We used to go out on Christmas day every year. There is a large Muslim community in our territory, and they don't really celebrate it anyway, so the thought was we might contact them. I can't remember much success though.
fullofdoubtnow
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Did you ever preach door to door on a Christmas day?
by JH in.
i don't know if it's only our congregation or every congregation was the same, but no door to door was organized on christmas day.
that was the only day of the year that the jw's in our area wouldn't go pest people.. wonder why?
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just wrapped my first christmas gift...
by in a new york bethel minute init was fun!
the only thing that sucked about it was the fact that i had no idea how to wrap a gift... late 20's and i've never wrapped a present before????
hahaha only in the jw faith is that possible!!!
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fullofdoubtnow
I have wrapped Christmas gifts this year for the first time since 1980, so I am not completely new to it, just out of practice. It was fun though, and I did enjoy it. I enjoyed sending and receiving cards as well.
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How did you overcome the allure of Paradise? Or have you?
by M.J. ini think the biggest reason someone maintains their faith in the wts is because the wts is the "ticket" to paradise earth.. how did you deal with the prospect that the "ticket" salesmen weren't totally reliable?.
did it cause you to let go of your hope in paradise earth?
did it redirect it to another hope?.
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The idea of living on a paradise earth was what first attracted me in the first place, and kept me going for most of the time I was in. Now I realise that's all it was, an idea with nothing really to substantiate it, so I'm out.
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Brand New Blood Card
by PoppyR inhubby has just come back from the service meeting where they have been handed out brand new style blood cards, now called 'advance decision to refuse specified medical treatment' .
it's quite a bit different.
and has the line on it about giving permission to the hospital liason committee to see your notes and medical records.. very scary stuff i think, and i certainly wont be filling one in.. i'm really short of time tonight, but will scan it in, along with the notes that go with it and try and post it some time over the next day or so if someone else doesn't beat me to it!.
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It makes me wonder how much more control they want over peoples lives. I can see some of the people in my old kh thinking twice about signing something like that, I know I would have done, but most of them will go along with it and sign more of their lives away.
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Service Report for 2005 is not all good
by truthseeker inin a previous post by joker10, he states positive things for the watchtower empire.
we know that the stats are fake, especially those numbers of anointed remnant.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/103793/1.ashx.
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Some of the hours on there would have been mine, and I was a bit creative, to say the least, in the last few months before I left, and I know others who were even more creative than me, and probably still are, so if we'd all been honest, the report would be even more negative than it is. Let's hope it continues to decline.
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Glad to be back
by fullofdoubtnow ini am so glad to be back on the board.
i have had a really bad bout of flu, and was out of circulation for over two weeks.
having no pc at home, it's been difficult to keep up with things, but dedpoet has kept me informed.
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fullofdoubtnow
Hi everyone,
I am so glad to be back on the board. I have had a really bad bout of flu, and was out of circulation for over two weeks. Having no pc at home, it's been difficult to keep up with things, but dedpoet has kept me informed. He phoned me every day while I was ill, and visited 4 or 5 times a week, did my shopping, cooked me meals on his days off, and has generally been an absolute saint. He kept me in touch with the board as well, but it's so good to be back. News of my illness got back to the jws as well, through a sister who works at the same place, and my former po actually phoned me, not to wish me a speedy recovery but to say if I hadn't left, the congregation would have attended to my needs, but I am on my own now! I just told him I have had more than adequate support from my worldly friends, and hung up. I don't know what he was trying to achieve by calling, but I doubt if he succeeded.
Anyway, I am feeling much better now, and looking forward to being with you all again on the board.
all my love
Linda
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How Do JWs Show They're Hypocrites?
by minimus inone thing that always pissed me off was when "faithful wives" used to blame their "unbelieving husbands" for making them celebrate birthdays, exchange xmas gifts, go to "worldly" get togethers, play the lottery, etc.
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They don't live up to whwat they tell others to do, not many of them do anyway.
Also, this policy of "keeping the congregation clean". I have watched quite a few of the videos on silentlambs re the child abuse scandals. In many of the cases it was the victim who was disfellowshipped and shunned, whilst the perpetrator was suppoerted by the congregation. How is that keeping the congregation clean? I would love to hear an elder's answer.
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How would you rate Jw's on a spiritual scale......
by AK - Jeff inof 1 to 12. one being almost no true spirituallity, and 12 being as spiritual as possible in this life?.
i give them about a three.
really like a third grade spirituality.
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fullofdoubtnow
Thankyou Nate, you put things very well indeed, and, I think, summed up the problem with the wt with this line:
spiritual people are progressive, accepting. As jws, we mostly just accepted what the fds fed us, and whether truly satisfied or not, never really attempted to make progress through our own research.
On a scale of 1 - 10, I would rate myself as no more than 2 during the whole time I was a jw
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Check this out......lol
by codeblue inhttp://tinafolsomphotography.com/ebay_song.html
......and smile!.
codeblue
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fullofdoubtnow
Thanks codeblue, it gave us a laugh to
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What are the first things you notice when you enter a JW home?
by JH ina) you'll find no ash trays.
b) no lottery tickets laying on the counter.
c) a jw calendar in sight for everyone to see.
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fullofdoubtnow
If you visited one of the elders in my old hall, the first thing you'd notice is his well - stocked drinks cabinet, apart from during co visits, when we used to have field service meetings there. The drinks seemed to disappear then, for some reason, and be replaced by watchtower and awake bound volumes.