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  Guaranteed way not to get disfellowshipped

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if it’s looking like someone may be disfellowshiped or announced they are no longer a jw and they don’t want to be shunned they just want to fade without being shunned - just say that would make me suicidal .

  simple.

  in the new shepherding book it says if they say that then don’t go ahead with it.

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  road to nowhere

  My bunch would happily red flag( have police take guns) you.
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  Samson kills 1,000 Philistine military men with a donkey's jawbone...I think not!

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the watchtower—study edition | september 2023. study article 37. rely on jehovah, as samson did.

  4 consider an example of samson’s trust in jehovah and of the support that god supplied.

  on one occasion, a philistine military force had come to capture samson at lehi, evidently in judah.

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  road to nowhere

  How about David and Jonathon standing back to back and fighting?

  The part about Samson i do believe is he (and David) was a womanizer.
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  a pet peeve of mine

  by enoughisenough in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  putting this under "friends" because i couldn't figure out where to put it.

  it is very often on here and in ex jw videos, ect that people like to undermine some of those who once we would have called friends.

  there seems to be a view that window washers, plumbers, cleaners, construction workers are somehow less intelligent than those who may be college educated.

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  road to nowhere

  Education, learning. Ignorance are not exclusive.

  I know a Mexican immigrants who went to Mexican schools. He is among other things a linguist and etymologist

  I know an engi eer who is an educated fool
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  Are Elders Following Instructions from The Shepherding Book?

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how safe is personal information when elders do not follow their instructions?.

  from spain.

  announcementjune 23, 2023for elders1.

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  Beth

  My elder leader is helpless. I have to aid him. The real help comes from neighbors, secular organizations, churches,police/ fire, National guard

  Remember to stop digging in the rubble for meetings!
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  JW Marriages - Loophole in wedding vows

  by Finally-Free in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  not being raised as a jw, i went to many church weddings, mostly in catholic churches.

  all the times i went to jw weddings i thought it unusual that they had their own vows, much different from the wedding vows used elsewhere.

  i remembered jws mentioning "divine temination" of marriages to me and thought the vows reflected that thought.

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  Ratigan

  Not really. In my state it is the signed and witnessed license. The vows could be: "I knowthere will be problems, but I love her/him"

  I knew an elder who would not perform weddings because they " might" fail. No mention of fornication because of being denied.
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  JW Marriages - Loophole in wedding vows

  by Finally-Free in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  not being raised as a jw, i went to many church weddings, mostly in catholic churches.

  all the times i went to jw weddings i thought it unusual that they had their own vows, much different from the wedding vows used elsewhere.

  i remembered jws mentioning "divine temination" of marriages to me and thought the vows reflected that thought.

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  Simon

  True, I still look at marriage partly as an economic deal. My wife needed things I could offer, I admired her commitment to family. We were not extravagant in youth, still not.

  Sex with a beautiful hot woman certainly helped
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  JW Marriages - Loophole in wedding vows

  by Finally-Free in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  not being raised as a jw, i went to many church weddings, mostly in catholic churches.

  all the times i went to jw weddings i thought it unusual that they had their own vows, much different from the wedding vows used elsewhere.

  i remembered jws mentioning "divine temination" of marriages to me and thought the vows reflected that thought.

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  Treshappy

  40 minutes of advice we already know.

  But weddings are not nearly as bad as funeral talks, or for that matter the usual sunday drivel

  The old belief from anti marriage leaders was there would be no need for procreation after armageddon hence no marriages
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  How did you pass the time when the Kingdom Hall meetings became boring and repetitive/

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  another boring and repetitive ''watchtower study.

  '' all the articles are about the ''faithful and discreet slave.''.

  for whatever reason, you tolerate this for years.

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  Nap. The droning aided it.

  That picture is fake, nobody asleep
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  Anniversaries and DF family

  by road to nowhere in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my pim?

  daughter us having an anniversary get to gether.. some family is never in, son df.

  tsome he invitees are well entrenched dubs so son will either be left out or there will be " committee," matters if he shows.. i downplay events, or plain lie about them to son.

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  My PIM? daughter us having an anniversary get to gether.. some family is never in, son DF. Tsome he invitees are well entrenched dubs so son will either be left out or there will be " committee," matters if he shows.

  I downplay events, or plain lie about them to son. He is welcome in our home, and daughters. He will never " return" because of the jerks he had to deal with. I would quit save for the impact on wife
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  Regional Convention Attendance

  by XBEHERE in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  elder friend of mine texted me asking what my rc attendance was 2 weeks ago (family and i streamed it since wife is not well).

  he told me that his rc in the jersey city assembly hall last weekend was low.

  co told them that around 2600 were the total from 16+ congs that were assigned.

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  I remember the elderly sections. Other than no stairs they were tge pits. Folding chairs set too close and usually hard.