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  Did Anything In Field Service Make You Question The Society?

  by The wanderer in

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  an ex-jehovahs witnesses planted a seed of doubt by stating that she felt to be a good .

  witness an individual had to be a conformist.

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  I don't remember anything from the householder that will make me question the Society, but whatever did it came from rigid rules on what to say, what to present, etc. Since recently I've felt that, of course you need to be prepared on what to say, but you don't have to present the magazine "suggested" for that month if you notice that it will not interest the householder. Just read a Bible verse or 2, let the householder comment on it and try to make a conversation with it. After 9/11 I remember just talking to a householder and just opened the Bible and read him an encouraging scripture from Psalms he appreciated that very much and I wouldn't push the magazines. I did asked him if he wanted to read something and he said no. I left it at that.

  The fact that you have to report the hours, makes the service more mechanical than a personal service due to love for God, it makes it very ritualistic. Whatever service you give to God, has to come from the heart, not from worrying about turning in a field service report. Jesus said, do not let your left hand know what the right does. Whatever we do is between God and one's love for him, it shouldn't be monitored.
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  I just got back from my circuit assembly !

  by 5go in

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  ok i have listed all the intresting and thought provoking things.

  hear they are from a to z.

  <----------- yep nothing.. .

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  Before I give my opinion I want to clarify one thing.

  Inactives are the ones who have not reported any hours in 6 months. Irregulars are the ones who miss one or two months in field service.

  I am inactive because I have been without attending a meeting for almost a year and of course have not put any field service hours. Those who still attend meetings but are irregular are not considered inactive.

  I guess that is why no one calls me at all, not even the elders. I just got a visit from an old friend in the congregation. He went to see how we were and didn't talk about anything related to the congregation. I expect that from he and his wife, they are different. But as fas as anybody else is concerned, not one call or visit. I guess that explains it.

  But I have to give them the benefit of the doubt, because that information could have been given by someone, just like one member said, who thinks too much of himself and added that for "emphasis". Maybe it wasn't even on the script. But if it were, then that's another "rule" they will all follow blindly, I guess. I don't even get upset anymore, more like dissapointed.
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  These annoying hour requirements ....

  by Frequent_Fader_Miles in

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  once more i'm paying tribute to pie-on-airs.

  here's something else out of the trusty branch organization manual.. chapter 17/ page 117. .

  57. missionaries and special pioneers who take two weeks of vacation in one month are expected to report at least half the normal requirement of hours of field service.allowed to deduct five hours of field service from his total field service time for the month for each vacation day used and still receive his reimbursement.

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  I get this nagging feeling something big is about to happen ?

  by 5go in

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  i don't know what wether the watchtower is going to implode or the begining of ww3 is about to happen.

  something big !.

  but something makes me feel weird, not afraid but ready for it.. maybe it is the psyco in me..

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  5go:

  http://e-jehovahs-witnesses.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=159
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  I get this nagging feeling something big is about to happen ?

  by 5go in

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  i don't know what wether the watchtower is going to implode or the begining of ww3 is about to happen.

  something big !.

  but something makes me feel weird, not afraid but ready for it.. maybe it is the psyco in me..

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  I don't know what wether the Watchtower is going to implode or the begining of WW3 is about to happen. Something BIG !

  But something makes me feel weird, not afraid but ready for it.

  Maybe it is the psyco in me.

  Hey, did you post a similar question on another website? I just read a post on e-jehovah's witness and it is very similar to yours. It is in reference to a Watchtower that came out about being "Loyal to Christ and the Faithful Slave". This person said that this article gave him/her the "nagging feeling that something is about to happen." Just out of curiosity.
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  JW's ruin your sex life?

  by NYerGirl in

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  after a year or so of being a "lurker" (since i know some of you despise that word, say, instead, window shopper?

  ), i finally signed up.

  for the last week or so, i've come to the sight every day and i've learned a lot and also remembered more than maybe i wanted to.. so here's my issue: i've been married for 1 1/2 years, together with this man for 5+ years.

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  Today I had a chinese fortune cookie and I would like to share it's wise advise.."To find ourselves, we must first lose ourselves."

  I'll try to remember that, it is very true. I think chinese wisdom is one of the closest to real life and real freedom without over doing it. They have a lot of information and a lot of soul searching wisdom worthy of trying. Some of their teachings are weird, but they have some truth to them.
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  For Lurkers: Is the cover of the March 15th Watchtower deceptive?

  by seek2find in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the cover of this issue pictures a group of modern day people standing looking up as if looking to the sky and the title says something like "christ comming what does it mean to you?

  " i think it's deceptive because witnesses teach that jesus already came in 1914. the article is talking about his comming to exucute the wicked and does not even mention 1914, but the photo and title on the cover would lead people to beleive that his comming is still in the future.

  isn't this deceptive?

