Hey LQ. Honestly......I think its just you. You notice things now, you would not have before. If I look at myself objectively, that is alot of what is true with my perceptions as well.
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For those still "in"... is it just me?
by leaving_quietly ini'm still "in" and i've noticed an odd trend recently.
conversations with jws seem to be more jw-ish than ever!
in normal conversation, i'll hear: "these watchtowers are just wonderful!
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What new light are they rolling out at the next convention?
by garyneal ini think i heard that the wt recently announced that the fds is really the gb alone.
is this suppose to be brought out at the convention?.
any other new light coming out that anyone is aware of?
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problemaddict
Hey Gary,
I think that the apostate and warnign feature is going to be very prominant this year. People are leaving, the tactics used by the brothers are on the internet, JW's look crazier than ever. Scientologists forbid research of critical doctrine on-line as well.
I think they are doubleing down on "protecting" the flock.
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What were your favorite assembly foods?
by NoRegrets inso i'm young enough to not remember having hot prepared meals at assemblies, but heard all about it from my parents and the like.
but what i do remember were all of the cold sandwiches and institutional snacks and soda.
remember the food tickets we started to use?
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problemaddict
Londo and Wha Happened nailed it.
At Dodger stadium it was cheese danish and pudding.
At LBC it was Roscoes on Broadway, or even Modicas for a pastrami across the street. Mmmmmmm.
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Quote Re: Elders Whose Kids Go To College Might Lose Privileges
by Justitia Themis ini seem to remember some new 'rule' that elders whose children go to college, or perhaps it was out-of-state college, should be carefully examined to see if they still qualify.. does anyone know where that is in the publications?.
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problemaddict
Don't you love how every dagger in the point begins with a question? It is so funny. Its as if to make the person think, that they are simply asking a question, and then THEY are drawing a conclusion. Its something I haven't noticed until recently.
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Watchtower Birthday Logic
by enigma1863 inthe watchtower bases their opposition to birthdays by two scriptures, saying something bad happened and god must have put it in there for a reason.
following their logic are there any other things jws shouldnt do because bad things happened in a couple of scriptures?.
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Hey FC, actually there was a WT about a year ago that made a bit of that connection, albeit with a tender touch. I believe it had to do with gluttony.
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2013 District Convention Program: Gods Word is Truth!
by bats in the belfry in.
unlike god's word, that jws believe to be absolute truth, any one of their directives given at the 2013 district convention could be subject to misinterpretation.. .
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problemaddict
Ok so lets get to the meat of this thread. Are we drawing straws to determine who goes and writes up the notes?
I mean....someone has to.
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Hello. I am new here :)
by StevenJB inhello all.. my name is dteve and i live in the uk.
i hope i can make genuine friends here and not pretend friends.....like that among jw's.. i left, went back, and have left again, but this time it is for good.
so i tried to work things out, but she carried on.
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problemaddict
Welcome Steve. I suppose the group has welcomed you even though we are FAR over our attoted amount of limeys. So the majority has spoken i suppose.
Hey man, social reasons are a reason to leave any group when someone thinks they have power over you and can say any stupid thing with impugnity. You need to take it a step further, and research our religion. Now that your mind has been freed by this act, use it to stock up on knowledge, otherwise, you will just wander back.
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Watchtower Birthday Logic
by enigma1863 inthe watchtower bases their opposition to birthdays by two scriptures, saying something bad happened and god must have put it in there for a reason.
following their logic are there any other things jws shouldnt do because bad things happened in a couple of scriptures?.
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problemaddict
Cobalt nailed it. Indoor plumbing!
Here is the set up. The explanation, is that bad things happened on those 2 days, and all scripture is inspired etc... This is besides the charge that primitive Christians didn't celebrate their birthdays which I am not even sure is true.
Anyways, there are only two mentions of indoor plumbing in the bible. Eglong (sp?) was a king that was super fat. One of Isreals judges ran his sword into his belly until he couldn't see it when he was on the .....err.....throne.
Moses mocked a false God during the test in the valley, saying he wasn't answering his prophets because he was "in the privy".
Thats it. A false God in the pooper, and a fat bad king that Jehovah killed through a judge BOTH with indoor plumbing.
That is why I dutifully dig a hole in my yard.
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More connect-the-dots madness...
by cedars inthat's right, a knife and a baby in close proximity.... .
http://www.jw.org/assets/m/ijw13fr/502013178/ijw13fr_id-502013178_e/502013178_e_cnt_1.pdf.
anything goes, so long as you're proving how "wise" king solomon was.. .
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problemaddict
Oh man. This is hilarious and sad simultaneously.
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I'm turning myself in. Lurking elders, are you listening?
by Eve Deceived ini think it's fitting for my very first post to be a thread on jw.net turning myself in to any lurking elders out there on a witch-hunt to cleanse the congregation so that god's choosen ones can "remain in god's love.
" so i'm sorry to all you awesome, truthful apostates on this site, but this thread is really intended for any lurking nazis -- i mean, the taliban -- ugh, i mean elders of the world's most "loving" cult religion.. i am an apostate.
here, i'll save you the trouble:.
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problemaddict
Hey elizabeth. A pretty prominent elder on Kauai went to the dark side several years ago. Vinny i believe was his name. He defected over the blood doctrine. You might want to look him up.
Take it easy on your family.....they are subject to a high control group and don't even know it.