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  Fading, Stopping Meetings, DA or DF'ing, Thoughts on Getting the Hell Out Of There

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i read some threads about why someone remains a ministerial servant or elder, or why they are still active jw's.

  others are telling stories about how they cut back slowly, and some of them got removed as ms/elder/pioneer or whatever.

  yet others tell of how they just up and stopped going one day.

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  While I respect the fact that each person can and should make their own decision based on their own needs.

  The concern I have with staying to "support" others is this.

  We all seem to agree that this religion is a high control group and that there are real dangers associated with groupthink.

  This is one of them.

  Generally speaking when people are in a group, individual responsibiltiy for action becomes diffused and therefore weakened.

  Most in the group will assume that if no one else is complaining or walking out or saying "to hell with this"

  then everyone else must be ok with it and that there is no real problem. Human nature.

  So each time you sit through a meeting with no apparent problem with it you are actually contributing to this illusion of ok-ness.

  Others in the hall look over at you and think

  "oh bro/sis so-and-so is here and they seem fine with this so everything must be fine,

  and wow they have even brought their hus/wife along that's great"

  Possibly an oversimplification of the group-ok effect but there you have it.

  Face it, no one wants to be the first to leave a theatre, but if someone else does it can start a chain reaction.
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  Did You Ever Have A "Crush" On Anyone Here?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know that many many have had crushes on me..

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  Did you know about the crush because they told you or did someone cyber- 'punch you in the arm" which is universal schoolyard code for

  "I really like you, so I will punch you in the arm so no one suspects I like you"?
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  It's raining GB

  by sparrowdown in

  1. social
  2. humour

  what would a gb calender look like?.

  of course they may need to photoshop their faces on some fireman bodies, and.

  there isn't enough of them for every month of the year, but would they go the "full monty".

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  What would a GB calender look like?

  Of course they may need to photoshop their faces on some fireman bodies, and

  there isn't enough of them for every month of the year, but would they go the "full monty"

  with strategically placed logo.

  I see a missed photo op here.

  They are so drunk with power and high on their own egos

  is anything out of the realms of possibility anymore?
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  Pets aren't people, says speaker at Regional Convention. Fido and Mimi better watch out! And instead of drinking wine or beer go do some gardening or play golf.

  by oppostate in

  1. social
  2. current

  a big discussion driving back from the regional convention about what exactly was meant about pets.. the warning was obvious to me.

  don't get pets, they cost time and money and you would do better to spend your time and money supporting the organization and going in field service.. as to the wine and beer, because the bro during his soliloquy admitted that the first thing he would like to do is relax after a hectic day at work with a glass of wine or beer, his conscience was traumatized.

  however he came up with a perfect idea, he'd go tend the garden (obviously a solution for a married bro) or hit some golfballs at the driving range (maybe he's not married).. maybe jesus should have told the wine guzzlers at cana to sober up and go till the fields.. .

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  How could anybody be anti cute, cuddly, furry, feathery, little friends.
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  Pets aren't people, says speaker at Regional Convention. Fido and Mimi better watch out! And instead of drinking wine or beer go do some gardening or play golf.

  by oppostate in

  1. social
  2. current

  a big discussion driving back from the regional convention about what exactly was meant about pets.. the warning was obvious to me.

  don't get pets, they cost time and money and you would do better to spend your time and money supporting the organization and going in field service.. as to the wine and beer, because the bro during his soliloquy admitted that the first thing he would like to do is relax after a hectic day at work with a glass of wine or beer, his conscience was traumatized.

  however he came up with a perfect idea, he'd go tend the garden (obviously a solution for a married bro) or hit some golfballs at the driving range (maybe he's not married).. maybe jesus should have told the wine guzzlers at cana to sober up and go till the fields.. .

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  "I'll get you, and your little dog" quote from the wicked witch of the west in The Wizard of OZ.
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  July 6 WT Study- Lesson they want you to learn

  by bruh2012 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  - if you have a problem with someone in the congregation -it's your fault.

  - only brothers have the immorality problem.

  - brothers have 4 main vices on his mental shelf.

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  I am all for equal opportunity immorality.
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  Party in the kingdom hall!

  by StephaneLaliberte in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  check it out and download before i am forced to take it down!.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf_rfrusa1c.

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  JWs have been only eager to point a snide finger at the "happy-clappy" religions for a century now.

  It seems the height of hypocrysy now that they are engaging in this type of hippie-dippy balone.

  Really lowers the tone BTW, all that "gettin jiggy with-it" detracts from the more serious lies and deceptions.
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  Pets aren't people, says speaker at Regional Convention. Fido and Mimi better watch out! And instead of drinking wine or beer go do some gardening or play golf.

  by oppostate in

  1. social
  2. current

  a big discussion driving back from the regional convention about what exactly was meant about pets.. the warning was obvious to me.

  don't get pets, they cost time and money and you would do better to spend your time and money supporting the organization and going in field service.. as to the wine and beer, because the bro during his soliloquy admitted that the first thing he would like to do is relax after a hectic day at work with a glass of wine or beer, his conscience was traumatized.

  however he came up with a perfect idea, he'd go tend the garden (obviously a solution for a married bro) or hit some golfballs at the driving range (maybe he's not married).. maybe jesus should have told the wine guzzlers at cana to sober up and go till the fields.. .

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  @HeyThere- Witness in the van says: "I tort I taw A PUDDIE TAT!"

  If people baptized their animals would that make them ok?
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  Do You Give Personal Information About Yourself On This Site?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  if someone asked you for information regarding your identity, would you tell them?

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  Aw come on skin, give us a little hint, it'll just be between you, me and cyberspace.
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  HERE IS YOUR MAP. . . your task is to find the spot which says: YOU ARE HERE

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  here is your map:.

  1. i suspect the truth isn't what i thought it was.. 2. omg--i realize i've been lied to and duped.. 3. what should i do?--i don't want to lose my wife, kids, family, friends, dog, pet hamster .

  .. 4. what if jehovah's witnesses really do have the true religion and it's simple human error screwing it up?.

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  sparrowdown

  I am at the 'watch this space' stage.

  Hopefully a butterfly will emerge shortly.