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  An Elder coming for a visit!

  by Mincan in

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  i went back home for the transition period from april to september (and thus college).

  they apparently told the freakin' p.o.

  i wouldn't like a visit but obviously he has no intention of following someone's wishes.

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  Mincan

  oops, sorry didnt realise this forum was censored!
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  An Elder coming for a visit!

  by Mincan in

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  2. friends

  i went back home for the transition period from april to september (and thus college).

  they apparently told the freakin' p.o.

  i wouldn't like a visit but obviously he has no intention of following someone's wishes.

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  Mincan

  Yes, I think acting like a troubled moron is my best bet so far. I mean just act like I'm having a crisis of faith that I need to work out, most people seem to think that the most efficient. However, my parents already know I think its a freakin RETARDED CULT and might let the elders know I'm not giving them my true THOUGHTS on the matter.

  Oh as for six months of being inactive, I've only not attending meetings since the end of January. I moved away for three months, and have been back in this congo's territory since April. So it not until the end of July that I would have been FREE for six months. I guess they want to avoid that route of having to make an announcement and just get me back into the ludavico treatment chair.

  Already people around here from the congo that have seen me in town and such don't talk to me, but I think it might be because they are surprised to see me, maybe everyone doesn't know I moved back and am not going to meetings. Or they are just nervous and don't know what to say to me. I was never social at the meetings, just hung out with my friends at the back, etc.
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  An Elder coming for a visit!

  by Mincan in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i went back home for the transition period from april to september (and thus college).

  they apparently told the freakin' p.o.

  i wouldn't like a visit but obviously he has no intention of following someone's wishes.

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  Mincan

  I went back home for the transition period from april to september (and thus college). They apparently told the freakin' P.O. I wouldn't like a visit but obviously he has no intention of following someone's wishes.
  
  Just as my mother and I were leaving our home today he showed up in his[removed] 23 year old station wagon. As he pulled up, he had a nasty expression on his face, as if he was expecting some hostility from me. Why the [removed] would I be hostile to him? He's a [removed] control freak. I mean that in the utmost sense, his power struggles in this particular congo has ruined many a persons faith in JWs (way ta go Mel!).
  
  Anyway, I gave a nice greeting and he said "We miss you, do you miss us?" I smirked and said "Not really, I don't miss people." Then he asked where we were going, I told him, although I guess I didn't have to. My mom asked him what he was doing there, he said "just stopped by to say hello."
  
  Obviously he knows I got layed off and am between jobs right now or he wouldn't have come by at 12:30 in the afternoon to see me. So I believe my mother telling me she don't [removed] I don't want a visit is a ruse.
  
  Anyway, he promised to return. That's not ... agreeable. So, I have options to consider here.
  
  1) He comes when I'm the only one home, in which case I simply lock the door and continue my activities.
  2) He'll come after I get a job, no worries.
  3) He comes whilst my parents are here and I lock my bedroom door. (Not likely, sort of cowardly, however, it does allow the road to announcement be blocked longer and they can't do anything with me)
  4) Same as 3, but I actually do something.
  4a) I have a of questions out that make it appear I actually give a [removed] enough to go through all the doctrine questions I've collected from the internet and present them to him. In which case he'll most likely just come up with [removed] answers that you cannot counter because of the fact they are [removed]and make no sense.
  4b) I simply play an [removed] and be honest with him. I believe the JWs are a cult and want nothing more to do with them. This will set into motion a couple of undesirables. It closes the door as far as my mother is concerned and strains our relationship further. It also means I'll get an announcement at the next Associate, er, Service Meeting saying I'm no longer an unbaptised publisher. Which means any friends I did have will treat me differently if not outright shun me. (Most times people just take the safe course and shun you, even though you weren't baptised, you aren't a WT whore/Magazine salesperson any longer)
  
  Most likely will be a combination of 4a and 4b.
  
  What are your suggestions? Have I missed options here?
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  Most annoying Kingdom song

  by Billzfan23 in

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  mine would have to be "dark days are here!

  men live in fear!....

  " followed by the annoying change to a happy beat before the chorus "but the bible gives us a reason for cheer.." .

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  Hell I still have all the Kingdom Melodies on CD, the orchestrated versions, and the one CD "Sing Praises to Jehovah" or whatever that has some selections with "professional" singers on it. I'll probably never listen to them again, hell I can count the times I listened to them on one hand. I like classical music and I thought I would like these versions but they suck monkey balls. They are terribly clichéd and unoriginal, with no dynamicism whatsoever.

  I hate them all now!
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  So I went to the Memorial last night...........

  by Warlock in

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  so i went last night and it really wasn't that bad.

  in fact, i felt comfortable.

  i got the usual greetings, hugs, and one of the elders almost came to tears when he saw me.. there were also the "same-old" "same-olds" who look right through you and never say a word to you.

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  Mincan

  This is my first memorial I haven't gone to. I used to pride myself my entire 20 years I'd been to each memorial. Now I'm ashamed I wasted a quarter or more of my life to this bullshit, lol.

  I just got home from a trip away from home to assert my independance as well. My mom simply walked into my room, asked if I had planned on going to the memorial. I said no flatly, and then she left and neither of them have said a word yet. I sure did a good job training them in only two months, wouldn't you say? :D
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  What's Ray Franz Up To These Days?

  by owenfieldreams in

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  just curious.

  where does he live?

  is he still writing or working?

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  Mincan

  I'm reading Crisis of Conscience right now...
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  How long can you go to the meetings and not get baptized?

  by JH in

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  usually, adults who attend meetings regularly and aren't baptized yet are encouraged to do so.

  usually after 1 or 2 years a person who attends meetings regularly will get baptized.. i wonder what would happen if a person would go to meetings for years and not want to get baptized.

  would the elders finally brand them as evil or start shunning them somehow?.

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  Mincan

  I went for 20 years and never got baptised. Although I'm only 20 now ;)
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  What is the borg saying about the internet?

  by Mrs Smith in

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  while speaking to my mom about some of the information i got on the wbts she asked me if i got my info off the internet.

  my mother does not own a computer and wouldn't know how the internet works.

  her question was very unusual for her.

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  Mincan

  I just left the end of January, and the internet is for sure being demonised. It's in articles in Awakes or Watchtowers every other month or so, especially the Youth People Ask articles and in regular Watchtower study articles.

  I got the internet in Spring 2004 and ever since then my mother was real hard on me for using it. Especially if I used it for more than 10 minutes a night. When I left she blames everything on the internet, and rightly so! Thank "God" for it!
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  WTF weird JW videos on YouTube

  by under_believer in

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  i can't even explain it.

  this first one involves superman.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxcbcwad6k8.

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  Mincan

  Um, the first one is definitely not made by someone slaving for the cult, its made by a guy making a website called "The Six Screens of the Watchtower" and his material is really good. Check out his other videos on youtube, some are very funny, others are just good.

  The second one is obviously taking a crack at the type of people that accept Watchtower shit.

  These are both awesome videos. I was able to show the second one to my parents on the day I told them I don't go to meetings where I moved. :D
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  Were you a loud singer?

  by HockeyMullet in

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  i don't know why, but i was just thinking of this guy in my hall that sang so loud that it was embarassing to just be there.

  he sounded like the love child of kermit the frog and miss piggy.

  i remember trying to mimick his voice during one song and getting counseled by one of the bros because i had a few of younger guys laughing.

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  Mincan

  I used to sing "if you keep your eyes on your fries" instead of "on the prize". Hehe