i am very impressed by all of the new folks that have been swhoing up lately.
it wasn't that so long ago that i too was new here.
in fact, i still considr myself a newbie.
GB themselves will be on another of one their witch hunts. Appostacy continues to be rife omong the bethel family
I've always imagine what a difficult task this would be to keep in cognito. But its wonderful to know whats going on there before it comes out in the mags.
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for me it was the tuesday night book study.
i didn't like reading, opening/closing with prayers and the uncomfortable, close, claustrophobic setting it was in.
this meeting was the first one to be binned when i started to fade.
The school and service meeting. That was one I faded out first.
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Because they may start checking out sites like this! When no ones watching.
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a few nights ago, mrs. ghost and i joined her family for a nice dinner on the occasion of her parents' anniversary.
they are all witnesses and decent folks--not elders or "big shots," but as far as i can tell they all buy into the jw stuff.
it was a pleasant evening, with a lot of reminiscing on the part of the in-laws.
I was thinking about the connotation of the word apostate before bed. It made me reflect on a experience years ago when I had pioneered. I met this old Lady about 89/ 90 ish, she
was the sweetest person. She loved talking about the bible and me reading to her. She pulled out a trunk filled with magazines, the golden age and millennium dawn real old stuff.
I found it quite fascinating she still had all this stuff. I wondered how she got lost some how no one visited her. She was all alone. Discussing this experience I was pulled away by an elder
don't you know shes an apostate. Its an unfair label. Somehow I hope when I'm 90 I won't be refered to as "Oh that old lady is Apostate". I went back a few times myself before she died.
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i recall an incident walking with a wt higher up in which a small child stood in a pile of dog poop!.
i saw this individual outa the corner of their eye spot the child and make a 'quick step' along the line of others children with a clean pair of squeaky heels!!.
maybe many adults would have done the same?.
And many of the experienced sisters are like the small kids laughing at the one in the shit - no question - they all stand with the 'Jesus pretense' deception
Sad isn't it? That's something that always bothered me, laughing at the misgivings or troubles of others. Its hurtful and cuts to the soul. Some really never recover from the ups and downs
trying to be the good jw, rules & regulations. But then maybe these are the ones that find their way out of the org.
Its hard to see alot of this because of the love bombing for the first 3 years. It takes awhile till the sh--t hits the fan.
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i think my relative and his spouse have switched kingdom halls.
this new hall that they're attending is much farther away from their house.
why would jws leave their old hall and attend one so far away from where they live??
I could never understand why a person is assigned a time and place to go to worship. Shouldn't it be up to the individual when and where to worship their god?
Well it should be that way but its the RULES, you must follow direction. and of course they could not keep track of your activities if you went where ever you wanted. Then you would be
also given the scripture to " be obedient to those taking the lead" case scenario.
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i am not a jehovah's witness but have been talking with a few jehovah's witnesses for about two months now, about once every week or every other week.
on saturday they came and we had 'bible study' (actually starting to go through what does the bible really teach?
), and as they left they gave us a list of their meeting times at the local congregation and invited us to observe the lord's evening meal with them on march 22.
Welcome to the board, you will find a wealth of information some good some take as you may, but I would encourage you to check out the other sites and links about jw's that many
posters have sited to help you make informed decisions and help you understand what it is really about. Its not really the people at the hall, they just follow along like sheep to the
slaughter, its really what the organization has done to the people.
My motto is to question Everything?
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was round my mates last night and was surfing utube, what the hell was that brenda lee thinking of crashing the memorial and chewing gum like a demented cow.
it was painful to watch.
my mate, a never witness was disgusted that someone could show so musch disrespect whatever your viewpoint.
I came across a few of her posts, they were quite out there. I thought the one talking to witnesses at the door was hilarious though. I don't necessarily agree with the approach to a lot of videos I've come across.
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for your viewing pleasure:.
i only have the notes for sunday.. .
2007-2008 circuit assembly .
Seems as if there really persistent or intense about apostates lately!
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as a solar-phallic symbol, i have no problems with it at all.
it symbolizes generation and regeneration... birth, life, death, rebirth... .
i have observed that many people wear crosses that have no religious identity.
I does not bother me if anyone wears a cross, like I said I just wanted to know what it meant to the wearer's.
lol
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