Posts by freedom96

I would stay a friend of course, let her know what you think, and let her make her own decision. Maybe hang out with her a bit more, let her see you seeing what is going on, and maybe she will wise up.

Ultimately, she will probably tell you that you were right all along.

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Colored Shirts?

by Marcos in

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what is the wt policy on shirts for the brothers?

are they supposed to be only white shirts?

my son, no a sort of waning mormon said that he thought it was funny that the witnesses here copy the mormons (white shirts only).

freedom96

I remember fully that colored shirts were considered wordly attire at the hall. A moustache was for a while a complete no-no, and never beards. I knew one brother ever who had one, and only until his skin rash healed up.

You will not find any brothers in the states with beards having any sort of responsibilities. Don't think it is quite a df'ing offense, but then they would question the motives behind the beard, and maybe that would work for df'ing.

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Pathetic Circuit Assembly Experiences

by minimus in

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i just got back from today's circuit assembly.

i haven't been to one in the last 1 and a half yrs.

obviously, nothing has changed.

freedom96

I had given an "experience" at the assembly, and I thought what was strange is that they had me go to several of the circuit assemblies, even those I did not attend. I guess that the experiences to be shared were very limited.

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Too close to home

by JH in

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when you were going from door to door, did you hate knocking at doors in your neighbourhood?

i wonder if the elders did on purpose to distribute territories so that you would have to be working in your neighbourhood.. often i noticed that elders gave me a territory in my neighbourhood, just to see if i would be ill at ease.

maybe they wanted to know if i had worldly friends in my neighbourhood.

freedom96

I remember this all too well. Funny, my parents moved when I was about 10 to an area that was out of our territory, so after that I was not working in my personal area.

However, I had to go out in service where my schools were, and that sucked! That also included the area where I originally was before 10, and I never liked working that territory, even as I grew older.

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WE ARE ALONE.....or are we?

by JNS2 in

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one of the things that i think i was supposed to believe all my years in the organization was that the earth is the only inhabited planet.

am i right in this or am i having a flashback???

is there other life in the universe?

freedom96

I find it hard to believe that with so many solar systems, etc, that there is not life of some form at least on many planets. Intelligent life such as aliens that are going to come and take over the earth. Don't think so, but at least there has got to be plant life, maybe small animals, at least.

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The most extreme witness

by freedom96 in

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there was an elder in my hall, that everyone feared, and had the power and position to make fear a realistic reaction.. i remember him saying, that if he or any of his grandchildren were ever to be disfellowshipped, not only would he never speak to them until they came back, but he would go to the extent of removing all their pictures from the walls of his house.

how harsh is that???.

just doesn't seem to me like god would do such a thing, and a religion that supported that type of behavior just boggled my mind.

freedom96

There was an elder in my hall, that everyone feared, and had the power and position to make fear a realistic reaction.

I remember him saying, that if he or any of his grandchildren were ever to be disfellowshipped, not only would he never speak to them until they came back, but he would go to the extent of removing all their pictures from the walls of his house. All of them he would take down. How harsh is that???

Just doesn't seem to me like God would do such a thing, and a religion that supported that type of behavior just boggled my mind. Of course, he held an extreme view, but those people exist. What actions did you see when you were a witness, that might put someone in the "Most Extreme Witness" catagory?

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What was your deadline?

by JH in

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when you joined the jw's, what year did you set in your mind as the latest date for the new system?

we were all told that the end was very close, but how close did you think it was, when you joined?

if you would have known that the end was atleast 30 or 50 years away, would you have pioneered as much, or would you have given as much time to them, or would you have kept much more time for yourself?

freedom96

I grew up as a witness, and though I never put an exact date on when I thought the end was coming, I did feel cheated out of a life. I wanted to grow old, have a family, enjoy life on earth, in this "system of things". I happen to love it here!