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  Is it just human nature to gossip or are JW's worse? Feelings are hurt....

  by mamalove in

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  it is so strange how once you distance yourself from your kingdom hall and friends, that they find it necesary to discuss and contemplate your departure and put out all kinds of statements that simply are not true.. i am licking my wounds today because some kind of nasty things were said about me to a friend of mine who is df, from her ubber righteous sister.

  it was via text, so it was there to read.

  the thing i can't figure out is i have nothing to do with this woman.

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  ldrnomo

  Mrs. Jones says it very simply in one sentence:

  Folks gossip to make themselves feel better about their sorry lives.

  JW's have sorry lives so when someone leaves their sorry lives they dream up some kind of story that makes the one who has left out to have a sorry life even though often times those that have left are much happier. So the gossip runs rampant. They also gossip about those who are in who aren't real uber Jdubs and they gossip about those in the world and they even gossip about those that are more active then they are and they gossip about the world and about life and.....

  YES, I THINK JW's are worse but of course maybe we're are just gossiping here LOL
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  Are you a fader, Df'd, DA'd, or Still In?

  by brotherdan in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i thought this would be an interesting poll that would show everyone the backgrounds of all of us when we left, if we have.. for myself, i am not df'd, but i am attempting a fade.

  i still go to some meetings with the wife to help with kids, but that's it.

  no commenting or field service.. what about everyone else?.

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  ldrnomo

  Wish I could DA but I've got close family still in so I'm a fader did a quick fade starting in 2007 and haven't been to a meeting since except for a memorial.

  I guess you could say I've totally faded out they've pretty much shunned me though not formally.
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  How do I get them to leave me alone?

  by Mr. Falcon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  why does every ex-elder who went through so much turmoil while being an elder always whine to me about how much it sucked, yet when i mention that i don't want to be one, they suddenly get all nostalgic and tell me what a blessing it is to serve as an e-man?.

  elder.. period.. maybe i might have a change of heart one day if they actually require these men to have some sort of actual psychological/communication training or if they start handing out paychecks.

  but until then, i respectfully decline.. .

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  ldrnomo

  Tell them your not really sure you agree with the blood doctrine as it now stands. If they ask why, tell them that you wonder why certain parts of blood can be taken based on YOUR conscience yet other parts of blood cannot be taken regardless of what YOUR conscience says. Then tell them, you'll let them know if you change your mind.

  That was what got me wiped off the books as an elder. Best thing that ever happened to me because that's what helped me to realize it was a cult.
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  On being reasonable

  by Lion Cask in

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  2. friends

  recap.

  non-jw man with jw wife.

  she joined after we were married, against my wishes.

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  ldrnomo

  Why should you always be the one that has to compromise for their benefit ? If it was the other way around would they allow or even ask you to say a blessing over a dinner ? Do they accomandate any of your personal beliefs ?

  This is such a good point troubled mind.

  I often noticed how my family and neighbors tried to do things to please us when we were in the cult. They were always careful not to say "merry christmas" or "happy birthday" they would ask me to say a prayer at dinners and they were always careful not to say things they thought might offend us. Yet those in the cult never go out of their way to do the same.
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  Does God Keep Time or is Time a Human Construct?

  by Band on the Run in

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  2. friends

  i was watching oz re-runs on hbo.

  everyone is prepping for a major prison riot.

  apocalyptic scenes are shown.

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  ldrnomo

  Of course God keeps time. Man keeps time so God must because man created God in his image.
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  Jan. 15th WT- Go to Meetings to Fight the Blues- Eliminate other Activities

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  our jw contact sent us the " witness only " wt's again and i just had to make a thread on this mind numbing article.

  starting on pg.22 in the jan.15th it deals with " coping with discouragement ".

  it seems lots of jw's are under intense stress these days ( can you blame them ?

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  ldrnomo

  If your in a Coma..

  The WBT$ has a little card,Advertising the WBT$..

  Someone can put on the Table,beside your Hospital Bed..

  Outlaw:

  Can they count the time? Sounds like an easy way to regular pioneer.
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  JWs in Hawaii

  by Decided in

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  2. friends

  i was using google earth and clicked on the church symbols and there were kingdom halls all over the islands there.

  are there a lot of jws there???.

  ken p..

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  ldrnomo

  What do you mean by "a lot"?
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  Smurf Rumors - 2 Questions

  by A question in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as the board no doubt knows, there was some sort of rumor in the early 1980s going around amongst the witnesses that a smurf doll came to life in the kingdom hall, or that smurfs were demonic.. 2 questions:.

  1. do any not remember any such rumors though they were witnesses at the time?.

  2. of those who do, did all the witnesses believe them, or otherwise, what proportion rejected the rumor as nonsense?.

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  No No No, it wasn't a rumor, it was true. I personally saw a dozen smurfs running around our Kingdom Hall at any given time. They would jump up on the seats and knock songbooks on the floor and turn the pages of peoples bibles and turn the sound down while someone was making a comment. They were annoying and disrupted many meetings. Then all of a sudden one day, they just stopped. They fell over right where they were standing and became in-animate again. I think it was because someone in the hall shouted out really loud, JEHOVAH and they all just dropped over. It was quite a sight.

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  Question for elders and ex elders and anyone else who might know

  by ldrnomo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  an older man on the elder body i was on, once said at an elders meeting, just prior to a co visit:.

  "brothers we want to be careful not to bring up any dirty laundry with bro...co when he comes to visit" i didn't say anything at the time because i was duly doing my duty as a non thinking jw or at least non speaking and i also knew i was outnumbered.. even though i put this in quotes, i really don't remember exactly what he said but the general idea is there.. so the question is, has anyone else had a similar experience?.

  perhaps some may have some thoughts on the many shows that go on in a kingdom hall..

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  ldrnomo

  An older man on the elder body I was on, once said at an elders meeting, just prior to a CO visit:

  "brothers we want to be careful not to bring up any dirty laundry with bro...CO when he comes to visit" I didn't say anything at the time because I was duly doing my duty as a non thinking JW or at least non speaking and I also knew I was outnumbered.

  Even though I put this in quotes, I really don't remember exactly what he said but the general idea is there.

  So the question is, has anyone else had a similar experience?

  Perhaps some may have some thoughts on the many shows that go on in a kingdom hall.
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  April 15th 2011 Watchtower

  by alanv in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  if a brother has been baptized at least one year and to a reasonable degree meets the scriptural qualifications.

  for ministerial servants outlined at1 timothy 3:8-13, he can be recommended for appointment.. .

  interesting comment in the latest watchtower.

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  ldrnomo

  When I was an elder, the biggest requirement was field service hours. If a man was a really good teacher, compassionate, approachable, helpful to others, etc. etc. it didn't matter if he didn't hit close to the average hours of field service.