter of various meats and cheeses for sandwiches, etc.), apartment spotless - and then he calls and said they'd been invited out to a restaurant, so they went there instead. No apology for bailing on us or making us wait. He asked if we could reschedule for the following day. I said that I had already made other plans for the next day. He made a snarky remark about that, to the effect that my priorities were out of order, and I replied that I could easily say the same about him, and hung up on him.

  Even when we were asked after that to host the CO, I always declined and never, ever volunteered for that Privilege™ again.
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  Horrible Bosses

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i just heard this a few minutes ago by a jw friend who is still an elder in my old hall.

  the kingdom hall i used to attend and my mom still attends was paid off many years ago and serves about 6 congregations.

  one of the english congregations has a lot of financially well of members.

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  As in any Dom-Sub relationship, the Submissive is actually the one in charge. They are the ones who decides how far the Dominant can go, and when the Dominant must stop.

  That's why, when the CO (part of the Dominant echelon) had a $h!t-fit over the Congregation™ having $70K saved up that WTS didn't know about and went up the chain of command to get orders to turn all that money over to WTS, the Submissive part of the relationship closed their wallets.

  The WTS is just getting a well-deserved reminder of who is the boss in the relationship, and it ain't them.... it's the people whose wallets they wish to empty... and those folks ain't playin' anymore.
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  Mobile Hotspot - JWFACTS.COM - Assembly & Conventions

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  here is an idea i tested.

  works at both assemblies and conventions.

  i have noticed at the last convention and at my last assembly that when i opened up my wifi setting, tons of hotspots came up for people tethering their tablets to their smart phones.

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  Some wi-fi hotspot names....

  StayAliveTill75

  JW-WomenR2ndClassCitizens

  Education Is The Key to Freedom

  Romans14:5 (One man judges one day as above another; another judges one day the same as all others; let each one be fully convinced in his own mind. - Give them something to ponder over birthdays and holidays...)
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  My mom passed away yesterday....

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  thank you all for your sincere encouragement during these last few weeks.

  finally, she is at peace.

  i was with her , holding her hand when she died.

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  So sorry for your loss, Minimus...
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  The right to shun - wrong?

  by Simon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  many people are understandably upset and angry at the notion that jws have the right to shun people.

  it seems such an obvious "no brainer" cruel and inhuman thing to do - it must be wrong ... surely?.

  of course we look at things from the perspective of those hurt and harmed by shunning.

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  We all shun people.

  The crazy neighbour that makes shooting gestures at your dog? Shunned. Avoided.

  Your spouse's ex? The one that still gives him grief even though you've been together for years? Shunned.

  Telling people that they cannot shun anyone for any reason would be completely unhealthy. We have the instinct to shun and avoid people - even if we cannot rationally say why we feel we should - as a safety measure. We should be allowed and encouraged to set up healthy boundaries in all relationships we have, whether they are superficial, deep or somewhere in between. People have to learn to respect healthy boundaries.

  What groups like the WTS does is remove the right of its members to exercise healthy boundaries, and interfere with the natural boundary setting mechanism in order to create artificial boundaries that are implemented to protect the survival of the group, not the individual.

  Why else would parents ignore the natural desire to save their child's life by all means necessary? Why else would people put their financial best interests aside, and instead donate their inheritance to the WTS? Why else would someone ignore their Spidey-sense about someone else, only to later learn that they've trusted their children to the care of a molester?

  Frankly, there are people who deserve to be shunned and people I don't want in my life. I certainly would not want the government or a court to tell me that I have to associate with these people and damn well like it.

  Oh, and as far as child molesters go, I don't think they should be shunned. Rather, they should have the words "CHILD MOLESTER" tattooed on their forehead, and then be allowed to circulate freely among a prison's general population. Survival of the fittest and all that.
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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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  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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  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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  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

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

  Hugs for both of you.