#wannabefree
I'm in the same boat.
My wife still lives me no matter what, but we're both dealing with a lot of disappointment and confusion right now.
Jofi_Wofo
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And this isn't a cult? Wife put on name tag for zoom assembly
by goingthruthemotions inand this isn't a cult?
just saw my wife put on her name tag for the zoom assembly.... what the what?
i thought these things werent even live.
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Who Do You Think Would Be A Good Running Mate For Joe Biden?
by minimus init seems like the only possibilities are women of color.
no whites need apply.. maybe he will change his mind and ask hillary clinton?
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Jofi_Wofo
Anthony Morris III
Biden and Morris would continually outdo each other with slurred, jittery speech consisting of apocalyptic slander against their enemies and would likely set a world record for the number of Freudian slips let out by a single ticket in a single election.
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And this isn't a cult? Wife put on name tag for zoom assembly
by goingthruthemotions inand this isn't a cult?
just saw my wife put on her name tag for the zoom assembly.... what the what?
i thought these things werent even live.
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Jofi_Wofo
Oh, God...
This is the second time in 15 minutes that I'm actually going to DEFEND this religion *cringe*.
Is there anything creepy or wrong about wearing your team's Jersey when watching a game on TV at home?
Is there anything creepy wrong with employees wearing uniforms while in a video conference call?
Is there anything creepy or wrong with wearing your wedding ring when your spouse is away and you're home alone?
How about students wearing their cap and gown at their virtual graduation?
Dressing respectfully for a virtual funeral?
It's about enhancing the experience and feeling connected, even if you're not there physically.
It's also a coping mechanism to deal with how abnormal and even uncomfortable our current way of life has become.
I'm sure we have bigger fish to fry when it comes to this organization than whether or not JWs are trying, like everybody else, to ground themselves in a semblance of normalcy in this crazy time.
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JW's and the National Anthem/Flag
by Anony Mous inone thing we were always taught in the past is how we should sit down and pray (kneel) to jehoober whenever we were at an event where they played the national anthem.
we had to actively disrespect the flag and anthem and be no part of the world, because we were our own country with jesus as king.. given kneeling/sitting for the national anthem is now the favorite pastime of the far-left and if you do so, you get associated with democrats, how do jehovah's witnesses now 'become no part of this world' when they have to disrespect the flag?.
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Jofi_Wofo
The emotes are so glitchy on this site. Why can't I just delete one????
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JW's and the National Anthem/Flag
by Anony Mous inone thing we were always taught in the past is how we should sit down and pray (kneel) to jehoober whenever we were at an event where they played the national anthem.
we had to actively disrespect the flag and anthem and be no part of the world, because we were our own country with jesus as king.. given kneeling/sitting for the national anthem is now the favorite pastime of the far-left and if you do so, you get associated with democrats, how do jehovah's witnesses now 'become no part of this world' when they have to disrespect the flag?.
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Jofi_Wofo
I'm pretty sure the flag doesn't have strong feelings either way whether or not anybody shows it the proper respect
Glad we're all on the same page that cultlike behavior is extremely harmful, and that we should all instead engage in perfunctory public rituals of symbolic loyalty to an abstract concept, expressing severe levels of scorn to socially sanction those who do not exhibit strict compliance to the mandated norm
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Jesus Believed In Adam and Eve
by Parker ini'm new to the forum.
i'm an ex-jw who actually faded from jws.
i'm here to drop by every once in a while to ask a question or two.
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Jofi_Wofo
Given how much symbolism and ambiguity there is in the Bible (whether originally intended by the writers or not), there is no reason that even true believers need to be pigeonholed into accepting fundamentalist/literalist dogma.
Alternatives:
1) It's a parable and you have the honor of deciding what it means to you.
2) It's an allegory symbolizing groups of people long since forgotten to history.
3) It's literally true, but the commonly accepted chronology is wrong by orders of magnitude.
4) It's literally true, but happened in a parallel universe. Schrodinger's serpent, if you will.
There ya go, I just saved everybody's religion! All I ask for is 1% royalty on all your donations
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I was wondering how this would play out in JW land.
by wolverines ini have a niece who is trying to get pregnant.
she was telling me her husband had to go to a room with porn in it and masturbate into a cup to get tested.
i never thought of this before but but how would a jw handle this.
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Jofi_Wofo
I got a vasectomy before I got married.
I always wanted one, but thought it was wise to wait until I was planning marriage and to discuss it with my hypothetical future wife first.
Turns out, my wife didn't know until much later that I had to ejaculate a bunch of times, on my own, after having the procedure in order to clear out any leftover sperm. She was unhappy about my "unclean" acts, but ultimate decided that it was a necessary evil.
In a future episode: all the creepy weird shit the Watchtower says about sterilization, and the measures you have to undertake so as to not "stumble" all the people whose business your vasectomy isn't.
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The Celestial Chariot seems to have a Flat Tyre
by Slidin Fast inyou of course remember the fabulous chariot charging about, eyes everywhere, wheels within wheels.
(elon musk be afraid).
yes, able to change direction instantly, react to any situation.
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Jofi_Wofo
What a stunningly contradictory picture WT literature gives us of JH's chariot.
Blazing fast!
Awesome in power!
Can't be stopped!
Turns on a dime!
Easily falls behind absolutely any JW who uses his powers of reason!
Wait- what?? Are you running AHEAD of JH's chariot?!?!?!?!?!?! Who do you think you are?
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Jofi_Wofo
@smiddy3
"For this very reason, God exalted him to a superior position and kindly gave him the name that is above every other name"
If we quote the whole verse, it says something quite different than what you are claiming it says.
"so that in the name of Jesus every knee should bend—of those in heaven and those on earth and those under the ground—"
If we get rid of your parenthetical interpolation, it says something quite different than what you are claiming it says.
"and every tongue should openly acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father"
If we quote the very next verse, it says something quite different than what you are claiming it says.
The amazing thing here is just how well you imitated watchtower logic (taking verses out of context, claiming a verse says something it doesn't) in attempting to prove your point.
Rule of thumb: the more rhetorical hoops you have to jump through while attempting to prove your point, the less likely your point is to be correct.
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Unique Words and Expressions Of Jehovah’s Witnesses
by minimus insystem of things comes to mind.
what does that mean to anyone not a jw?.
how long have you been in the truth?
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Jofi_Wofo
"Weaker vessel" is a biblical expression not unique to JWs, but JWs are very clear that the verse is NOT saying that the woman is weaker than a man, rather, that the man should treat her as more precious than himself. I don't see anything inherently wrong with that, so I'll give that one a pass.
On the other hand... (definitions inspired by Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four)
"Jehovah" = Big Brother
"Bethel family" = The Inner Party
"Daily text" = Two Minutes hate
"The Faithful and Discreet Slave" = Ministry of Truth
"Independent spirit" = Crimethink
"Secular activities" = Ownlife
"Judicial committee" = Thought police.
"Disfellowship" = Unperson
"JW Broadcasting" = Prolefeed