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  Consequences for having a non religious wedding ceraminy?

  by Addison0998 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hey i was wondering if maybe someone who is an ex elder or who knows a lot about these things could help me.

  my dad is an elder but i need to be cautious with questions i ask.

  now that i’ve been woken up from my brainwashed love of this corrupt corporation and from my belief in the bible, and my fiancé is starting to wake up as well, i really don’t want to have the sexist, overused, impersonal talk outline used for my wedding ceremony by some elder who is trying to show off his talk giving skills.

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  They have banished the liquor, dancing, and music at the reception
  

  Is that a general rule or just in certain areas?
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  Smile! (We're still Stayin' alive)

  by Fay Dehr in

  1. social
  2. humour

  https://youtu.be/lh5ax-xhd2k.

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  Wow! Thanks! Some of these I'm familiar with, but some are new to me.
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  Smile! (We're still Stayin' alive)

  by Fay Dehr in

  1. social
  2. humour

  https://youtu.be/lh5ax-xhd2k.

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  Fay Dehr, Cool video! Could you please provide the complete quotes about "six years left" and "90 months"? Also, is "Stay alive till '75" from an actual recording of a convention? Thanks!
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  boyfriend ex jehovah witness please help

  by whatisthis12 in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  so i posted yesterday.

  my boyfriend and i have been living together for a year, and he went to the memorial tonight (sorry if that’s not what it’s called).

  i told him i was upset he didn’t invite me but wasn’t going to tell him not to go because he hasn’t talked to his family for over a year.

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  You marry him and raise your children in a cult, and have to shun them if they leave it.
  

  Or your children would have to shun YOU if you left the Witnesses.
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  New light

  by poopie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  june at article now it's ok to say a greeting?.

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  JustMe2

  What exactly does it say?
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  Is it 16?

  by Jrjw in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi can anyone tell me if it's true the society says parents must take their child to meetings until they're 16 even if they don't want to?

  my ex is being a pain about me not forcing my 12 year old to be a witness.

  he doesn't know i'm becoming inactive at moment so i have to be careful how i word things to him.

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  JustMe2

  One thing to consider: If you tell your landlords you're no longer a Witness, do you think they'd be likely to make things difficult for you in some way even if they don't try to break the lease?
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  Latest JW.org Statistics Are Confusing & Lack Context

  by steve2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  earlier this week a new post on this forum announced that the 2017 worldwide annual service report was available on jw.org.

  wow - that's earlier than the statistics for the 2016 service year which appeared in the 2017 yearbook last january!

  good effort, jw organization!

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  JustMe2

  The 1981 Yearbook, pp. 31-32, states that Jehovah's Witnesses made "steady progress" in the years from 1974-1980 and it was only the number of Memorial partakers that decreased. Their chart, however, shows that in the years following 1975 there was a decrease in the average number of publishers, pioneers, and hours spent in the ministry. It was only after 2 or 3 years of decrease that the numbers started increasing again.

  This claim of steady increase that was belied by the Yearbook's own chart upset me in 1981, and I've remembered it to this day. It seemed as though the Society were trying to get us to not actually see what the evidence showed and instead to take it for granted that it backed up their claims.
  

  I was unable to reproduce the graph here. It can be found at http://www.watchtowerwayback.org/jw-wb/English/Books/Yearbooks/1981%20Yearbook%20(yb81-E).pdf.

  Thanks again to OrphanCrow for the link.
  
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  Latest JW.org Statistics Are Confusing & Lack Context

  by steve2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  earlier this week a new post on this forum announced that the 2017 worldwide annual service report was available on jw.org.

  wow - that's earlier than the statistics for the 2016 service year which appeared in the 2017 yearbook last january!

  good effort, jw organization!

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  Orphan Crow,

  Thanks!
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  Things society interferes with

  by Jrjw in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was just lying here thinking about mind control and thought it'd write a list just to see how much the wts does try to control every aspect of people's lives.

  some of the things i've come up with are:.

  xmas,.

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  "My mother in law puts a napkin on her head when praying at meal times...."

  Women should not use a napkin as a head covering when praying. They should have a scarf, hat, etc., available.
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  Latest JW.org Statistics Are Confusing & Lack Context

  by steve2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  earlier this week a new post on this forum announced that the 2017 worldwide annual service report was available on jw.org.

  wow - that's earlier than the statistics for the 2016 service year which appeared in the 2017 yearbook last january!

  good effort, jw organization!

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  JustMe2

  If I remember correctly, in a yearbook published in the late '70s or early '80s was a chart showing the number of publishers for the previous several years. I think it showed a decrease for the years following 1975, finally followed by an increase.

  I believe, however, the caption said there had been a steady increase, which claim wasn't supported by the chart. It bothered me that the yearbook appeared to be twisting the facts, trying to give the impression that the disappointments concerning 1975 had not caused a decline in publishers.

  Is there anyone with access to the old yearbooks who could check this out?

  Thanks!