It will be with me for the rest of my life. Maybe when I'm a really old man some will come up to me and tell me I was right and because I left they were able to get up the courage to leave as well.
benext
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How long do you think being a JW will affect you?
by Adam ini haven't been on this board for a while.
i've been on a conservative ezboard trying to see if we can't do something about political issues.
i've also got a new job, had to get the car fixed, been best man in a wedding, and watched the two towers on vhs.
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biggest WTBTS threat
by stillajwexelder insorry if there has already been a thread on this subject.
do you think a really big threat to the wtbts is from people like me who are still witnesses and in the organization but also post on this board and have an open mind -- or do you think there are bigger threats -and if so what would they be?
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It is that time of year again.....
by caspian inyes my good friends it is september, elders all around the world are having their loving elders meetings, where they discuss coming to see you all to encourage you back to the fold.... hurrah!
returning to jehovah.
7 but may the elders themselves take any initiative in approaching a disfellowshipped person?
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Strange days at my old hall. please read
by josephus ini havent said too much here recently, mainly due to a severe lack of anything to say !, however, tonight my old hall has had a special meeting with a talk by the head of the ireland branch.
he is visiting for a week and afterwords all present will be having snacks and drinks, in the hall.. please tell me what is happening with the world when special saterday night meetings are held with refreshments.
i think its because about 10 people have left recently and made no secret of their reasons, but still, its unheard of for this to happen.. any thoughts.
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Are JW more depresed?
by heianderen inas many of you know there are some studies that indicade thath jw have an above-average mental illness incidence.
i know a jw doctor that , ironicaly, has confirmed this claim to me.. greets,.
heianderen
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ELDER,plus,BETHEL ELDER?
by Blueblades in.
local brothers don't have two elder titles.what is the thinking behind this?elders have control of the cong.but if you are living in bethel,do you control other bethelites because you are also a bethel elder.a doubling of the elder title.what about the sister's,are they sister so and so in the cong.and sister so and so in bethel ?
blueblades
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Do You Enjoy Being "Part of the World"???
by minimus insince before a witness gets baptized, they are told to "be no part of this world".
that is beaten into everyone's head.
now that you're not a jw or are on the way out, how does being part of the "world" feel?
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contribution boxes, speakers with x yrs of service and emotional inducement
by truthseeker inat the district convention i attended, i had an excellent view of the stage.
especially those contribution boxes.
every so often, paticularly near the end of the morning and afternoon sessions, those sisters were doing the contribution box walk.
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USA JW statistics: Publishers up, Pioneeers down
by truthseeker init is evident that publishers are growing in the us branch, but pioneers have not kept pace.. consider the km reports from january this year:.
2002/03 service year (pubs include all pioneers).
sep - pubs: 971,346 pioneers: 88,341. oct - pubs: 972,450 pioneers: 91,101. nov - pubs: 973,067 pioneers: 89,083. dec - pubs: 895,241 pioneers: 90,654. jan - pubs: 986,419 pioneers: 89,325. feb - pubs: 983,963 pioneers: 89,251. mar - pubs: 1,003,431 pioneers: 87,878. apr - pubs: 991,499 pioneers: 87,377. may - pubs: 992,412 pioneers: 86,884. jun - pubs: 963,000 pioneers: 84,900. figures for jun are approximates as i only glanced at the sep km and do not have it yet.. but there is a clear indication that despite all the talks to do more and pioneer, and the aug km talk on.
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Last Meeting
by Nosferatu infor those who have been out for a while, was there anything special about the very last meeting you attended (excluding memorials)?
was there anything incredibly memorable about it?
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benext
When I moved into the last cong. I attended I had made it known I did not want to be reappointed, I did not comment or go in FS with them.
At my last meeting a young idiot elder was joking his way though his meeting part. At the conclusion, he was reading the names of newly appointed MS then made the comment: "It's a pleasure to serve in the ___________________ congregation."
It was then I made the decision it would be a pleasure not to attend the __________________ congregation.