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  In one sentence, can you pinpoint a single event that woke you up?

  by Brian J in

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  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
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  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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  floridaborn

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

  by floridaborn in

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  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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  floridaborn

  Jhine

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

  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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  They have to step down

  by Gorbatchov in

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  2. friends

  with all the leaked information, it has to be a one way direction to the exit for the watchtower leadership and gb.. they can not stay.. it can take time, but this is the only scenario.. g..

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  No, they will spin it as persecution and the rank and file will eat it up because they are too afraid to leave
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  Older JW: not happy

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this week i visited my sick father in law.. then an old elder from my far away congregation came in for coffee.

  did not see him in 15 years.. nice chat.

  had a lot to say, is alone, his sick wife disabled and away from home.. he told me: "living alone is so hard.

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  floridaborn

  My parents died 15 years ago, both in their early 70’s, so fairly early in their golden years and before the intro to iPads and even the new songs.

  They were both confident they would walk through Armageddon. I wonder how they would have felt if they would have survived up until now to see their religion become what it is today.