Barrold Bonds

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  Conditional Love

  by Saethydd in

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  2. beliefs

  i've noticed several posts recently claiming that jw friends and family members give out conditional love.

  well, i'm not so sure that is entirely accurate, in fact, i would say they tend to be very steadfast in their love.

  the issue is this, they have been taught a poor form of love.

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  Their love is proportionate to how often you're at the meetings and out in field service. I don't do any of that anymore and I never hear from anyone except some elder who would literally call and text me at midnight for some reason. He hasn't done that in a very long time because I just straight up ignored him.

  Every once in a while I get dragged to the KH and I'm immediately hit with "Oh I've missed you. How you been? I've been thinking about you"

  All I can think is that if they really did miss me, they could easily call or something. They all have my number. I know personally if I am thinking of a friend or relative it takes about two seconds to reach out and say hi. If these people really were friends and a worldwide brotherhood they'd do the same.
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  What if Fred Franz had never existed?

  by Magnum in

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  what if fred franz had never existed?.

  those of you who weren’t around in the days when he was the oracle of jwdom or who at least aren’t familiar with the deeper publications he was responsible for probably won’t be able to comprehend the significance of the question.

  i believe he influenced jwdom greatly, and the whole feel of jwdom would have been different without him.. during the 60’s, 70’s, & 80’s (not sure about 50’s), he was considered to be almost superhuman by some (a lot?

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  It's pretty interesting to think that the vast majority of Franz' stuff isn't even considered JW doctrine anymore. Ooops. I guess God wasn't using him lol.
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  So, I watched "The Founder" today, and had a minor Revelation

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  2. friends

  in the movie's story, ray kroc, the man who is in charge of franchising mcdonalds restaurants, is finding himself in a situation where he is doing gangbusters at creating the stores, but is going broke on his contract.

  he gets help from another fast food executive who examines his books.one aspect of the business jumps out.

  the stores need land to operate on, and that money is going to the land-owners who lease the land to the stores.

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  Don't y'all remember Gene Hackman in Superman:

  "Son, stocks may rise and fall, utilities and transportation systems may collapse. People are no damn good, but they will always need land and they will pay through the nose to get it!"
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  Poopie has recieved new light from latest clam book

  by poopie in

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  on the subject welcome others the new light is i can now have limited association with df and da ones at the kingdom hall not strictl avoidance..

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  Didn't he post the same topic last week or something.
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  Any updates on Vaping?

  by longgone in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was wondering if the gb has forbidden vaping yet, so i did a search.

  there was a thread from a year ago, the comments covered all the bases i suspected the wt would come up with.

  i'm out, so it doesn't really matter to me.

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  weed has been brought before. If you have a medical marijuana card, prescription, whatever, it's ok. Apparently the demons check your wallet for it first. If you have it, they leave you alone. If don't, well buddy, you're in for a wild evening.

  edit: I remember the anti-rap stuff starting in the late 80's. I wish I could remember the article, but there was an Awake that condemned rap because (and I think I have the quote) 'they lyrics are spoken, not sung.'

  It's such an insane thing to harp on.
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  Just a dumb question. A minor was df in our cong 15 yrs old

  by poopie in

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  the question is can her mother and father who are witnesses greet her in the morning only or would they be a sharer in her wicked deeds and thus also be df for saying a greeting?.

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  It's insane that Jehovah..I mean the WTS can give minors what is essentially the death penalty. Remember that if armageddon comes and you're DFed, you're toast.
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  Marking Talks are back!?!?! - New Name!

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  when i was younger i used to hear about "marking talks" given in the past.

  i believe they stopped in the 80's or 90's.

  basically, if someone wasn't baptized or doing something unrepentant, they would get a "marking talk" and be treated the same as a df person.

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  They never went away.
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  Is obamacare to blame for all the layoffs at bethel and

  by poopie in

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  special pioneer.

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  There's no employees at Bethel so nothing about Obamacare applies to them.
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  What is the vow of poverty

  by Jafox in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was told by someone that in 2007 two members of the branch committee in greece were removed because they breached the vow of poverty.

  the matter was over a small amount, in the range of a few hundred euro.

  is there a copy of this vow available and how would this be applied here?

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  Yes if you made money from a side job you are supposed to give it to them but they would usually gift it back to you.

  I never saw anyone actually turn the money over. I guess it was an unwritten rule that no one cared about your money as long as you took a vacation day.
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  Tried my hand at creating a couple of memes. What do you think?

  by nicolaou in

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  just a bit of fun..

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  those aren't very dank