please - enough with the conspiracy theories already - general principles suggest blunder and incompetence win over conspiracy everytime. The bigger the supposed conspiracy the less likley it is on the principle that people can't keep secrets - someone will blab. Terry - thank you for your usual dose of sense in the sea of nonsense that prevails on JWN.
Frazzled UBM
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Kennedy assassination....
by new hope and happiness into me its a great example of a totalitarian government's ability to manage information and keep us in the dark; .
all right it was a long time ago.
should we just forget about it?.
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Come with me, back to the 1980s--you know want to.
by FlyingHighNow ini don't know about ya'll, but i did not appreciate the 1980s enough.
i was too busy lamenting how different they were from the 1960s and 1970s to bask in and appreciate how wonderful they were.. this is 80s music, especially new wave music, and 80s fashion and culture appreciation thread.
what did you love about the 80s?
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Frazzled UBM
I was a student in the 1980s (I was a student radical while you could still be a student radical but I would have preferred to have been a student in the late 60s or early 70s) and then started my first job and travelled the world so lots of good memories. I hated New Romantic music like Adam Ant, Boy George, Duran Duran etc. (and still do) but loved Tracey Chapman, Eurythmics, Crowded House etc, though 60s and 70s music still dominates my music collection. Lots of good movies in the 80s like the Indiana Jones series. Looking back I realise that youth is wasted on the young. I would have done a few things differently -- like not get married young -- that ended badly -- and perhaps not burning some bridges I burnt. Still live and learn.
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Watchtower encouraging members to go and preach in Israel
by wannaexit inan odd letter was read at last nights' meeting.
it was in regards to a special campaign for next year arranged by the governing body to go and preach in israel.
the call is going out to anybody that speaks hebrew and english.
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Frazzled UBM
Israel is one of the few countries that views Witnesses as a nuisance and so I think it is very misleading to say Israel is safe - I suspect it would be a very hostile environment for witnessing.
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I just wanted to cheer you up.....
by quellycatface inwith all the depressing stuff going on in the world, the new is terror threat, poor people dying in the japan volcano, e-bola etc.... i just wanted to share my happiness.. my really horrible neighbours moved away in july this year.
i had 3 horrendous years living next to them, so bad that i had alopecia!!
my flat was up for sale but was bought by a investor, who is a good guy and has other properties in my local area.. to celebrate i am going to kefalonia next week, i have wanted to go for 20 years and i'm so excited.. sometimes, you don't always appreciate the good times unless you have troubles to deal with.. thanks for reading.. .
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Kefalonia looks fabulous! Enjoy!
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December 1,2014 watchtower saying buying house is bad
by hoser inpage 15.
"take for example a christian couple in asia.
in their younger years, they admired those who could afford to own a house.
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Frazzled UBM
nhah said it all: "The society is still buying property."- The WBTS is saying 'Do what I say not what I do!' Hypocrisy writ large!
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JW's and depression
by FeelingFree ini was wondering how many of you suffered badly with depression when you were in "the truth" and if you feel your depression was related to being part of the organisation?
are you better now you have left or still have issue's?
whatever your experience's i would be very intrested to know (if you feel you can talk about it.).
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ff - fyi A Watcher is still a captive of the organisation and so sees the world through that distorted lens. Depression goes with beign a Witness like bread goes with butter. How do you expect people to react when they are fed a constant diet of gloom and doom and 'no matter what you are doing it is not good enough'?
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Waking up your spouse
by All for show ini am aware this has to be done quite carefully, but how?
while many may complain and see the hypocrisy within the kh's, maybe even with the gb, how does one bring up doctrine issues?
i surely can not tell my husband to "go look what jwfacts.com says".
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Frazzled UBM
I agree with don't talk doctirne. Listen to him and find out what makes him feel uncomfortable about the KH. The thing that works best is tapping into his sense of 'never being good enough' meaning 'never doing enough'. Get him to express that sentiment and get him to explore why he feels like that and get him to understand that he feels that when he is at the KH but not at home and do everything to make him feel that at home he is loved and treasured and if he starts to be aware of this hopefully he will spend more time at home and less time at the KH.
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I am sooo screwed
by Yondaime inso last night i was talking to my sister about how i admired president obama's speech to the u.n that happened earlier that day.. i then compared the extremism of isis to how much of a fanatic my jw bil is.. at the end of the statement , my mom walked in to the kitchen.
she was standing in the living room and she heard everything i said.. she called the elders that night to tell them what i said so they can counsel me.. i'm going to meet with them after the meeting on sunday!.
what do i do?!!!!!.
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I'm with rebel8
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Ireland and UK friends
by Berengaria inif one had but three weeks to see the best of these, what are some of the musts in your opinion?.
besides london.. .
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Frazzled UBM
So Berengaria we are awake now - let us know your proposed itinerary so we can critique it, I mean so we can workshop it to make it perfect. You have lots of good advice here on where to visit with a heavy focus on natural scenery and beautiful architecture.
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Eating disorders - advice about someone
by 88JM ini'm sure there are probably a few posters on here that have had experience themselves or had family members with eating disorders.
i'm posting here not for myself, but out of concern for someone else.. there is a teenage (about 16, recently baptized) brother who quite obviously has an eating disorder.
i have personally been at a few gatherings and seen him refuse all food while everyone else was eating, with the excuse that "he wasn't hungry", so i can say it's definitely an eating disorder and not some allergy or just a one-off.. i'm also not the only one who has noticed it - i've been in discussions with a few brothers and sisters who have also remarked on his conditon, but don't seem to know any more about it than i do.
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Frazzled UBM
it is a psychological condition. He needs counselling - fast. Being a member of the cult and being home schooled and possibly problems at home could all contribute. He may also need medical help. It is potetnially life threatening or could have long-term medical issues if he stops getting sufficient nutrients for his physical and neurological development. You need to get his family to intervene but it needs to be handled delicately. Getting someone who has an eating disorder to accept that is the case and that they need help can be very challenging. The family probably needs to contact a psychologist with expereince with eating disorders before confronting him to advise on how best to get him to recognise he needs help.