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  Satan is "bullying" you through family

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just thought i'd share this ridiculous picture from a recent watchtower.

  in recent years, the word bullying has been thrown around a lot, and often misused by instigators and subtle bullies themselves.

  in this picture we learn that your loving family who wants to continue sharing a family tradition with you, who hands you a beautifully wrapped present with a smile on their face, is in fact bullying you.

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  floridaborn

  But it’s not bullying when they refuse to talk to relatives that have left the truth.

  I wonder if this guys family will shun him because he won’t accept a present? Bet they still invite him to dinner.
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  In case you want to see mass quantities of ignorance / stupidity on display....a dinosaur thread on JWTalk

  by sir82 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/34840-what-does-the-bible-say-about-dinosaurs/.

  amazing how many words can be expended discussing things that people have utterly no clue about..

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  floridaborn

  My god they are obsessed with how dead bodies are cleaned up!!
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  2018 Regional Convention program available on JW.borg

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/convention-program-2018/.

  friday.

  be courageous and very strong”​—joshua 1:7

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  floridaborn

  “Best convention ever” “just what we needed” “food at the proper time” “come back to Jehovah before it’s too late”

  different program same reaction from the rank and file. When is it never the best convention ever?
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  In one sentence, can you pinpoint a single event that woke you up?

  by Brian J in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my turning point: serving on a child abuse judicial case.

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  When the memorial talk focused more on who should drink the wine than Jesus
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  Personal opinions spouted from the platform?

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  have you ever heard some brothers own ideas and opinions spouted from the platform?

  perhaps off brand or crazy ones?

  some that i've heard is:.

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  floridaborn

  The brother in our area took the time to explain this to us sisters: they could call undue attention to our breasts while someone was trying to read it. We wouldn’t want to do that now would we?
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  Personal opinions spouted from the platform?

  by purrpurr in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  have you ever heard some brothers own ideas and opinions spouted from the platform?

  perhaps off brand or crazy ones?

  some that i've heard is:.

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  floridaborn

  A friend and I were trying to get a group together to see a play of Mary Poppins. We got dragged into the back room because Mary Poppins is a witch and we were promoting demonism.
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  Sign of apostasy

  by Ireneus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  elders arranged a sort of informal visit by a more capable elder accompanied by another brother who is more qualified than me from academic background.

  their purpose was to reason with me as a last resort to avoid a jc.. during the two-hour discussion, i could make my point clear to them: “i don’t think any one particular religion has the whole truth.

  it may be existing as bits and piece in all religions and schools of thought.

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  FastJehu, all of those are from before 2000 making them old light, even apostate information. You should know better!
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  My Boyfriend's Family Wants to Meet Mine (My Parent's are JWs) Help!

  by LaurenM in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i have been "faded" for approximately 2.5 years.

  my parents know i haven't attended a meeting in quite some time, but don't know that i have been dating a guy for about eight months.

  we really love each other and his family is super sweet.

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  floridaborn

  To live your life you're going to have to put your happiness above everyone else's. I learned this recently dating an "unbeliever". It didn't matter that I had been extremely irregular before but as soon as I started dating my current boyfriend I became "bad association" and have been shunned by my family?

  Are you ready for that possible outcome? Is living on the fence just to have conditional love from your family worth it?

  I'm not trying to be harsh, just something I've had to deal with personally very recently.

  Don't feel rushed by his family either. If your boyfriend is OK with it just enjoy each other and the time you two get to spend together.
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  New Member Of The Governing Body 24 Jan 2018

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just seen this announced on reddit:.

  ken cook was announced today at morning worship as the new member of the governing body.

  i dont recall him from the broadcasts, but he was formally a helper on the writing committee as per https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/governing-body/.

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  But is he part of the generation??
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  "Righteous in a sense"

  by floridaborn in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i cannot believe i let 7 men in new york tell me god didn't consider me righteous.

  how do people that believe in god put up with this crap!!

  no wonder in all my years i had a hard time praying.

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  Jhine

  JWs are the only religious people i know that would allow being told they are not righteous and just accepting it.