Posts by Swamboozled

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How much did you put in the contribution box?

by jayhawk1 in

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i think as the prices of gas, health care, housing and other things continue to rise, the jw without a great education will struggle to put much in the contribution box.

it got me to thinking, how much did my family put in the contribution box at the kingdom hall.

this is what i estimate for the final 5 years i went 1994-1999.... $10.00 per week for about 5 years.

What a day!!!

by Swamboozled in

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friends

hubby & were trying to do a classic fade and have not been to a meeting for a few months.

needless to say, it didn't work and the elders came a callin'.

we have avoided talking with anyone by not answering the phone and turning off the answering machine (which i hate).

Swamboozled

wouldn't it have been funny if your bags set off the detector alarm on your way out.......

I am shocked we didn't because I am ALWAYS that guy!. But then it would have been funny when the elderly sister caught up...I could have told her I'd love to talk but I want to make sure the greeter doesn't find my goods!!!

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What a day!!!

by Swamboozled in

jw
friends

hubby & were trying to do a classic fade and have not been to a meeting for a few months.

needless to say, it didn't work and the elders came a callin'.

we have avoided talking with anyone by not answering the phone and turning off the answering machine (which i hate).

Swamboozled

Hubby & were trying to do a classic fade and have not been to a meeting for a few months. Needless to say, it didn't work and the elders came a callin'. We have avoided talking with anyone by not answering the phone and turning off the answering machine (which I HATE). But the PO was wise to us and called from a number that I didn't regognize and I answered. I gave him the old "we've been so busy!" and he told me not to forsake the meetings blah blah blah.

Then the daughter and I were at Wal Mart and saw some sisters at the check-out stand down from us. They were older so I told my daughter not to turn around and walk really fast to the car. She got totally freaked and asked me if we stole something!!! LOL!!! I told her I was just not up for the confrontation and "we've been missing you's" .

We have to do something different because it pisses me off that I'm a grown-up and I have to hide and skulk around! YUCK!!!!

Swam

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Is There Anything That You Still Believe In Because of the Witnesses?

by minimus in

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i still don't believe in hellfire.

i think astrology and palm reading is ridiculous.

that's a couple of things that i know i got from being a jw......what about you??

Swamboozled

This is a good question that my husband and I discuss regularly. I have to fight hard to resist the "if some of it's crap, it's probably all crap" mentality. He is of the position that many of the teachings are probably accurate, but that the borg is so tainted by man-made rules that it's impossible to take anything good from them. It's like eating broccolli covered in feces: it may good at the core but is covered with too much sh** to get any benefit. And who wants to eat sh**?!?!?

Not Me!!!

Swam

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How many here have left the org because of this board?

by mrsjones5 in

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friends

i ask this question because saki said this in another topic:and i would assume that a lot of people on this board left due to this board alone "proving" the lies of the wts.

so, it this true or false?

or is this mostly true or mostly false?

Swamboozled

Like many others, I had doubts and decided to research on the dreaded internet and found this site. Thanks to this site, I read COC. The combo is one of the main reasons I left. But I think you have to have some serious doubts to go looking for debate sites in the first place.

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