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  Latest May 2012 Watchtower: "JW wives must be more lovable"

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  yes, the latest watchtower is upon us.

  it opens with a typically outlandish article on marriage.

  here are a few of the headlines:.

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  Emma

  Loveable? Sounds like these guys need a golden retriever...
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  Still a hard line on DF family members WTApr15 2012

  by Gladring in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the april 2012 wt study article has some of the most strongly worded statements about contact with disfellowshipped family members.. page 12, paragraph 17: -.

  good that can come when a family loyally.

  upholds jehovahs decree not to associate.

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  Emma

  I think it really works against them. If the motive is to associate with family, it's not a win "for Jehovah." And I think the cut-off really helps those wanting to make a break since you don't have family pleading with you to come back. It is unloving, shunning is, but I don't think the WTS gets what they want from it.
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  Cowards

  by Martin Harker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  fearless condemnation of christendom in the watchtower and awake seems to have stopped in europe since incitement to religious and racial hatred laws were introduced !

  please comment.

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  Emma

  But it will be explained away as theocratic strategy. Of course they are cowards!

  And welcome to the board!
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  Where Are You From?

  by finallysomepride in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  alot of members don't have a flag or country name beside their user name, and well frequently one doesn't know where that particular person is from, tell us your country, state, county or what ever you feel like giving out.

  if you are going to post please at least devulge your country.. me, i'm originally from taranaki, new zealand via auckland.

  for the most of this decade i have been living & working in brisbane, queensland, australia.. .

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  Emma

  I did get to them. It's been a long time since anyone has pm'd me, but I'm persistent.
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  Where Are You From?

  by finallysomepride in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  alot of members don't have a flag or country name beside their user name, and well frequently one doesn't know where that particular person is from, tell us your country, state, county or what ever you feel like giving out.

  if you are going to post please at least devulge your country.. me, i'm originally from taranaki, new zealand via auckland.

  for the most of this decade i have been living & working in brisbane, queensland, australia.. .

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  Emma

  For some reason I cannot open my messages, just get an error message. But I will try again. Thanks!
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  Where Are You From?

  by finallysomepride in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  alot of members don't have a flag or country name beside their user name, and well frequently one doesn't know where that particular person is from, tell us your country, state, county or what ever you feel like giving out.

  if you are going to post please at least devulge your country.. me, i'm originally from taranaki, new zealand via auckland.

  for the most of this decade i have been living & working in brisbane, queensland, australia.. .

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  Emma

  Found Sheep, I sent you a pm.
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  Where Are You From?

  by finallysomepride in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  alot of members don't have a flag or country name beside their user name, and well frequently one doesn't know where that particular person is from, tell us your country, state, county or what ever you feel like giving out.

  if you are going to post please at least devulge your country.. me, i'm originally from taranaki, new zealand via auckland.

  for the most of this decade i have been living & working in brisbane, queensland, australia.. .

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  Emma

  Ann Arbor MI, lived in State College and Lock Haven PA in the past.
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  Some Balls in the March 2012 WT

  by Yan Bibiyan in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  source here, page 19, par 20:.

  "20 a north american brother writes:.

  when my wife and i attended an assembly.

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  Emma

  It also reinforces that you can find all you need to know in the WT publications. This is subtle and blatant at the same time! No going to a real library and doing research, keep everyone's head in the dark.
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  The Huffington Post has picked up the mentally diseased story!!!!

  by discreetslave in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  just posted by vampire665 on facebook.

  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/28/jehovahs-witness-magazine_n_985479.html.

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  Emma

  Maybe this is old news but it's on aol, too.
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  Two more youths get kicked out of the organization, also kicked out of their house.

  by JonathanH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i used to work with these two younger gentlemen back when i washed windows for a local elder's company.

  good kids, sons of an elder, responsible and hardworking.

  i ran into him the other day briefly and he said him and his younger brother moved in together (they are about 19, and 18, maybe 20, and 18), and i was surprised.

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  Emma

  I hope this doesn't sound harsh, but this may be an example of shunning working as a benefit; they will be left alone to figure things out without constant pleading to return. I know it made it easier for me. If my family had been begging and pleading with me to return, it would have been more difficult to make my way out. Shunning is a terrible practice, so unloving, yet I believe it backfires for the borg in that it gives time to think. I hope they never go back but make very successful lives for themselves!

  Emma