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  Did your elders ever anounce the names of inactive publishers?

  by carefully faded in

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  new castles recently posted a topic asking if there were any specific comments people made that caused us to question or leave the orgnaization.

  this caused me to remember one particiular incident and was wondering if anyone else experienced anything similar.

  our service overseer came to our bookstudy and did his routine talk on, "you're not doing enough", "what you are doing isn't quality", "do more, more, more" in the field service.

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  boa

  I haven't heard that , and of course its terribly wrong, but it doesn't matter even if they never did that, especially if you're pioneering you can figure alotta things out about who is doing or not doing what and then smugly sit back and wallow in how yer not like THEM - sheesh

  I felt intense satisfaction that in the last coupla years before I left (in feb 04) that I had 'witnessed' to some people and NEVER put the time in MUHAHAHAHAHA.....

  my act of rebellion was only one 'sign of the last days' of boa as a dub

  boa
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  Sheeplike behaviour?

  by boa in

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  k, i just have to relate one of the most ridiculous situations i've ever been in and it happened at bethel.. as most of you know, they have a monday night wt study.

  (this makes 3 times you study the article if you prepare for it, attend monday, then again on sunday - jeece!

  ) since in canadian bethel there isn't enough room to have everyone in the kh they have there, they put others in 'satellite' rooms and hook up with video/sound.. anyway, one night, the study had ended and we were moving on to the song when the sound kicked out but the video still worked.

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  yah stef, but if that is your real pic - a beautiful dumbass! lol

  boa...is just a dumbass....
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  Welcome chok!

  by Valis in

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  greetings and welcome to the board.

  look forward to hearing your story.. .

  sincerely,.

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  well well well, don't anyone say boa is a stuck up schmuck - WELCOME chok! Hope to see ya round

  boa
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  Sheeplike behaviour?

  by boa in

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  k, i just have to relate one of the most ridiculous situations i've ever been in and it happened at bethel.. as most of you know, they have a monday night wt study.

  (this makes 3 times you study the article if you prepare for it, attend monday, then again on sunday - jeece!

  ) since in canadian bethel there isn't enough room to have everyone in the kh they have there, they put others in 'satellite' rooms and hook up with video/sound.. anyway, one night, the study had ended and we were moving on to the song when the sound kicked out but the video still worked.

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  that's an awesome story cyber - SEE it still causes interest even on this board - LOL!

  anyone notice I became a 'Senior Member' with this thread? my jw roots are cheering in self-contratulatory praise at this milestone, this 'service goal' success!

  All praise be to simon for allowing us to continue to 'cope' by have 'levels' to 'reach out for'! LOL

  Please, anyone, give us another example of the 'sheeplike' behaviour.

  boa

  (jeece, i had to use a ton of 's in that post - JWD exjw talk can be really rough)
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  Sheeplike behaviour?

  by boa in

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  k, i just have to relate one of the most ridiculous situations i've ever been in and it happened at bethel.. as most of you know, they have a monday night wt study.

  (this makes 3 times you study the article if you prepare for it, attend monday, then again on sunday - jeece!

  ) since in canadian bethel there isn't enough room to have everyone in the kh they have there, they put others in 'satellite' rooms and hook up with video/sound.. anyway, one night, the study had ended and we were moving on to the song when the sound kicked out but the video still worked.

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  boa

  K, I just have to relate one of the most ridiculous situations I've ever been in and it happened at bethel.

  As most of you know, they have a Monday night wt study. (this makes 3 times you study the article if you prepare for it, attend monday, then again on sunday - jeece!) Since in canadian bethel there isn't enough room to have everyone in the kh they have there, they put others in 'satellite' rooms and hook up with video/sound.

  Anyway, one night, the study had ended and we were moving on to the song when the sound kicked out but the video still worked. Like at any meeting probably, everyone took this opportunity to show how they didn't need no damn sound to 'worship to Jehovah' in song and praise.

  The really funny/weird part was when the prayer started and everyone bowed their head - BUT YOU COULDN'T hear what he was saying - just the barest of noise, the odd word maybe. Well, well well, boa is standing there thinking to himself: Self! What the hell are you doing here - look at all these people not knowing what to do or how to react? Why the hell am I here? Jeece, I even said a little 'amen' when he finished the prayer!

  Please tell me if you have experienced such a thing as this in dubbiedom so I really really know its not just me that found this weird and disturbing.

  boa.....amen.....
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  Run far, far away....

  by Country Girl in

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  usually, when the human being is in danger, we have a rush of adrenalin: the flight or fight response.

  our hands are clammy, our heart races, we may become dizzy, and feel a sense of impending doom.

  i found that if i walk into a kingdom hall since i was out (20 years ago) i get those same feelings.

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  Although I don't intend to purposely go into a kingdum hell ever again, (maybe for a funeral or wedding, we'll see) I am not afraid to. There isn't a person there who has any power over me and I likely know more about their own religion than virtually any of them do - I hold all the cards now (trying not to sound arrogant). I feel bad for the sad situation they are in but no matter what, whether in a cultlike org or not, we must all take responsibility for our actions including the point at which we suppress our common sense and true feelings in our heart and bury the proverbial head a little deeper into jdubbie land imo.

  boa....who hates running never mind 'away'...give me a dirt bike, snowmobile, 4X4, or sea-doo anyday.
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  Join the Great Crowd today!

  by UnDisfellowshipped in

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  come one, come all -- come join "the great crowd of other sheep" today!.

  look at all the "benefits" you will receive (taken directly from watchtower publications):.

