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Elders have no manners
by Jez in
1. jw
2. experiences
there i am, saturday morning, 9am, having a coffee with my kids, hair very messy, no make up, pj's on still, and they show up!

why do they never phone first and make an appointment?

i have asked them to do this but they won't comply.
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Rules Created by the Body of Elders and an Off Topic Question
by XJW4EVR in
1. jw
2. friends
in my latest post in my story, i recounted how my dad and another elder made attendance at high school sports events a no-no.

in retrospect, i don't recall anything in print that made attendance at local sporting events a shepherding offense.

maybe my memory is faulty.. did your boe make rules like this?.
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Spreading Discension while participating in the Theocratic Ministry School
by general in
1. jw
2. friends
were you part of the theocratic ministry school and if so did you ever try to subtley spread discension among the flock by attacking the watchtower doctrine with nuances when you were on your way out of the organization??

or did you use the opportunity to get self-righteous and ram some frivolous dribble down the throats of the audience perhaps out of revenge for all the mindless crap you had to listen to for the next hour afterwards..... did you ever know anyone that would get up on the platform and say " hello...goodbye" and just walk off...??.

curious had someone do that once...lol.
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IF Jehovah's Witnesses are right...
by AuldSoul in
1. jw
2. friends
...then jesus lied about how to identify the false prophets.. ...then jesus lied about the sign of his presence and of the conclusion of the system of things.. ...then the watchtower bible and tract society disassociated itself from true christianity through a repeated lack of neutrality.. ...then i will happily die at armageddon knowing i stood up against a god who supported a deceitful earthly corporation as his own.. but, i am not afraid they are right.

respectfully,.

auldsoul
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Cleaning the Kingdom Hall
by general in
1. jw
2. experiences
what part of the hall was your favorite part to clean?

was it the bathrooms, the main hall, library or lunch room perhaps...did people use cleaning the hall as an excuse to get self-righteous?

let me know.... lol.
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Jw's at my door
by cheeseman in
1. jw
2. experiences
it's been a while now since the dubs made their last visit.

i was living in another town at the time.

on that occasion i destroyed them on the basis of archaeology, paleontology and other sciences.
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POST YOUR EXPERIENCE OF GROWING UP AS A JW....
by SWALKER in
1. jw
2. friends
i guess that one of my first memories, about 3 years old, had to be sitting in a hard chair being made to listen to a boring talk that i didn't understand.

we weren't allowed any toys or books to look at besides the wt publications...i remember getting taken outside and beat for something i did...but i didn't even understand what i did wrong.

i remember that our car didn't have air-conditioning and during the summer how hot and sticky i was by the time i got to the kh.
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Watchtower "study" - a puzzle for drones
by Gregor in
1. jw
2. experiences
ok, here's how you prepare for the watchtower study.

come on, it's fun!

an unmarked copy of the watchtower for thewt study that week.
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No Animosity
by general in
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2. experiences
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No Animosity
by general in
1. jw
2. experiences
i will begin by stating that i have been an inactive jw for about four years now and i currently have no plans on returning to the organization at this juncture.

i have read many of your experiences with the jw's and wts and i can certainly understand the rage, hatred, depression, anxiety, and sense of hoplessness as a result of your association with the jw's.

personally, i have had simliar experiences with the jw's such as an elder constantly chastising me for every "bad" thing i did by always informing me that " if i continued on the course i was on i would be destroyed at armeggedon.