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  phone scams

  by zeb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i received a phone call, "is that (name)?".

  i was working my way around a car park and answered.

  "yeah hang on" at which the caller hung up.. this is a scam where they are wanting you to confirm who you are so they can move on identity theft.. the voice was male clear like a professional announcer.. i have reported this to the relevant authorities.. i have also frozen my bank account..

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  Why do you even take calls from unknown numbers? I certainly don't. Problem solved.
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  March Broadcast Governing Body Truly Enjoy our new Facility Warwick

  by Buster k in

  1. social
  2. current

  hello everyone first post, i will leave my whole story for another post.

  but i would like to say hello to everyone and wish everyone here much love and support.

  and i should also note of my self i might say things that are odd or makes no sense, but then that is my humour.

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  No, but the Governing Body would wear an Apple Watch on their tv show.
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  Craziest thing you ever did during intermission at a Circuit Assembly

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  1970 - there was a local drag strip a few miles away from the hall rented for the circuit assembly.

  i was 18 , tim o. was 16 and wayne d. was 18. wayne had a 1955 chevy 4 door, 6 cylinder and fresh paint job.

  tim had his dad'ss 1965 chevy half ton.

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  Walked up to the C.O. in front of several dozen people, got into a heated discussion about a pedophile situation that he and I had already discussed in private. Is that crazy?
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  Last installment of the Scientology series tonight on A & E

  by nonjwspouse in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  10 pm est on arts and entertainment channel.

  where leah began with the idea of just a few shows, i think she is now taking this on for "as long as it takes".

  she is in that mode of being outraged that what she believed in so long is such a lie she wants to shout it from the rooftops, and get people to notice.

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  No Apologies

  Personally I find her very annoying. Listening to her voice is like nails on a chalkboard. She seems to think way too much of herself. Just don't like her. She acted like she was a big deal when she was a Scientologist, now she's proud of the fact that she figured out it was a cult. Like she was the first to do that.

  As as far as "exposing" them, what rock have people been living under that they didn't know Scientology is a cult??? Their beliefs and tactics have been documented and publicized for decades.
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  Demonizes medical techniques and jws

  by Crazyguy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i remember in the 70s and 80s kenisalogy ( spelled wrong) was talked about as being demonized and wrong.

  for those of you not familiar with the term it was used to describe alternative medical techniques used by some.

  these could include massage techniques for healing, acupuncture, cranial sacral , aroma therapy, acupressure, etc etc... so my daughter has been dealing with a very painful condition and western medical has only one solution which is a bad one so we have been searching and using some of these other types of medical treatment along with a couple of others that are unique and would maybe fall under the umbrella of this term.

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  Lots of JWs I knew are very much into the "alternative" medicine nonsense. There used to be a JW chiropractor here in the Twin Cities that was very popular. My ex-wife and her family were regular patients. He was very big into the homeopathy and muscle testing.

  When you are in a group where critical thinking is discouraged, this is the result.
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  JW Ideal candidates for Life Insurance?

  by MNLifeAgent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am not a jehovah's witness, although i do respect your religion entirely.

  i am 27 years old, and live in minnesota.

  i have an older cousin, who's mother (not with my uncle -separated when my cousin was a baby) had been a witness, grew up in your word, and about 12 years ago she fully converted.

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  No Apologies

  MNLifeAgent: I stand by all my comments. Your only purpose in posting here is to do market research. Take it somewhere else.

  Also, I'm not thousands of miles away. I live in the Twin Cities, I have lived in Minnesota most of my life.
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  JW Ideal candidates for Life Insurance?

  by MNLifeAgent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am not a jehovah's witness, although i do respect your religion entirely.

  i am 27 years old, and live in minnesota.

  i have an older cousin, who's mother (not with my uncle -separated when my cousin was a baby) had been a witness, grew up in your word, and about 12 years ago she fully converted.

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  This forum is intended to be a place to discuss JW issues, not to be a marketing tool for some half baked sales pitch. You clearly are not interested in contributing in any meaningful way to the forum, you're trying to find a new line of business. I find this thread topic and most of your ignorant comments offensive.
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  Need input: elders showed up at our door today

  by de-opresso-liber in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so as i announced last week, my wife and i started our fade and i sent in a letter to our body that i was stepping down and cited the arc as the reason and insisted that we not be bothered.

  my wife told a few relatives in person that we weren't going to attend meetings any longer (immediate shunning occurred, the new videos must be effective) and that what we found with the arc shocked us etc etc.

  i have an inside track on how this is all going down by an awake elder on the body, co told them to handle the matter quickly.

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  Sending a letter to the elders telling them about ARC is not how you fade. It's one step away from sending a DA latter. Expect to be shunned by the majority of your JW acquaintances.
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  What if all JWs had put off having children?

  by keyser soze in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  could the religion have survived?.

  i know it was never forbidden, but i remember growing up, how we were encouraged to put it off until the new system, and instead focus on a career in the full time service.. can you imagine if every young jw had chosen to follow that counsel?

  it's difficult to imagine the religion being sustainable without the next generation of born-ins..

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  Blonde thanks for the quotes. I knew the talk against child-bearing was big back in the eighties when I was newly married and pioneering. I didn't realize there were more recent admonitions on the privilege of remaining childless.

  I know I was surprised when my JW niece told me a couple years ago she was planning to have a second child. I had never before heard a JW talk about choosing to have a child.
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  Letter about changes in book 100 year kingdom

  by Rather Be the Hammer in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  yesterday a letter was read in our congregation.

  it said that there have been doctrinal changes in many chapters of the book 'god's kingdom rules' so everyone but especially the conductor must be sure to use the latest update of the book.. this book is only ...how old?

  two years?

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  No Apologies

  We've always been at war with Eastasia.