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  The young elder topic made me think of this

  by enoughisenough in

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  2. beliefs

  it somehow never set well with me that if a boy got baptized that his mother couldn't pray or hold a study with him or in his presence without a headcovering.

  maybe some of you were baptized as a boy in the home...how did that make you feel?

  ( like knowing you had rank over your mom???

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  joe134cd

  I feel the same attending the Catholic Church. Calling a priest ,who is a lot younger than me, Father. I guess it’s a sign of respect
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  Do Jehovah's Witnesses view faithfulness to Jehovah as being equivalent to faithfulness to the Governing Body?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i thought this was an interesting response to the question.

  "being faithful and loyal to god implies or includes.

  being faithful to your spouse (hebrews 13:4),.

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  Yes I often get the same sentiments from my father “ how I’ve left Jehovah.” Try as hard as i can I can’t get him to see that I haven’t left Jehovah at all, but have left a publishing company. I digress.
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  Zoom Ministry

  by XBEHERE in

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  i saw this post on ex-jw reddit so i thought i'd bring here.

  zoom service, what are your observations/opinions of it?.

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  joe134cd

  My father does this. It keeps him occupied. He often comments to me about the hours he spends pioneering. I’m happy for him.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  2. scandals

  original reddit post (removed).

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  The link on reddit, to loyds letter, has been taken down. Can some one post a copy on here or send a link to where I can read it.
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  Predict JW life in future

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a sister said the other day at the ministry group “”what is all this talk that the end is still some way off” she said she has been waiting for decades and she was told there is no way it would take this long.

  some others said in an annoyed kind of way yes they would have made different decisions decades ago if they knew the end still would not have come by 2023.. how will the majority react in a few more decades time when the end still hasn’t come?.

  why all that talk of sense of urgency decades ago?.

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  I just hope the religion lasts long enough, to see out my elderly father.
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  It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  original reddit post (removed).

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  joe134cd

  https://youtu.be/3xtblulMej4
  
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  If you have a question maybe I can help doctor of theology and one of Jehovah's witnesses

  by Jehovahisgod in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my name is ari matthew davies.

  i am a life experience consultant counselor i have a doctor's degree theology psychology clinical addictions and computer sciences.

  i am also baptized as well as jehovah's witnesses.. if you have a question i've got a lot of experience and a lot of real life training.

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  joe134cd

  Yes I have a question for you? Why are you openly conversing on an apostate web sight, when you have been told not to do it??????
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  disfellowshipped for having a personal opinion based on WT

  by Leslie in

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  2. bible

  in 2008 i was baptized into the truth after leaving a trinitarian faith.

  during my eight years as a jehovah’s witness, i strived to keep the standards set by the bible, wt and the faithfull and discrete slave.

  but unfortunately, the congregational elders from the kingdom hall i attended were not keeping to jehovah’s standards, hence, wrote my letter of resignation.

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  joe134cd

  In my experience as a successful fader, when dealing with JWs, is the less said the better off you’ll be.
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  What Percentage of active JW's are on Anti-Depressants?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i came across an xjw post on redditt from a rn.

  she states that nearly every jw she ever treated was on anti-depressants or anti-psychotic drugs:.

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/f35vaa/just_about_every_jw_i_come_across_is_on/ i once read somewhere that 1 in 5 jw's were on anti-depressants, but i couldn't find any documentation.

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  Just talking generally here. I have a friend who is a receptionists for a doctor. She was saying that in her time doing the job, one of the big shifts she has seen is the increase in mental health related medications.
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  What Percentage of active JW's are on Anti-Depressants?

  by Sea Breeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i came across an xjw post on redditt from a rn.

  she states that nearly every jw she ever treated was on anti-depressants or anti-psychotic drugs:.

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/f35vaa/just_about_every_jw_i_come_across_is_on/ i once read somewhere that 1 in 5 jw's were on anti-depressants, but i couldn't find any documentation.

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  I attended an ex-jw meet up a few years back. I was surprised at the amount of women there. That had very troublesome lives, been married to an abusive alcoholic husband.