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  OK Cindi: You sound like a good witness. I'll accept your (their) explanation, even tho I don't agree with it. Since you sound like such a good witness, might I ask What are you doing here???? ( A Joke, Just kidding):) seek2find

  Seek2find:

  Thanks for the compliment if we can call it that. I THOUGHT IT WAS NEVER GOING TO END! I'd like to know that there are some things that I am still capable of. I've read many threads in this forum, some I agree with, some I don't. But because I do believe, like all of the members here, that there are some things that are just not right within the Organization.

  I think, this sharing of opinions whether we agree with something or not is healthy. It makes you want to do some research, without the boundaries imposed by the Society. We convince ourselves of what is it we really believe in without being afraid of the consequences of being looked down either as apostates or rebels.

  I wanted to do this to see how plausible it is to be able to share with others our opinions our beliefs without having to preach. Others opinions and beliefs do count and if the "brotherhood" would see it that way, maybe their "field service" will have more meaning, more success.

  Thanks for the experience seek.

  And yes, is there a scan of this Magazine. Maybe I have it and don't know it. My mom brings me the magazines over, but since I don't read them I don't even know if I have it. If I do, I will scan it for you all.

  BY THE WAY seek2find. I DID CONVINCE YOU, DIDN'T I?
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  JW's ruin your sex life?

  by NYerGirl in

  1. jw
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  after a year or so of being a "lurker" (since i know some of you despise that word, say, instead, window shopper?

  ), i finally signed up.

  for the last week or so, i've come to the sight every day and i've learned a lot and also remembered more than maybe i wanted to.. so here's my issue: i've been married for 1 1/2 years, together with this man for 5+ years.

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  NYergirl:

  With all due respect to everyone else in the forum, I don't think your problem is that you don't like those things. I used to think like you. Whenever my husband proposed something to me, I immediately thought about whether or not I was doing the right think because of my upbringing as a JW. I still wanted it because I was curious as to how it will feel, but I found myself not wanting to do it because of my teachings. My marriage almost felt apart because of it. Today I don't care. I have been married for 19 years now and I enjoy my husband whichever way I want and we experiment with other things. If we find we personally dont' like it, then we don't do it. But it has to be a matter of personal decision.

  You have been married only 1½ years. Enjoy each other and above all communicate. Don't let your marriage become a rutine. Do different things together, change the climate in your bedroom. Roleplay, and have a good time. Some things require good hygiene and make sure that is the case with you especially and your husband, otherwise you won't enjoy sex at all.

  I don't think God will judge us for things that do not reflect how we feel about him or how spiritual we are. Times have changed, and even though that is not excuse to go out and fornicate and do whatever we want with whomever we meet, sex is not a tabu subject anymore. It is out in the open and I think it is very healthy do speak about it. We humans are very sexual, and God created us with a very strong desire to share ourselves with the opposite sex. He didn't write a set of rules as to who had to be on top, which parts to touch and with what, and so on. Don't feel guilty and most of all don't let others make you feel guilty either. Only God knows how many things they are into as well, they just suppress those feelings. Besides you don't have to tell everybody how you conduct yourself in your intimacy.

  I hope this helps.
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  For Lurkers: Is the cover of the March 15th Watchtower deceptive?

  by seek2find in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the cover of this issue pictures a group of modern day people standing looking up as if looking to the sky and the title says something like "christ comming what does it mean to you?

  " i think it's deceptive because witnesses teach that jesus already came in 1914. the article is talking about his comming to exucute the wicked and does not even mention 1914, but the photo and title on the cover would lead people to beleive that his comming is still in the future.

  isn't this deceptive?

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  OK, Fisrt let me say. This is not an argument. Just like Cindi said.

  Cindi: So if he was installed as King in 1914 didn't he come to his throne at that Time? Normaly, if a person is present somewhere, they had to come there to be present. Right? seek2find

  Yes, he did come to be installed as King, therefore he came to his throne at that time. His "presence" as King was felt because the war between him and Satan, threw Satan down to earth, which provoked all the distress that came to happen, starting with WWI. He hasn't turned his attention to earth in regards to the destruction of the wicked which is where the term "coming" comes to play. His "coming" means, that he pays attention directly to earth's governments and to all the wicked and destroys them in Armageddon.
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  For Lurkers: Is the cover of the March 15th Watchtower deceptive?

  by seek2find in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the cover of this issue pictures a group of modern day people standing looking up as if looking to the sky and the title says something like "christ comming what does it mean to you?

  " i think it's deceptive because witnesses teach that jesus already came in 1914. the article is talking about his comming to exucute the wicked and does not even mention 1914, but the photo and title on the cover would lead people to beleive that his comming is still in the future.

  isn't this deceptive?

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  Cindi: Do I understand you correctly that he wasn't installed as King in heaven in 1914? please see below from the 1988 Watchtower.

  No, I said he wasn't installed as King until 1914.

  By the way, people that are reading all this, just want to remind you, this is an exercise. I am trying to explain the way I understood the coming of Jesus Christ in 1914 vs. other members opinions. In this case seek is the only one that have joined. It is not a heated debate, or a JW lurker here trying to make you understand the 1914 teaching.