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  Note-Taking at Meetings: What's the Point?

  by Room 215 in

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  the last time i was at a meeting, i was struck by how many jws -- mostly women and pre-teenage kids were assiduously taking notes.

  i mean, what is the point?

  do they really believe the guy on the platform is saying anything that can't be found -- and reiterated -- dozens if not hundreds of times in their printed material?

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  It's hard to stay awake after you've had 3 or 4 beers and filet mignon for lunch.

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  TODAYS TALKS WAS BORING AS HELL..........

  by Mary in

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  i actually went to the meeting this morning (okay, sumeone talked me into going)...........god it was boring.......something about jesus and the kingdom and frigging deuteronomy and hebrews and jeremiah-was-a-bullfrog...........and then they talked about old faithful: mathew 28:19 20 "go therefore and piss everyone off selling btochtower and asleep magazines to all the inhabitents of the earth.

  an' look: i am with you every frigging saturday morning till the government bans your sorry asses.

  i escaped after the first meeting and met the stares of several good christians wanting to know why i was leaving half way through......i told the asshole elder who followed me outside: " i've got my period!!

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  Hmmm,

  there were many loving elders in my old KH. I truly loved them and felt loved by them. THEY were not corrupt, the system they belonged to was, when push came to shove, they HAD to follow the rules laid out before them and ignore their natural inclinations.

  Anyone have the number to Shady Pines?

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  Mr. Bear and Mr. Rabbit....

  by upside/down in

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  are squatting in a meadow taking a dump.. the bear is having a bit of a go with it and turns and asks the rabbit, " excuse me mr. rabbit, but do you ever have trouble with... well you know, with "it" sticking to your fur.".

  the rabbit replies quite proudly, "why no mr. bear "it" never sticks to my fur- you see i'm a vegetarian and so "it" never sticks.".

  so mr. bear reaches over and grabs mr. rabbit and proceeds to wipe himself with mr. rabbit.. sorry- i thought it was funny!.

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  he he he

  I call that funny

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  Do You Look Down On People Because They Don't Agree With You??

  by minimus in

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  when i read some comments here, it seems that some can be so full of themselves that if they are disagreed with, they will mock, castigate, or be elitist with their condescending opinions.

  very ''jehovah's witnessy".

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  Min,

  When I read some comments here, it seems that some can be so full of themselves that if they are disagreed with, they will mock, castigate, or be elitist with their condescending opinions. Very ''Jehovah's Witnessy".

  Give us time to heal mun. We've been shitwrecked. P.S. "castigate" is that the same as castrate? It looks the same! Probably feels the same too eh? Dismembered
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  I'm thinking of going back

  by Smoky in

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  over the weekend my cousin came to visit from mi, and her husband (elder) started to do his shepperding thing with me (have not attended meetings for over 1 year), and made a compeling argument about how the holy spirit is given by god only if you attend meeting and go to field service...etc, etc.

  and the whole "faith and works" issue.

  it was a different angle that i have never heard before, about me being a "instrument or tool" of god...blah, blah, blah... anyhow, it got me thinking about going back...especially when things are not going to well for me right now... (he said its because i left jehovah).. how can i convince myself that this is not true?

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  he said its because I LEFT Jehovah

  Typical JDub fear mongering again.

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  TODAYS TALKS WAS BORING AS HELL..........

  by Mary in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i actually went to the meeting this morning (okay, sumeone talked me into going)...........god it was boring.......something about jesus and the kingdom and frigging deuteronomy and hebrews and jeremiah-was-a-bullfrog...........and then they talked about old faithful: mathew 28:19 20 "go therefore and piss everyone off selling btochtower and asleep magazines to all the inhabitents of the earth.

  an' look: i am with you every frigging saturday morning till the government bans your sorry asses.

  i escaped after the first meeting and met the stares of several good christians wanting to know why i was leaving half way through......i told the asshole elder who followed me outside: " i've got my period!!

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  Mary,

  Let me tell ya dear. You rock!

  You are one funny lady. Thanks for going & telling us how it was, despite the BS

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  Forbidden Pleasures

  by mtbatoon in

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  after leaving, what (excluding the obvious bit of slap and tickle) is your favourite forbidden pleasure.

  for me black pudding, full of bloody goodness

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  Cigars, the Playboy Channel

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  Are you still "hurt" from your JW experience?

  by JH in

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  i was just wondering if you still feel hurt or some kind of interior pain from your jw days or is it all passed and you have no more feelings towards this organization.... i still feel "hurt" and let down... .

  afterall, they were friends, and now they just don't care anymore.

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  Hi JH

  I'm more angry than hurt

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  Two types of elder?????

  by chuckyy in

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  its my experience after actually being an elder for a number of years that there are in fact...two types of elder.. type 1....genuine, actually cares about the people in the congregation and wasn't actually bothered too much if he became an elder or not.. type 2....very legalistic, cares more about organizational laws rather than people and lacks compassion and empathy.

  this type is more of a spiritual policeman.

  he wanted desperately to be an elder and now that he is, he loves the sense of power and prestige.. this has been my experience and if there are more type 2 elders on a body, the results can be disastrous.. what has been your experience???

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  TYPE 2....Very legalistic, cares more about organizational laws rather than people and lacks compassion and empathy. This type is more of a spiritual policeman. He wanted desperately to be an elder and now that he is, he loves the sense of power and prestige.

  Anyone who seeks being an "elder" in that cult should be flayed as did the Romans & the Assyrians

  They were ALL power mongers for sure

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  Were You Truly Aware of What Your Baptism Meant?

  by minimus in

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  some got baptized as kids.

  others---a lot older.

  at whatever age you were, did you really know what you were getting into?

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  Greetings Min,

  As I've said before It's essentail

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