Topics Started by Della Street

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How to "turn the tables" on still-in witness who pry about our status.
by stuckinarut2 in
1. jw
2. friends
so many of us have had (perhaps well-meaning) jws ask us questions about our inactivity, or lack of attendance at meetings.

they may pry about why..... how is this for a simple, yet straight to the point response?

to a sincere person, it may play on their mind and make them ask more questions.
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Thoughts of Suicide?
by Simon in
1. forum
2. announcements
we are not a support forum for people with serious depression or thoughts of suicide.

if you or someone you know are struggling with such issues there are professional support services in most countries with people who are experienced and qualified to help:.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_suicide_crisis_lines.
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New light
by poopie in
1. jw
2. friends
june at article now it's ok to say a greeting?.
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Is My Wife Awakening?
by My Name is of No Consequence in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
every now and then, my wife will talk about how things are not making sense within the org.

i usually just dismiss it as her playing mind games with me.

for example, she would ask why there are so many branches being closed or why so many congregations are being merged.
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March 2018 Broadcast - When quotes become rumors
by Listener in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
this months broadcast is presented by losche and he discusses the need for trust in the fds.

the following is transcribed from the 12.30 mark.. satan also has the scheme to spread rumors about our brothers including the faithful slave.

the method of spreading rumors is not new.
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Do Jehovah's Witnesses Accept Evolution?
by jukief in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
by evolution or by creation?

by evolution or by creation?

"the bible is a myth" and "evolution is true".
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Oh Boy! Beards are "stumbling blocks" again ... from Stephen Lett
by freddo in
1. jw
2. friends
so this week's midweek meeting video about stumbling others has lett spouting and gurning rubbish again.. if you can't take the whole 9 minutes go from 5:50 to get the context and 6:45 for the "beard" mention.. https://youtu.be/ezv1ici5cwo.

oh, well - at least they shoot themselves in the foot with this doublespeak.

single.
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Something that doesn't get discussed all that much...
by Vidiot in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
...but i believe is relevant:.

just how much is the watchtower organization's "business model" dependent on its tax-exempt status?.

is it truly sustainable without it?.
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Memorial Attendance: The Single Most Impactful TTATT "Witness" to Family and Friends
by AMNESIANO in
1. jw
2. friends
anyone who has awakened to ttatt and conscientiously left the organization--especially a once-prominent individual from a prominent multi-generational tribe of jws-- after decades of devout, high-profile "serve-us," who continues to put in an annual appearance at the memorial thoroughly subverts and undermines, by this one act, any hope s/he may entertain that his/her departure will stir family or former friends to question the whole watchtower bamboozle.

by this one concession s/he assigns him-/herself by every single jw to their handy and dimissive purgatory: the "spiritually-weak.".

nothing blasts a louder, clearer, and more deliberate message to the jws who personally knew you and those familiar with your jw bona fides that you are not merely "not making the meetings" or "spiritually-weak" but that there is a conscientious reason you have rejected the entire watchtower society life than choosing to forego what they know you know to be their one-and-only holy and sacred event of the year, the lord's evening meal.
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It's that time, singles..... sign in please
by dancnsteph in
1. social
2. relationships
hey there all you singles.

it's that time in the show where we all sign in and tell a little about ourselves.

i guess i will get the ball rolling here.. my name is stephanie.