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  Local needs: 40% of the congregation are irregular at meetings

  by truthseeker in

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  well, our local needs talk was a bit out of the ordinary - normally it's something mundane like improving bible studies.. after harping on about the good things the congregation is doing, we got to the meat.. there are 100 publishers in the cong - 40% of them are irregular meeting attenders.. the elder said that those who are irregular at meetings are also irregular on field service.. he also said the elders would continue to shepherd these ones, yet most of us never get as shepherding call.. he said that those who've lost their joy feel this way because they don't fellowship often enough and lack appreciation for sacred things.. there are those who are liberal, manifest an independent spirit and have worldly associations.. he even said that those who need to hear this counsel are those who are missing.. .

  oh well.

  i suppose it's good news..

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  ibme

  Truthseaker,
  
  Me usually do not have anything to say about most subject,……. But ………..
  
  Me has to agree with Gopher on this subject, “I always loved it when they had a
  special needs part that at the meet, for those who weren’t there”. Never did get
  the point their reasoning.
  
  It’s like me has said many a time here on JWD and at the hall.
  
  90% of the elders are not educated enough for what is required of them. It’s true.
  
  Results -- uneducated comments.
  
  Me can remember as it was yesterday, back in the 60’s walking up to a servant
  an saying, “Do you realize that the ones who needed this information are not here?.
  
  The response, like Dick Cheney. SO.
  
  It appears time has not helped enough to see a change.
  
  Sorry, me thinkin’ me talkin’ too much.
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  How about a topic about ME and NOT about the Book Study announcement

  by troubled mind in

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  okay so what is happening in my life .......my best friend for the past three yrs.

  is moving away to chicago .. .

  she has been a lifeline for me as i left the cult life .we worked at a gift store together .

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  ibme

  Trouble mind,
  
  I agree with Caliber's comment about you,
  
  "Thank you, it's very refeshing to hear positive, optimistic, uplifting,
  cheery stories and comments!"
  
  While me has been around the internet with H20 and JWD sense
  they came, the positive, optimistic, uplifting, cherry stories and
  comments are of lately lacking.
  
  In my personal life me will not have dealing with person who are
  always on the down side of life.
  
  If it would not be for my business me would probably be a hermit.
  
  That is probably why you always here me say here on JWD,
  
  "Me thinkin' me talkin' too much".
  
  Not much to talk about.
  
  Thanks for giving me something to talk about.
  
  Me is happy for you and your family.
  
  Wish you the best.
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  Need help disassociating

  by Lo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi, i am 19 and from ireland.

  i have been studying the bible with jws for more than a year, and enough is enough.

  i simply decided i don't want to be answerable to a human organisation like that who like to think they have the answers that they simply cannot have.

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  ibme

  Lo,
  
  Me would like to say one thing,
  
  The one you are studying with will be your
  friend only to the day you say NO.
  
  Whether you are baptized of not.
  
  Why?
  
  The WBTS only want people who will agree
  only with it. Their people are programed to
  respond in like matter.
  
  Once you disagree you will be shunned.
  
  Sound harsh, but that is the way it goes.
  
  Sometimes me thinkin' me talkin' too much.
  
  Thanks
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  Is this...

  by justme70 in

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  a place that jehovah's witnesses actually come or just people bashing jw's?

  i'm new here but it seems to me that if jw's are here they would be hard to find.

  thanks in advance.

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  ibme

  Welcome.
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  How did you find this site?

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it seems as though an age has passed from discovering this site seven years ago to where i am now.

  just before we started studying the daniel's prophecy book, i went online to see if anyone had made a study bookmark with the dates and paragraphs on.

  i "stumbled" across this site, way back in 2000. of course, like a good christian i pretty much determined that this site had gone apostate from the other jw sites, such.

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  ibme

  Went for H20 (old) to JWD.
  
