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An important message from a PRACTICING Jehovah's witness
by Sparks in
1. jw
2. friends
hi, i am also a practicing jehovah's witness and very proud of it,to say the very-very least..!

i am a middle-aged man with many decades of being a witness of jehovah god in england.. this important letter is personally to you, just as many of the bible's 88 letters are to be taken personal by you the reader.

i am writing to you to urge you to take stock of your life, think what your future holds for you.
molybdenum

An important message for a practicing Jehovah's witness:

If you tell a lie long and loud enough, people will eventually start to believe it
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PEER PRESSURE!!! I gave in to Pioneering during August...I feel dirty...
by stuckinarut2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
ok, i'll admit it...i am weak.... as everyone knows, the pressure to "pioneer" during "the most momentous, awesome, amazing, centenary anniversay of jesus invisble kigdom rule, & distribute tracts about a dodgy website" campaign is very strong at the moment.... also, many will have read my threads about the extreme views and expectations in our cong for "all appointed men to pioneer" etc..... every elder and ms and their families have been announced as pioneering....i mean everyone's name was read out except mine..... i was not going to do it, as i do not believe anyone should be forced...(and of course its the last thing on earth i would rather do anyway since learning ttatt).

but i am not quite ready to make the break yet, so i realised that i would stand out more if i didnt put in a form to pioneer.

yes it would make me more conspicious, and make fading harder to do...it would bring more heat on me if i didnt pioneer.. so i gave in and submitted a form.... now, of course, i'm only going to make sure i'm seen at the key field service groups etc...but then go and do something more interesting...like count blades of grass..... ahh....i feel hypocritical to myself now......
molybdenum

Same happened to me yesterday.

The announcement was made

"Another 21 have signed up for Aux Pioneer during August"

Names read.

Not mine

Wife next to me ( who had signed up) obviously uncomfortable that my name not

read out.

Me ..... Don't care.

Me wondering why the names have to be read out anyway.

What happened to the "you don't need to pioneer just do your best ..Jehovah knows.."

Now... it's not just names on a list, it is read out to the whole congregation, like a badge of honor

or somesuch.

Almost like the scroll of life... Sorry your name is not on here ...ZAP!...... gone

Well, Warhol said "in the future everyone will be world famous for 15 minutes.

Let them have their fame.

I am not giving into peer pressure ( sorry stuckinarut2 but I understand your decision)
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Just got off the elevator with Anthony Morris
by kneehighmiah in
1. jw
2. friends
at the international convention here i just got off the elevator with anthony morris.

he was heading to the basement and i was heading up to administration.

i rode one floor down with him before i went up to my destination.
molybdenum

You should have

1. Asked him he likes hot dogs

or

2. Complemented him on his tight trousers( or pants.. whichever word you want to use)
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I was told...
by molybdenum in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
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molybdenum
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How Did "Shepherding Calls" Go For You?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
did you loath them?

did you feel it was a "privilege" to have the elders care deeply about your spiritual well being?

if you were an elder or ministerial servant, did you enjoy going to the homes of the sheep?.
molybdenum

According to the well known "Elders guide to the universe",

An elder may shepherd at the publisher's home,
at the Kingdom Hall, while in field service, over the
telephone, or on other occasions.

So maybe a shepherding "call" was made on you while you were at the KH or you got

a phone call. Or maybe when you were going from door to door. I wonder when

sherpherding will be done by a text message or by email, as this might well come under "other occasions".

Sample shepherding template:

Hi Brother ____________

How are you?

We miss you.

Why are you not commenting/ attending meetings / going regularly on field service /

(insert other criticism) ___________________

Read the Bible more.

Have a good day.

(End of shepherding text)
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Oh come on!!! seriously?? This weeks wt study!
by stuckinarut2 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i'm sitting here at the mtg, and i can't believe the mind numbing stupidity of this weeks wt "study"...( i use the word study loosely too by the way...).

how many dumb repeated questions can be posed to try and make a point?.

the opening paragraph illustration re blindness is classic!
molybdenum

Don't get into a flap
about the generation overlap
it's just a load of c**p
they pulled it out of a hat
like some magic act
and put it in gift wrap
like some kind of trap
but don't worry, take a nap
it will soon be scrap
and that's that.
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Meeting after meeeting
by molybdenum in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i just got information that there is going to be a short 10 min meeting.

with elders and ms after the first meeting of the week during the co visit.. this is in addition to the usual elders/ms meeting.. it might just be for my congregation, but is this something new?.

i wonder why.. .
molybdenum

Probably I will hear something like...

" blah blah blah....do more...blah blah blah..not doing enough...blah blah blah....do more return visits...blah blah blah...set the lead....blah blah blah
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Meeting after meeeting
by molybdenum in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i just got information that there is going to be a short 10 min meeting.

with elders and ms after the first meeting of the week during the co visit.. this is in addition to the usual elders/ms meeting.. it might just be for my congregation, but is this something new?.

i wonder why.. .
molybdenum

Thanks for the reply. He is not a new CO. This is maybe the third visit so he knows all of us pretty well.

Maybe it's just his thing, but he hasn't done it before.

Guess I just have to wait and see. Probably nothing special.
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Meeting after meeeting
by molybdenum in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i just got information that there is going to be a short 10 min meeting.

with elders and ms after the first meeting of the week during the co visit.. this is in addition to the usual elders/ms meeting.. it might just be for my congregation, but is this something new?.

i wonder why.. .
molybdenum

I just got information that there is going to be a short 10 min meeting

with Elders and MS after the first meeting of the week during the CO visit.

This is in addition to the usual Elders/MS meeting.

It might just be for my congregation, but is this something new?

I wonder why.
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Is there anything you could do forever that wouln't get boring?
by mynameislame in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
not sure when i came to this conclusion but i can't imagine living forever.

after a while i think i would be completly bored with everything.. not saying i wouln't like to live for a few hundred years or maybe even a few thousand if i could travel through space and discover other universes star trek style.

but the thought of living forever sounds like it would eventually become a complete drag.. maybe i'm wrong, maybe after a thousand years or so you would foregt all the stuff that happend at the beginning and just start over in an infinite loop..
molybdenum

sleep...zzzzzzz

molybdenum

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If you tell a lie long and loud enough, people will eventually start to believe it