Posts by out4good4

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If this system goes on.

by karter in

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i heard my hard out jw sister say that for the 1st time in many years and i'm hearing more and more jw's saying that.

years ago when i was in they talked about the new system coming any minute..

out4good4

I stopped there for a moment as she silently sat there with her eyes closed and bowed head, lips moving while silently enunciating each word

Does anyone else think that this is the most absurd practice?

I've seen witnesses....if you handed them a couple of chips out of a bag will silently drop their heads and say silent prayers over it before eating. It is one of the more silly things I see them do and just seems so rigid and cultish.

What do you do when they do this?

I've gotten to the point where I just ignore them and go on about doing whatever I happen to be doing

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Do you still go to meetings?

by NikL in

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as i was sitting in the meeting last night i thought about this question.. sometimes it feels really lonely because i don't connect with most others in the congregation and i have to be so careful with the ones with whom i do associate.. quick rundown on my life...got baptized at 17...married at 20...became inactive at 28 wife still active though...came back to meetings with her 20 years later just to keep her quiet and see if they had changed (for a while i actually thought they had)...now i am still inactive and haven't gone out in service or anything.

i just go to meetings with my wife who is happy as a lark to have me there with her...just go to meetings and think...and think...and think.... anyway, i just wondered if there are any out there like me who are going to meetings and nothing else?.

out4good4

Still going to them sometimes by proxy of my wife wanting to talk about how good they are.

When my eyeballs start to sweat

she knows it is time to stop talking about them.

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Taking up a Cause

by OnTheWayOut in

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so recently, my jw wife asks me if i ever considered taking up a cause.it was a question out of the blue, coming off of a discussion about politics.

so while it was unsaid, she was really getting at whether i was considering being politically active in some way.. i already have a standard answer that i have used before with other people, so i said it.

"no, i will be content to work and get by then retire and sit in the sun with a good book and a cold water.

out4good4

No, I will be content to work and get by then retire and sit in the sun with a good book and a cold water. That's it.

That's where I am. 5 years to go.

Will be retiring at 57 with a lot of years left to go and do whatever the hell I want.

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Hi forum

by A Believer in

i proably shouldnt be on here but i feel like saying this.

i have been for the last couple weeks been studying religion.

i've learned the only ones who today do what the bible says to is jw.

out4good4

12 Pages......

You guys sure are gluttons for punishment!!!!!!

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Shaklee and Long Distance Telephone Plans

by Funchback in

i just had a random recall about jws and what they used to peddle.. in my area of pennsylvania (usa), there was a brother who used to be the shaklee dealer.. there was also a brother who owned his own landscaping company and sold long distance phone plans.

in fact, i remember 3 brothers who sold lond distance plans.. did anyone else experience these products or others?

just wondering.. brian.

out4good4

I remember, after I was baptized, this brother was pushing hard for me to be one of his down line salespeople for Primerica. I'm not sure anymore of what the product was, I think either worthless investment or insurance products.

Anyway, he was on my ass to the point where it got very uncomfortable for me to push Primerica products on every family member I knew and to get them to sell to everyone they knew as well. I eventually stopped taking his calls. One day, when I did happen to answer the phone, this "brother" dressed me down pretty good for being unreliable, a waste of his time, and a loser for not succumbing to this MLM scheme.

It was one of the many straws that broke the camel's back for me wanting to have anything to do with being a witness.

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so let me get this straight.. the borg moves into their new corporate country club....

by nowwhat? in

with their luxurious lakeside condos.

takes all the congregations funds promising new kingdom halls.

but instead starts selling off kingdom halls ..then makes faithful old brothers and sisters drive 20-30 miles to another one, and .kicks out half the bethelites for only only tech savy college educated ones.can barely afford to send out printed publications anymore.

out4good4

Nowwhat?

A trio of brothers would like to talk to you in the second school after the meeting ends if you have a moment.

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so let me get this straight.. the borg moves into their new corporate country club....

by nowwhat? in

with their luxurious lakeside condos.

takes all the congregations funds promising new kingdom halls.

but instead starts selling off kingdom halls ..then makes faithful old brothers and sisters drive 20-30 miles to another one, and .kicks out half the bethelites for only only tech savy college educated ones.can barely afford to send out printed publications anymore.

out4good4

You're not respecting theocratic order!!!

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Bro. Schroeder dies

by bythesea in

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friends

i just received this news from a bro who has connections in bethel.... .

bro albert d schroeder died at 10:30 am new york time today at brooklyn bethel...he was 94 yrs old.. he was born on april 7, 1911 in saginaw, michigan and entered bethel service in 1932. he was appointed a member of the governing body on december 18, 1974. bro schroeder's life story appeared in the march 1, '88 wt pages 10-17: entitled: "my life in jehovah's spirit-directed organization.".

i don't know if the "today" means it was actually today...as i can't be sure when my friend received this news... but anyway, another of the old guys bites the dust.. .

out4good4

This guy is not dead.

He's hanging out in his heavenly crib with the other "remnant". Him and Jeebus are making plans on how they are going to "hook it up" down here on earth after all of us viscious apostates and nonbelievers are reduced to birdfood.

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I need help, I'm falling in love with a JW girl

by nebula-- in

so i met her at my last job that i worked & we started off as friends.

i didn't know her faith at the time & i honestly couldn't have cared less, seeing as i'm agnostic.

after about a year, i began developing emotions for her & sure enough, we ended up dating for a little while.

out4good4

You need to look up the posts of a person who used to post here who went by the name SD-7.

If you continue a relationship with this woman, you, my friend, are putting yourself front and center of a slow-motion train wreak.

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Any Reviews or Feedback from the District Convention??

by daringhart13 in

i stopped in to see if that are any overwhelming statistics, stories or feedback from people regarding the 2016 district convention.....haven't seen much...... any stories or threads?.

out4good4

It is not just after the CONventions when they are in full cult mode. It is right before and after so-called special talks too.

My wire earlier this week was talking about her circuit overseers visit and how there was going to be some oh so special talk at the end that she was inviting me to go to. I gave no affirmative answer.

When she woke up and was getting dressed yesterday, she got the message that I had no intention of going to hear this "special talk" so she left in cult mode mean mugging and giving me the silent one word answers treatment. She was that way all day acting as if she had nothing to say to me.