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  What's wrong with Christianity?

  by eyefell4it2 in

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  i found this comment on a yahoo article re same sex marriage and i happen to agree with it and thought i would share it.

  of course there are others that can be added if you specify what's wrong with jehovah's witnesses but i think this list is a good overview.

  would anyone else care to add anything to this list or comment?

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  11) Jesus Death?

  A son going away for less than three days and then coming back doesn't qualify as a "sacrifice" to save mankind...

  It doesn't even qualify as Spring Break.

  -TE
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  Please Welcome me

  by Sofia Lose in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  have lurked here for many, many years.

  female, latina, middle-aged, born-in, 3rd generation jw, northeast usa.

  my fate is to continue to play the game 'till death do us part because the very strong and tangled web of friends, family, business, etc.

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  Welcome.

  We are in the same boat. I am an elder stuck in. The less I believe, the more I move up in the organization. Unbelievable. Wish you the best.

  -TE
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  How old were you ??

  by Clambake in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when you had to start dumping your worldy friends ??.

  just curious that's all.

  not being a witness ( ubm here ) i think everyone has known a jw kid and at a certain age " my mommy won't let me play with you ".

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  I would say around age 8 it started to become an issue. I would be invited to the skating rink or a pool party. Couldn't go of course. If i pushed too hard it would turn into - "Why are you so involved with these worldly school friends?"

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  Midweek Meetings no longer Necessary

  by Tech49 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am sure we have all seen the recent letter to the boe concerning the change that will take place to the meeting arrangement during the week of the co visit.

  to recap the basics: the meeting that usually contains the cong bible study (book study) and a co talk will be discontinued, publishers are encouraged to use their family worship night that week to cover book study material.. so here is a point that i think has been missed, or not even considered:.

  if that particular meeting is hereby deleted from the schedule, the co and his wife will never ever have to participate in or go to another "book study", or "bible study" night again.

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  Faye,

  Yes I would say it has made it colder. The closeness isn't there and cliques are more common. The field service groups are a pitiful alternative. They only meet for a few minutes once a week, and there are always those that can't meet or have to work on sat. etc.

  Oh yeah - and no "Treat Night"! That at least was something remotely normal and enjoyable.

  -TE
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  The Organization is destined to fade away

  by suavojr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the borg might not fall and disappear, but it's sure heading into the oblivion.

  they predicted their future in last week's study.. last week during the cong book study they mentioned the following:.

  15. to illustrate: a supertanker or a freight train might be awesome in terms of size and power.

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  They can keep it going a long, long time IMO. The buy-in is astonishing to this new building program. The sheep just line up to do whatever they are told. They think they are doing "God's Work".

  Even the ones that can see the profit angle just write it off as "supporting the work". No thought is given to the fact that an organization truly backed by God would not have to engage in such money making endeavors. They should be flush with cash from miraculous sources.

  Oh well.... this is the result of indoctrinating people week-in-and-week-out. They will continue to indoctrinate and they will continue to control the minds of this small religious group.

  Growth is another thing all together, though. I think growth is already pitiful and the trend will continue south, but they can survive on flat growth or small decreases for decades.

  -TE
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  JW.org – the next 10 years. A satirical look at the future of Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Misha Anouk in

  1. social
  2. humour

  i wrote a little satirical piece on how the future could look like for jw on my blog.

  hope you enjoy it :).

  for the first time in its history, the yearbook 2021 of jehovahs witnesses does not contain reports from different countries.

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  That was funny. I enjoyed it.

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  Some screenshots from new KH meeting!

  by pixel in

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  2. beliefs

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  they just put up a link to watch a replay of the "new kh meeting", here some screenshots.. .

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  When you guys say it looks like a bank, do you mean like a Blood Bank?

  -TE
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  Woke up this morning to the realization that the future is now

  by campaign of hate in

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  2. friends

  as the title of the thread says, i woke up this morning realizing more than ever that we should, each and every one of us, live for today and what we can accomplish today, rather than constantly looking toward the future.. i'm not implying we shouldn't make plans, plans are healthy and advisable, especially if you have healthy commitments.. but i realized the reason why nothing in my life ever seems to get done, is because i put things off, and look ahead 10 years down the line, then a few days later realize how much work needs to be put into that said task, then i don't do anything.

  and so the cycle seems to repeat itself.. what i think i'm trying to say is that worthwhile endeavors that have a reward at the end, but take many years to get there, need to be challenged one day at a time.

  i now understand that to get to where we want to be 10 years down the line, we need to focus on today and the hard work that needs to be out into a task one day at a time.

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  Interesting thread. I woke up the other morning and thought "Life is about maintenance and preparation" - this is something we weren't taught as JW's. The end was coming, so long-term maintenance (relationships, property, skills, knowledge) wasn't necessary nor was any long term preparation (education, planning, etc).

  Basically if you want your life to make any real progress, you better be giving serious thought to both areas. Sad that that is some sort of a revelation as a middle aged man. 

  -TE
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  A few more random thoughts on the new Kingdom Hall design meeting

  by sir82 in

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  2. friends

  left completely unsaid at the meeting: who is going to be the owner of the property & building when all of these new khs are built?

  in the current arrangement, in most cases, a local trust is set up to hold ownership.

  of course, the most likely answer is "the watchtower (or whatever shell corporations they set up) will own the land & building".

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  Yeah, the higher ups went in ready to convince the other members of the committee to "vote" commercial. It was made plain what was expected and then a prayer was made for show (assuming the story isn't completely fabricated.)  

  The chairman would have continued the debate until the others conceded regardless. It's always "look at what Jehovah did" after the fact.

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  Ode to the trolleys in Feb's broadcast

  by konceptual99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  check out the song about the trolley at the end of this month's dubcast.. http://www.jw.org/download/?fileformat=mp4&output=html&pub=jwb&issue=201502.

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  My god that was painful! It is surreal to watch this crap. Could these people be worse cornballs? They think they are Disney, Apple, Mormons, and Scientology wrapped into one. What they are is wannabe's. 

  And might I add - yet another pinky ring. Gotta love these GB members and their humble jewelry.

  -TE