Thanks Seeker,
Was this in a recent WT or KM? I hadn't heard.
TheStar
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What is this 15 min new minimum about?
by lydia inthis is the first i've heard about this - but i may be behind ( as usuual.
but do i understand that the borg has now lowered the minimum hours of service some more??
what are the requirements now for a full time pioneer??.
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What is this 15 min new minimum about?
by lydia inthis is the first i've heard about this - but i may be behind ( as usuual.
but do i understand that the borg has now lowered the minimum hours of service some more??
what are the requirements now for a full time pioneer??.
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TheStar
I'd like someone to please seriously explain this as well.
I've seen a few remarks and jokes made about this around here but I don't understand what you guys are talking about. I haven't heard of anything having to do with preaching for 15 minutes. Did I miss something? You guys must have talked about it on some weekend I couldn't come in to the forum.
Will someone kindly explain it to me please?
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Seen Gilwarrior?
by Satanus inhas anyone communicated with him lately?
he hasn't posted here for a few months.
was he moving, or something?
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TheStar
SS,
Quite frankly I'm worried about him. The last time I talked to him, he was a bit down and I haven't heard from him since.
If anyone knows anything please let us know! He gave me his cell number once and I have lost it! I hope he is ok.
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why disfellowship homosexuals . . .
by raven101 inwhy does the organization disfellowship homosexuals when tho homosexuality is against 'biblical' mores it is not illegal and it is an issue involving consenting adults .
.. whereas pedophilia is not only illegal and immoral by societal and biblical standards but is an act of the worst kind of assault inflicted on an innocent helpless child by an accountable adult?.
just wondering... raven101.
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TheStar
Joel,
I think your #1 should read: JWs do not disfellowship homosexuals for being homosexuals but they DF you for living as a homosexual. IE: You can never have any kind of romantic relationship with someone of the same sex, you can never date someone of the same sex or get married to someone of the same sex.
This has recently happened to a good friend of mine. She was df'd simply because she had to be true to herself and not live her life as something she is not. She is a homosexual and one elder on her JC told her that the problem wasn't that she is homosexual but that she acted on those feelings.
They expect anyone that is homosexual to live a lie, to live as a heterosexual or single forever otherwise be disfellowshiped.
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TheStar
Which book Yerusalyim? The advertisement changes everytime someone clicks on your thread.
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TheStar
ROLFLOL @ Mozzer4Life!!!! Too funny...
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A huge THANK YOU from shunned
by shunned ini wanted to thank everyone, for giving me the most awesome unconditional welcome i have ever had.
my brother (((((zev)))))) told me there were people like us, but i never realized how many there are.
thank you victor for the margarita, my favorite!!!!!.
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TheStar
I missed the party too! Sorry, I wasn't around yesterday. Nice to have you here! Hope to hear more from you.
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Order of Importance: WT over the Bible
by Jourles incan you find the society's visual ranking of importance?.
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TheStar
Oh wait! Watchtower is on more than one building. Further Watchtower and Awake appear on the same side as "Read God's work daily" but "Read the Watchtower and Awake" are displayed up high on that building and "Read God's word daily" is way down low almost out of site.
Is this right?
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Order of Importance: WT over the Bible
by Jourles incan you find the society's visual ranking of importance?.
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TheStar
I definately notice the big WATCHTOWER sign before I see the "Read your bible daily one." It's hardly visible from that angle, if I didn't know it was there I'd completely miss it. Does the Watchtower sign appear bigger even from the front angle of the "Read your bible daily" sign? The letters do appear to be much bigger.
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What "hooked" you?
by roybatty inim not sure if this has been discussed before but id be interested to read some comments from those who became jws later in life.
what caught your attention and sucked you in?.
my parents became jws when i was 5 years old, so it was pretty much the only way of life that i knew.
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TheStar
I'm almost too embarrassed to share my story... but here it is... maybe it'll help a lurker.
I had never done any kind of theological research. I was at a very vulnerable point in my life, my boyfriend of 5 years (whom was raised a JW but never was baptized) had broken up with me. I was mortified by it and felt I needed to find God. Thanks to him I decided to look into the JW faith, hoping it would help me understand him better and give me an answer to why he could have broken up with me after 5 years of dedicating myself completely to him. They gave me easy answers to hard questions, they convinced me they were God's only chosen organization. After all, I had never talked to anyone of any other religion that could explain the scriptures so well and I knew it was true that no other religion offered free home bible studies. This to me showed clearly that they had to be the right religion.
Yes, I was entirely ignorant, gullible and stupid. I didn't do the research… I didn't question enough. I needed hope, they gave it to me and I just ate it up.
If I could do it all over again....
Oh in case any of you wonder, no I didn't end up with that guy. I studied and got baptized and he left me anyway. As far as I know he has never gotten baptized. I'm entirely grateful I didn't end up with him though, he was an alcoholic in major denial, probably resulting from the JW upbringing.