Chameleon

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  Comments You Will Not Hear at the 10-22-06 WT Study (TONGUE)

  by blondie in

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  2. bible

  "let each one of you individually so love his wife as he does himself; on the other hand, the wife should have deep respect for her husband.

  1) suppose you received a gift-wrapped package with a label that read: "handle with care.

  handle with care.

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  Chameleon

  Good points. Ugh, I'm the reader today. Patience will make my freedom that much sweeter.
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  Did you go to your prom?

  by free2beme in

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  my last post doubled up and i ended up seeing it twice, when it should have been once.

  so i though i would just edit it and make it into another topic related to high school.

  prom!

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  Chameleon

  No. Why? Not because I was a JW, but, well, I posted my reason on the other thread you made. Plus, the money spent on prom could've bought me a handful of CDs, videogames, a new tv, etc.
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  Did you like your High School years?

  by free2beme in

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  2. friends

  recently i got a e-mail on my myspace account from someone i went to high school with.

  of all 400 people in my graduating class, i keep in touch with one and it is maybe a e-mail or christmas card once a year.

  i was a very shy person in high school, graduated in 1989, a mix between a person wanting to be a witness and someone wanting to have some worldly fun.

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  I hated high school, not because I was a JW (No one ever found out I was a dub, and I didn't care to tell them), but because it was boring. I'd listen to my death metal CDs and get people to leave me alone. I don't hate being around people, but I saw through the bs that high school was, so I didn't care to know people that were acting like something they weren't just to fit in with some clique. I graduated three years ago, and at graduation, I felt like "Finally, it's over," rather than, "I'm gonna miss (whoever); these were the best years of my life."
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  Inactive/Faded JWs

  by Chameleon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  when the active jws come to your door, do you listen and take whatever they're offering, or do you not open the door?

  when i move out (which i hope is soon), i'm planning to fade, but i am sure that my father (elder) will insist on knowing which cong.

  i'm attending.

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  Chameleon

  When the active JWs come to your door, do you listen and take whatever they're offering, or do you not open the door? When I move out (which I hope is soon), I'm planning to fade, but I am sure that my father (elder) will insist on knowing which cong. I'm attending. What should I do then?
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  New here

  by Chameleon in

  1. jw
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  hello everyone.. i'm an "active" jw and have been for...13 years but my faith in the jw org died about 5 years ago.. so, i've been doing the jw thing for 5 years now without believing in it.

  i might be an ms soon, unfortunately.. i tried telling my parents about it but they said apostates are good with twisting words and whatnot.. they wouldn't even let me show them evidence of wt hypocrisy; however, my mother did say she found it odd that every once in a while, there's that publisher resolution of donating a certain amount a year.

  there might be hope for her yet.

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  Chameleon

  <a href="http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/11/117658/1.ashx">Link</a> That's how you provide a hyperlink.
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  New here

  by Chameleon in

  1. jw
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  hello everyone.. i'm an "active" jw and have been for...13 years but my faith in the jw org died about 5 years ago.. so, i've been doing the jw thing for 5 years now without believing in it.

  i might be an ms soon, unfortunately.. i tried telling my parents about it but they said apostates are good with twisting words and whatnot.. they wouldn't even let me show them evidence of wt hypocrisy; however, my mother did say she found it odd that every once in a while, there's that publisher resolution of donating a certain amount a year.

  there might be hope for her yet.

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  Chameleon

  Link Thanks for the link.
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  New here

  by Chameleon in

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  hello everyone.. i'm an "active" jw and have been for...13 years but my faith in the jw org died about 5 years ago.. so, i've been doing the jw thing for 5 years now without believing in it.

  i might be an ms soon, unfortunately.. i tried telling my parents about it but they said apostates are good with twisting words and whatnot.. they wouldn't even let me show them evidence of wt hypocrisy; however, my mother did say she found it odd that every once in a while, there's that publisher resolution of donating a certain amount a year.

  there might be hope for her yet.

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  Chameleon

  tuesday, were you baptized or a publisher or none of those?
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  New here

  by Chameleon in

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  hello everyone.. i'm an "active" jw and have been for...13 years but my faith in the jw org died about 5 years ago.. so, i've been doing the jw thing for 5 years now without believing in it.

  i might be an ms soon, unfortunately.. i tried telling my parents about it but they said apostates are good with twisting words and whatnot.. they wouldn't even let me show them evidence of wt hypocrisy; however, my mother did say she found it odd that every once in a while, there's that publisher resolution of donating a certain amount a year.

  there might be hope for her yet.

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  Chameleon

  Thanks, everyone. I have some questions: Ok, the wt says that it needed access to the UN library or whatever, and they were able to access it for 9 or 10 years (if we actually believe them). There's even some site going through all the differences between signing up as an NGO now and back in '91 or whatever, trying to excuse the WT of any wrongdoing. Apart from the official stance they have about the UN and how they used to brag about not having anything to do with it, if they resigned, I assume that they no longer have access to the library, so I wonder: How important was this research material if they resigned after a day of word getting out? They didn't even let it be known, much less apologize for it. My other question is: I have a friend who was never "spiritual" at all, and he'd only do 1-3 hours of service every month. He was too "wordly" (a.k.a. normal) and he missed a handful of meetings frequently. The elders finally spoke to him. I don't know what happened, but now he doesn't go at all or go to service but he's not DFd. What's it called when if you have privileges they're taken away, and you can't comment at meetings? I think that's what they did to him (although he never had privileges; i'm just describing the condition he's in with the cong. right now). Also, if the elders finally got around to talking to me after I faded, would saying I just got bored with "the truth" be helpful? I would say that Jehovah doesn't want anyone by force. Has this worked with anyone before? I figure it's better saying something like that than saying "Your cult is bs" and getting DFd for apostasy.
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  New here

  by Chameleon in

  1. jw
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  hello everyone.. i'm an "active" jw and have been for...13 years but my faith in the jw org died about 5 years ago.. so, i've been doing the jw thing for 5 years now without believing in it.

  i might be an ms soon, unfortunately.. i tried telling my parents about it but they said apostates are good with twisting words and whatnot.. they wouldn't even let me show them evidence of wt hypocrisy; however, my mother did say she found it odd that every once in a while, there's that publisher resolution of donating a certain amount a year.

  there might be hope for her yet.

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  Chameleon

  Actually, apart from the fact that my dad's an elder, all of us (well, not sure about my dad) do less than 10 hours a month. None of us are pioneers (not even aux.). I'm a good son, I think, but continuing with the JWs is something that is not right, and sometimes you have to stand up for what you know is right, regardless of what your parents may think. I can understand where my parents are coming from, so the moving out and fading away is my decision on the best way to get out. It might take another year or two, but who knows? Maybe I'll get lucky.
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  New here

  by Chameleon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello everyone.. i'm an "active" jw and have been for...13 years but my faith in the jw org died about 5 years ago.. so, i've been doing the jw thing for 5 years now without believing in it.

  i might be an ms soon, unfortunately.. i tried telling my parents about it but they said apostates are good with twisting words and whatnot.. they wouldn't even let me show them evidence of wt hypocrisy; however, my mother did say she found it odd that every once in a while, there's that publisher resolution of donating a certain amount a year.

  there might be hope for her yet.

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  Chameleon

  It's unforgivable that the good christians are DFd for sins that the WT/GB is guilty of. Oh well, it's to be expected from an orwellian institution.