A brunette sees her blonde friend across a river. She asks "How do you get to the other side?"
The blonde yells back, "You ARE on the other side."
OnTheWayOut
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Blonde Jokes
by Bangalore inblonde jokes.. two blondes went to the pound where each adopted a puppy.
the joy of their new best friend was quickly overshadowed when they got home and the first blonde said, "i think we're in trouble, how are we going to tell them apart?
" this lead to several hours of concentration until finally, the second blonde said, "i've got an idea.
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PIMO elder
by Reservations ini’m reservations, pimo elder.
i’m in no position to leave the organisation, maybe some people will see that as weak or whatever, but we have to all go down our own path in life.. i would like to be able to wake people up in my congregation, how do you think best to do this?
any ideas?.
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I would like to be able to wake people up in my congregation, how do you think best to do this? Any ideas?
ReservationsIf they see you immediately resign as an elder and then stop going to meetings, they might realize they can do that too. And yes, I am being serious.
Okay, you say you are in no position to leave. If you insist. But at least resign as an elder stating stress or whatever or not even offering a reason. (Just say, "I haven't sinned, but I need to work on my own spirituality.")
During COVID 19 shut down might be a great time for that.
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It takes a while, but eventually a person finds his way out.
by pistolpete init hard to believe------you don't have the truth.. sometimes, for many----it takes half of your life -- or more---to figure it out.
it was like swimming upstream with lead boots pulling you back in.
and the closer you got to the "real" truth----the further away you strayed from your intimate group.
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Sometimes, for many----it takes HALF of your life -- or more---to figure it out
I told a good friend that his grandkids might grow up and come find him when they leave that crappy religion, probably as young adults if not sooner.
It's just sad that there are some that never figure it out. I don't know what would wake up my JW relatives. If Anthony Morris shot someone on 5th Avenue, I doubt that would deter them. But as time goes on and the end is not yet, I see my die-hard relatives allowing the religion to be less and less important. I can settle for that I guess.
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Are you still a JW?
by Iamallcool inwhich one do you prefer?
zoom meetings or at the kingdom hall?
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I get your question, but to someone not attending it's
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Will there be enough good questions on JWD now that minimus is gone?
by slimboyfat ina thread in honour of our departed friend minimus.
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If I said there weren't enough good questions before Minumus was gone, would you all recognize that's a tribute and a dig at the same time?
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The Impact of Less "Appointed Men" & This Site Thank You
by JWTom inwith the passing minimus, we all may think about what this site has meant to us personally.
i lurked here for quite a few years before becoming active as a poster....still i consider what i have done to be very slight compared with others.
may minimus rest in peace and a big thank you to all that have helped me here over the years.. a new member that is a pimo elder (reservations) posted here about how he could wake people up while remaining a pimo elder.
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I have to agree with Simon. I faded over a period longer than a year to try to help my wife out. I resigned as an elder right away and then cut back on attending until it was time to just stop. It did not work. My wife is very much a JW to this day. I maintain a relationship with JW family because I am not disfellowshipped. But the same result would have been achieved if I just up and quit, walked away.
Everyone has to figure out what's best for them. Having family still in, especially close family, is a huge factor. But many might be best off just walking away and just having the "inactive" status. -
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No more Questions from MINIMUS
by was a new boy inminimus former jw, prolific poster on jwn died.. minimus.
joined 19 years ago.
started 4,139 topics.
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A minimus is: a creature or being that is the smallest or least significant.
Our Minimus was full of the least significant questions, but they added up to great content.
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If God exists, what would be a good reason why he never communicates or helps his creation by intervention?
by pistolpete inyou have probably heard all kinds of excuses why god doesn’t communicates with his creation or why he doesn’t intervene.. some examples.. no one can see god because he is a spirit.. but we can hear god---yet he chooses not to talk to humanity.. god only communicates with certain people.
moses, samuel, abraham, etc.
but there are many people today who also claim that god spoke to them yet we ignore them but believe god spoke to people who lived thousands of years ago and we can’t really verify if that was so.
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Coming up with excuses for a God who isn't there?
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If Rubber Mouth- Stephen Lett or Russell M. Nelson (president of LDS) were to
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Is the Bible of extraterrestrial origin?
by Vanderhoven7 inhighly illuminating video.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkhdyhmolmw.
i thought these bible cryptologists were all nuts.
this guy changed my mind..
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Once he said there are 66 books in an "integrated message," I stopped.
The Bible is not an integrated message even if you limit it to the Protestant Bible and it certainly would be too much of a stretch to say it is integrated if you put the apocrypha in there.
The Bible is the interpretation of whichever group is pushing its agenda, including which books to include.