excuse the language but people in general really piss me off.
my day started off good.
there was no traffic, so i would finally get to work on time this week.
There are some real lame people out there - even mild mannered people change once behind the wheel! I do driving for my profession and I see it all the time, thankfully I tend to be pretty laid back most of the time, but when someone deliberately puts you in real danger - yeah it can mess your mood up for the day. Try reading the topic on JW pets that will make you laugh I garantee!
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whoever can answer a few qs for me i would be grateful!.
i would really like to know why wittnesses shun people at meetings or weddings or social gatherings.
i understand the need and desire for members of the church to help other wittnesses back into the fold after they have committed a serious sin!
Parakeet you are so on the money with your comments - I wasnt attending for 8 months, had spoken to an Elder to say I will no longer attend and moved away, wasnt known for being a brother and then when they could DF me they came after me with a vengence.
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dont you hate it when dubs refer to their pets as jw pets and would not give them a blood transfusion?!?!?!
whats up with that???
I'd not heard of this one, but its given me one of the best laughs, thank you!
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well, it's been about 6 months or so since i've turned in a time report and things are heating up a bit.
i still attend the meetings with my wife - i am still "visible" - but i have not gone out in service for a conspicuous amount of time.
just this afternoon the po called and wanted to meet with me.
When I stopped associating, I hadn't come here or anywhere online at that time, all i knew was that for me personally it made me unhappy to attend. I had feelings of guilt and not being worthy, i'd seen the lack of love and the politics of the congregation, I knew there was no paradise in the bible and that it was written for the anointed (NT). So I called in my book study overseer and said I am no longer attending as I dont agree with some of the teachings, and that he'd have to move the group from my house and re-asign a reader. Dont get me wrong I still felt they had some power over me at that time, but I couldnt put myself through it any longer.
I was left alone and still associated with those I wanted, until they had something to DF me on 8 months later, even though I had moved away and was not known as a brother. So what i'm saying is that some bodies of elders will let things go as long as you dont stir it up. I didnt really care what happened as I had had enough of it all.
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reference update.
chapter 6. .
reference update.
What a fantastic topic and post V! I had a feeling we would get some interesting posts from you - and by the way, was i the only one to read your words - hearing them in the voice of Hugo Weaving??!!!
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when i got off for lunch today i decided to go to the walmart deli and get something to eat.
it is a huge store, groceries, a bakery, mc donalds, a bank , eye center, beauty shop, a great deli, and a huge garden center.
i had taken back a 80 gig hard drive dvd recorder ( i couldn't figure out how to hook up <smile> and had received 238.00. i picked up a couple of things in the store then went to the deli.
Having read through this massive long thread - I have to say I dont see any attack being made, it seemed quite respectfully discussed to me. There of course was some direct statements and disagreement, along with sarcasm. This is a discussion forum and if someone starts a thread its usually to get a discussion going, certainly Annie has accomplished that. Most people lurk here before posting, and my suspision is that she would have realised the type of reaction that post may have produced. Anyhow it seems to me that a balance has been struck up here, to show Annie that its purely people putting their oppinions and no harm is being meant. My own point of view is that Jehovah didnt answer her prayer, and she got lucky.
Anyway welcome Annie and come back soon - you have a way with the forum (I dont think I could have raised a subject that got this many replies, lol).
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how many xjws are there out there?
how many xjws know the truth about the troof?
are there now more xjws than there are active witnesses?
Excellent point Black Sheep! I do more talking about it with people now than I ever would have whilst I was a Witness, the motivation before was guilt and flimsy reasonings, but now its personal experience!
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luke 21:8 - he replied: "watch out that you are not deceived.
for many will come in my name, claiming, 'i am he,' and, 'the time is near.
' do not follow them.. this scripture clearly says those claiming to be christ, warning of the end approaching and that we shouldn't follow them.
Simple and straight forward, as I keep saying - you simply MUST read the bible for yourself to see the truth in it.
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this is a difficult thing for me to do, i used to be a jehovahs witness 20 years service as a pioneer.. last thursday it was announced from the platform at my local kingdom hall that i was disfellowshiped.. it was a bit of a shock.
i still have a deep sence of anger at what happened to me and its so unfair.. it started 3 years ago when i began to feel ill and i missed a couple of meetings.
the elders were wonderful and came round and cheered me up.
Welcome to the forum and thanks for the good post. Unfortunately you have been judged on the outward signs of your christianity as per the watchtowers rules. Once your meeting attendance and/or field service goes down, your suddenly undesirable to the congregation, your viewed as weak and probably bad association (they are encouraged to keep to the inner most part of the cong.) What you have witnessed here is the true state of love in a JW congregation - its conditional. As horrible as it is to go through this, it has allowed your mind to be jolted into thinking again, and could well be a platform to moving on from them. It can be a difficult transition to move away from them, but a rewarding one. Keep talking here and one suggestion I always make is for people to read the NT all the way through over a couple of weeks in context and see what it really says. Be courageous, and take care
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please escuse the obvious stones lyrical referance but thats the first thing that came to mind.
i am a 44 yo male fader from pennsylvania.
been faded for 22 years or so and been lurking and reading all of your posts for 6 or so months.
Great opening post, crazy how after all that time there is still a condition to your being included in the family. What do they really have to fear by your differing opinion if they have the truth? If its that easy to be lead away then what does that say about it?
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