Posts by DocBob

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Before and After Pics

by WildTurkey in

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lets post pic before we left the borg and after we left.

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DocBob

The left (before) picture was taken about 15 years ago, the right (after) picture, about 1 year ago.

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Looking for anyone in Olrando, FL from 1980-86

by LF_in_MA in

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anyone out there from the union park congregation in orlando, fl between 1980 to say 1988?

my family grew up in that hall and we moved in 1985. i have heard bits and pieces through the years on some of them, but would love to see who is out here..

DocBob

Hi LF. I was never in Orlando, but I work in North Andover. Nice little town.

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Where are you from?

by Rado Vleugel in

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my site (

http://www.watchtowerinformationservice.org/

) has been visited by people from 97 different countries.

DocBob

Kittery, Maine

I work in northern Mass, if any of you from that area want to meet up sometime, just email me.

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EX JW Meet up

by kelpie in

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hi all canberrian's/ aussies.

i have the date for the next exjdub meet up in canberra.. it is on saturday 7th december 2002 @ 5pm.

i would love as many as can attend this meeting.. look forward to seeing you there.

DocBob

I hope you have a better showing than the one I went to Saturday, No one showed!
Jim

Jim, there were 5 of us that enjoyed a nice dinner in Nashua, NH. C'mon up next time

Bob

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i was reading some recent postings that talked about the orientation meeting at bethel, and how the negative things were not to be reported back at the congregations.. now that we are free from it all, how about sharing some of these tales?

DocBob

About 1 month later, there was a mass dismissal and disfellowshipping of 25 Bethelites and 2 Gileadites for homosexuality. Went on for 2 weeks.

Onacruse, what year was that?

Thank you

Bob

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60% of Jehovah's Witnesses leaving?

by cherjcd in

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i have just posted some of the audio from the 2002 witnesses now for jesus convention at http://www.jwinfoline.com/page/audio_tapes_of_month.htm more to come shortly.. on sunday evening a jehovah's witness still active in the watchtower and said that 55 - 60% of jehovah's witnesses have stopped attending in some kingdom halls.

has anyone else noticed a significant drop in kingdom hall attendance?

is there something big going on inside the wt organization that outsiders may not be aware of?.

DocBob

He also told me that out of a congregation with 115 publishers only about 45 were showing up. These types of numbers were also reflected in other congregations near them. The elders were explaining the low numbers to be a result of people taking vacations but after 12 weeks of low attendance of their publishers it became apparent that this wasn't a viable explanation.

Wow, that is bad attendance figures. I'm sure that their elders will be getting a little pep talk from the circuit overseer on his next visit. That's how that usually works. If the figures are not up to snuff, the elders get a pep talk and they, in turn, give the congregation a pep talk.

It is sooooo good to be away from all that. :)

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My DA Letter

by LB in

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i thought about writing "i quit" but it got a little wordier than i expected.

but i'm sending this off monday morning.

i've used a little info gathered here on this site but mostly it's my thoughts.

DocBob

Wanted to read your letter's, but all I got was a web page, with family names and a link to your email.

Sorry, I need to learn to type. I left the "1" off the original post, which I have edited.

LB, I didn't send a DA letter. I am neither DFd nor DAd. I didn't want to play by their rules. As I explained in my letters, I see no scriptural precedent for DAing. Also, I never got anything in writing saying I was a member of anything, why should I resign in writing?

After I sent that second letter in late December of 1999, I have not heard from them. I do get shunned though. :O

http://home.attbi.com/~docbob1

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My DA Letter

by LB in

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i thought about writing "i quit" but it got a little wordier than i expected.

but i'm sending this off monday morning.

i've used a little info gathered here on this site but mostly it's my thoughts.

DocBob

Hi LB,

I thought about writing "I quit" but it got a little wordier than I expected. But I'm sending this off monday morning. I've used a little info gathered here on this site but mostly it's my thoughts.

Pop over to my web site and read my two letters. I sent the first one out to 70 of my old JW friends. The second one was my response to the elders inviting me to meet with them to face charges of apostacy.

http://home.attbi.com/~docbob1

Edited by - Docbob on 27 October 2002 15:9:50

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60% of Jehovah's Witnesses leaving?

by cherjcd in

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i have just posted some of the audio from the 2002 witnesses now for jesus convention at http://www.jwinfoline.com/page/audio_tapes_of_month.htm more to come shortly.. on sunday evening a jehovah's witness still active in the watchtower and said that 55 - 60% of jehovah's witnesses have stopped attending in some kingdom halls.

has anyone else noticed a significant drop in kingdom hall attendance?

is there something big going on inside the wt organization that outsiders may not be aware of?.

DocBob

Hi Cheryl,

On Sunday evening a Jehovah's Witness still active in the Watchtower and said that 55 - 60% of Jehovah's Witnesses have stopped attending in some kingdom halls. Has anyone else noticed a significant drop in Kingdom Hall attendance? Is there something big going on inside the WT organization that outsiders may not be aware of?

I think you misunderstood what he was saying. The 55-60% were the attendance figures based on the number of publishers in the congregation. He was saying that 55-60% of the number of publishers in those congregations were attending.

It was a common way of tracking attendance when I was an elder. When I was an elder, they liked to see 110-120% attendance at the public talks and felt good about 100% at the school, service meeting and book study. The school and service meetings were usually the lowest attended meetings. By the time I left we were running in the low 70% range at the service meeting and the mid 90% range at the public talk.

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Convention pictures #1

by borgfree in

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i will post some pictures now and more later.

i am waiting for permission to use the group picture of board posters (haven't gotten all yet).

japanese group of ex-jws.

DocBob

Did you cut your hair?

I cut a foot off my pony tail this summer. It went to Lock of Love. http://www.locksoflove.org/

If any of you are thinking of cutting 10" or more of your hair, please consider sending it to them.