i know there are a lot of threads on here about fading and i've read a lot of them, but i have a question that i haven't found the answer to yet.. what would happen if you move to a new congregation (or at least tell your old congregation that you are moving and to have your records moved), and you don't go to any meetings?
i see lots of the fading strategies say to go to some meetings and show your face until your name is announced.
what exactly happens if you don't go to meetings in the new congregation?.
Choose a new congo that is in the opposite direction of where you live.
Also, do you have a worldly friend or relative in that opposite direction?
Use their address - and if anyone shows up at that address, have them say that you moved away - don't know where.
so fisherperson sent me a pm asking a bunch of questions re my time at beth hell.
rather than respond in a pm i will post the q/a here as i have nothing to hide.
q:what years did you serve in brooklyn bethel?
I hated the elevator rule!! I had to ride past my stop many times because heavies were on the elevator with me. Then I would have to stay on and go back to my floor. What a crock.
I'm surprised that they haven't installed keylocks in the elevators then.
Or maybe, a pay-per-ride device.
so fisherperson sent me a pm asking a bunch of questions re my time at beth hell.
rather than respond in a pm i will post the q/a here as i have nothing to hide.
q:what years did you serve in brooklyn bethel?
If anyone posting on forums is worried that crossposting will out them somehow IRL (and they do not want to be outed), then why use the same username?
Half of this good thread is discussing nonsense.
so fisherperson sent me a pm asking a bunch of questions re my time at beth hell.
rather than respond in a pm i will post the q/a here as i have nothing to hide.
q:what years did you serve in brooklyn bethel?
I still have clothes with my tagged number on them.
Was envisioning the laundry process today because of this thread. That included the tags on clothes.
Also reminded of a thread in the past, when Bethelites asked and answered: "How long have you been in?" as if it were a prison sentence.
In many ways, Bethel sounds worse than prison.
cf: this guy: Anders Breivik enrolled on Oslo University political science course (Only the "best" education allowed at Bethel - i.e. only BorgSpeak education )
so fisherperson sent me a pm asking a bunch of questions re my time at beth hell.
rather than respond in a pm i will post the q/a here as i have nothing to hide.
q:what years did you serve in brooklyn bethel?
Another genius. Either you are the next female version of Einstein or you cannot read. PM (private message)
Hey relax. There's no need to insult everyone.
I see no privacy breaches.
This is an interesting thread.
let me preface this by saying that i don't expect anyone here to make my decision for me.
i do however note that like the bible says, in the multitude of counselors there is wisdom, and this is a huge decision, so i wanted to put it out there for discussion.
i really appreciate your words of wisdom, as this affects not just me but my wife also, as we find ourselves in the same boat.
I agree 100% with The Searcher, Scully, and Giordano.
Each well said.
that's wat i heard the other day.
now you pay fines for your sins.. adultery is a 450 euro's ( for a firsttimer).
smoking is a 300 -500 euro's sin ( depents on what the blow was).
was thinking about proverbs 27:11 today, and looked it up on biblehub, including the lexicon.. sure enough, the application of this verse, as well as how nwt translates it, makes for thinking, and others who awaken end up thinking similarly.. this thread http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/120883/that-may-make-reply-him-that-taunting-me covers well the misapplication of this verse to jehovah vs satan.. as well, reading other translations - many render this verse not as "him" but "anyone.".
makes it even harder for the wt to abuse this scripture over and over..
Was thinking about Proverbs 27:11 today, and looked it up on BibleHub, including the lexicon.
Sure enough, the application of this verse, as well as how NWT translates it, makes for thinking, and others who awaken end up thinking similarly.
This thread http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/120883/that-may-make-reply-him-that-taunting-me covers well the misapplication of this verse to Jehovah vs Satan.
As well, reading other translations - many render this verse not as "him" but "anyone."
Makes it even harder for the WT to abuse this scripture over and over.
in response to a post on reddit, i would like to make this long withheld post.on more than one occasion, i have experienced what seemed like miracles.due to whatever circumstances, in retrospect, largely caused by borg directive, our family became perpetually "in need.
"my efforts, as the "head," to do the right borg thing, service, meeting attendance, family worship, never seemed to provide the relief promised by wts.mentally, i have always wrestled with the contradiction of job and of matt.
6:33.satan challenged that if a jw were tested with material, etc.
the verses say one thing, the org says it means something entirely different.. (matthew 24:34) "truly i say to you that this generation will by no means pass away until all these things happen.
w14 1/15 p. 31 par.
15 - "we understand that in mentioning "this generation," jesus was referring to two groups of anointed christians.
“But where the Bible is silent, we must be silent,” said Brother Splane.
Except when we decide to make up BorgSpeak.
http://www.jw.Borg/en/jehovahs-witnesses/activities/events/annual-meeting-report-2014/
