The point that amazed me was when you stated that you both served in several different congregations and the attitude was the same ! I somehow thought(fantasy) that things like this only happened in the cong. i once attended.
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I feel like I'm being pushed away
by heybaby inok, so here's my story as it stands right now.
my husband and i have been married for 6 1/2 years.
about 2 weeks after we were married, he was appointed as a ministerial servant.
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The smell
by John Doe inof a late spring rainshower on a fresh cut hay field reminds me of my childhood.
how about you?
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walking into a barn which has just been filled with fresh hay.
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Assembly news
by lancelink inthis afternoon i went out to lunch with a few witnesses who were talking and talking about what .
a great district assembly program there is going to be this year.
they have not gone yet, but people from their old congregation which is up in northern wisconsin .
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Thank you for the replies. I have followed many of the DA comments made here, but the urgency and focus of my two associates made me wonder if there was something that I may have missed.
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Assembly news
by lancelink inthis afternoon i went out to lunch with a few witnesses who were talking and talking about what .
a great district assembly program there is going to be this year.
they have not gone yet, but people from their old congregation which is up in northern wisconsin .
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This afternoon I went out to lunch with a few witnesses who were talking and talking about what
a GREAT district assembly program there is going to be this year.
They have not gone yet, but people from their old congregation which is up in Northern Wisconsin
have already been to their DA.
There is supposedly a "BIG" announcement that they were unable to share with my lunch buddies, and
we were all really curious as to what this could be?
I feigned curiosity during the conversation, but I have the feeling that it is something really silly.
Did the WTS make a new date as to when Armageddon is supposed to occur?
They made it seem to be a really earth-shaking part.
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Charles Sunutko - What became of him
by donny ini have often heard the 1967 talk of district overseer charles sunutko regarding 1975, but does anyone know what became of him?
is he still around?
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I did some research on Google and on Amazon there is a VHS tspe with him in it called the grand assembly.
http://www.amazon.com/Assembly-Petersen-Montecino-Polydoros-Pendleton/dp/B000ELJ3J4/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_1 -
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Went to Catholic funeral yesterday- "The Invisible Kingdom"
by Thechickennest inyesterday, i went to a funeral of a long time friend of my extended family.
it was a nice service that lasted about 45 minutes.
there was the usual catholic rituals and communion.
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I was one for 20 years, and am now seriously considering going back after years and years as a JW.
If I remember correctly, the "Invisible kingdom" was something that is within a persons heart.
I just did some searching and found this statement :
When the Pharisees inquired about the Kingdom of God, Jesus said that the Kingdom of God is not something that can be observed; nor will they say, "Look here it is!" or "There it is!" For in fact, the Kingdom of God is among you. [Lk. 17:20-1] [Note: Some Bible translations say "within you."
When questioned by Pilate as to where His Kingdom was, Jesus said, "My Kingdom is not from this world. If My Kingdom were from this world, My followers would be fighting to keep Me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, My Kingdom is not from here." [Jn. 18:36]
It is very important for Christians to realize from the two previous passages that the Kingdom of God is not physical in nature. It is an invisible, spiritual Kingdom, among [within] the people.
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"Taking care of a worldly friend isn't as important as the meetings!"
by Lady Zombie inmy best friend, who is *gasp* "worldly" had a semi-major surgery monday.
she had asked me if she could recooperate at my place.
it's nice and quiet at my place and besides, she knows i'll spoil her rotten.. yesterday (thursday) i had to take her to her doctor's for a post surgery check when i got off of work.
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her name wouldn't happen to be Renee would it ?
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A JWD poll - Using the Forum
by Lady Lee ini'm interested in why you came and why you stay.
searching the net for info about jwscame from another websitefriend told me about otheron an emotional level where were you when you first came here?.
frustrated or fed up with jws and wts needed some info and support from other people who may feel the same waywas dfed or daed and felt lost and alonewas involved with a jw and needed info about this religion that was interfering with the relationshipotherhow long did you read before you started posting?.
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Pioneers who SNEER at those who have "Meterial things" Pathetic!!
by Witness 007 inwent to a meeting after afew years, with mum.
a pioneer brother i know...first question; "so what car do you drive now?
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We bought a house with a large lot about the time when I was getting serious about leaving the jw's.
Nicer house, same price as the older one, but a larger lot.
Well,, about 3 months ago while attending a Sunday meeting one of the elders pulled me aside as I was getting ready to leave
and asked me what was going on, why my attendance at the meetings was really falling off.
I told him that I was busy, working more to help one of my daughter's pay her college expenses. He cut me off and said that the reason
I was not attending all the meetings, and staying active was because we had bought a "bigger house with more responsibilities
that keep me away from theocratic activities."
I bit my tongue, and smiled at him and said " I believe that you have more important things to critisize,I've been part of this congregation for over 30 years and did pretty much everything that the BOE asked me to do and where did it get me?
My life is not yours to play around with anymore." and I walked away.
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Not actually using the Bible at the WT study
by passwordprotected inhas anyone else noticed the trend for the r&f to use printed sheets with each de-contextualized verse for each wt paragraph printed on it?
i've noticed in several congregations that many of the r&f - including the shepherds - don't even have their bible opened during the wt study and do not refer to it.
there are a few obvious issues with this; any interested persons in attendance at the meeting will quickly see that the jws do not rely heavily on the bible - they just have little verses printed out at home.
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several years ago this was the popular thing to do at my hall.
One elder who would attack anyone who did not agree 100% with his opinions really
started to print out the bible verses for every meeting. And he was so proud and pompous
about what he was doing also.
Well, one day after the WT study I approached him while he was spouting his opinions to a group,
I looked at all his printouts that were being passed around and I said to him
" so,from what version of the bible are all these printouts from?"
From the next meeting on, I never saw another printout from this guy.