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  What is the latest trend in jw land

  by bola in

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  i want to know the latest trend in jw land.

  after i have disassociated from jw land last year, now my father has forced me to write a reinstatement letter.

  and i will soon be reinstated back very soon because those cult elders will meet with me.

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  Hi bola, so how is it that your dad forced you to write a reinstatement letter? Are you underage living at home? Just trying to understand.
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  JW Elder fired from bank for privacy violation regarding fellow JW employee

  by Zoos in

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  "thou shalt spy on and report your brothers and sisters to hq.".

  https://www.tv6tnt.com/news/local/industrial-court-finds-there-are-limits-to-freedom-of-religion/article_5a485b94-a327-11e7-9c32-57b15184bc6a.html.

  editor's note: due to the nature of this story we've changed the names of the parties involved.

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  This elder he was just following the rules and guidelines set forth by the org. If it was me and I was still not awake my WT trained conscience would've made me do the same thing. Unfortunately for Jane, she saw in action the power the org has in controlling what it's members do.
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  New light!.....DFed without being DFed

  by Tight Pants Twinkle Toes in

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  2. beliefs

  it now appears that the wt can df you just by marking you.

  this happened to my me and my wife a few week ago.

  a marking talk was given at the mid-week meeting in which no names were mentioned yet a detailed description of the "offending bastards" was delivered so that there as no doubt who this "pond scum" might be.

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  Did they actually use "offending bastards" and "pond scum" in the marking talk?
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  7.1 Earthquake hits Mexico City

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  2 earthquakes in less than a month.... witnesses are going to have a field day with this... bounce back from that decline.....

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  A jw friend on Facebook posted a pic of the earthquake today and said "they're happening all over the place". I felt like asking really where else?
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  Disfellowshipped in Absentia

  by HereIgo in

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  2. experiences

  i have heard of this happening before, but how often?

  its pretty rare it seems.

  i have often wondered if the elders would go this route with me since they knew i was actively sinning, but as far as i know, no jc was ever formed.

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  It all depends on how "zealous" the elders in your hall are whether they go after you or not. I was on elder bodies that didn't do that. They just let it be. In other elder bodies there would be an elder or two who wanted to make sure to keep "Jehovah's Organization" clean and wouldn't stop going after the faded person for years. Always trying to catch them doing something "wrong".
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  Personal Update: 3 Months Out

  by Saethydd in

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  2. experiences

  i've been mentally free of the watchtower for nine months now, three months ago i moved out of my parent's house and gave up any pretexts of being reinstated.

  in that time i've faced difficulties adjusting to my new life such as the new responsibilities i have in caring for my own needs, the loneliness that sometimes strikes when i miss my family, and the occasionally unshakable feeling of guilt over the way things are with them.. in that time, i've faced difficulties adjusting to my new life such as the new responsibilities i have in caring for my own needs, the loneliness that sometimes strikes when i miss my family, and the occasionally unshakable feeling of guilt over the way things are with them.. overall though, i feel better about my life now.

  i make an effort to really help people where i can by doing more than "praying for them" or "sharing a scripture.

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  It sure isn't easy when your family wants nothing to do with you. That's what the cult does to people. Keep doing what you're doing making friends and expanding your horizons. You will be alot better and happier for it.
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  10 Graphs that show that the Watchtower is in trouble in Mexico

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  mexico is by far the country where the witnesses have had the most success in the entire world.

  almost any statistic except the total amount of witnesses shows that mexico is where the witnesses have had the wildest success in the world.proportional to population, the witnesses in mexico are double, or nearly triple, what they are in the us or brazil.but there is "trouble in paradise".

  if mexico falls, pretty much the whole watchtower falls.which is why it is so important to have jwfacts translated to spanish.i made an analysis and things are looking bad in mexico... if trends continue, mexico will become just like the 1st-world countries.here is the first graph:maximum publisher % increase:.

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  What's happening in Mexico is mirrored in the growth or lack thereof of the US Spanish congregations which account for about 350,000 of the US JWs. In years past Spanish congregations were growing like gangbusters, however that growth has slowed almost to a crawl. The Spanish circuit I was in hadn't seen much growth in the last 5-6 years. As a matter of fact i know of at least two areas in the circuit where Spanish congregations were combined. In the past that would've been unheard of. Regarding money, I was in Spanish my whole life and served in various congregations and in most of them the contributions were poor. The same thing is happening in Mexico when it comes to growth and money which is great news.
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  NFL season

  by Are you serious in

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  for the first time in my life i get to fully enjoy the nfl season without missing games i really want to see because of meetings and service!😀 go seahawks!.

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  Yea the offensive line doesn't look much better. Isn't it nice that we can now enjoy the little things that others take so for granted like watching football games.
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  NFL season

  by Are you serious in

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  for the first time in my life i get to fully enjoy the nfl season without missing games i really want to see because of meetings and service!😀 go seahawks!.

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  For the first time in my life I get to fully enjoy the NFL season without missing games I really want to see because of meetings and service!😀 Go Seahawks!
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  Archaeological evidence

  by ironsnake656 in

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  2. bible

  one of the many books that helped me to question about the bible narrative is the one from israel finkelstein, the bible unearthed.

  archaeology is one of the fascinating sciences and complicated, since you have to interpret/reinterpret the history based on the artifacts, remains, ruins, relics, paintings, sculptures, etc.

  that is found in certain area where a civilization existed.

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  "Unearthed" is a great read. It was one of the gems that made me rethink the way I look at the Bible. And that is that it's definitely not inspired by a god.