  * you will not have jesus christ as your mediator between you and god.. * you will have the "faithful and discreet slave" as your only mediator between you and jesus and god.. * you will not be born again.. * you will not be in the kingdom of god.. * you will not be baptized by the holy spirit.. * you will not be anointed by the holy spirit.. * you will not have the holy spirit abide in you.. * you will not be one of the saints or holy ones.. * you will not be adopted as "sons of god" until you pass the final test at the end of the 1,000 year millennial reign of the 144,001, and then, if you pass that test, you can still be destroyed if you rebel against the 144,001, even though the "anointed ones" are given immortal life immediately upon death, and they never have to pass any future tests.. * you will never be immortal -- you can always be destroyed by god in the future for "apostasy".. * you will not be viewed as being perfect in god's eyes until after the final test at the end of the 1,000 years, even though the anointed ones are viewed as being perfect at their baptism.. can anyone else add any additional "benefits" to this list?

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  You will not be allowed to enjoy oral sex (a peck on the end of the pecker may be ok - its up to your conscience), but if you do, you will not be able to publicly talk about it - snort.

  boa
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  i'm really getting mad

  by dustyb in

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  ok, these damn elders have pushed it.

  they've told my g/f that i don't believe in god and hate and despise him.

  they've told her that by disobeying the elders advice, she is disobeying jehovah.

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  dustyb, damn nicer avatar, looking at that ugly mug you used to use was icky! imho!

  boa prefers sitting in a tree with a Remington 7mm mag looking for that big muley....hours of quiet introspection with (possibly) a few minutes of absolute heart stammering excitement.

  boa
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  I've discovered something..........

  by desib77 in

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  about myself...... i think i'm a very judgemental person and that really bothers me.

  it's only in regard to religon though..... for example, yesterday, after my husband and i had watched the passion, i was all pumped up about religon, so thankful that jesus had died for me and and ready to start trying to better myself.

  that evening my husband got really ticked off at someone who had pulled out in front of us almost causing an accident and cussed them out.

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  yes i've been a judgmental sob for most of my life. I was a good student at the jw school of how to not be a true christian. I am only thankful that my REAL person inside eventually broke out and now the judgmental pendulum has swung way the OTHER way which isn't necessarily so hot either but it is where I feel safest.

  I was a real arrogant self-righteous bastard at times in the past and finding the troof about such sad behaviour came slowly and still rears its ugly head once in a while, triggering shortly thereafter an anti-reaction so as to come back to reality.

  boa....will always be an sob in one way or another....
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  Ozzie's Weekend Poll #90

  by ozziepost in

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  2. friends

  what a week it's been!

  here on jwd deep and meaningful threads have proliferated, the age-old trinity debate continues to be played out, and heart-rending experiences have been told.. how's it been for you?.

  mrs ozzie and i have been kept busy, mrs ozzie had a small operation and it's a case of 'so far, so good'.

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  boa

  1. Open it first

  Yes, absolutely - curiosity is one of my better tendencies.

  3. Drop it in the bin marked "Apostate Literature"

  Since I don't believe this bs fallacy of jws, I don't have such a bin. I DO have a 'TRUTH about the 'truth' bin though - snick.

  4. Take it to the elders.

  Jeece, nope, sheesh.

  5. Ignore it

  See 1 above.

  6. Tear it into tiny pieces

  Depends - if it was absolute horse-shyte, maybe, but I doubt it. Gradual revelation about da troof has led me on a less tramautic exit from the org, depends on the mood.

  7. Put it in the shredder

  Don't have one, and besides that sounds like too good an end to probably what would be a good laugh.

  8. Frame it!

  Unlikely, but I do have a binder with all the funny jokes, picture riddles, sayings etc I've collected over the years, so that would seem an appropriate place to put it. Of coure only an appropriate 'postate audience would get it, but what a red-faced, rib-hurting, tear-jerkin' laugh we could have over it!

  9. Send it back marked "Return to Sender"

  Jeece no, not unless I could somehow hide a copy of Crisis of Consience in the envelope.

  10. Put it with all the other letters on a nail in the loo.

  Heh heh, sort of a wts crucifixion?

  11. Read it thoroughly and compose a thoughtful reply.

  I would consider doing this if some anonymity would be possible, since I'm not ready to be df'd da'd (yet). I have too much work to do to 'preaching' to the converted (my family and a few close jw friends)lol

  12. Other (please detail)

  I've received many letters from the society over the years as a pioneer dub, bethelite etc, and believe I still have all of them. I only thought about them now because of your post - they are all in a file folder somewhere getting brittle. But maybe I'll dig them up and share some of the more interesting (entertaining) contents of them someday.

  boa....very finely shredded paper makes great wipe material, kinda tickly though I bet.