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  Lack of Joy

  by Gorb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  because of some respect for family members, we visited the memorial today.. a moment i always think, could i go back into this religion?

  we entered the hall and some said a short hello.

  and with short i say short.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Don't they cancel the Sunday meeting when the Memorial is on a Sunday?

  Please tell me they didn't go twice today!
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  The first rule of beard club...

  by GrreatTeacher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ...is you don't start growing a beard in the spring!

  you start growing it in the fall, keep your chin warm in the winter, and then shave it off for warm weather.

  at least that's how it works in my household and in the northern hemisphere where the gb are.. i have the sneaking suspicion that there is going to be a steep learning curve for many.. will they know to trim it along their jawbone properly?

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  GrreatTeacher

  Beards are actually very, very popular, nearly ubiquitous in the US at the moment and have really accelerated since the Covid shutdowns. I guess people shut up in their homes felt little need to shave.

  Comparably, a lot of middle aged women stopped dyeing their hair at the same time. And a lot of them never started again. Myself being one of them. Lots of salt and pepper hair on women now.
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  the toll of being PIMO

  by enoughisenough in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  for those of you who are pimo, how do you feel it may be effecting your mental and physical health?

  is it easy to pretend to be what you are not?

  how do you feel about falsely supporting the pimi which builds them up and therefore an org you don't believe in?

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  GrreatTeacher

  Remember when Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, demanded his manifesto be printed in major newspapers and his brother recognized the "voice" as his brother's ramblings?

  And after reading previous letters his brother had received the FBI agreed?

  Yeah, instead of living solitary in a cabin in the wilderness he's now in solitary in a Federal Penitentiary.
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  The first rule of beard club...

  by GrreatTeacher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ...is you don't start growing a beard in the spring!

  you start growing it in the fall, keep your chin warm in the winter, and then shave it off for warm weather.

  at least that's how it works in my household and in the northern hemisphere where the gb are.. i have the sneaking suspicion that there is going to be a steep learning curve for many.. will they know to trim it along their jawbone properly?

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  GrreatTeacher

  Looks like the brother in the front row left had tight pants on and was made to put loose ones over top!

  Then I looked closer and realized he has a whole extra leg! -- AND a really bad beard!
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  The first rule of beard club...

  by GrreatTeacher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ...is you don't start growing a beard in the spring!

  you start growing it in the fall, keep your chin warm in the winter, and then shave it off for warm weather.

  at least that's how it works in my household and in the northern hemisphere where the gb are.. i have the sneaking suspicion that there is going to be a steep learning curve for many.. will they know to trim it along their jawbone properly?

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  GrreatTeacher

  "Next we will sing song number 8567, Purple Reign."
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  The first rule of beard club...

  by GrreatTeacher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ...is you don't start growing a beard in the spring!

  you start growing it in the fall, keep your chin warm in the winter, and then shave it off for warm weather.

  at least that's how it works in my household and in the northern hemisphere where the gb are.. i have the sneaking suspicion that there is going to be a steep learning curve for many.. will they know to trim it along their jawbone properly?

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  GrreatTeacher

  Thanks, Brother Durden

  "It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything."
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  The first rule of beard club...

  by GrreatTeacher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ...is you don't start growing a beard in the spring!

  you start growing it in the fall, keep your chin warm in the winter, and then shave it off for warm weather.

  at least that's how it works in my household and in the northern hemisphere where the gb are.. i have the sneaking suspicion that there is going to be a steep learning curve for many.. will they know to trim it along their jawbone properly?

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  GrreatTeacher

  ...is you don't start growing a beard in the spring! You start growing it in the fall, keep your chin warm in the winter, and then shave it off for warm weather. At least that's how it works in my household and in the northern hemisphere where the GB are.

  I have the sneaking suspicion that there is going to be a steep learning curve for many.

  Will they know to trim it along their jawbone properly? Neckbeards are not cool!

  Will they know where to cut in for a goatee?

  Will they know how to trim the ends to keep it from looking ragged?

  But most importantly, do they know how to trim that soul patch and keep it from looking like it's own beard within a beard?!?

  Anybody feel a local needs part coming? 😁
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  consequences for going against the direction.

  by jehovaxx in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there are no serious consequences for doubting the gb.

  there are no consequences for going against the direction.

  we can now celebrate anything.. what will happen if you take blood, celebrate xmas and birthdays ect?.

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  GrreatTeacher

  "PR spin and Theocratic Warfare" -Doc

  Yes. That was very obvious with Sanderson's patriotic Norwegian tie in the video.

  So transparent, I mean embarrassingly so.
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  consequences for going against the direction.

  by jehovaxx in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there are no serious consequences for doubting the gb.

  there are no consequences for going against the direction.

  we can now celebrate anything.. what will happen if you take blood, celebrate xmas and birthdays ect?.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Yes. This is why Covid hurt them so badly.

  Without the constant indoctrination at the meetings and in field service people wised up and left.

  Wow. Must hurt to realize the only reason many people stay in their little religion is because they need constant coercion.
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  consequences for going against the direction.

  by jehovaxx in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there are no serious consequences for doubting the gb.

  there are no consequences for going against the direction.

  we can now celebrate anything.. what will happen if you take blood, celebrate xmas and birthdays ect?.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Well, shit, Jeffro, I should've read your comment before I commented on another thread.

  Yes, exactly, there is no way to leave the religion without being penalized in some fashion.

  Also, there are huge amounts of people who said sorry and were still disfellowshipped, myself included. People think it's just that easy because they've never been in front of a committee.

  In fact, we've seen leaked videos that elders are trained with that encourage taking a harsh line, that sorry isn't enough.

  Elders will disfellowship whomever they want as long as they can come up with some kind of limp justification.

  I would just love to be a fly on the wall at the next elders meeting.

  But, hey everyone, look at the beards and pants!!!