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  Help Elders poking nose in

  by Formerbrother in

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  what can i do when elders want to poke their nose in?.

  they want to have another chat with me and my wife, but we dont want to, it just gets us down..

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  This is what has worked well for us. Tell them that you are doing fine and if you need their assistance YOU have their contact info and will get in touch with them. In other words, don't call us, we'll call you. You may have to do this several times and even get firm with them. Keep repeating this. It is kind of like a cat and dead mouse game. If the cat has nothing to toy with, eventually it will loose interest.

  Don't answer their texts, phone calls or the door. They will get the point eventually. As soon as you start talking, they WILL come after you. Slow, steady and quiet is the key. If you decide one day that you want to spill all and don't care about the end result, go for it and let em have it. lol
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  Another One Bites the Dust!

  by freddo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's goodbye to bristol - hengrove congregation of jw's and the inmates ... err ... members, will be sent to two other bristol congregations either side of it.. i'm told by two elders from bristol, england it is being disbanded on may 1st 2018. this is the 2nd congregation in this circuit to be disbanded recently - the 1st being portishead in late 2014.. hooray!.

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  Great news!! Jehovah sure is speeding up the work! lol
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  avoidjw.org

  by Solaris11 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i heard avoidjw.org is under legal attack from the watchtower society.

  it's a shame because it's such a wonderful resource.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cmhopfvoim.

  does anyone know what is happening with this site?

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  Avoid JW scares the hell out of WT. Thank you to Atlantis and others, WT will NEVER be able to stop the flow of material that scares WT so much!

  Thank you all who are helping us all out!!! We appreciate all that you do!!!!
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  new Young People Ask article aimed at non-JW youths

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/teenagers/ask/meetings-at-kingdom-hall/.

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  "Find the best kind of friends?"

  This is TOO funny! The kind of "friends" who turn their backs on you, as soon as you leave or ask questions. lol

  Yeah, conditional friends are the best kind...NOT!

  All my JW "friends" are gone! Their loss!

  My best advice to anyone wanting to join the WT/JW cult movement.....RUN LIKE HELL!!!!
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  Funny News From My Old Congragation - Elder Fight!

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i haven't stopped laughing since i heard this.

  a pimo in my last congregation told me that an elder has been removed from his elder position.

  apparently he grabbed another elder by the throat, put him up against a wall in the back room and punched him in on the nose... during an elders meeting on thursday evening after the meeting.. the congregation were running round like headless chickens wondering what to do?

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  My Dad was an Elder and many many times he came home furious and red faced. Why the heck any man would want to do all this work for free and have all the additional stress. Yikes!!!
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  Funny News From My Old Congragation - Elder Fight!

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i haven't stopped laughing since i heard this.

  a pimo in my last congregation told me that an elder has been removed from his elder position.

  apparently he grabbed another elder by the throat, put him up against a wall in the back room and punched him in on the nose... during an elders meeting on thursday evening after the meeting.. the congregation were running round like headless chickens wondering what to do?

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  "The elder who got a whack on the nose is a total prick though. The elder who threw the punch is also a total prick."

  So many pricks. lol

  This is all that is going to be left on the Elder bodies. Pricks! They will feed on each other. Fun to hear about! Don't you just love these "fine experiences?" ha ha
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  CRISIS OF CONSCIENCE

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  2. beliefs

  https://youtu.be/dpq7j8lkc98.

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  Deborah, thank you for making this new addition available. Sorry, about the loss of your husband. Mike and Kim, thank's for making this great news available. Just ordered our copy. Hope it becomes a best seller!
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  CO working at Walmart

  by the girl next door in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it just took me by surprise.

  i remember him from a decade or so ago.

  he came up with gems like, “weddings are for women, they are not necessary.” also, “if you want to be truly happy, marry an ugly woman.”.

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  "Good luck to them making their own way in the world that they knocked so much."

  I agree with LongHairGal. I have heard so many CO's, Bethelites or Pioneers talk poorly of those who go for Higher education. Funny thing....they sure like the money that these ones who seek higher education make. They will GLADLY take that!!
  
  
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  Can anyone name a single incident when bethel has fed the poor ever ?

  by Chook in

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  2. experiences

  charity is lacking from the house of god.

  i remember reading once about some young pioneer sisters who needed emergency accommodation and where turn away from brooklyn because they weren’t special pioneers.

  charity begins at home..

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  Things only flow one way in Watchtower land. Watchtowers way!!!
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  Thanks, but no thanks!

  by FadeToBlack in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  that was essentially my reply to a recent sms i got from the elder of the group i am supposed to be in, requesting a visit to encourage me and get to know me better.

  my wife has been attending english language meetings in warsaw for the last year or so (i have never been) and i think they are getting antsy about where i stand.

  i've met many of them at events my wife hosted at our house, but so far nobody has pressed me on the issue of my inactivity.. at one of the events, an elder mentioned that he'd heard i 'had been' a jw for many years and he was curious what first attracted me to the org.

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  Great response on your part. I agree with The Fall Guy...Elders hate it when you don't "confide" to them why you no longer attend. They are told over and over again that they are "Jesus' right hand men, princes, given double honor." They just can't fathom why you won't talk to them. lol

  The less you say, the better. It will keep them off of your back. The old game of cat and dead mouse. ha ha. The cat will loose interest in the mouse when the mouse no longer responds.

  We have done this for years and it works like a charm!!!!