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  Why are some that post here JW apologists?

  by ctrwtf in

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  2. friends

  my rant tonight is against the quasi religious apologists that post on this board.

  those who at once rail against the jw's then later talk about how "orderly" and "neat" the witnesses are at their conventions.

  those who site the benefits of bloodless surgery to some who have the luxury and time to actually make an educated choice, while ignoring the tens of thousands who've died because they happen to be in an accident or succumb to a disease for which there is no other treatment.. i understand the power of cognitive dissonance.

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  Orderly at conventions?

  Has anyone ever seen the rush for seats when the doors open?

  And the large scale saving of seats after repeatedly, year after year, being told not to do so?
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  Plans for huge Jehovah's HQ take shape

  by Formerbrother in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.chelmsfordweeklynews.co.uk/news/11227290.plans_for_huge_jehovah_s_hq_take_shape/.

  its going to be a real beautiful place when its finished.. they are going for quality over quantity.

  it used to be accommodation for a few thousand permanent residents, now its looking like less than a thousand permanent with the possibility of a few thousand more in temporary accommodation should the need arise.. some say the plans are going to be like a garden of eden in england :) i mean they had farming in london over the years but this is going to be epic what they are planning for temple farm at chelmsford.. they are planting thousands (literally) of fruit trees, including tropical fruits in huge green houses, huge vines yards and then the same basic farming activities as before.

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  Free kool aid at the bunker!
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  I just found out that my youngest brother committed suicide

  by SnakesInTheTower in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my middle brother called me a couple of hours ago.

  our youngest brother, josh, who was 38, was found by his friends in his apartment.

  he hung himself.

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  Rich, I'm sorry I missed this the first time round.

  Just want to send you my condolences.

  Be kind to yourself. If you can't suffer fools gladly when your family visits, then don't. Let them know your actual thoughts witnout the, "but I might piss off the JWs" filter.

  Be polite and kind as you would with anyone else in the world, but you don't have to tiptoe through the tulips so as not to upset them. You don't have to pretend that he's sleeping and will be resurrected shortly. You don't have to shy away from saying that you're devastated that he's gone and none of the family will ever see him again.

  They are adults and should be in control of their emotions. Don't let them emotionally blackmail you. Everybody has the right to express their own grief as they feel it.

  So sorry you're going through this. Wishing you strength...strength and peace.

  GT
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  In the paradise JWs will have a standard uniform

  by RodrigoGuerreiro in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  anyone else notice this on the last video of the regional convention 2016?.

  frame stills:.

  conclusion: it seems that the paradise will not be only the end of wickedness but also the end of the jws typical cheap polyester suits :-p.

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  $5 says some sister is going to get creative with a sewing machine and she'll show up at the hall in "Paradise Clothes."

  Then start selling them online with JW dot org pins already attached.
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  Is it Time to Declare that The Great Tribulation Has Started ?

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i don't really engage in doctrinal discussions about jw's anymore.

  they seem to say some pretty crazy stuff.

  but i have read some threads discussing doctrinal changes and how watchtower is really out of ideas and money at the same time.

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  "There have been some reports of brothers selling their homes and moving into compounds out in rural territory where the need is greater. What a fine way to spend the remaining months until Armageddon."
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  In the paradise JWs will have a standard uniform

  by RodrigoGuerreiro in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  anyone else notice this on the last video of the regional convention 2016?.

  frame stills:.

  conclusion: it seems that the paradise will not be only the end of wickedness but also the end of the jws typical cheap polyester suits :-p.

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  Jookbeard, I worry about a Waco style siege, too.

  After all, they are moving to a compound in rural New York state.
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  After 15-17 years JW daughter coming by for a visit today.

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  is something going on in jw land i don't know about.

  she and her new husband and my two.

  grand daughters, one i have never seen.

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  Wow! This is amazing! We all just wait and wait for good experiences like this and they rarely happen.

  I am so excited for you!

  It's a shame you haven't met your granddaughter until now, but, how amazing is that? I hope you are able to build a relationship with her.
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  Will Bro. Rogers be DF'd posthumously for drug addiction?

  by ShirleyW in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  some have been df'd for suspicion of smoking cigarettes, yet bro.

  rogers death is because of an addiction, fentanyl is what they are saying is the drug that did him in which was reported on the news as being more potent than heroine.

  why is it that some nosy sister can report you because someone who looked like you was in the parking lot the same time as she was, yet bro.

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  It's a good thing that Brother Prince Rogers Nelson had his funeral in the KH before his autopsy.

  Now they've got plausible deniability.
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  No Girls Scout Cookies for you!

  by independent_tre in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  even though, i was raised in a witness home, i never remember hearing that girl scout cookies were a no-no.

  and even though i've only been baptized for a few years, i don't remember any specific admonishment of these sweet treats.

  but recently at work a jdub coworker made it a point to remind me that jw's do not buy or eat girl scout cookies.

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  Yup, Girl Scout cookies were a big no no for us, too.

  Also, if you attended a carnival or street festival, you could never buy food from any churches or church organizations.

  Better to give your $5 for lunch to the local Rotary Club.

  Interestingly, you could not join 4H, but it was okay to buy food from them at the local fair.
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  "Where Is Jehovah In All of This?" My Wife, July of '93

  by TMS in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the title above is a question asked by my wife seemingly hundreds of times in 1993, the year our only child was disfellowshipped.

  the entire story exceeds the reasonable limits of this forum and i have to suppress the urge to write it.

  instead, i will give little snippets, what a certain elder said at this or that point, how jehovah's organization treated us, how we handled our gradual awakening to, yes, "the truth about the truth.

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  Eh, I was very sorry and it didn't seem to matter to the committee that disfellowshipped me.

  Sometimes they have an agenda and they set out to make someone an example, regardless of their own rules and guidelines.