The biggest reason for shunning may be to keep those who think they have “the truth” from those who would love to explain why they are sadly mistaken. That seems to explain why family members can still discuss family business but are not allowed to discuss “spiritual matters”.
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Staying a Jehovah's Witness
by lriddle80 inwhy the shunning if someone leaves?
why are they working so hard to keep everyone in?
is it money?
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Have you watched the Smallfoot movie?
by Theonlyoneleft inso relatable to jw’s.. a funny children’s movie that has a song called “perfection”.. one part goes like this “ if there's a question, causing you to go astray, just stuff it down inside until it goes away”.. poignant song.
check it here:.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d08rlbruoco.
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User99
Yes! We just watched Smallfoot the other day. Definitely thought about my JW past!
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Reddit Post: Watchtower Appeals to Supreme Court
by APieceOfShitNamedTate infrom john redwood.... a preview of upcoming news:.
jehovah's witnesses are appealing to the supreme court of the united states, but this time it has nothing to do with preaching or saluting the flag.. it's all about child abuse.. specifically, the protection (or cover-up) of information, documents, and testimony of persons involved in cases of child abuse.. i will be covering this story in the coming weeks and months, but i thought i would share some of this news and try to distill it down as simply as i can.. i'd like to point out first that watchower has appealed to the supreme court in connection with their loss of yet another california child abuse case.
the chance that watchtower's appeal being will be heard by the supreme court is slim, but anything is possible.. what brought this about?.
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User99
Maybe this is a fulfillment for the “man of lawlessness” being revealed?
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Brand New Shoes
by APieceOfShitNamedTate ini'm debuting these at the meeting sunday.
all the other brothers will be jealous of me, and all of the sisters will want to date me with a view to marriage.
don't try to talk me out of it.
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User99
You have a fine skill with carving sweet potato skins.
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Does Anyone Remember Mr. Coffee
by new boy inthe apostate that hung around bethel back in the early 1970's.. i talk about "the frog" and "lady margret" in my book but knew nothing about "mr. coffee".
any help please.
new boy.
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User99
Yes, I remember visiting Bethel around the mid 1980s. I was told that “Mr. Coffee” was an outspoken apostate and to avoid him. He was walking the streets just outside Brooklyn Bethel. He would be critical about coffee, then change the topic to Michael Jackson or whatever would capture the attention of onlookers.
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Watchtower Resource!
by Atlantis inwatchtower resource.. .
the watchtower is selling more than just kingdom halls.. .
https://wtresource.com/ .
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User99
Instead of paying their price, how about if we use the donation arrangement?
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When did jws start viewing the "worldly" as bad associates?
by nowawake14 inany of you that had been in the organization for decades are welcome to answer.
really, who started this craziness?.
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User99
Tameria2001 - your last sentence said it all!
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2019-March-File!
by Atlantis in2019-march-announcements and reminders.. https://we.tl/t-ezzkzv9q6n petra!
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User99
There are two highlights that I noticed. The loving provision of donate.JW.org and another book being approved for removal from the library.
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Society Ditches Older Publications
by new boy init has been reported that many of the older publications are being dumped.
the watchtower bible and truck society have a long list of books, pamphlets and brochures that are no longer available either in print or in their data base on their web sight.
of course the reason is that this books have a lot of old information that is incorrect, false prophecies, flip flops and a lot of "new light" that became old light.
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User99
So spiritual food has a “best if used by” or an expiration date, just like supermarket perishables!
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Whom shall we follow for Bible-based truths?
by RULES & REGULATIONS inwatchtower february 15, 1981, pages 16-19 .
do we need help to understand the bible?.
true, the brothers preparing these publications are not infallible.
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User99
This is one of their teachings that convinced me to realize TTATT. If the light continually gets brighter, then why are there flip-flops in doctrinal teachings? For instance, the superior authorities understanding had changed, then changed again, and then change back, a number of times. If the light continually got brighter, there would be no flip-flops.