Posts by Highlander

During the 1980s, my congregation in small town minnesota was very social. There were many rollerskating parties, grad parties, softball games, football, etc, etc.

I seem to recall that around the late 80s, early 90s all of that was pretty much gone. The rollerskating was completely gone,, rarely was there even a softball game. It's like someone

put a stop to the entire social scene. Anyone at that same congo would argue that they still do those things, which is true, but it's just a fraction of what it used to be.

Ofcourse I haven't been there in more than a decade so maybe they are now social again, however I doubt it.

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Friendly talk with a couple of elders

by TooBad TooSad in

last week i received a home visit from a couple of elders because they were concerned about my spirituality.

and lack of progress.

i said so you can guarantee the end will be here in 5 years.

Is the 2008 version of the Watchtower really about saving money?

by neverendingjourney in

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when i first heard of the new watchtower arrangement, i immediately thought it was another in a long line of cost-cutting moves.

i thought they were interested in cutting the overall number of magazines they print every month.

so if they printed 20 million copies every 15 days, they could now print seven or eight million out of one of the monthly editions and cut over 10 million of magazines a month.

Highlander

It is about money, but it's even more about control.

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Here i am

by thebiggestlie in

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ok so i here i am about to turn eighteen next month and im staring off into the oblivion otherwise known as the rest of my life.

i'm young, fairly healthy, and anxious...for what?

don't ask me.... hormones raging through my body and ive done so many "disfellowshipping" offenses recently that its almost embarassing lol no actually i feel no regret ironically enough and havn't caused any pain for me or any otheres.

Highlander

I swear:

There are like, 5 guys here on the board that are all in their late teens, fer cryin out loud that have more sense than I had when I was like 10 yrs their senior...

Where were these people when I was growing up???

Good to hear you are doing well. Trust me, you are doing great.

I agree Kudra, why couldn't we have seen the light at such a young age.

I think this is a strong indication that the WT is losing control of it's membership. More people are seeing the truth and seeing it at a younger age.

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For those who've settled on 'no contact' with their JW families . . .

by Madame Quixote in

for whatever reason.

do you question it sometimes and think you should try to "reach out" to them again?

i was this morning and then came across the thread above and was reminded why i need to stay away.. but, still, i read threads of people who have managed somehow, despite being d'f'ed or faded or d'aed and think i might try to be more understanding, supportive, reach out or something.. despite all the problems growing up in a fairly dysfunctional family, i still feel a deep attachment to them and hope against hope that they might come to their senses (if they ever had any to begin with) and get help and leave the cult of jehobo; and we might reconcile,etc., etc., blah blah blah dream dream dream.. i deeply wish for them all freedom and happiness and healing and feel so helpless to free them of their bonds and yet see so much possibility for it, if only they could be reached somehow.

Highlander

Ariana,

You should always stay close to your family if you are a christian or not.

I agree, family and friends should look past minor differences such as religion.

What ever you think you know about them you never really know unless you yourself enter the kingdom Hall and find out what they teach.

What they teach at the Kingdumb Hall is to divide families based on religious differences. They teach at the Kingdumb Hall to shun anyone that that leaves the j-dubs, even if they are a close family member.

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How Did Being Referred To As A Brother Or Sister Make You Feel?

by The wanderer in

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how did being referred to as a brother or sister make you feel?the term brother always reminded me of being in some militant or holy roller religion.

during my tenure as a jehovahs witness, i brought it to the elders attention to refer to .

me by using my first or last name when addressing me.

Highlander

I'm rather fond of my new title:

APOSTATE!

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Long Beach Convention weekend is over!

by Highlander in

this weekend was my wife's convention.

i attended with her on friday morning.

she attended alone during the afternoon as i had some clients to meet with for my business.

Highlander

The attendants should walk around with buckets of fish,to encourage all the JW Seals!..LOL!!...OUTLAW

LOL @ Outlaw!

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So I'm

by lola28 in

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going to the convention this weekend for the first time in about three years...will i survive?.

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lola.

Highlander

I'm sure you'll get a nice refreshing nap. I caught a few j-dubs in my area snoozing away.

Maybe I'm wrong, but did you send in your DA letter about a year ago? Or maybe that was another poster I'm thinking of. If did send a DA letter in,, then how is it that you were

invited to attend with another j-dub?

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Long Beach Convention weekend is over!

by Highlander in

this weekend was my wife's convention.

i attended with her on friday morning.

she attended alone during the afternoon as i had some clients to meet with for my business.

Highlander

Am I seeing correctly? Is that chap in front of you wearing a YELLOW shirt? the rebel!

Yep, it was yellow, but he was wearing a tie, so not so much of a rebel.

I saw one young kid that wore casual dress pants, with a t-shirt, then an unbottoned shirt over the t-shirt. I believe he and I were the only ones not wearing the standard

suit and tie. I like dressing up, but refuse to do so for the j-dubs, so I wore business casual pants, with a golf shirt. I was a minority, and the prying eyes confirmed it.