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  Latest Study Watchtower - JW's NEED to confess to elders

  by The Fall Guy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  watchtower november 2017, page 10, paragraph 8 - "today, a christian guilty of serious sin needs to seek the help of congregation elders to recover.

  ) why is this so important?

  first, the arrangement for elders to handle cases of serious sin comes from jehovah, (2nd lie!

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  A sister I knew had gotten into trouble as a teen 30 some years before and was DFed, for a one time thing. 30 years later, thing's happened and she messed up, after her x showed up, and beat the crap out of her, and forced himself on her. She lived on a old dirt road with the nearest house being 3 miles away. She did not scream for help, and they brought up what happened in the past, and said this proved, that she was never repentant way back then, and DFed her again. They also told her not to worry about turning in a letter until one of them, let her know it would be open to consideration! 5 YEARS!!!!!!!!
  
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  Anniston Alabama

  by nonjwspouse in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my mom just texted to tell me she stopped in anniston alabama with my two daughters to eat some supper before coming home from my cousins house.

  i can never think of anniston alabama anymore without thinking of ray franz and all that he went through, and how very close i was to being in the same placiue he was at the same time and i didn't even know it .

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  I knew Willie Anderson, years ago. I liked him until I heard about his part in the Franz thing!
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  "No junk mail". How witnesses ignore these signs!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as we know, many people have "no junk mail" signs on their home letterboxes.

  this clearly means that they do not want unsolicited mail or advertising material.. so how are witnesses getting around this?.

  during the campaign to distribute the convention invitations, when they come across a house with "no junk mail", they are just putting the leaflet inside an envelope and hand writing "to the householder" on the front and putting it in the letterbox!.

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  In the US one can not just put up a no junk mail sign, and think the USPS will follow it's directions. The USPS is paid to deliver, all mail, and not to pick out what is or isn't junk mail!!!!
  
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  Karl Marx Genius Of The Modern World

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  he was all for getting rid of religions and their delusions for the betterment of mankind.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mydmc1wio8.

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  I met a Russian man when I live in LA back in 99. He was telling me about his job, in a factory that built motors for car's. He said that they might put out any where from 10 to 200, motors a week, but they were supposed to be building 1,000 a week. He said it just didn't really matter, how much or little they worked, the pay was the same. The was nothing in it for having done even a good job, much less doing a Really Great job!!!!! The pay was always the same, the food was always in short supply, and not very good! He said housing was a joke, and getting some thing like a TV could take month's or even years, and that they were just crap!

  We talked a number of time, and I wish I had written down what all he said!!

  Dwain
  
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  Have you ever come across someone on this site or other exjw site that you knew?

  by karter in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  2 for me 1 from my old congro in the 80's and another that was in the same circle of friends.. karter..

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  On the former jw recovery site, an ex young jw sister that I had met a time or two, was on it for a short time. She postewd a story about a place her and her mom had lived for sometime. Well I knew the story right off the bat, for I had heard it from her eldub uncle, and there's just no way, it's not the same story!!!

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  FFA - 4H - Conscious matter or not allowed?

  by Jennifer Lehrer in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was baptized 4 years ago, i have 2 little girls who love their bunnies, so this year we reached out to 4h and started our own 4h group - this was after asking the elders for counsel.

  none provided.

  now after doing this for 3 months i am being brought before a judicial committee for neutrality.

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  I did 4-H stuff in school, but could not join : ( . Back in my day it was looked at just like the Boy or Girl scout's. And I don't think that has ever changed.
  
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  Favorite/least favorite CO's and DO's

  by HereIgo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i posted this thread sometime last year but thought i would revive it due to the new ones on the board, and to change things up a bit.

  my favorite?

  bro murikami, from hawaii, very humble, kind bro.

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  I have had so many, having been in so many cong's, in so many states!!

  The one that stands out for me was Bill Baxter, in the Atlanta area back in 84. He was so kind and caring. My dear sweet grandma, died, and I missed his visit. Two week's later on a Monday evening, he and his wife showed up at my door, just to visit!!!!

  Lou Razor, Was a total jerk and ass-hole!!!!!!
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  White clean shaven man runs over muslims

  by silentbuddha in

  1. social
  2. current

  so in england they report a "white clean-shaven man" mowed down worshippers at a mosque.

  why do they never make such detailed descriptions when muslims do the same?.

  i hope this event isn't a bad turning point.

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  But were supposed to lay down and die!
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  Marking Talks are back!?!?! - New Name!

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  when i was younger i used to hear about "marking talks" given in the past.

  i believe they stopped in the 80's or 90's.

  basically, if someone wasn't baptized or doing something unrepentant, they would get a "marking talk" and be treated the same as a df person.

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  The congregation I was in until about two years ago, used marking talks pretty often!

  My first wife had been studying for two years before we got married, and got baptised two weeks before we got married. I never told her, that I was going to be marked, and have a special talk marking me, if she wasn't baptised! I had not understood that I would be marked, because she had made it plain she was going to get baptised in the spring, but changed and did it at the end of summer!
  
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  USA: Kingdom Hall listed in LoopNet

  by sp74bb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  more kingdom hall listed for sale:.

  http://www.loopnet.com/locations/kingdom-hall-of-jehovah%27s-witnesses/listings/.

  when are we going to see more listed...?

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  DwainBowman

  WoW, I helped build the one in Dover TN! Lots of friends around there!