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  Children

  by Chook in

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  my philosophy on children ( i have two ) they bring joy until they can speak after that it's questionable.

  then gran children ( i have 2 ) which are great, i don't have to discipline and can hand back .

  the only other couple of things i appreciate children for is i can leave my wordly possessions to them and i like the idea i will be missed by someone when i leave this planet..

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  Chook

  My philosophy on children ( I have two ) they bring joy until they can speak after that it's questionable. Then gran children ( I have 2 ) which are great, I don't have to discipline and can hand back . The only other couple of things I appreciate children for is I can leave my wordly possessions to them and I like the idea I will be missed by someone when I leave this planet.
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  Kamikaze

  by new boy in

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  there are many people out there willing to die or kill for what they believe in.

  i was one of those in my early twenties.

  i was a self righteous pioneer and bethelite willing to die for what i thought was "the truth".

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  Chook

  I love that sticker. It's pretty hard to protect oneself from a martyr , it's still effective in Iraq. It's just that nobody recognises the bomb inside the JW witnessing bag, it takes out a lot of genuinely good people.
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  Double Standards?

  by HereIgo in

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  i always found it interesting how there are doctors at bethel and jw lawyers, when the org frowns on pursuing higher education.

  i guess it's ok if it's for their benefit?.

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  Chook

  Don't listen to what they say watch what they do. Just like at assemblies they say we don't hand around collection plate yet tell everyone we are in deficit of thousands , when in reality it costs next to zero to run an assembly.
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  Ridiculous ways you kept your "time going" in service?

  by HereIgo in

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  i used to go out early mornings with 2 pioneer elders, we would drive 20 miles out of the territory (a big no-no) to look for hikers to preach to lol of course there were never any hikers.

  then off to starbucks for another hour lol easy way to count 2-4 hours.

  i am chuckling as i write this, what a joke!.

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  Chook

  How about when JW brought new ones to meetings, the time card kept rolling.
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  clearing out

  by zeb in

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  sad days for me.

  i have been doing the above and came across various notes letters i had kept down the years.

  there were some letters from my mother.. some i have kept others were from beginning to end all wt dogma.

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  Chook

  Book burning is the only solution. I just love how old divine plan of ages had pyramid and when new reprints put Russell face in front of pyramid. That is treacherous.
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  Am I right in thinking that the most zealous JW make the most zealous apostates.

  by Chook in

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  just a thought.

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  Chook

  Just a thought
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  Jehovah`s Witnesses Religion based on First Century Christianity ?

  by smiddy in

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  who was the president of the first century christian congregation after jesus death , , the secretary ,the treasurer ,the field overseer ,the district overseer ,who were the lawyers protecting the congregations from secular authorities ,the mogul`s of real estate , buying up land and getting christians to build places of worship with free labor and then selling them off for a profit a few years down the track , with nothing going back to those who laboured on those projects .. where are the records on papyrus , that the 1st century witnesses counted their hours ,made return visits ,bible studies ,oops the bible wasnt even formulated then ,that didn`t occur until apostate christendom in the 3rd century came up with a number of books to be inspired ..

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  In the fist century on their stone cobbled roads stood a Christian with his cart with writings from Paul and coloured pictures of Babylon falling, not approaching anyone . He hoped they would approach him so he could report his hours to Jerusalem for the monthly quota so he can qualify as a MS.
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  Facial Hair?

  by HereIgo in

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  now what was the deal with this one?

  my cong strictly enforced the facial hair unwritten rule.

  alot of bros starting growing soul patches, then the co cracked down on that too, no more, must be clean shaven, especially ms and elders.

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  Just another rule for the sake of having a rule.JW love rules. My brother who is Catholic priest says JWs would make better Israelites than Christians due to their love of rules.
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  My Story

  by HereIgo in

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  my story: i am a 27 year old ex jw.

  former ms and regular pioneer at age 19. i was very active and had many "privileges" including district assembly and circuit assembly parts etc.

  as an example for young people.

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  Chook

  This is a good home on this forum, mixed opinions and way less judgmental than org. Your very lucky you got out young but we all bare scares and bruises from the cult and we all compare our wounds, This site is therapy for most.
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  Don't touch ark of covenant

  by Chook in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i raised an issue with a co once about an elders qualifications, he visited my house and in no uncertain terms said don't touch ark of covenant ( referring to elder as ark ) , i was gob smacked then he said to wife and i that if we pursued such an avenue we could be grieving gods holy spirit.

  so ther you go elder are on par with god ..

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  I raised an issue with a CO once about an elders qualifications, he visited my house and in no uncertain terms said don't touch ark of covenant ( referring to elder as ark ) , I was gob smacked then he said to wife and I that if we pursued such an avenue we could be grieving gods Holy Spirit. So ther you go elder are on par with God .