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  Will the door to door presentation ever change?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i haven't been out in door to door service in years.

  my name is rules and this is brother john.

  we are in your area today talking to your neighbors and asking this important question.

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  I haven't been out in door to door service in years. This was my presentation.

  ''Hello! My name is Rules and this is brother John. We are in your area today talking to your neighbors and asking this important question. Will the conditions in this world ever change or will God bring a change? We have this magazine named the Watchtower that asks this very question! If you would like,I will give you a copy to read and return in a week to see if you read the magazine and discuss it and see what is the answer to this very important question?''

  Have the presentations changed over the years or is this it?
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  My uncle who is an Elder has been warned not to ''talk or meet grandson''.

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my cousin( who was disfellowshipped many years ago) told me that he cannot speak to or come over to his grandfather's any longer.. he would stop by every month or so just to see his grandfather and grandmother.

  they are both in their 80's and not in the best of health.. my uncle who is still serving as an elder would talk to his grandson only when his grandson would visit his house.

  well,someone found out and snitched on my uncle.

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  The false dates,the service time slips,the boring meetings,the cuts in printing,the ''generation change'', and how much money the WTS has DON'T BOTHER me. This bothers me! This can happen to me or you. You will have no contact with your family or friends. Only if you ''return to Jehovah'' will they take you back.

  SHAME ON YOU WTS!
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  My uncle who is an Elder has been warned not to ''talk or meet grandson''.

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my cousin( who was disfellowshipped many years ago) told me that he cannot speak to or come over to his grandfather's any longer.. he would stop by every month or so just to see his grandfather and grandmother.

  they are both in their 80's and not in the best of health.. my uncle who is still serving as an elder would talk to his grandson only when his grandson would visit his house.

  well,someone found out and snitched on my uncle.

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  My cousin( who was disfellowshipped many years ago) told me that he cannot speak to or come over to his grandfather's any longer.

  He would stop by every month or so just to see his grandfather and grandmother. They are both in their 80's and not in the best of health.

  My uncle who is still serving as an Elder would talk to his grandson only when his grandson would visit his house. Well,someone found out and snitched on my uncle. Now,he's being warned that if he continues to talk or meet his grandson he will loose his position as Elder.

  My cousin said that the next time he sees his grandfather will be at his funeral.
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  What action should I take with my favorite cousin who is very condescending?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think i had enough of my cousin!

  i'm planning to cut him from my life.

  this is a cousin who has complained to me the last 10 years about his wife,kids,work and troubles with his brother and father.

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  Scully

  He did repay both loans off. Every year he sends me Omaha steaks for Christmas. He sometimes treats for dinner,golf or any outing we go to.

  I think that he is very condescending with his wife and family. Most of them have had enough of him where I've let him slide over the years. Maybe now this was the last straw.
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  What action should I take with my favorite cousin who is very condescending?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think i had enough of my cousin!

  i'm planning to cut him from my life.

  this is a cousin who has complained to me the last 10 years about his wife,kids,work and troubles with his brother and father.

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  Scully

  I've lived close to him all my life and treated him better than a brother. For some reason,we always got along fine and call each other every two weeks.

  I forgot to mention that I've loaned him money over the years when he and his wife were going through financial troubles.

  Yeah....he is self centered and he thinks he is the only one with problems.
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  What action should I take with my favorite cousin who is very condescending?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think i had enough of my cousin!

  i'm planning to cut him from my life.

  this is a cousin who has complained to me the last 10 years about his wife,kids,work and troubles with his brother and father.

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  I think I had enough of my cousin! I'm planning to cut him from my life. This is a cousin who has complained to me the last 10 years about his wife,kids,work and troubles with his brother and father. I've listened to his troubles and tried to help him in every way.

  Two weeks ago I called him and told him I had some health issues. I was in the hospital for a day and took all kinds of tests to see what was really wrong. They still don't know where all the pains are coming from. I've taken 2 C.T. scans,went to a surgeon and will take an M.R.I Saturday.

  Here is our conversation:

  Me: I went to the hospital today to see what is causing all my pains.

  Cousin: What did they find?

  Me: I might need surgery.

  Cousin: So,get it done.

  Me: I'm going to read up and also get a second opinion.

  Cousin: Stop reading so much. You're getting to sound like my dad who complains about everything. I hate people like you who question everything. Go get the surgery done and stop complaining.

  Two weeks have passed since we talked. I don't need surgery. I don't plan on speaking to him from now on since he was so condescending to me.
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  June 15th WT ( again ) WT Society Bashes College & Earning a Living

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  sorry for the redundancy of this being the 3rd article out of this magazine i've made a thread on- but i felt it was important to share these quotes from the aricle titled " make your way successful - how ?

  " i think you'll see the extreme dissing of higher education here and guilt tactics used to discourage jw members from getting a college education or earning a decent living.. under the subheading " higher education " ?

  it states, " a christian has a scriptural obligation to care for his family, and that includes providing for their material needs.

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  Flipper

  Great thread as usual!

  How many times can the WTS bash college and earning a decent wage?

  How will the WTS help my 3 cousins and brother (who are in their middle 50's who have lost their jobs in the last year) find a job? Who's going to hire 52-58 year olds who have no college degree? What new wage can they expect to make with no college degree?

  My wife and I took out a home equity loan 4 years ago to pay for our kids college education. They both find jobs paying around $36,000 in a matter of a month from graduation. If they didn't go to college,they would of been staying at their old jobs working 20-24 hours per week at $10.00 per hour.
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  There's someone here who shouldn't be

  by mrsjones5 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  *i'm posting this in a public place so this person will see it, i'm not sure if they are a member of the board or not but i'm sure they're a lurker*.

  dear person who knows my mother, i want you to know that i am not nor have i never been a jw.

  yes as you well know i was raised in the org but i was never baptised into it.

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  MRSJONES

  Let them make the first move! Come out swinging and hold no prisoners. Don't back up. Come out firing.

  They have more to lose than you.
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  what was the worst meeting you ever attended ?

  by man in black in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  here's mine :.

  back in the early 90's we went to the sunday talk and wt study.. lo and behold, a friend from the 70's who was df'ed ( he had just been reinstated) was there along with his parents.

  i had no idea that they would have been there.. one of my kids was getting sick, so my wife and i were up-down the entire meeting walking him around.

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  The worst meeting I ever attended was a congregation book study at the home of the cheapest brother ever.

  He worked second shift so he was never at the book study. His wife had such a fear of him even when he was at work. She couldn't drive,go shopping or talk on the phone when he wasn't home.

  They never used their air-conditioner because it cost money. This particular week it was 100 degrees. And inside their home it was even hotter. We could hardly breath. The study conductor asked her kindly if she could turn on the air-conditioner for the full hour so we could cool down. She called her cheap husband at work to see if she could turn the air-conditioner on. He said ''NO''. We said ,''Just turn it on for an hour or so. He'll never know.'' She feared him so much that she refused.

  A sister who had asthma fainted and couldn't breath. We took her outside to cool off and washed her face with cold water. Someone took her home to cool off. The sister never came to the book study.
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  A lightning fast POLL: Two questions about CONVERSION

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  1. were you yourself converted from a religion other than jw to becoming a jw by door to door work?.

  2.did you succeed in converting somebody in your own door to door work causing them to change religions to the point of baptism?.

  quick answers, please.. .

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  1.no

  2.no