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  working for JW's

  by arker in

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  as a jw i mainly worked for brothers.

  a lot seem to be in the construction industry.

  probably because they are uneducated, because anyone who does work construction (like me) is stuck in it.

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  arker

  The office condition when you got there sounds normal. Theyhave no business training. My ex father-in-law was service overseer and he closed his contracting business and did a bankruptcy and owed thousands in taxes. He had tax leins and they regularly emptied his accounts to collect. Then he started another biz with a fellow bro. friend. that went belly up when they dropped a hose they were lifting and nearly killed their worker that was under it at the time not to mention the 80 year old couple living in the house at the time!

  Pure Genius!
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  Did I just get lucky?

  by noontide in

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  first off let me apologize for the long post, but i really needed to talk about this.

  ive been coming to this site for over a year now.

  though i dont post much, i really enjoy the banter here and also enjoy reading about the events in your lives.

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  arker

  "Celebrate holidays, drink, smoke, curse, have sex, etc"

  Witnesses have their holiday- we just have more

  I've seen elders drink "worldy" people under the table

  They used to smoke and take smoke breaks during meetings

  Do any of them not curse

  Sex... They do that also

  I'd say by doing these things you are not much different then them except your not a hypocrate for doing it. The difference is that your doing it because you are living your life to the fullest and want to enjoy it. You do it because you want to not because someone is telling you "you have to" Enjoy it! YOUR FREE
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  working for JW's

  by arker in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  as a jw i mainly worked for brothers.

  a lot seem to be in the construction industry.

  probably because they are uneducated, because anyone who does work construction (like me) is stuck in it.

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  arker

  As a JW I mainly worked for brothers. A lot seem to be in the Construction Industry. Probably because they are uneducated, because anyone who does work construction (like me) is stuck in it. But very few have really successful businesses. But I do have to say they were in general fun to work with, except when religious politics came into play.

  I was a reg. pioneer and worked for an elder. Me and another brother who worked for him and we had a miscommunication and dropped a trim board and broke the end of it. 10$ worth. The other bro. said I was being difficult so he wouldn't get in trouble and that I made it fall. Well a couple weekends after that the elder I worked for was door knockin with me and told me I was gonna be appointed an MS, but that since that happened with the trim they felt I was not mature enough. And this after i was Reg pioneering, volunteering to give no show talks every week, doing mics every meeting, and much more.

  So my question is what crazy things happened from or during you working with witnesses? Have you worked for them? Would you again? and what kind of work was it?
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  Fading? What's up?

  by arker in

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  i was a jw, finally saw my chance and wrote a letter to the elders saying how bad i am and how i don't want to meet to discuss it and to df me if you want.

  that was the end of it for me.

  my question is if you know you are "fading" you are already gone so why not make the leap?

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  Adultry is the only grounds but as my father found out years ago the congregation will grab onto the "poor"wife and kids and then there will be an acusation that they slept around and the elders will tell her that she is free to remarry which my mom did, 2 more times. The second marriage he never went to meetings, just studied briefly. Then he all of a sudden started cheating on her. Maybe they told her if she held out he would go look somewhere else to satisfy his needs.
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  Man gets charged for lemonade he made at a resturant!

  by Dragonlady76 in

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  ok this is just wrong!.

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  arker

  He should of put it on his visa then went home and called his bank to dispute the charge!

  Maybe he should of back charged the resturaunt for all the mispellings on the menu. Our local Chinese resturaunts always mispell half the menu. You have to decode it. that takes time, and time = money
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  My interesting anti-witness to a phone rep......

  by megsmomma in

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  i am really excited about this...i feel like it was "meant to be".. i called my cell phone company to see about getting my grandparents on the same net work, but had to make sure they would get reception in both places they live.

  (they go back and forth from nevada to ohio) i also checked into getting them the same type of phone i have so i could show them how to work the darn thing.. the woman i spoke to was very nice and she said she wanted to commend me for showing such love to my grandparents and how there weren't a-lot of people who would do that.

  i told her that they were wonderfull grandparents and are really like my parents because they have taken over the parent role to me since my own are in a cult and have disowned my family.. we talked a little about that and i said i wasn't angry with my parents, just sad because they are being tricked into thinking they are doing the right thing...and she asked "if you don't mind saying, what religion are they in?

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  Amazing a non witness is loving and caring? How could that be?
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  Fading? What's up?

  by arker in

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  i was a jw, finally saw my chance and wrote a letter to the elders saying how bad i am and how i don't want to meet to discuss it and to df me if you want.

  that was the end of it for me.

  my question is if you know you are "fading" you are already gone so why not make the leap?

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  arker

  It has to do with the Ark builder, not Arkansas
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  Fading? What's up?

  by arker in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was a jw, finally saw my chance and wrote a letter to the elders saying how bad i am and how i don't want to meet to discuss it and to df me if you want.

  that was the end of it for me.

  my question is if you know you are "fading" you are already gone so why not make the leap?

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  I completely understand the family ties thing. I was the first in my family to come out loudly and say "No More". My mom doesn't have anything to do with me, my step dad either. My sister is fading or faded depending on if mom is around, and my brother is out.

  I personally came out loudly because I was tired of living a lie. Although my mom has nothing to do with me I am much happier because I don't have to pretend anymore. No more putting 10 hours of service down just to meet the national average, no more saying prayers while wondering what's for dinner or who I was talking to. No more acting, or pretending to be someone I'm not. If my family does not agree with me then thats their choice, and their time wasted worrying about me. I am happier now than I ever have been my entire life.
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  Fading? What's up?

  by arker in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was a jw, finally saw my chance and wrote a letter to the elders saying how bad i am and how i don't want to meet to discuss it and to df me if you want.

  that was the end of it for me.

  my question is if you know you are "fading" you are already gone so why not make the leap?

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  arker

  I was a jw, finally saw my chance and wrote a letter to the elders saying how bad I am and how I don't want to meet to discuss it and to df me if you want. That was the end of it for me. My question is if you know you are "fading" you are already gone so why not make the leap? Believe me I know it's hard but what is keeping you there? Every time you go sit for 2 hours of torture, why? What would give you the courage to take the leap? Why not just stop going with nothing said?

  Just curious....
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  The meeting tonight was UNBEARABLE

  by Orgull in

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  i had my tms tonight.

  for those who don't know me, i no longer believe, but have only just begun my slow fade.. the meeting was unbearable.

  first there was the brother who happily pointed out that i'd missed two meetings recently and that he was keeping track.

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  I was always amazed at how people had enough time in their busy days to keep track of my meeting attendance, hours preaching, and if I wore the same suit twice. Keep with the fade but speed it up and you will be happy!