All I know is that the CO's coming pretty soon.
"We Miss You".....
by minimus 62 Replies latest jw friends
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mustang
Min,
If I had done this simple 5 minute expedient, I could have honestly said to my Dad that I had been to a meeting. That would have gotten him off my back for a few months, at least. I didn't have any intention of really listening. Notice that I mentioned the "Religious Obligation Report". They really check up on you, just like doing a Field Service slip, as you well know. These turkeys are worse than my Draft Board was during Vietnam!!!
Mustang
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Lady Lee
Mind you I could be talking through my hat
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Nosferatu
All I know is that the CO's coming pretty soon.
Oh! The JW Circus Ringmaster! You're sure to get some encouragement when he comes to visit. Everyone's gotta be extra loyal when the Ringmaster visits. If you know what week it is Min, make sure to keep your door closed and keep an eye on the caller ID.
Have you quit putting in monthly reports yet?
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minimus
My wife just got off the phone with her sister and told her she "is no longer a practicing Jehovah's Witness". They spoke for an hour and she's feeling good!
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outnfree
WOO HOO, Min! That last bit surely deserves a thread of its own!!!!
(Truth to tell, I read your subject line and got a queasy feeling in my stomach, just knowing how insincerely those words are uttered so many times by JW 'Friends'.)
We all know you're not shy about posting new topics, so let the rest of the DB in on the happy news, won't you?
outnfree
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undercover
The JWs are taught to say "We miss you" or "We missed you at the meeting on Sunday". They use human emotions to keep you "encouraged", and to keep attending the meetings. This is all fake love. If they truly missed you, they would come visit you, and they wouldn't say "We missed you". The only time these three words are truly heartfelt are when two people who love each other are separated for a significant amount of time.
How many times do we remember being told that if someone was missing from a meeting or two to call and check up on that person? Was it out of concern about the physical well-being of that person? No, because the speaker would always follow up that advice with the scripture about not forsaking the gathering of ourselves together and proclaiming that all needed to be in attendance. Unknowingly(or perhaps knowingly) the speaker is encouraging the members of the congregation to force guilt trips on one another in order to keep them in line.
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happyout
The last time I was
blackmailedencouraged to go to the Memorial, at least three people who wouldn't spit on me if I were on fire came up and hugged me and said "I knew you'd be back!" That's only one of the many reasons I decided never to go again, no matter what the "special occasion"Happyout
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nobody told me
I got that "We Miss You".....bull 31/2 months after my last meeting. The elder told me later that I was rejecting my "family" by not wanting to associate with the cong. anymore. I was going through a totally unexpected divorce from my ex-wife. The elders knew {I told them} and some of my Witness co-workers knew. Three and a half months I heard from no one until I got the "we miss you" call. No one offered any assistance, ZERO.....I glad I have my real family back and real friends I can count on.
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Ravyn
'we miss you' is just their way of saying 'you have not been to the KH lately and we don't have any gossip to spread about why---so please tell me so I can be the first to start the rumors...'
or it was a recon effort becoz the CO is coming. Lady Lee you are too nice---I don't know how you were ever counted among those people(JWs)! You always give them more benefit of the doubt than they deserve!
if someone says to me 'we miss you' I ask them 'where have I gone?---I am right where I have always been!--no address change.'
Ravyn