I remember one of the very last times, if not the last. It would have been more enjoyable if I knew it was my last time. Just faded away, and so did field service.
freedom96
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last time in field service
by darth frosty inanother poster had the topic about your last meeting, but what really stands out for me is my last time in service.
it was a nice day and i was trying to keep up appearances.
i offered the rags a one door and the householder took them (i didn't bother with the donation spiel.
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Has being a Jehova's witness totally shattered your faith?
by Silvia Plath injust because the watchtower society is wrong doesn't mean that there is no god, nor does it mean there is a god.
it would interesting to now how former members have adjusted thier cosmology, or whether they are now atheists and why.
i personally see religion as a more personal matter, rather than belonging to an organization.
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freedom96
I am not going to allow a false religion shatter my faith in anything.
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How many of you still have friends in the org?
by Nellie ina good friend of mine moved away 10 years ago.
needless to say, we lost touch over the years, but our family always spoke of them warmly and with with great affection.. last week, their daughter looked my son up on my-space and we reconnected.
they've left the organization, basically got fed up with the hypocrasy of the membership.
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freedom96
I have a very small handfull of friends still involved.....I am waiting for them to see the light.
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How about this one ?
by Free ini was visiting some friends from out of state that had moved there from my hometown.
when one of the friends that was from their cong.
( pioneer ) said they wanted to get their time started before are 4 hour trip to a national park walked into a supermarket to hand out a tract.
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freedom96
Even though I have been out for many years, it still bothers me when I find witnesses at the mall or airport sitting behind a table, with the books and magazines displayed. They sit there with a friend and yack about whatever, and count their time while watching people walk by.
It pisses me off. Talk about laziness. When I counted my time, it was hard core knocking on doors, not sitting behind a silly table.
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Urban Legend
by Siddhashunyata indon't know if this has been posted somewhere but i just received it in an email : ( for your encouragement.
"thought you'd all enjoy this experience.. > .
> this is an experience from andre' ramseyer, overseer, just back from the.
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freedom96
Blows my mind that people believe this stuff.....they want it to be true so bad.
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freedom96
Its all I look at.
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Other 'superstitions' of JWs (other than fortune cookies)
by Jim_TX inwell... the 'fortune cookie' thread got me to thinking about all of the silly things that my mom (and the jws) did when i was growing up.. it has been a while, and so i know that i won't be able to remember all of them.. my mom refused to buy a soft drink named 'sprite' - as its' logo included a small impish-looking fella (a sprite) that wore a bottlecap for a hat.
she claimed it was deemunz.. my mom hesitated to buy fried chicken at a place named 'church's fried chicken', as she wasn't sure if the name meant 'religion', or was a person's last name.. my mom refused to shop at salvation army - cause it would be supporting another religion.. the folks at the local kingdom hall came down hard on my mom cause one of my sisters wore a cute little 'sailor's dress'... it had boat anchors, and other 'sailor' emblems on the buttons, that were considered 'militaristic' by the powers-that-be at the local kh.
(i'm not sure if my mom put on different buttons, or scrapped the dress entirely.
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freedom96
Funny about P & G when it was the majority owner was a witness.
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Prosperity gospel?
by A Paduan in.
are jws, like many other fundamentalist groups, swayed by an underlying belief that if you're doing well earthlywise then god favours you, and if not then you've probably been sinning ?
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freedom96
I think it is much the opposite. You are not supposed to have much, and if you do, your priorities are clearly in the wrong area. Those with money are looked upon usually with disgust.
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Were you a BRAT during your family bible studies?
by kid-A ini was a monster!!!
lol.....i would always ask extremely difficult questions about the "troof" to my parents during our "watchtower family indoctrination hour"........ my parents often got so pissed off i would sent to my room without supper!
my favourite memories of our family watchtower studies involved.
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freedom96
I wasn't a brat, though I did fall asleep during one once.
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Are you tired of the whole atheist/believer debate?
by nicolaou ini'm usually the first one to stir this particular pot but it get's so frustrating to keep coming up against the same old arguments.
the phrase "banging your head against a brick wall" springs to mind.
how many times have believers argued for a designer but refused to answer the obvious question of the designer's origin?.
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freedom96
I prefer to just let believers belive, and those that don't, don't.