I was a witness all growing up, up to mid twenties. I never identified myself to anyone as a witness unless I was going door to door.
freedom96
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Were You Ashamed To Be Identified As A JW?
by minimus in2 tim.2:15 says," do your utmost to present yourself approved to god, a workman with nothing to be ashamed of,handling the word of the truth aright.
" when you were at work, school or play did you find yourself ashamed to tell anyone that you were a witness?
what if they found out anyway?
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Scaring off the Dubs
by stichione ini was in an apartment building today and saw a sign on a door:.
no peddlars.
no jehovah's witnesses.
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freedom96
Too bad, then you can't even play with them?
Too bad all these labels need to be attached, da'd, df'd, inactive, spiritually weak, etc.
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Who Could You Trust in the Congregation
by JH in.
were there some people in your congregation that you could say anything to them, and you were sure they wouldn't stool to the elders?
how many people in your congregation could you really trust?
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freedom96
Sadly, at the time, not even my own parents.
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More woman than men
by JH inwhy is it that there are more woman than men in the organization?
in my congregation there was much more woman than men.
it was about 60-65% woman.
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freedom96
Women may get more out of the witness lifestyle, with friends, relationships, and the motherly feel that sometimes will accomany those who attend.
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Is my friend wrong?
by Country Girl inmy best friend is well acquainted with jw's.
she has known me since both of our kids were in our bellies.
she was 18, i was 25. our kids were born and raised up together as brother and sister.
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freedom96
Hopefully your friend sees the light soon. She obviously has a crush on this guy, and it will be hard to reason with her.
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 inwhat 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).
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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 ini 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.
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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 inwhen 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.
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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 inone 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?
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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 inthere 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.
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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?