What signs did you give, when you started drifting away? Were you able to tell who was slowly drifting away in you congregation just by their attitude?
Edited by - JH on 19 January 2003 19:18:56
Drifting Away Signs
by JH 21 Replies latest jw friends
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Usually... it starts by not attending the meetings frequently... followed by not attending all together...
How about you?
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JH
How about preparing less your meetings, getting to the hall at the last minute, hanging around with worldly people, and also independent thinking.
An elder told me once that the first sign is, slowing down in the field service while still attending meetings.
Give me your signs of slowing down.
Edited by - JH on 19 January 2003 19:7:19
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I must be honest here, one of the main reasons that I chose to depart the JWs was so that I could have more sex.
Good one Englishman... lol
Also... preparing my talks in the kindom hall right before my turn
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ESTEE
The ever-strengthening desire to take along a sub-machine gun in my meeting/service bag?
Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat!
GAWD!!!. . .I honestly didn't know I had that in meeee!! LOL!!!
ESTEE
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Mary
I bought a 2-door car. The very first sign of an apostate .
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Introspection
It all happend rather fast for me, I think I started missing meetings just a few weeks before my last one. So, I think my sign changed from "vacant" to "occupied" - like on those bathroom doors.
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La Capra
I quit cold turkey. I had decided several months before I was going to do it, but my mother had already booked a very nice trip for me with some "friends". I quite pragmatically decided it would be bad form to waste my mother's money, so I kept my decision under wraps til we all got home. The last meeting I ever went to was in Kauai. I savored every second, knowing it was the last lame waste of weekend time (and vacation time) I would ever spend. I told my mom on the ride home from the airport. This was in August 1987. I sent a letter in October. She wasn't devastated. I think she knew it was a crock of bull and was relieved I was escaping.
Shoshana
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blondie
Drifting away (not necessarily in order of time or importance)
Not reading the publications
Not taking the magazines out of the wrappers till the Sunday they are studied
Not reading the Bible daily
Not reading the Bible at all
Can't find your Bible
Not preparing for the meetings
Not looking up the scriptures at the meeting
Not commenting at the meeting
Showing up late for the meetings, leaving right after
Missing 1 meeting a week, 2 meetings a week, attending 2 a month, attending 1 a month
Leaving after the public talk
Leaving after the theocratic ministry school
Forgetting and not showing up for a talk assignment
Quitting the theocratic school
Only going out in field service 4x to 3x to 2x to 1x a month
Not going out at all but say you did to book study conductor
Forget to turn in your time
Brothers not going to meetings and not call when assigned mikes, sound, stage, literature/mags, etc.
Not showing up to clean the hall
Doing your homework during the meeting
Listening to the game during the meeting
WT study conductor cant remember your name
Book study conductor cant remember your name and he is a relative
There are 3 new families at the book study you dont know
You missed the CO visit
You don't know the name of the CO or DO
You don't know the name of the PO
Who are the elders?
You show up at the KH and everyone is at the special day
You missed the circuit assembly
You missed the district convention
You missed the special day
You missed the Memorial