Posts by Doubtfully Yours

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Just curious... how many on here first became JW by door to door work Vs raised in?

by Aussie Oz in

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i was raised in from about 10. mum contacted by door to door work.

oz.

Doubtfully Yours

Raised in. 3rd generation too!

Extremely difficult to get out as the roots are deep and intertwined pretty good.

I'm making the best of it, and overall is not that bad at all.

DY

52

Are the Dubbers still preaching the end is very close?

by dogon in

we use to joke around and use the line from danny deveto on romancing the stone where he is asking michael dougless when he is coming back, soon very soon as a way to make fun of the believers who would keep telling us on stage the end was soon very soon.

they started this after the 75 and 2000 failure.

what are they saying now?.

Doubtfully Yours

Very close... Closer... The closest ever!!!

"The sky is falling! The sky is falling!"

All the time!!!

DY

57

How fast can you "prepare" a Watchtower lesson?

by Open mind in

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over the last 3 years i've gotten much faster at making a wt article look "studied".. .

how fast can you get one ready for inspection by snoopy elders and microphone handlers?.

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Doubtfully Yours

It takes me a good 1/2 hour. I'm quick at marking the answers, but then I really like to read the biblical quotes that don't sound familiar.

You see, I want to provide a good example should some new ones sit around me and happen to look over my magazine; also it helps with brownie points when the higher ups and the brothers passing the microphones see that I've taken time to 'prepare' myself for a meeting.

Don't you all just love the drill?! (sarcastic smiles)

DY

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Salvation Army - JW's don't donate, but would they accept help

by Bonnie_Clyde in

i just did a quick search on the wt cd and confirmed that that jehovah doesn't approve the salvation army.

but would a jw accept help from them just like they will accept help from the red cross?.

btw, clyde has been asked to do a little bell ringing.

Doubtfully Yours

As a whole, the Organization doesn't approve of donations to any other religious/political organizations. However, at the personal level, I've known of many, I being one of them, that have donated in the past and will donate whenever we can to the Salvation Army, as I know they use the funds very well in helping communities. I also give plenty to the Goodwill organizations.

I really admire those organizations that reach out and help the needy. On the other hand, I've been a witness many times over to people that misused their means and were living a very substandard type of life due to their own doing, then they studied the Bible and stopped their wrong ways and became quite self sufficient and cleaned up very nicely.

There are organizations that give out the fish, and then there are those that teach how to fish, and either way there's benefit to the receiving end. I do both things, I contribute to those that give out the fish and also contribute and try to go out there and teach some how to fish.

DY

34

Greetings

by AggieNostic in

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first new topic for me.. i have observed this site for about 4 years.

haven't been to a meeting since oct 2005. definitely feel jws are a high control group that mirrors many of the definitions of a cult.. i was raised as a witness since age 5, left at age 38, now 43. happily married to a wonderful woman for 24 years, except for 1 year of separation when i was failing miserable in a search for my true self - hard to do when you were completely sucked into this religion.

yes, i was a true believer pretty much up into my late 30s.

Doubtfully Yours

Welcome to this fine board. Your story is remarkable!

DY

43

Maybe being a Witness wasnt so bad?

by acolytes in

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before i became a witness i was a shallow egotistcal happy go lucky married man.

i owned 2 houses which were rented out.i lived rent free in london working for a rich arab-.

due to being a witness i quit a job and a lifestyle i will never have again.. i now live in sweden with the same wife and have a kid- i can think critically.my good friends are those i met on the ministry (but never converted)-i have good friends from my congregation in england.

Doubtfully Yours

I value my family and lifelong friendships tremendously, more so than the freedom that comes with not being a JW; think of it as a sacrifice for what's really important to me.

I, as do many others, take most of their stuff with a grain of salt; dismiss a lot of their crazy dogmatic ways and keep moving along. As we all get older, it's becoming easier, because the guilt trips from the platform aren't working as well as before. Just another religion and nothing else.

DY

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HUGE Milestone!

by lepermessiah in

i wanted to share a milestone that i am extremely excited about - my field circus report for november!.

hours - zero.

for the first time in my life, after over 30+ years of going out in "service" - all goose eggs, baby!

Doubtfully Yours

I can only dream of the day when I'll have the weekends to myself, and that when holidays come I won't feel a bit guilty for not having gone out preaching in that free time. Dreams... dreams....

Congratulations on having the courage and endurance to walk away from it all.

DY

29

Welcome Me Back... Please

by Doubtfully Yours in

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after a very long hiatus in which i organized my feelings, thoughts and actions, please take time to welcome me back to this fine forum.. i'm trapped inside the organization, with no end in sight whatsoever.

however, i've learned to keep a pretty good balance of the inner and outter world; not perfect in, not perfect out, just keeping a good balance for my sanity's sake.. feels good to be back posting again.. dy.

Doubtfully Yours

Hi there y'all!!!

Loved your responses. Great sense of humor here.

What has helped me cope the most with is that I've found like-minded individuals and hang mostly with them. We have a great time together, and at the same time know that because deep generational ties to this religious organization and the fact that most of our loved ones are in it we really can't do much but hang around ourselves.

Don't you all worry, though, we the "trapped ones" inside can do alright under the situation.

Thanks so much!

DY

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Welcome Me Back... Please

by Doubtfully Yours in

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after a very long hiatus in which i organized my feelings, thoughts and actions, please take time to welcome me back to this fine forum.. i'm trapped inside the organization, with no end in sight whatsoever.

however, i've learned to keep a pretty good balance of the inner and outter world; not perfect in, not perfect out, just keeping a good balance for my sanity's sake.. feels good to be back posting again.. dy.

Doubtfully Yours

After a very long hiatus in which I organized my feelings, thoughts and actions, please take time to welcome me back to this fine forum.

I'm trapped inside the Organization, with no end in sight whatsoever. However, I've learned to keep a pretty good balance of the inner and outter world; not perfect in, not perfect out, just keeping a good balance for my sanity's sake.

Feels good to be back posting again.

DY

43

1975 All Over Again

by Sour Grapes in

the talk that brother morris is giving at the one day.

assemblies is really getting the witnesses all worked.

i heard his talk last last month and he really.

Doubtfully Yours

The "End is here" yet again!

I went through it in the1975 saga, then again in 1986 when 'year of peace' was declared by the UN, again in the late 90s going into Y2K; now even the world is kind of mistified by the year 2012, so I imagine the Org will jump in the doomsday craze too.

Been through so many 'last days' talks and attitudes that I just turn a deaf ear to it; many do the same too, very tired of the Society crying wolf.

DY