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Can someone remind me the reason's you could be disfellowshipped?
by SydBarrett in
1. jw
2. friends
the only reasons i can remember are smoking, sexual immorality and of course, apostasy.

there must be others but having been out since 1990, i'm drawing a blank.

i was thinking perhaps serious criminal offenses that result in prison, but then i remembered a brother in my congregation in the 1980's who went to prison.
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Sorry I have been quiet as of late...
by ukpimo in
1. jw
2. friends
this website is an invaluable source of knowledge for me in my deconstruction journey as i gradually fade away from the org.

i absolutely love it here.. however, i haven't been very well as of late.

and i make an effort to bring a sad little message.
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Special Talk just prior to the Memorial
by Acluetofindtheuser in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
is the sunday special talk prior to the memorial just an introduction of a new outline for the sunday public talks?.

is it an attempt to get the faders back to the meetings?

they present in a way like some new light is going to be presented at the special talk..
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Damon Wayans witnesses in interview
by neat blue dog in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
jws have been loving this & sharing on social media, millions of views in the last few days.

damon does have some light swearing here and there, but he claims to be a practicing jw and gives the whole witness theology about the signs of the last days & breaking down the words of the lord's prayer regarding god's will being done on earth.. starts at the 28:55 mark.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfhnlqfuadw.
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Inviting People to Meetings
by HereIam60 in
1. jw
2. experiences
the current memorial invitation campaign got me thinking about the few times over the years that someone i invited to a meeting actually came: .

1) once when i was "new", i invited a friend to a sunday meeting.

neither of us drove, so the brother conducting my study picked us up.
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What "message" does the J.W Org. have to offer that will attract new members ?
by Phizzy in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the message they have been pushing for 150 years or so is "the end is near !"..

in the educated, civilised world, people think " yea ?

maybe because of economic meltdown exacerbated by climate change, but not from some intervention by a non-existent god".. "would you like a free bible study ?
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Trump Tariffs started today, Some Countries Caved in early morning.
by liam in
1. social
2. current
usa politicians in charge of the economy for the past 50 years were too stupid to understand how the economy works.

this just proves my theory, that an education on the top tier universities just sucks and means nothing in the real world, unless its in the stem education.

for 50 years usa had zero tariffs on other countries.
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1/2 of the Jehovah’s witnesses have gone
by hoser in
1. jw
2. friends
there are 1/2 of the jehovah’s witnesses that there were 30 years ago in my area.

some have left but i think that many have died and none of their kids stayed being jehovah’s witnesses.

7 congregations have been dissolved over the years.
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I was going to write a new topic ... but now I just can't be bothered
by no-zombie in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was going to write a new topic but now i just can't be bothered ... and i'll tell you why.. on my facebook feed a few days ago, i saw an interview of a couple of onlyfans girls, who said that they were active christians that attended church weekly.

and while i was going to spend some time writing about the virtues of our faith's strict moral standards ... i now understand that i'd only be flamed as a watchtower apologist.. that being said, out of the approximately 4 million onlyfan girls out there ... it obvious, that none are jehovah's witnesses..
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Are There any JW Teaching that you DO Agree With?
by NotFormer in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
(apologies for the typo in the title.

"teaching" should read "teachings".

i misread vanderhoven7's most recent post as being the above.