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  Fade question: New Cong or stay.

  by Darkknight757 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have a question with regard to fading.

  the wife and i have plans to move to another hall and continue our fade from the organization.

  we are already missing quite a few meetings and we are not reporting time.

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  ToesUp

  I think it depends on the hall you decide to move in. Some halls have lazy elders who could care less that you left, so they won't bother you. Some halls have Nazi Elders.

  We had lazy Elders, so for the most part they left us alone. Our problem became that we could not stomach the hypocrisy anymore so just started missing meetings and assemblies. It took us about a year to stop reporting time. Wow...life if now good and it is great to make new ("worldly") friends that like you for who you are and don't judge.
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  what do you think is the main reason why so many young ones are waking up?

  by Crazyguy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  seems as though the number of baptisms even for the young ones is down from what people report here.

  at my former hall the young ones are all in totally sheltered even while going to school.

  expressing thier desires to pioneer etc.

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  We have a high schooler. The schools are teaching critical thinking skills, something the JW's don't teach.

  The kids also see straight through the JW hypocrisy. These kids have been born equipped with a laptop/I pad. Telling these kids not to go on the worldwide web is like telling a fish it needs no water.
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  One Person Baptized at Circuit Assembly

  by Simon Templar in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i went to the circuit assembly with my wife yesterday.

  i have to keep peace in the family.

  there were less than 1,000 people for both the morning and the afternoon sessions.

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  ToesUp

  Thanks for the report.

  Did they read the accounts report? You know how much this assembly cost us. We have a deficit?
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  2016-03-11 US BOE Re: 2016 Bethel Visitors Information

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  march 11, 2016 to all congregations in the united states branch territory re: 2016 bethel visitors information

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  ToesUp

  Maybe ToMo will give us all his permission and "blessing" to go to Disney. The place the kids REALLY want to visit. Not a printing facility with cardboard cut outs of Caleb and Sophia . GAG!
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  Live in the U.S.? Tune into Dateline Friday evening, April 15th, to see a report about the Colorado Candelario murder trial (he's a JW).

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ralph and pam candelario were active jws in colorado.

  ralph murdered pam.

  professor jim penton was invited to appear at the trial last month by the prosecution as an expert witness to answer questions about jws.

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  We watched it as well. So much for Jehovahs "pure" organization. I wish I could go into detail about what is going on in our family right now. Not so "pure"! The JW's seem to have more issues than the ordinary "worldly" family.
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  Circuit Overseer Coming For Lunch – Everything Has to be Perfect

  by SAHS in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we have the circuit overseer’s visit this week, and my folks are having him and his wife over for lunch today.

  of course, i’m making it a point of hightailing it out of there to have my lunch elsewhere.

  when my mom asks me “why don’t you stay and meet him,” i just say, “well, he’s just a man like everybody else.” she says, “well, of course.

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  I always wanted to invite them over and have Hot Dogs, beans and some off brand potato chips and see how that went over. I just couldn't bring myself to spend the 8 bucks on the food. lol

  I figured he wouldn't come over anyway. They never show up at the "losers" homes. So glad we were "losers". What a blessing from Jehovah!
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  Circuit Overseer Coming For Lunch – Everything Has to be Perfect

  by SAHS in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we have the circuit overseer’s visit this week, and my folks are having him and his wife over for lunch today.

  of course, i’m making it a point of hightailing it out of there to have my lunch elsewhere.

  when my mom asks me “why don’t you stay and meet him,” i just say, “well, he’s just a man like everybody else.” she says, “well, of course.

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  "Made him a gluten free pizza because he had celiac disease."

  Was it just in our area? The Co and or his wife always had a special diet either due to a physical problem or some other conjured up issue?

  My parents always kissed the CO's ass. Made me sick!
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  October 2016 Campaign

  by rosesinbloom in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hello.

  does anyone know what the campaign in october is going to be about?.

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  Invite them to a meeting? That is funny. The damn meetings are a snore fest!
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  Embellished assembly interviews/"experiences"

  by ab.ortega in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  oh how wonderful those experiences at assemblies and "schools" are - not.

  at times it seemed as if these "experiences" were scripted.

  the speaker gets criteria in the outline regarding what the experience or interview has to be about.

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  So if they embellish the demos at the assemblies, what else are they embellishing? Things that make ya go.... Hmmm!

  I am now calling "theocratic warfare, theocratic bullsh*t".
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  Got a call, my dad is in hospice...

  by dubstepped in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  our last conversation was him yelling at me because i "loved the gays".

  translation, i pointed out that nobody chooses their sexuality.

  i've been shunned since daing last september, and really for a year or so after visiting my df'ed brother.

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  ToesUp

  So sorry for your loss dub.

  I would do exactly as you are doing. You said good bye to your Dad. That is the important thing. You are a good son.

  Enjoy your camping trip this weekend.