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  I want to carry the microphones"

  by stillin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this was the reason that our 12 year old son gave us for wanting to be baptized.

  my wife and i actually agreed that he should wait a little longer, thank god!

  by the time he was 13 he was running wild.

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  So Stillin, if both of your kids are non-jw, what's keeping you "in" other than your wife? Just curious, thanks for letting me ask.
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  The new LDC / RBC Requirements

  by DwainBowman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the new ldc / rbc.

  requirements.

  there are many requirements, but when you get to the end of the form.

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  Dwain, I think you have to carry an RBC (or whatever it's called now) card to count your time. Apparently the time spent by "publishers" has such low value as to be ineligible for the monthly report.
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  Coping With Atheism (Long-ish Post...sorry!)

  by humblepotato in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  long time lurker (2009-ish), first time poster.

  first of all, i want to say thank you everyone who contributes to these boards and provokes stimulating conversations and thought processes.

  all the opinions and different perspectives are very enlightening.

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  Freemindfade, great list! So true.

  Snare, I so agree with your comment. Each day of life IS precious, and those who think that some imaginary fairytale paradise in the far off future is real...miss most of the joy of life.

  Humblespud, so glad you have not wasted the bulk of your life missing out on your real life. If there's one truth in the bible, it's that the truth will set you free...and you are on your way to that glorious freedom. You may need to allow some time for grief, as the reality of non-eternal life hits hard...but it's really like having scales fall from your eyes and seeing that life is pretty cool after all. So glad you decided to post here, and welcome!
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  A Taxi Driver Gave Me 4 Magazines This Morning

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as we had reached my destination, i paid him and was getting down when he handed me something.

  then i saw it was the wt and awake.

  i just had the time to say: "oh, okay, thank you!

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  There was a story going round once about a woman claiming "pioneer" hours but no one ever saw her out in "service". Turns out she kept current mags on her desk at work and claimed all her work hours...ahh, the blatant hypocrisy of spreading Truth and Lies at the same time. Makes you proud to be a jw...never.
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  Golden Rule: Pure Garbage?

  by willmarite in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  on another thread a poster made the comment that the golden rule was garbage.

  she said it was arrogant and made assumptions.. i didn't want to derail that thread so i started another wondering if this is a common thought about this belief on this forum.

  i guess i naively thought the value of doing to others as you want them to do to you was generally accepted as positive.. i understand people have different opinions of jesus as a person but i don't want to get into that here.

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  If you feel the need to have a rule for guidance, try the Kindness rule: make it your goal to treat each person you meet with kindness.

  Eliminates all the fuss.
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  The new LDC / RBC Requirements

  by DwainBowman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the new ldc / rbc.

  requirements.

  there are many requirements, but when you get to the end of the form.

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  Many of the born-ins who are in their twenties and thirties still see this as a "privilege" and have families who financially support them as it proves how well they have raised their children...ergo, how much more "spiritual" they are than everyone else. Pillars of the jdub community, you know...
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  Separated from a loveless Marriage

  by PLAYGROUND in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i don't know where to start.

  i got married a year and half ago.

  some months into the marriage things where discovered.

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  Playground, I've walked a little in your shoes and was absolutely devastated to find my marriage was a sham. The emotional abuse, sadly, also applied to my children. I, like you, did everything to play by the rules and tried to be the perfect jw wife. Meanwhile my husband used his headship to tell the elders lies about me and slandered me maliciously. One elder actually tried to shame me for being upset, by telling me that Jesus was slandered much worse than me and implied that I was not a strong Christian because I was upset. I had been a strong pioneer single mom but I got zero support from elders.

  The only way I survived was realizing that I had to protect my children and stand up for what was right. I finally told the elders they could disfellowship me if they needed to, but I was no longer able to live with this man. After a final round of slander (he actually drove to the houses of those in our cong to tell everyone what a wicked person I was), he filed for divorce and found another victim and he was the one disfellowshipped (but only for eight months) for an unscriptural marriage.

  The point of this story: you must protect yourself - no one will do it for you. You are NOT at fault nor should you feel guilty, even though that's what has been drilled into your head. The Jesus of the bible would NEVER condemn you...but the wt will. You must learn to love yourself because you are a valuable person! If you need to step back, step away, please do that for yourself. You are NOT responsible for how your situation makes others feel, that's on them.

  I send you love and best wishes. Please give yourself permission to love yourself.

  (feel free to PM if you want to chat)
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  "Your bad attitude is evident, because you don't bring a meeting bag to the meetings anymore!"

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  yes friends.....this is the comment said to me by an elder!.

  "your bad attitude is evident because you don't bring your meeting bag anymore!".

  i calmly replied: "but everything i need is on the tablet now......".

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  Zombie dub - I know an older m.s. who would drive his car and a younger female pioneer who would drive her car to visit an elderly couple in a nursing home. They left the hall parking lot together and met up at the nursing home parking lot together, but they couldn't ride together. Because, of course, the only option for traveling across town on busy streets without a chaperone is to pull over and perform inappropriate sexual acts right there on the side of the road...

  Nuttiest religion ever invented.
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  2015 Convention Reminders Video!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  credit goes to mike & kim.. .. https://youtu.be/yj3x6wjrsaq .

  .. .. atlantis!.

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  As someone wisely pointed out in the YouTube comments, why do these folks even need to be told not to shove elderly ones out of the way? Really, any of these "reminders" should be unnecessary for any "religious" group.

  And the the opening line about "Yes, another year has gone by" should be followed by "and STILL no Armageddon, so we are subjecting you to another in our endless stream of boring conventions where we try to distract you from the fact that we are just a big bunch of hypocritical money grabbers like those your Jesus tossed from the temple."
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  Apostasy Trial - Part 2 - Satan is Using Google

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=373zbncuuoq

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  Painful as it was to hear these men stubbornly refuse to entertain any logical thought, this just reaffirmed how right I was to get out of jwackoville.