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  Why did you choose the Alias that you did?

  by The wanderer in

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  being curious about why people do or act the way they.

  do led me to this discussion.

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  solo - I think mine in pretty obviousy really

  when I left the JWs I was 20 and I had to find my way in life totally alone, I had been working for the family company, living in a property owned by my family and the only people I knew were JWs, so I had to find a home, a job and a life and I literally had no one else for support or help.

  Although it was terrifying and the end of the world to me at the time I has turned me into an incredibly strong, resourceful, independent person. I think I have done pretty well because everything I have achieved has been down to my own blood,sweat and tears.

  If I lost everything today - friends, job, property, posessions I know I have the ability to go out and get it all back - and this time I would not be terrified, and I love that feeling and for that I am actually quite grateful to my parents in a bizarre way.

  So that is why I am called solo

  PS I'm not totally alone, I have a wonderful boyfried - but only because I want him not because I need him!!!
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  Whats Your Favorite JW Nickname?

  by love2Bworldly in

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  my favorite word i like to use is "bs society" instead of watchtower society.. what's yours?.

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  these are hilarious - I wish I'd known them when I was a kiddub I would have used them!

  although when we were kids, playing football out the backs of our houses with our friends the older boys used to sit on the wall watching us, one of them called us little jovas, he was quite funny and would do a commentry of our game, it used to go a little like this:

  "and jova's got the ball, oh and he's been tacked by another jova, now jova's running for the goal, and jova shoots but oh dear jova didn't score"

  I used to find it humilating but a bit funny at the same time
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  WTBTS Raking it In!

  by solo in

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  just flicking thru the wt nov 2006 and found a 2 page spread on how to give your money to them, this is quite something - just in case you were not quite sure how you could add to their funds:.

  ways in which some choose to give.

  contributions to the worldwide work.

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  I obviously don't read the WT enough! It's been nearly 20 years. I know it's not expected I'm just shocked at the bare faced cheek!
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  WTBTS Raking it In!

  by solo in

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  just flicking thru the wt nov 2006 and found a 2 page spread on how to give your money to them, this is quite something - just in case you were not quite sure how you could add to their funds:.

  ways in which some choose to give.

  contributions to the worldwide work.

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  Just flicking thru the WT Nov 2006 and found a 2 page spread on how to give your money to them, this is quite something - just in case you were not quite sure how you could add to their funds:

  Ways in which some choose to give

  Contributions to the worldwide work(many set aside a budget)

  Conditional-Donation trust arrangement

  Charitable planningInsurance (WT named as beneficiary of life insurance policy/retirement/pension plan)
  Stocks and bonds
  Real Estate

  Gift Annuitty

  Wills and Trustsproperty or money bequeated to WT

  Well they're certainly not shy in asking for it!
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  Why are elders so serious?

  by JH in

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  all that they do, they seem so stiff and serious.

  often i will see elders still dressed in a suit hours before or after a meeting.

  i'll see other elders cars parked in front of an elders home, and they are in a meeting discussing something serious.. can't these guys relax a bit and get a life out of the borg?.

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  It's because they have serious responsibilities, bullying shepherding the flock in their care. They have all those publishers to spy on watch over, and they still have to find them to earn a living and look after their own families.

  I think dedpoet sums it up here. My dad is an elder and PO (I think - I don't ask too many questions they might think I'm still interested) and he rarely has a night off a week. He is always out lamb bashing as my mum calls it. On top of this he goes to mid week field service ferries numerous lazy arses around in his spiritual vehicle, goes off giving talks, aux pioneers, has a couple of bible studies, helps with the new build and putting up bros and puts up the CO every single time he visits and somehow earns a crust for him and wifey - there really is not much left, no wonder he hardly cracks a smile poor old sod what a waste of a life!
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  Did You Ever "Report" Someone (Or Yourself) To The Elders???

  by minimus in

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  ever snitch on anyone??

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  The using witchcraft one was funny, the story is that it was my friends birthday so I wanted to buy her some cool stuff, so I got her some black candles, incense, sparking apple cider, well the check out guy was a JW boy from the hall, he told the elders that I was buying witchcraft stuff.

  wordly andre, You know you might have missed a trick here, technically that bro was selling witchcraft stuff ?! And how on earth did they go about proving the dirty thoughts about breasts, now that is funny!

  I had loads of sh*t on a couple of elders daughters, being filthy little madams with wordly boys! I never grassed on anyone tho, although my older brother was always causing trouble for me, most of it made up stuff. Strange really cos he's still a JW, my goodness what a crap life he must have had, shame,
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  Getting caught

  by Schism in

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  (you're going to laugh at my paranoia).

  has anyone ever gotten caught posting in here?.

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  well I've just been caught by my boyfriend, we're sitting here watching tv and he says, wot are you doing?

  so i show him and he says for f**ks sake you weird old religious freek, actually what he really said is not printable - never a jw he finds it all a bit odd
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  What's the deal with beards????

  by bittersweet in

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  ok, so my brother in law, a former elder, decided to grow a beard a while ago.

  he initially grew it because he had a small rash he was trying to cover up, but that has since gone, and he has kept the beard.

  he kept the beard because it made such a fuss that he decided if he shaved it off it would be like giving in to the brothers.

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  I remember when this all kicked off in the 70s, there were a couple of bros in the cong with beards, then there was this big old discussion saying how demons lived in beards and that anyone who had one would probably not become a MS

  One bros beard was hiding is badly scarred face but he shaved it off and we got to look at his scars instead - he never go to be a MS, he got disfellowshipped in the end,

  what about women with beards, is that banned too?
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  Public Talks Designed by the Watchtower Society

  by The wanderer in

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  an interesting public talk some years ago, there was an interesting talk based on noah's ark and.

  the brother giving the talk had a full model display scaled down so that .

  individuals could appreciate the type of work that went into such a .

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  3.) Can someone relate any information regarding the talks?

  We used to traipse around the local counties visiting all number of KHs listening to my dad relaying his half dozen talks. I think we heard each one 20 times. It was nauseating. He did try to spice them up a bit with my mum's badly painted (she's an artist you know!) illustrations. I can't remember them all but at least it was something to look at I suppose.

  2.) Why are the talks so old?

  these talks were given in the late 70s right until mid to late 80s. Anyway, last year my dad asks me to search my lock up (containing some of their stuff from recent house move) for a visual aid - I though wtf is a visual aid (I've been out so long) when he explained it was for a talk and told me the picture in question - OMG, is he really still doing those talks?!

  In one of his talks he got the whole congratation to get up and sing - that surprised them! Especially the sound man who was not expecting it and was just about snoozing. We particularly enjoyed that talk if we were visiting a prickly cong.

  There was another talk where he lit a match and let it burn out - probably H&S would put a stop to that now.

  doubtingbro: I love the pizza illustration, that's hilarious!
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  Generation change?

  by Jerohobobonadad in

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  hello all.. forgive my ignorance, but what exactly was the generation change, and what are the implications for jw doctrine?.

  although i rarely missed a meeting until a couple of years ago, this either went over my head or i wasn't listening (most likley).. i'm not the sharpest tool in the box so please keep it simple!

  references would be nice.. thanks.

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  before they all die off; rather it is anyone who

  garybuss, sorry but that is such a JW way of speaking, I remember brothers saying that word all the time in the 70s and 80s and I've never forgotten it!

  So say I decide to go back to JWland (perish the thought, hell will freeze over, etc) will I have to relearn their teachings because of all the changes? Wouldn't that be a laugh getting them to try and explain it all.

  I thought this generation would by no means pass away before armageddon or something. They must be knocking on 100 by now