I remember when they remodeled our KH they took pledges and since I was the account servant I handled all of them. And, yes they did have their names. It was not anonymous. I think the tihe will come first..
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Will the FDS start demanding a "pledge"?
by hamsterbait inremember how the bible students had to make a pledge, among other things "never to be alone in a room with a member of the opposite sex, except a sister, mother or daughter?".
do you think they will start to demand a "pledge of alliegance" to the borganisation?.
will those refusing to make it then be summaraily df, since they have shown by their refusal, that they do not believe that the gibbering buddy, is the appointed "fds" of matthew 25.. how likely is this do you think?.
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JW's and Selling Stuff at the Hall
by lepermessiah inmy wife got an invite to a "party" and got me thinking...... one of the biggest things that used to annoy me was how many members of the congregation were involved in those mlm sales schemes or "work from home" companies and they used the kh as the hub of their business.
many of those companies are very legit, and i have no problem with people selling that stuff, its just that people would use their field service tactics to pressure others in the hall to buy stuff.. every week, a member of my family would get invited to a candle party, cosmetics party, tupperware party, vitamin party, etc......you could go bankrupt just from the constant flow of parties and feeling obligated to buy something.. the sad part was that if you turned down the invite or went and didnt buy anything, you would offend the selller!.
then, they would always run around and deliver their orders before and after the meeting (unles the elders put a stop to it), otherwise you would see them out in their car after the meeting distributing everyones' orders.. .
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Oh the Noni juice...
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Volunteerism at its best!!
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Great work everyone!!
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Where On Earth Is Minimus???
by snowbird ini kind of miss that annoying red dot!.
any takers?.
sylvia.
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Quirky1
Red dot is probably passing more red dots...
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The trouble with fading as your leaving strategy
by eyesthatsee inwhatever your chosen strategy for leaving jws, the fundamental truth is that there is no clean / simple exit.
the mind control, the manipulation of normal family relationships etc will make any strategy very difficult at times.
the key issue is to know this ahead of time and be prepared, as best you can.. we've all chosen leaving strategies acording to our personal circumstances, preferences and learning from others.
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I've been on a fade for over two years...they don't mess with me and never will. Even thos it's been two years I don't quite feel right. I've been thinking the DA here lately, even tho I don not have to play by their rules, I hold off doing so because of family but that's it.
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So.....do you or don't you want them to come after you?
by Quillsky ini've noticed an interesting dichotomy in these discussions.
as a starting point, i understand that we are all different --- there is no "we" here except that we have all been, or been involved with, jw's.
but this is interesting..... some people complain about being "hounded" by elders and shepherding calls and previous "friends" and so on.
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I don't give a shit if they come after me or not..that's probably why they don't make any attemps to see me...they are afraid I'll give'em a fat lip..or dot their eye..
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How Did YOU Finally Leave The Organization?
by minimus inwas it a long process?.
is it still ongoing?.
did you have a long range plan?.
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Quirky1
I knew I was leaving..no plan..just left..never returned..only had one elder contact me shortly before the first memorial I missed. I agreed to have lunch with him only if spiritual shit was left out..he agreed..nothing since...
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A pic with all my love to all of you, my virtual friends!
by goldensky ini've been wanting to post a pic for so long.
i finally found out how!
here it goes: goldensky and daughter with all our love to you guys.
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Quirky1
Curse, curse, curse...Sin, sin, sin...