REALLY??? Blondie, can you help? I'd love to read about how they justify THAT!
-Happy
at the 2010 "safeguard your spirituality", the co (or do?
) mentioned that there are some theocratic terms that we need to be reminded about.
he gave the example of many years ago when we said we were doing "back calls", but now we say we are doing "return visits".. here's some he mentioned (bad => good):.
at the 2010 "safeguard your spirituality", the co (or do?
) mentioned that there are some theocratic terms that we need to be reminded about.
he gave the example of many years ago when we said we were doing "back calls", but now we say we are doing "return visits".. here's some he mentioned (bad => good):.
i have noticed a lot of newbies lately.
(i also noticed that after being absent for a year happy1975 is making a return visit.).
so, if you are a brand spanking newbie, post here and tell us a little about your interests, your state, your new direction in life, your favorite things, whatever you want to say---this is your thread.. .
Cameo-
Aw, that's sweet thanks for noticing. I'm back for the moral support (I love to read others experiences) because even tho I've been faded for over 5 years suddenly the Elders from our old hall are hounding my husband and I so that they can announce that we're no longer witnesses. My husband has had a couple of run ins with them so far and it was extremely stressful for him since he has family still in. I had to show him how great this board is and that lots of others feel the way he does.
I also took him to youtube to see exgilead missionary's videos since they're really good.
Happy
hi folks,.
i'm a newbie here.
been watching the proceedings on this site for some time now.
i'm trying to compare some statistics and figures on this to share later in the thread to see if more long-time witnesses are exiting- or are newer witnesses exiting after a shorter period of time.
and - are more people exiting in the last 10 to 15 years than before.
so your answers would be helpful in looking into this .
where there little things that you did just to express yourself and feel like you weren't just some robot clog in a machine?
i was thinking of stuff i did over the years: .
read whatever books i wanted, even apostate ones over the years.
ok, so here's a little summary.
i have suffered from depression for quite a while, at varying degrees.
several months ago, i made the decision to stop attending meetings (check out my first posts for the reasons).