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  Manmade rules

  by Jrjw in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was talking to someone a few years ago and he said in his congregation they have a rail of white shirts prepared in the cloakroom for if a speaker doesn't have a white shirt on.

  it was a rule in their hall that all brothers in the platform must wear white shirts when going talks and if the speaker won't comply when asked to change into the shirt they provide an elder in the congregation will do the talk instead.

  i have never known any other halls do it so it must be a rule the elders have made up without gb input.

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  Discreet holding of hands was ok in my hall but not putting your arms around each other
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  Funniest or strangest thing to happen to you when knocking on a door

  by usualusername1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  what is the funniest or strangest thing to happen to you or your partner when knocking on doors?.

  mine was seeing a greenhouse with mannequins inside.

  scary...paul.

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  When I was about 23 me and another sister who was about 20 knocked on a door and a man answered but only popped his head around the Door coz he was naked, don't think he realised we could see him in the full length mirror at the end of the hallway. We went red and rushed through the presentation and when he shut the door were were doubled over laughing and then told the others working with us in the street and they were doubled over laughing too
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  Manmade rules

  by Jrjw in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was talking to someone a few years ago and he said in his congregation they have a rail of white shirts prepared in the cloakroom for if a speaker doesn't have a white shirt on.

  it was a rule in their hall that all brothers in the platform must wear white shirts when going talks and if the speaker won't comply when asked to change into the shirt they provide an elder in the congregation will do the talk instead.

  i have never known any other halls do it so it must be a rule the elders have made up without gb input.

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  I was talking to someone a few years ago and he said in his congregation they have a rail of white shirts prepared in the cloakroom for if a speaker doesn't have a white shirt on. It was a rule in their hall that all brothers in the platform must wear white shirts when going talks and if the speaker won't comply when asked to change into the shirt they provide an elder in the congregation will do the talk instead. I have never known any other halls do it so it must be a rule the elders have made up without GB input. Does anyone know of other elder made rules that are unique to their hall?
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  Brotherly love in action..

  by Jrjw in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm so upset and angry at the same time.

  i move in less than 2 weeks and was supposed to be getting help off "brothers" to move and one of them was driving the van and now the elders have had a meeting and told the brothers they can't help coz i'm separated from my (abusive) jw husband and with moving it puts the chances of reconciliation (of which there was zero chance) even further away.

  where are these stupid rules that they come up with.

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  I've learned that first hand. I'd never do to someone what they've so lovingly done to me and I can't imagine most non jws would do it either
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  Brotherly love in action..

  by Jrjw in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm so upset and angry at the same time.

  i move in less than 2 weeks and was supposed to be getting help off "brothers" to move and one of them was driving the van and now the elders have had a meeting and told the brothers they can't help coz i'm separated from my (abusive) jw husband and with moving it puts the chances of reconciliation (of which there was zero chance) even further away.

  where are these stupid rules that they come up with.

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  Wake me up - it'll take me a long time to unconditional my brain from this religion never mind moving onto another one lol. Jws go on about how much you can trust your brothers and not those in the world, to make your yes mean yes no matter how difficult a situation you're put in to carry it out and you help and love your brother and neighbour.... they speak a load of ****!!
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  Brotherly love in action..

  by Jrjw in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm so upset and angry at the same time.

  i move in less than 2 weeks and was supposed to be getting help off "brothers" to move and one of them was driving the van and now the elders have had a meeting and told the brothers they can't help coz i'm separated from my (abusive) jw husband and with moving it puts the chances of reconciliation (of which there was zero chance) even further away.

  where are these stupid rules that they come up with.

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  Vanderhoven7 - I've just emailed the local Baptist church up there to see if I can attend the toddler groups to make friends. Think the reverend or whoever it is would be disgusted if i told my story of how I've been treated by jws and how hurt i am
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  Brotherly love in action..

  by Jrjw in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm so upset and angry at the same time.

  i move in less than 2 weeks and was supposed to be getting help off "brothers" to move and one of them was driving the van and now the elders have had a meeting and told the brothers they can't help coz i'm separated from my (abusive) jw husband and with moving it puts the chances of reconciliation (of which there was zero chance) even further away.

  where are these stupid rules that they come up with.

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  A few family members and an ex witness friend who I got back in touch with just last week are trying to come up with something. My family are disgusted. My aim once I move is to make some new non jw friends and then I'm handing my letter in to disassociate myself.

  The society makes out you have this great family in the "truth" who'll do anything to help each other..... Yeah right!! Even though I'm leaving society anyway im still hurt coz they're supposed to have been my friends these 12 years and they treat me like this when I'm not inactive yet or disassociated or disfellowshiped. Thoght I had real friends and tonight I've learned I don't.
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  Brotherly love in action..

  by Jrjw in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm so upset and angry at the same time.

  i move in less than 2 weeks and was supposed to be getting help off "brothers" to move and one of them was driving the van and now the elders have had a meeting and told the brothers they can't help coz i'm separated from my (abusive) jw husband and with moving it puts the chances of reconciliation (of which there was zero chance) even further away.

  where are these stupid rules that they come up with.

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  I'm so upset and angry at the same time. I move in less than 2 weeks and was supposed to be getting help off "brothers" to move and one of them was driving the van and now the elders have had a meeting and told the brothers they can't help coz I'm separated from my (abusive) jw husband and with moving it puts the chances of reconciliation (of which there was zero chance) even further away. Where are these stupid rules that they come up with. These are supposed to be good friends that I've known and helped for 12 years. Shows how conditional friendship is in this religion. I have just over a week to come up with a way to move my stuff now
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  If The Governing Body Gave Running The Corporation Over To AI?

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what if the gb in desperation gave over their position as god(guardians of doctrine) and allowed ai to do a complete make over of policies to bring back profitability and avoid bankruptcy.. what kind of changes do you think artificial intelligence with some very good deep mind learning algorithm would make to policies to shield the corporation from further lawsuit in the future.

  what type of policies would it develop in short order to save this corporation from going belly up?

  what type of investments and divestments would it recommend in order to bring it back to financial solvency.. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/google-ai-robot-answers-the-meaning-of-life-and-tells-humans-how-to-be-good-10353668.html.

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  Just change their all their pagan teachings to the opposite of what they are now and allow people to do all the main holidays but not for religious reasons. I don't think a lot of people do xmas or Easter for the religious side of things now. Change their disfellowshiping policy so people aren't badly shunned coz it deeply scars people and tears families apart
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  Catch up

  by Jrjw in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  facebook is great for finding old friends.

  i found a friend who is an ex witness who i haven't seen for about 7 years coz she left the society and we lost touch and i got in contact with her the other day on facebook and she came for tea earlier and we had a great time talking about experiences of the wts and it's strange doctrines and remembering our school days.

  we chatted for about 5 hours and are going to keep in touch.

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  I only use it to keep In touch with my brother abroad i don't post personal stuff. Cant stand people that post their day step by step