  The reason was reasonable.
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  The Clicks

  by reficul in

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  2. experiences

  anyone want to share their expierences on the clicks that would form in your meetings.

  usually in my meeting they were started by the children of the so called elders.

  freaking hipocrits, and spreading rumors and judging people all the time.

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  ibme

  Welcome
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  A Protest at Bethel

  by mydearestfriends in

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  i am currently organising a peaceful protest at bethel headquarters during april.

  at this stage i intend to do so on my own; although anybody willing is welcome to join me.

  it will take place april 17-19 .

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  ibme

  Welcome
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  Bird Owners: Avian Roll Call

  by RAYZORBLADE in

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  2. family

  time to let our feathered friends get some notice here.. for those of you avian lovers/bird owners - what kind of bird do you own?.

  i should re-word it, because they seem to 'own' us.. i have 3 birds: 1 female cockatiel (a rescued footless darling) called, nimh; 2 female budgies (1 rescued) named, baby and blue.

  2 years ago you may remember i had a budgie named: busy.

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  ibme

  Rayzorblade, thanks for the call.
  
  I don’t have an imbalance (not that me know of) like yumbby said her mother did. (Here’s hoping she is better)
  
  Me had a large out of doors aviary like yumbby’s mother, plus.
  
  However, could not keep up my pioneer status and keep up the feather friends. So.
  
  Yes, me is sorry me gave up the feathered friends for pioneering the WBTS ways. Those feathered friends were wonderful. They were so peaceful to be around.
  
  But that is history.
  
  But then again, it could have been to my benefit. Looking back, me could have gotten Farmers Lung also. Me has problems with my lungs. (Talkin’ too much about personal matters, sorry)
  
  5go.
  
  What is peaceful about the variety you mention you would like to have. To me, when you come up to them they just act like you are the only person in the world. They just talk to you in such a peaceful manner. Yes you would have to be there to understand what me is talkin’ about. Just makes goose bumps on your back?
  
  Never had a goose.
  
  But had a male turkey (he had a beautiful tail spread) that flogged the hell out of me before me could get away. Till this day me does not know what the hell me did to warrant such treatment.
  
  Thanks
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  Why won't US media talk about what's really going on?

  by dinah in

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  c'mon people!.

  puppy abuse and a pga golfer facing criminal for hitting an endangered bird?

  gimme a freakin' break.. if you watch any news on television, you might as well just turn on e!

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  ibme

  Dinah, Me agrees, as Me has been saying for years, yes years. The media is being controlled by the government just like Gopher says ’The government and the media themselves share blame’.
  
  However, when Me and several others on this board (JWD) has said anything to this affect we are branded as apostates just like the WBTS people brand individuals to bring them into control.
  
  One really needs to educate oneself about ones surroundings before judging the subject or someone else.
  
  Justhuman (and others) when you talk about “Masses Con(tr)ol” ---- well you be the judge.
  
  Try looking at some of these items.
  
  http://educate-yourself.org/
  
  Me might add, “Me doesn’t agree with all that is being stated here, however, an educated mind has the ability to separate the facts”.
  
  Me is hopin’ me is not talkin’ to the wind.
  
  Thanks
  
  
  Edited: one will have to cut and past the link. Everything was proper in word processor iPage on my iMac
  
  Sorry
  
  Thanks
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  My life - A brief history. Part 1

  by Galileo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this post has gotten quite long so i decided to break it up into at least two sections.

  i hope it doesnt come across as rambling.

  i should start with a confession: it was my smurf that walked out of the kingdom hall in the early 80's.

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  ibme

  Welcome Galileo
  
  Just a thought Galileo.
  
  Before you say submit post --- uncheck 'check here to use html formating' box and check 'automatic Cr/Lf' box.
  
  If me does not do this --- what me submit is all one para. I am using iMac.
  
  Thanks Ip_sec for formating his post.
  
  And please Ip_sec when you see others of us making the same mistake --- please help.
  
  In time we catch on ---- but in the mean time ---- well.
  
  Again as me has said before
  
  Me thinkin' me talkin' too much
  
  Thanks