redhorsewoman- says
When I found discussion boards similar to this several years ago, it was a definite revelation. I was NOT alone! The people I met there could understand. It was kind of like a group of war veterans getting together at the local VFW hall to share experiences and rejoice in the fact that they had all survived
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As I am typing this post my wife is on the phone with a DF sister who could no longer take it- she wants relief and we are going to let her know this evening that she is not ALONE as mentioned above
after the 75 nonevent - i have read of bros who for 20yrs thought they were the ONLY ONE AND then the net came around and all Sh!t broke loose
and now they are after 20yrs able to find some mental closure on thier exp
the net is the most powerful infomation tool ever created by man
the naked women on the net "THANG" Is all the wt tells it's members about the net and it scares the jw to death
but the fact of the matter is never again in my view will wt have any growth in western countries AGAIN
I Live in the washington dc area the capital of the internet as we like to call it
it has been reported that we avg 2.2 pcs in the homes here in certain areas- we have 5 oursleves 2 upstairs 2 downstairs and the server in the basement smile
at my last co/elder meeting the co told us the net was killing the bible studies in the circuit due to when studies start - thier families and workmates and friends would download APOSSTE material for them- and they would ask thier bible study conductor lots of questions
but that was not the real problem -- as he pointed out the problem was the reaction of the publishers when presented with stuff off the net-
well the poor rank and file would FREAK OUT I CAN'T READ THAT -I CAN'T TOUCH THAT, ETC
well of course the poor bible student is now seeing a real Damn fool sittting in his living room freaking out
all of a sudden this kind mild manner jw has become a ragging A$$hole
and this reaction would turn the bible student off
so he told us and in his talks for the week he pointed out that many times they are simply old wt lierature that they have printed
so point out to them it is OLD LIGHT
my wife and i sat there during his thrusday service talk in shock
He told us that in some territory folks would keep printouts at thier dooors AND when the bro called they would invite them in and start asking them all kinds of questions based on the printout
OF COURSE AS he put it some bro would almost run out of folks home
so once again he told the cogreation not to react like that, but to calmly try and redirect the conversation back to the topic for the day and offer to come back and address thier issues since it would take more time than you had that morning
so i"m telling you folks it will not get any easier for jw working thier terriotory or keeping bible studies as the years go by and the net will become as common as having running water and phone service in more parts of the earth
i just love that "NET THANG"
JAMES
The Freedom to Think means:
"I'd rather have Questions that I can't Answer ----Than Questions, I can't Ask.
(or Answers that I can't Question)."
