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  WT Sep 1 tribute to JWD and Silent Lambs

  by ezekiel3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  fresh from the sep 1, 2004 watchtower ?beware of the voice of strangers?.

  typed as published although highlights are mine.

  (the pictures are from the same with comments added.).

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  Atilla

  The sure make that stranger look scary sneeking up on those lambs.....looks like he is going to use his pole on them or something. Poor little lambs
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  Helping JWs out of the Watchtower

  by Tower Man in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have written a simulated dialogue between 2 jws and a homeowner at the door.

  it focuses on the society's false prophecies and how to use them to undermine the watchtower's authority over a witness.

  if you'd like to read it, here it is:

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  Atilla

  Ah, nice work but I doubt if that conversation would ever go according to plan. Even a newbie dub would be on to your guise in short time. Plus, it's a bit technical to present, I prefer to the much easier things such as blood or UN involvement not to mention just common sense.
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  Elders Won't Let Elderly Sister Stay In The Bathroom

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  evidently, according to my mother, her friend has all sorts of perfume allergies and has been attending meetings in the ladies room with a door open so as to hear the vital spiritual information.

  anyway, the elders told her she could no longer sit in the stall.

  now she's depressed and doesn't know what to do.

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  Atilla

  This was a big issue in our KH as well, my mom always said she got a headache from others wearing too much perfume. The elders made several public announcements about it during public needs but the ladies kept wearing all their perfume. There was one lady who husband was an elder, so she didn't care and just went on wearing as much perfume as possible. The other ladies only came on Sunday and I guess never heard the public needs talk. It also didn't help that our KH had a bad air ciculation system and we didn't have the money to fix it.
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  Watchtower Business Model

  by little witch in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  did you ever wonder why the watchtower fusses over such silly and minute rules?

  things like smoking, dress, music, dance, movies, language, what company you keep, what and how you celebrate?

  let's consider a few factors.

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  Atilla

  No offense, but perhaps it's a bit one sided, your presentation. I agree with many of the points you make but I don't think it is that clear cut.
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  Darn Flies

  by RR in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, i'm in the basement for most of the afternoon, watching a little tv, do a little study, search the net, and i have three flies bugging the heck out of me.

  just swarming over my head.

  above me is the ceiling light, and the light from the monitor plus the little 13" tv, they just fly around buging me.

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  Atilla

  Yep, sounds like you are in New Jersey
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  Dear Pioneer Couple:

  by Atilla in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my parents became dubs in the late 70's, after the 1975 debacle.

  admitedly, my mom did have one dub relative on her side of the family but the main reason my parents became dubs was because of one influential and convincing pioneer couple who studied with them.

  i know we are all mostly victims of victims but often i think of what if, what if that pioneer couple had never studied with my parents, perhaps i would have had a much better childhood and a better start to my adulthood.

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  Atilla

  I just found out from my parents that this couple was back in town from their missionary assignment in Grenada. I found out where they were staying and called the man up. This by far was the most rewarding thing I have done so far. I talked to the man for about half an hour, he showed no remorse for converting my parents to dubs and said that he pitied me and that I would not survive armageddon at my current rate. I'm shaking, not.

  Anyways, I asked him about retirement, what would he do when he got really old, needed a wheelchair, and he said not to worry, that he would be taken care of. Funny, how dubs prepare for their retirement in their own little way, building up a network of dubs that they converted or helped out, putting in all of their service, and then expecting help later on. Anways we covered many topics, none of which he had an answer for including what he would do 10 years from now if no Armageddon appears. We concluded the conversation by him saying that he has never had a disgruntled convert call him before in all his years of service. Well, it's about time I said and that I hold him personally responsible.

  Well, that is that and my parents will probably be very upset since they really like the pioneer couple. Funny, I think they thought I had fond memories of the pioneer couple or something.
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  Dear Pioneer Couple:

  by Atilla in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my parents became dubs in the late 70's, after the 1975 debacle.

  admitedly, my mom did have one dub relative on her side of the family but the main reason my parents became dubs was because of one influential and convincing pioneer couple who studied with them.

  i know we are all mostly victims of victims but often i think of what if, what if that pioneer couple had never studied with my parents, perhaps i would have had a much better childhood and a better start to my adulthood.

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  Atilla

  Update.
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  The special room in high school for JWs

  by Nosferatu in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i don't know how many of you went through this, but did you have to go to a special classroom with other jws in it for the national anthem?.

  i remember encountering this, and i thought it was weird.

  i remember being told not to be in the classroom, but this was a classroom!

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  Atilla

  When I first started High School, it was the library for special events like assemblies and christmas plays but then for the last two years, we ended up in a boring study hall room for hours along with all the regular miscreants, you know the bad kids who were tardy or had in school suspension, or didn't hand in their homework. So basically, it was double punishment.
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  Mis-placed Elders

  by tazmaniac in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  did you have elders in your congregation that were in positions they could not handle?

  we used to have a school overseer that was one of the worst public speakers we ever had.

  funny watching mothers faces while their child was being counseled on a point that the school overseer himself never mastered.

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  Atilla

  If you ask me, at least in my KH, all of the elders were mis-placed, not having the proper experiece or schooling to be giving counsel to those in the KH.
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  Are We Gaining the Advantage?

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  are we, as ex-jw's or clandestine fake witnesses gaining the advantage in familial and social relations?.

  while many of you still suffer from watchtower-dictated isolation, i feel that generally, the advantage is shifting our way.. there's light at the end of the tunnel.

  i offer this opinion based on observation of my extended family and many comments.

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  Atilla

  I can only speak for myself and my area but I do feel that I'm gaing the advantage. I have done so much good work already.