...I hope you're practicing your best surprised face for Sunday.
Mickey mouse
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For those still in...
by Mickey mouse in...i hope you're practicing your best surprised face for sunday.
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Book study most poorly attended meeting?!
by Mickey mouse ini keep seeing this stated in the many threads we now have about the demise of the book study meeting (sorry to start another thread
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Mickey mouse
I keep seeing this stated in the many threads we now have about the demise of the Book Study meeting (sorry to start another thread ). Is this really the case most places as it has always been the best attended meeting here, (Thursday night is the lowest)?
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Mickey mouse
Hi. I've been peeking in on this site for a couple weeks. My hubby says I have some anger issues to work out so maybe some interaction would be healthy for me. I'm finding it sooo hard to keep my mouth shut around our friends. We are still casually attending meetings. I've only recently been learning a bit of the "real truth" so I fluctuate between anger, denial, incredibility, disgust and so many other feelings. Any hints on how to pick up the pieces? Everything feels so foreign - like the concept of making new friends outside the congregation.
Hi and welcome. All of that sounds so familiar since I only started to awaken in the past 6 months. The anger is incredible at the beginning and I felt many times like blurting stuff out! What I would say is in my experience once the anger becomes less intense you can start to really think. Don't be rushed into anything, take things at your own pace and on your own terms.
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Emotional Reactions to the Loss of the Book Study
by DT ini think the loss of the book study will hit some like a death of a friend.
it will mark the end of an era.
it will forever change the religion of jehovah's witnesses and i believe the change is completely irreversible.. of course, most witnesses will be delighted by this.
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Mickey mouse
A lot of the older ones will be really disappointed by this change. The troof is all they have in their life and the meetings are the highlight of the week (as hard as it may be to believe!). Lots of local congs here have afternoon groups for the elderly too.
The importance of the book study arrangement as we approach the end has been stressed more and more over the past few years. Overseers have recently been reminded to update contact lists. I think the r&f will be confused by this apparent 180 turn.
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Mickey mouse
I think it's a control issue. They don't trust elders as individuals. At a bookstudy an elder can say pretty much anything and who from the r&f is going to report him? At the KH all the other elders are there to keep an eye on one another.
The child abuse thing could be relevant too.
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News from Mother ship
by jefferywhat in1. bethel in ny suspect high level apostate, cant identify it but know its there.
2. major organizational changes about to start rolling out, one is changes to the "service committee" and titles, po to be done away with, thats all i know for now.
was told that if you are the sort of person that cant handle changes, you wont stay in the org for long.
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Mickey mouse
In your first post on this thread you said that Bethel knows there's a high level apostate. Are the changes a move to try and flush him out?
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News from Mother ship
by jefferywhat in1. bethel in ny suspect high level apostate, cant identify it but know its there.
2. major organizational changes about to start rolling out, one is changes to the "service committee" and titles, po to be done away with, thats all i know for now.
was told that if you are the sort of person that cant handle changes, you wont stay in the org for long.
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Mickey mouse
Then comes the change in witnessing ( big one!!)
Then come the change in name, bigger again.
And more........Ah come on! You can't leave us hanging. Is the change in witnessing "the work is done?!"
Name change? Are you kidding me?
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Next big announcement: All Circuirt Overseers Sacked!
by slimboyfat inso what is the ending of the congregation book study really all about?
surely the biggest winner in this new arrangement is the circuit overseer.
now he only has to take two meetings during his visit and will only "work" from thursday to sunday.
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Mickey mouse
BTTT because I think you may be on to something.
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Mickey mouse
Yes. Watching the Trueman show seemed eerily familiar when I saw it. I had the same feelings as oneairhead growing up.
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Why do I feel like I'm losing my wife to this website?
by sarabi ini'm a jw in good standing and she is too.
she has had a lot of questions.
now, i feel like there is a division between us.
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Mickey mouse
Sarabi, be glad you're wife has shared as much as she has about her doubts. My husband knows nothing of my mental anguish, my coming here, and this site is my only friend right now. I cannot tell him for fear of exposure and losing my entire family.
Please understand that people like me and cognac are between a rock and a hard place. I would love to take the blue pill and be put back in the matrix (to use an analogy) but it's too late. I've seen the man behind the curtain. I have to question how loving an organization is that does this to people.