get a grip, billy....
AndDontCallMeShirley
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Disturbing Footnote in Tomorrow's Study Article...
by HeyThere inarticle is basicqlly about families where a spouse is working away from home for an extended period, etc...a foot note says basically that some studies have shown that working away from home can cause serious consequences, such as infidelity, homosexuality, or incest.
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pull it up on jw.org...that is what it says.
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WT Says O.K. To Visit With Disfellowshipped Family Members...Discreetly!
by JW GoneBad indiscreetly!.
that was the word the speaker used to tell jws at the regional convention that when the need to visit or associate with d'fd family members....okay to do so......only discreetly!.
on friday morning in the 6 part symposium entitled 'what must be kept in second place?
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AndDontCallMeShirley
Disfellowshipping is arguably WT's most powerful control measure. Allowing for even "discreet" association with a DF person undermines the fear that keeps the R&F in line.
Aside from that, think about WT's standard argument for why the DF arrangement exists:
1. It's a "loving arrangement" because it shakes the DF one to their spiritual senses, and
2. it protects the congregation, the family members, and proves our "obedience" to Jehovah.
If WT now allowed associating with a DF one to be done "discreetly", it opens a big can of worms:
1. Does the WT not "love" DF people anymore? After all, shunning them was proof of WT's "love", so allowing association must mean they no longer love those people.
2. Does WT no longer care about "protectiing" the flock? After all, the across-the-board mandate of shunning was for the flock's protection. If WT allows association, it must mean they no longer care about protecting the flock.
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Besides, doesn't "discretion" really mean do it on the sly, pulling a fast one, being 'secretive', putting up a false appearance? WT has historically condemned this type of behavior, classing it in with lies, deception and leading a "double life".
Finally, if associating with a DF person "discreetly" is okay with the Great Hypocrite, Jehovah™, why didn't he just tell the WT this from the very beginning and save everyone decades of grief?
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'The Compound' is coming on nicely...
by snare&racket inwarwick precursory site work on the watchtower bible and tract society's 45-acre jehovahs witnesses world headquarters project in sterling forest has been completed, meaning construction of the planned eight-building complex on long meadow road along the warwick-tuxedo town line is poised to begin in earnest.. the warwick town board on june 12 agreed to reduce watchtower's town-mandated $33.103 million performance bond by a third to signify the completion of approximately one-third of the project.. .
bond reduction totals $11.114 million.
watchtower bible and tract society of new york associate general counsel richard moake and spokesman david c. day, a newfoundland attorney who has represented jehovah witness clients in significant canadian religious freedom rulings, said the $11.114 million bond reduction means preliminary site work has been completed and inspected.. .
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AndDontCallMeShirley
a waste-separation plant
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Is this where "New Light" comes from ?
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Disturbing Footnote in Tomorrow's Study Article...
by HeyThere inarticle is basicqlly about families where a spouse is working away from home for an extended period, etc...a foot note says basically that some studies have shown that working away from home can cause serious consequences, such as infidelity, homosexuality, or incest.
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pull it up on jw.org...that is what it says.
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AndDontCallMeShirley
I wonder how many missionaries end up in gay relationships
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Where do you think the "Missionary Position" and "back calls" came from?
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100 years of Christs Rule ? Acheivments ? Are you serious ?
by smiddy intell me what acheivements have been acheived that are different than what are proclaimed by protestant religions .in the 100 years of christs reign according to jehovahs witnesses , is their anything that stands out as jehovahs witnesses have more direction ?
from god ?.
if you look at their history , google , you will see they are nowwhere near being spokespersons for god .. smiddy.
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AndDontCallMeShirley
Everything has happened just as WT said it would happen....it just happened invisibly. If you can't see it, obviously you lack faith.
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Disturbing Footnote in Tomorrow's Study Article...
by HeyThere inarticle is basicqlly about families where a spouse is working away from home for an extended period, etc...a foot note says basically that some studies have shown that working away from home can cause serious consequences, such as infidelity, homosexuality, or incest.
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pull it up on jw.org...that is what it says.
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AndDontCallMeShirley
well, if masterbation leads to homosexuality, why not working away from home ?
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*** yy chap. 5 p. 39 pars. 9-10 Masturbation and Homosexuality ***
In fact, masturbation can lead into homosexuality. In such instances the person, not satisfied with his lonely sexual activity, seeks a partner for mutual sex play. ..... 10 This happens much more frequently than you may realize
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received text from my mom
by GoUnion inso my wife and my parents are at their convention today.
this will be the first time in my life that i will not have seen a drama or baptism.
i will miss the public address, i will not see many of my lifelong friends that i have moved away from.
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AndDontCallMeShirley
"Please don't throw it all away."
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This statement is always made by JWs...but in reality, it is the JW that throws away their friends and family, not the other way around. When a person decides to quit going to the meetings, invariably they also state a desire to keep their friends and family in their life.
But, sadly in JW Land, it's one or the other. There's no room in their lives for their religion and family that simply sees things in a different way.
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Kicking the "Gay Habit" at the IC
by breakfast of champions inheard from a reliable source that this was part of friday's program.
they even interviewed a "former gay man" who "kicked the gay habit".. evidently kicking the "gay habit" is difficult, not unlike quitting smoking or avoiding sugary snacks.
the persons who related this to me found the whole thing to be laughable at best, but honestly seemed quite disturbed by it (which is good!
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AndDontCallMeShirley
Evidently kicking the "gay habit" is difficult
Probably not nearly as difficult as the governing body trying to quit the "I'm a big asshole" habit.
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they decide what's really important is discussing what less than 2% of the population do in bed
Ironically, this criticism comes from Jehovah's Witnesses, a group that makes up less than 1% of the population.
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Thread Envy
by snowbird intranshuman mentioned that someone on the board suffers from thread envy.. are you jealous of other posters who just seem to be able to generate responses to their threads?.
lol..
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AndDontCallMeShirley
Did you know that Samaria was called Shomron? Why didn't WT writers let us know that?
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For the same reason they didn't tell JWs until 2010 that "generation" actually means "overlapping" or until 2013 that the faithful slave is not all the anointed but only 7 old farts in Brooklyn.
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Concluding prayer @ RC
by piztjw inso the bro.
who yapped his way through the final prayer recap yesterday made this statement, "thank you jehovah for the governing body and the it brothers who have made the technology we have used to tie in with the ic.
we know that technology, has through their hard work creating it, made it possible for hundreds of thousands to be united together at the same time.
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AndDontCallMeShirley
If the WT invented this technology ("made it possible), why were they openly condemning it not that many years ago as a tool of Satan?
Idiots.