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  Elders, has there been any "official" push to target and eliminate faders?

  by AlmostAtheist in

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  hey current and recently stepped-down elders,.

  has there been any direction from the co/do/brooklyn areas to go after the people suspected of 'fading'?

  it seems that we're seeing more and more folks getting elder's visits scheduled, like an explosion recently.

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  Thanks ozzie, a part of me is really hating the JW's now and another part pities them.

  For 4 years i've treated my family and any JW's I run across with respect. I've never tried to criticize their faith or put across any of my own personal beliefs. My attitude was one of non-interference. But now all of a sudden i realise that all that was pointless.

  How do you deal with it when your family can't have anything to do with you anymore?

  I guess i'll have to sort it all out once the anger dies down.
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  Elders, has there been any "official" push to target and eliminate faders?

  by AlmostAtheist in

  1. jw
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  hey current and recently stepped-down elders,.

  has there been any direction from the co/do/brooklyn areas to go after the people suspected of 'fading'?

  it seems that we're seeing more and more folks getting elder's visits scheduled, like an explosion recently.

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  It could be case. After 4 years of fading the elders have started visiting me and looks like they're gonna DF me (who knows). They wanted to have a judicial comitee. They must have heard i was living with my gf (although that was 2 years ago.) I told them i wasn't really interested in coming along to the Judicial comitee meeting. What was the point, I don't believe in it anyway. And if my parents are going to shun me then i'll take it up with them.

  But the funny thing is that after 4 years now my parents are saying that they can't have much to do with me! They were treating me fairly decent before. They new i stopped believing in it, although now i'm beginning to think they didn't really take me seriously and just thought i was a prodigal son who would come back.... ah ah ah no way!

  So yeah, this has all just started happening in the last month or so.
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  How many aussie's post here???

  by Es in

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  hi its me again.. was just wondering how many aussie's post here.. its just nice to read people's post that live relatively close to people (mostly in america) and would just like to know where any fellow aussies come from.

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  Dark Knight

  Hi Es,

  Welcome aboard! I visit the site every now and again but don't post much. I'm based in Sydney and have been out for about 4 years now. There's not that many aussies that post on here, just a few. But i think there's are lots of aussie's that visit the site and read but don't post.

  How is prisca these days? Been ages since i heard from her. Does she still post on here??

  DK
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  Bethel's feeling the heat!

  by ozziepost in

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  it's now 1:30am at bethel in australia and all is quiet but awaiting the new day when the forecast temperature for this late spring day is: .

  updated metropolitan forecast.

  australian government bureau of meteorology.

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  OMG Ozzie... I was expecting some good goss!!

  Gawd, i love this heat!
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  How did you feel when you learned it was all a lie?

  by what_Truth? in

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  bit of background.

  i grew up as a jw i left the church when i was 14 because a ministerial servant who was conducting a one on one baptism study with me said that i couldn't ballance my dreams of being a professional singer with the so called "truth".

  i stopped the study and told my mom i no longer wanted to be a witness.

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  I felt really hurt, and then really empty...
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  What's ABBA song(s) you like ?

  by jwsons in

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  for me, it is "the day before you come" and sometimes when i am very lonely "fernando.

  " what's yours ?

  jwsons

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  Although there are so many classic ABBA songs i think Dancing Queen has to be the stand out!
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  Eastern WA

  by Dawn in

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  anyone here from eastern washington?

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  I thought you were gonna ask about eastern Western Australia...
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  The Passion of the Christ (Movie)

  by Golf in

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  after hearing the pro's and con's about the movie, i went to see it this afternoon.

  i know we all have differing views, but i'm interested in knowing what impression it left you.

  for me, i went in with a critical eye and i was emotionally detached from the movie.

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  Jesus would get whipped by a balrog and gandalf impaled to a staff.
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  Gender Lines

  by Mysterygirl in

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  i have just finished reading a book called gender outlaw.

  in this book the righter has an opion that gender is based on "moden life" rather then the "human form", ie do you look, act, talk and have the package of a male or female in your current state and even life upbringing - or were we born male or female and that is that.. if we look, act and talk and even have the package of the gender that we insist that we are, does that mean we are male or female ( i say that i am a woman, i have the package of a woman, i look like a woman and i talk like a woman, my drives licence and birth certificate say that im a woman) so what am i ???.

  the reason that i am asking this is, i had a visit from a elder (that i have never meet before)and he was talking about my transexuality and the reason i was dfs.

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  Dark Knight

  Hi Mystery,

  It's good to hear from you.

  I personally believe that gender is a function of biology although gender roles do tend to be definied by the society we live in.

  I also believe we are a combination of both genders to a degree. Although in most people one of the genders is more dominant. So the gender we usually assoicate with is the more dominant one within us.

  Do you associate with one gender more than another, i.e. you feel like a woman, or you feel like a man??

  Cheers D.K.
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  Tree of life

  by BluesBrother in

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  lets face it, the bible does not say and so any explanation is little more than speculation.

  those of us here that believe the bible has value can only reason on it as we see fit.

  personally, i do accept the scripures but i do not see the need to take all of genesis quite as literally as the wt does.

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  I don't think the concept of sin applies to angels and spirit creatures in general. Probably only applies to humans. Can an animal sin?? I don't think so.

  I don't really believe that according to the bible human's have free will. Maybe the angels do, but definitely not humans. According to the bible god's exact's a price for our actions, especially if they are not according to his desires. So it's definitely not free.

  And to make things worse he doesn't accept Visa, Mastercard, Diners or even American Express. Only currency he's interested in dealing with is death. Death of animals (e.g. sacrifices) & death of humans (e.g. flood and Jesus)

  Just seems so petty and morbid.

  DK