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  Are Jehovah’s Witnesses a Cult?

  by Tahoe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i realize this is an older posting on jw.org, but i’d come across it again after reading holden’s thread.

  quoted below, so no need to visit the website.. _______________________________________________________.

  no, jehovah’s witnesses are not a cult.

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  User99

  Matthew 26:64: “You yourself said it.”
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  Too Many Categories That Most People Fall Into ... L G B T Q C G D ... I Get Confused

  by RubaDub in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it seems like we are all getting pigeon-holed into a category that may or may not be applicable to us.

  personally, i am a "d" but i am sure there are a few (though statistically insignificant) who would otherwise fall into an "o" or other category.. it just seems like society needs to label us in the l g b t q c g d communities.. rub a dub.

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  User99

  Do you mean besides Disfellowshipped?
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  Treatment of families

  by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  has anyone experienced that family members of the general flock and those of the elders were treated differently, unfairly, or just put on a pedestal just coz they were elders kids?

  where i grew up ,elders kids used to steal from their dads wallet right in fron t of us , and say to us that " if you say anything no one will believe you, i am the elders son".this went on from bad to worse , he grew up a constant liar, wore earrings to college and questionable association and clothes, involved in all things worldly.

  .i know this coz he had a worldy friend who lived next door to me.this neighbors house was his go to for a double standard life style.

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  User99

  If you want to be bold about it and call him out on it, you can take advantage of the next time that you’re assigned a talk. You can play the marking game, just like the elders do. Call out the type of action in your talk. Make it specific enough so that people get the point. But don’t mention any names. If I were still in, that’s what I would have done.
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  Things you will never hear a good Jehovah’s Witness say (to another Jehovah’s Witness)

  by hoser in

  1. social
  2. humour

  i’ll start it off.

  boy did we get drunk last night.

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  User99

  “I was hoping that we could go through the old Ezekiel book or Revelation book again .”
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  kingdom halls

  by pepperheart in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  do you think the watchtower will sell off any more kingdom hall after the 3,000 have been sold of and why do you think that.

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  Why, did you want to buy one?

  I’m waiting for the Armageddon sale prices, personally.
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  You're in the Army Now: Jehovah's Witnesses No Longer Exempt From Finnish Draft

  by Tahoe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://sputniknews.com/europe/201809211068220658-finland-jehovah-witnesses-army/.

  the finnish government has ruled that the current law allowing jehovah's witnesses to avoid military service, in place for several decades, is discriminatory and contradicts the constitution.. .

  in the future, finnish jehovah's witnesses* will be obliged to either serve in the nation's military or perform civil service on the same terms as everyone else, the government ruled, submitting a corresponding proposal to parliament, national broadcaster yle reported.. according to the 1987 law, jehovah's witnesses were not only freed from the military draft, they were freed of any obligation to perform community service as a pacifist alternative, a common option among other young people in finland.

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  Well, if it’s not for religious reasons that they want to avoid the draft, why would it be? Possibly because the young men at Bethel might be taken away from them, and there goes their free labor?
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  My stand up comedy two years later

  by usualusername1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  two years ago i started stand up comedy.

  here is a recent video.

  thx.

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  User99

  You get a G for audience contact and use of notes. We look forward to your next assignment!
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  Carts on both ends of the farmersmarket

  by Still Totally ADD in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my wife and me have a booth at the local framers market.

  there is usually about 12 t0 14 vendors each week on a small short street in town.

  what is funny on each end of this short street are cart setups with 3 people on each cart.

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  User99

  It looks like the JWs found a new, convenient use for the wheels on their carts. You never know when you’ll need to escape quickly!
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  Donating Online

  by Saltheart Foamfollower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have just heard that the local needs item next week in the uk is to be about a new arrangement for donating online.

  details will be in the september announcements letter due out on sept 3rd.

  speculate at will!.

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  User99

  That ranks right up there with one of my all-time favorites: a local needs part at the meeting, with loving reminders (addressed to all of the regular attendees) about the importance of attending the meetings.
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  How many JDubs would believe this ridiculous statement?

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  a circuit overseer or a member of the gibbering body is giving a talk about demonism and he says the following, "there was an elder in a congregation in california who let his 8-year-old daughter watch disney movies that involved witches, gremlins, magic, and sorcery.

  many may feel that they are harmless movies and are just entertainment.

  well, the 8-year-old daughter actually brought a blue smurf doll to the public talk and watchtower study.

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  I would have to check with Papa Smurf to see if it really happened. I mean, he’s probably the wisest Smurf, right?