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  The dubs at "Witness World" are discussing UN involvement!!!!!

  by somebodylovesme in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i am a lurker on the "witness world" witnesses-only website.

  they are having a discussion because someone during door-to-door service confronted them with the un letter.

  they are all saying that it is "obviously made up"... but the person is planning on writing to the society to ask.

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  Poor Savita... she sounds like a robot.
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  Tips For Lurkers To Get Out

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  do you have any suggestions to help jehovah's witnesses who visit this site get out of the religion?

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  "Just Do It."
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  Is Bait and switch the tactic used to recruit converts into the org?

  by fearnotruth22 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the world is commo=ing to an end!

  this systenm wont last but a few years!

  you can live forever after god destroys the wicked!

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  As someone on this board once put it, "I never imagined a free Bible study would cost me so much..."
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  Some random thoughts on WT pictures...

  by logansrun in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in my experience i find that good literature in any field of thought rarely -- if ever -- uses pictures.

  watchtower literature, on the other hand, is littered with illustrations.

  makes a jw think twice of the quality of their message, no?

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  (Non-witnesses, "evil people", "bad association" are generally in darker colors)

  Except for the women they want you to think are slutty, they wear red.

  I have a good idea that would save the WT some $$ though... They should eliminate all color from the Watchtowers - print them like big coloring books and give out Crayola's at the door. At least that would give people something to do during the meetings.
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  Clapping

  by Stefanie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was just remembering in the hall i attended, the "friends" would clap when someone got reinstated, then they stopped when there was a talk from the platform about it being inappropriate.

  i was just wondering why they say something like that.

  and it would seem to me that people going back in were doing them a favor, why would they be so cruel.

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  Instead the Society takes everything down to the lowest common denominator. Let's just assume they're all child molesters! Ridiculous.

  I don't really think this is what they are doing. Actually, I think the Society treats child molesters TOO well. Why should they be reinstated anyway? Sometimes it seems they are given more opportunity for redemption than say, (God forbid) a smoker.
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  Clapping

  by Stefanie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was just remembering in the hall i attended, the "friends" would clap when someone got reinstated, then they stopped when there was a talk from the platform about it being inappropriate.

  i was just wondering why they say something like that.

  and it would seem to me that people going back in were doing them a favor, why would they be so cruel.

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  You know, in spite of my previous post, now that I think about it I can see both sides of the coin. Let's say someone cheats on his wife and they get a divorce, but he's a good ol' boy so he gets a token 6 month DF then gets reinstated. Imagine how his wife would feel if people actually clapped when he was reinstated.
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  Clapping

  by Stefanie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was just remembering in the hall i attended, the "friends" would clap when someone got reinstated, then they stopped when there was a talk from the platform about it being inappropriate.

  i was just wondering why they say something like that.

  and it would seem to me that people going back in were doing them a favor, why would they be so cruel.

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  When they announced my (ex)husband's reinstatement, the people in the congregation clapped, but his a$$hole father just sat there without clapping. I asked him about it later (I've never been a JW - I was just there for the occasion) he politely explained to me that there was no need to clap - his son shouldn't have done anything to be disfellowshipped in the first place, so why should he reward him (with clapping??) for being reinstated. He mentioned that this had been discussed from the platform before and he couldn't understand why people continued to clap. Such a loving man.....
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  alienation of affection

  by Yerusalyim in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've always wondered if it was possible to sue the society...or elders...for alienation of affection...it's possible in three states .

  http://www.rosen.com/alienationofaffection/.

  edited to add text:an outsider's interference with marriage can cost the outsider big bucks in north carolina.

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  Yeru, I live in North Carolina and I actually talked with an attorney about this a couple of months ago after my split-up. He was willing to take the case, but I "chickened out" after we talked about the time it would involve, the expense, and the potential embarassment. I wish I had the guts to do it. (In his opinion I would probably not win because we had not been married for a long period of time.)

  I did watch a good movie on LMN recently about a woman (in the Greensboro, NC area) who successfully sued her ex-husband's Secretary/lover under this law. She won $1 million but I think the verdict is still under appeal. Maybe someone will try it.
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  I'm in a Bob Seger frame of mind..................

  by Sunnygal41 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  last night i was snuggled up in my overstuffed living room chair, sipping wine by candlelight with bob seger tunes playing on the cd player.............it evoked quite a mood in me that followed me into this morning at work................two songs that touch/ed me deeply are posted below............how about anyone else.................anyone love bob seger?

  if so, which of his tunes is your favorite?.

  bob-seger's lyrics - her strut lyrics.

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  "Turn The Page" is my favorite!
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  This Was In MSN's "Dear Prudence" Column:

  by worldlygirl in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi prudie!.

  quick question: my husband has known a guy since he was 15 when they started to work together.

  this person became like a younger brother to my husband.

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  Hi Prudie!Quick question: My husband has known a guy since he was 15 when they started to work together. This person became like a younger brother to my husband. Fast-forward: This young man has become a "born-again Jehovah's Witness," and every time he's around my husband, he aggressively lectures him on everything from going to church to quitting smoking. While his intentions are good, this "new person" is not the one my husband wants to remain close with. In fact, he's begun avoiding taking his calls and makes excuses when asked about visiting. Is there a polite way for my spouse to tell this guy that "the new you and the old me aren't compatible any more"?

  ?Jehovah Dodger

  Dear Je,
  Quick answer: This is one of those instances where the truth works really well. Your husband should explain his new reticence to socialize by saying that, at his age, he already has a religion and is not interested in being lobbied, even for the Lord or the antitobacco interests.

  ?Prudie, plainly