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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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  baker

  I don't go out anymore with my spouse to restaurants because of this time counting requirement. I felt sorry for whichever waiter or waitress that approached us, cause I knew she was ready to "bend" their ear and place a tract. Once in a while a waiter would say they had a relative who was a JW, and this info was fuel for her to annoy the waiter and I even further, to just reach out to them and "study". I just gave up going anywhere, cause I just cringe when I see the tracts come out. Ive come to enjoy stopping at Mcd or whereever to eat alone in peace, and if someone approaches me with a tract, lookout...
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  Hourly vs Salary which is better?

  by hoser in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am hourly.

  what are the pros and cons of hourly or salary?.

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  baker

  As an hourly worker, I have filled in for vacationing managers and you do have more responsibility, but you are on the honor system. If you are running everything smoothly, it wasn't uncommon to be the manager from the 14th tee! Great perks.
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  What was the biggest hypocrisy you have seen while a witness?

  by HereIgo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have far too many to name, however, i have noticed obscene music, cussing, lying and secretive gambling to name a few.

  thoughts?.

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  baker

  watching an elder tell the great crowd to go and watch Splain to explain the overlaping generation on jw.broadcasting.org and chuckle about it
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  What's The First "Worldly" Thing You Did When You Exited The Cult?

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when you finally and officially exited the cult, whether it be by disfellowshipping, disassociating or fading - what was the first things you did that are considered "worldly"?.

  for me, it was like crash landing on another planet that looked like earth but was completely different to the earth i knew.

  i wanted to learn everything that i thought i already knew.. first things i did:.

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  baker

  posted birthday pictures on fb showing it is a lot of fun!
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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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  baker

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd-AMiyfkJ0
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  the new understanding

  by heathen in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi guys , i know i was never a favorite here and haven't posted in awhile ... question .

  what do you think of the new understanding of , " this generation " they seem to go in circles on this one big time , once 1914 generation was almost gone they said they didn't know what it meant and now in the new publication the generation includes the second generation after 1914 .... i agree they don't know what they are talking about and this is just another control move .

  any comments ?.

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  baker

  And when the 2nd group expires, they will say 3rd group and keep it up till all have left.
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  What's The First "Worldly" Thing You Did When You Exited The Cult?

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when you finally and officially exited the cult, whether it be by disfellowshipping, disassociating or fading - what was the first things you did that are considered "worldly"?.

  for me, it was like crash landing on another planet that looked like earth but was completely different to the earth i knew.

  i wanted to learn everything that i thought i already knew.. first things i did:.

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  baker

  said Happy Birthday on all FB friends when they came up. Sneaky way to notify all
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  Will they change the Yearbook format?

  by freddo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  pure speculation here but i'm wondering if - with the numbers flat-lining - that the gb will stop giving country by country stats, or perhaps at least some of the statistics.. we used to get a monthly stat in the km - then that was "simplified" to "highlights".

  only the "good" stuff.

  then with the new clam workbook, no stats at all.. i wonder if the yearbook will soon only contain "positive" spun stats.

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  baker

  The videos they showed this summer "prove" that the big A is not just around the corner, but it is banging on the basement door.
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  What is the purpose of life?

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  while reading the magazines the other day it occurred to me that jws never really had a very good answer to that question.

  because it was aimed at young people and it said something along the lines, "if you believe in god you have a purpose, but if you don't believe in god your life has no purpose or meaning".

  i think that is a faulty analysis of the situation.

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  baker

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFVzql3qoe4
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  any Near death experiences any one can relate

  by baker in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbkgj5j91he.

  this is as close as it gets to the other side....

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  baker

  http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/12/seeing-god-in-the-third-millennium/266134/

  Its all created in the brain...