Posts by sparrowdown

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Do any of the JWs go out door to door with a territory any more?

by Spiral in

i actually had a neighbor ask me that the other day (she knows i'm an "ex" jw) and i didn't really know the answer.

i know there's a bit of cart witnessing going on (small town) and a lot of driving around to return visits.. but are they actually doing territory, not-at-homes, all of that?

the neighbor said that eight years ago, when she bought her house, the jws were by "all the time".

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If they are going D2D anymore it must be invisibly because they have been MIA where I live for about 2yrs now.

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Jehovah Misses Me

by Phoebe in

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made the mistake of opening the front door today...i was expecting someone to service our central heating...oh dear, it was a sister instead :(.

she tells me jehovah misses me.

it seems god only sees me if i go to the meetings.

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"Jehovah misses you." So lame.

So the brothers and sisters don't miss you only Jehovah. Gee so comforting.

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I think I was terribly wrong...

by sinboi in

i have once commented under the topic "are you better off as a worldly person or a jw?

i am a born-in but left nearly a year ago at age 16. i would say when i was a jw and was still fully convinced that it is the truth, i was happier.

i have a hope then.

sparrowdown

Yes, you really dodged a bullet finding ttatt so young.The "what now" question is just a natural progression after finding out your sole purpose in life is not to please "Jehovah."

The real question though is what is your purpose? Finding that thing that makes you happy and gives you a reason to get up in the morning. You have plenty of time to explore.

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Cart witnessing at the Toyota Grand Prix

by Dagney in

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picture 185,000 people on the streets attending the biggest event in long beach.

there is a main downtown street which is the only way into the grand prix.

it’s chaos because it is not private property that can be contained; these are working boulevards with cars and people vying to get where they want to go.

2018-Message From Watchtower Informant!

by Atlantis in

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from one of our informants inside the watchtower.

(same person whosent us videos from the legal dept., accounting dept., pioneer school,and so forth.

) atlantis told him that he is walking on a razors edge,to be extremely careful.his email message:1. watch tower has no right to demand you to sign a consent form.

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It's more who will they share the info with and who else could have access to it. Personal information sharing is valuable to all sorts of groups it's big business these days.

The personal dirt/stuff would be useful to their lawyers and legal department if a member or former member turns whistle blower, makes allegations and embarks on some course of legal action as an individual or as a class action.

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2018-Message From Watchtower Informant!

by Atlantis in

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friends

from one of our informants inside the watchtower.

(same person whosent us videos from the legal dept., accounting dept., pioneer school,and so forth.

) atlantis told him that he is walking on a razors edge,to be extremely careful.his email message:1. watch tower has no right to demand you to sign a consent form.

sparrowdown

Any hard information they have is stuff personally handed over such as name, address, cong, year of baptism, publisher status inactive irregular, restrictions, reproved etc, marital status, publisher history, previous congs, possibly job details, blood card information, reason for DS DA etc, etc.

Any other information would be personal opinions and extrapolations of your situation or personality formed by the elders whether true or not or anything the boe felt was noteworthy and relevant to your spiritualy such as menatl health issues, sexual preference or personal struggles maybe with smoking, porn etc.

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Why do Jehovah's Witnesses always answer questions through the bible?

by MarieChii in

hi.. recently i've been researching jehovah's witnesses and their beliefs and found out that they don't believe in blood transfusions.

so, i've asked one of my friends who is a jw as to what is the reason for this, and so far, they had always directed me to a bible verse that is in their bible.. clearly, i wasn't getting anywhere and so far, it's pretty much frustrating to even make my friend give me reasonable reason.

when i was getting somewhere, even a smidgen, they would answer with a question.

sparrowdown

Jehovahs witnesses don't actually answer intelligently with the bible.

Fact: JWs parrot cherry-picked scriptures and regurgitate cult propoganda. There's not a scripture they quote that isn't out of context and misapplied, sadly they are just too brainwashed to know it.

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2018-04-11-E-BOE--Speaker's Monitor!

by Atlantis in

2018-04-11-e-boespeaker's monitorhttps://we.tl/em7bxi5o4oatlantis!.

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What does it say?

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Example of sensitive data – should I be worried?

by Fay Dehr in

### here's a link to a high-quality version of the above form: https://1drv.ms/u/s!amcrvjcxi6m6a2mdhysjdll3m00 ###.

the attached image is the rear of form a-27; this is just example of many forms that contain personal data.

i’d like to know: should i be worried?.

sparrowdown

* morpheous - employers want to know what you watch and listen to in your freetime and if you're chaste?

+ JWs are not employees and do not get paid.

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Dating as a Jehovahs witness has made me PIMO

by Addison0998 in

hey, i would like to share my experience, it is kind of long but i really appreciate whoever reads.

last year i was a devout pioneer sister.

well, i am naturally an imperfect 20 year old women.

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Try to gently nudge your boyfriend awake if you want but honestly just make your plans to fade it won't get any better married to PIMI JW. You have your whole life ahead of you don't waste it playing this cult's culty games.