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  Bad Association: what were your experiences with being labeled this as a young JW?

  by Jason Melita in

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  2. experiences

  please share your experiences with being labeled as "bad association".

  i was labelled with limted and distasteful association after i was caught smoking pot at school with some of my friends ( i am not condoning drug taking as a teenager, drug experimentation if possible should be kept until after you have finished developing into adulthood) thanks and look forward to your stories........

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  I was considered a bad association for most of my JW life, which was from when I was born up to my early childhood. I remember people talking crap about my "bad behavior" when I was about 9. Most of the times they talked among themselves about me without letting me know why, so I never knew the specific excuse they used for the label.
  
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  Elder's remark about contributions not being made

  by Simon Templar in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am still in and was assigned to collect the contribution after the meeting.

  i checked the boxes with another brother and there was nothing inside.

  no contributions were made that day.

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  I agree with NewYork44M. Normally a few contribute and the rest have the right attitude, I mean, don't contribute.
  
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  The J.W fishpond of marriage mates! How many of us married a idiot!! No choice.

  by Witness 007 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  what a horror.

  instead of there being "more fish in the sea" our marriage mates came from the small and crapy witness pond.

  anyone got burned by going with mr or mrs you will have to do?

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  What a horror. Instead of there being "more fish in the SEA" our marriage mates came from the small and crapy Witness pond. Anyone got burned by going with Mr or Mrs you will have to do?

  I guess than in a away I was the crappy fish in the witnesses pond. I had a JW girlfriend out of people in the congregation pressuring me, stupidly believing that somehow having a girlfriend will make me forget that I am gay. I'm still baffled about the rationale behind it, but whatever. I had a JW girlfriend and a not-so-JW boyfriend at the same time. To me it was just a matter of choosing whichever girl, as my congregation was full of single desperate women more than happy to lower their standards for a JW man.
  

  I had the decency of breaking up with her and starting the process of fading soon after, so she had the chance to choose another fish from the crappy pond.
  
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  Did your congregation rehearse service meeting parts?

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was just thinking back to some parts i conducted.

  when other publishers were involved in the part, its success often depended on how well rehearsed the participants were.

  timing, proper interplay of dialogue, dramatic impact, etc.. as the one giving the part or as one drafted to do a demo, did your elders require rehearsals?.

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  In some instances I remember that being the case, but not all the time. Some times I remember my father going out to rehearse some parts, and my mother too, though my mother never stuck to any script.
  
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  Counting time

  by Emma in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i may not have put this in the correct spot, but i do think it's scandalous the way time gets counted now.

  i've seen a cart at the edge of our farmer's market, never anyone close enough to talk.

  yesterday was a drizzly day and there were two carts set up, covered in plastic, "witnessing" on their own.

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  I'm actually all for it. JWs have plenty to deal with all the WT nonsense. It's good that they have some slack.
  
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  Campaign to invite people to meetings

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just found out last night that our congo is starting a campaign to invite interested people to meetings.

  the instructions for the campaign clear out that "interested" people are not just those whom we visit often or have bible studies with.

  it includes and random stranger we may talk to and who may show a hint of interest on the religion.

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  What am I missing? How is that campaign different from what they always do?
  
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  Livestream! Memorial Service for JW George Kraynak - Sat 1 Oct 2016

  by darkspilver in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this coming saturday!.

  memorial service for jehovah's witness george kraynak.

  being broadcast worldwide as a livestream direct from the sharon kingdom hall of jehovah's witnesses at 2885 hann hill rd, hermitage, pennsylvania usa.

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  A memorial for a person other than their Jesus? Hmmm... things really have changed a lot.
  
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  WT 1/2017: "Why is the Bible sometimes misunderstood?"

  by Schnufti in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the bible is designed to be understood by those who are humble and willing to learn.

  jesus said to his father: “i publicly praise you, father, lord of heaven and earth, because you have carefully hidden these things from wise and intellectual ones and have revealed them to young children.” (luke 10:21) the bible is written in such a way that only those with the right attitude would understand its message.

  people with a proud attitude—a common trait of “wise and intellectual ones”—tend to misunderstand the bible.

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  What would you say to JWs as an answer to the claims in that article?
  

  The same that I say to everything else they claim: useless nonsense.

  As for the bible, I agree that the entire concept of having a bible is nonsense too, especially considering when and how it was compiled.

  Not only the bible is an old, obsolete and useless book, but there are many people like me who don't need a book to know to be a decent human being.
  
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  ls homosexuality really normal?

  by atomant in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  l know animals do it but their animals.they dont live by a moral code.the thought of 2 men going for it is not normal.what are your thoughts?.

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  l know animals do it but their animals.They dont live by a moral code.The thought of 2 men going for it is not normal.What are your thoughts?
  

  My thoughts are to go fuck yourself. Stop treating gay people like you are entitled to have a saying about who we are. You don't need to justify your sexuality; I don't have to justify mine. Enough of that shit.
  
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  According to one JW there can only be 1 of 3 reasons why you left.

  by Bonsai in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i asked an old jw friend of mine why so many baptized individuals leave the jw religion.

  "did it ever occur to you, old friend, that maybe they know something that you don't know and have valid reasons for leaving?

  ", i asked.. his response set me back for an answer.

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  Let's see...

  ...The vast majority of those who leave the truth do it for one of three reasons:
  

  1). They want to go out and fornicate, or are already fornicating, get caught and leave.

  Checked.

  2). They have homosexual desires and finally go out and decide to act on those desires.

  Double checked - actually, I "acted on my desires" while I was still in (oh, the brothers...) - multiple checked.

  3). They've been stumbled and their pride pushes them out."

  BS. - Not checked.

  Obviously, they are in complete denial about many of the real reasons why people leave.

  I remember what I said to a former friend who was a JW and he was also my coworker. He asked me why I wasn't attending meetings anymore. My reply was "because bad associations spoil good habits".