Posts by TableForOne

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hello

by fakefading in

hello my fellow "apostates".

just wanted to say hi.

i'm still in the borg but mentally out.

TableForOne

Welcome FF,

I'm new here too, and do more lurking than posting.

I've just stood down as a MS and abruptly stopped attending meetings, but my wife is still in 100%. My wife is also 100% gutted and our (previously happy) marriage is now in jeopardy.

I was baptised in 1991. I realised it wasn't the truth about 4 months ago and chose to make a quick exit.

In hindsight, I should've planned it better. Or rather, I should have simply had a plan in the first place. Instead, I just impatiently blurted out what I had learned when the circumstances allowed it. Bad idea.

Since then, I have read lots of excellent advice on this forum.

This forum has helped me to be reassured that it's not me that's unbalanced.

From your posts, it appears that you also appreciate the help of forum members too.

Take your time. Keep planning ahead. Go at your own pace. Follow your conscience.

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District Assembly arrangements 2014.

by quellycatface in

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friends

my jw mother drives me nuts.

she lives in quite a cut-off part of the uk and this year, is expected to travel to hq (rugbyfans), aka twickenham.

she's great to make the trip, it's like a spiritual holiday for her.. i said i thought it ridiculous and unreasonable for the gb to expect people to travel that far and pay for accommodation near london.

TableForOne

According to jw.org the convention dates are 22-24th August.

So that's in the school holidays, and on a bank holiday weekend.

All of that makes it a very expensive time to find accommodation in central London.

Well done governing body, always putting the rank & file first.

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What Motivates Jehovah's Witnesses To Stay In The Religion?

by minimus in

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i believe it is mostly guilt.

many witnesses pioneer or "reach out" in the religion because they feel guilty.. they may feel they aren't doing enough.

they may have secretly "sinned" against rules imposed by the organization.

TableForOne

Many who have been in for decades don't want to leave because they've invested so much time/energy/family to give in now.

They're waiting for a bus that's never going to come.

But they daren't start walking, because they're constanly told the bus is "just around the corner".

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At what point did you destroy your Blood card?

by BU2B in

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i know for me it was soon after lurking here for awhile and reading some threads on the issue.

i remenber when i tore it into little tiny pieces.

it felt so liberating..

TableForOne

After 22 years, mine went on the wood burning stove about a month ago.

It felt like another step had been taken on the road to freedom.

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What Motivates Jehovah's Witnesses To Stay In The Religion?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i believe it is mostly guilt.

many witnesses pioneer or "reach out" in the religion because they feel guilty.. they may feel they aren't doing enough.

they may have secretly "sinned" against rules imposed by the organization.

TableForOne

Many must stay in the religion because they remain convinced that it is 'the truth'.

I stayed in for 22 years because I really believed it.

If something didn't seem right, I "left it in Jehovah's hands", and got on with my life of faithful service.

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Now predicting increase of anointed?

by jgnat in

i came across this nugget in the may 2014 issue:.

"are you moving ahead with jehovah's organization".

....at one time, the anointed remnant were like the little one, but their number grew as other spiritual israelites were brought into gods organization.

TableForOne

In my opinion, it doesn't matter how arrogant the FDS are, they realise that changing the understanding of the 144,000 from literal to symbolic, would be too much for many to accept, without losing a lot of credibility.

Their answer seems to be... don't write about the memorial partaker increase.

Many rank & file either won't notice, or they won't see the increase as that significant.

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It's official too: I will be DF'd... probably next Wednesday

by ILoveTTATT in

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friends

i will write my story soon... .

TableForOne

Well done ILoveTTATT.

I left recently, but hope to avoid being DF'd to make it easier for my family.

I hope you have the support of people who love you, rather than blind condemnation which occurs too often.

I'm already looking forwards to reading your story.

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Now predicting increase of anointed?

by jgnat in

i came across this nugget in the may 2014 issue:.

"are you moving ahead with jehovah's organization".

....at one time, the anointed remnant were like the little one, but their number grew as other spiritual israelites were brought into gods organization.

TableForOne

Just before I left, I mentioned to an ex-elder that the number of memorial partakers had gone up again.

His explanation? 'Memorial partakers are not necessarily anointed. Nothing to worry about, it's just over enthusiastic black people coming into the truth in African countries who are either ignorant of what appropriate behaviour is, or who find it difficult to give up their old Christendom ways.'

So there you go. Problem solved!

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New congregation accounting system

by thedog1 in

i'm sure i read a thread here about the new congregation accounting procedures.

i ask because i handle the accounts in our cong and in our part of the world the new accounting system has just arrived whereby local congs do not have their own account any longer, but all funds outside of basic monthly costs is forwarded to an account controlled by the org.

this is causing huge confusion in our cong as we have to work out how much we need to keep back for monthly costs and the new idea is that you send all your extra cash to the org and if you need it back you can ask for it but we don't know how easy or hard it would be to do that.

TableForOne

Yes, St. George of England, that's the system that I'm familiar with.

About 6 months ago I heard a whisper of further big changes in congregation accounting, but even though I was the account servant, I wasn't told what they would be, or when they would be implemented.

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New congregation accounting system

by thedog1 in

i'm sure i read a thread here about the new congregation accounting procedures.

i ask because i handle the accounts in our cong and in our part of the world the new accounting system has just arrived whereby local congs do not have their own account any longer, but all funds outside of basic monthly costs is forwarded to an account controlled by the org.

this is causing huge confusion in our cong as we have to work out how much we need to keep back for monthly costs and the new idea is that you send all your extra cash to the org and if you need it back you can ask for it but we don't know how easy or hard it would be to do that.

TableForOne

thedog1, when did these changes begin?