Posts by iceguy

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Of the one's DF'd here, how many have been called on by the Elders?

by Fishbulb in

when i left the organization one of the reasons i did so was because of the hypocrisy i saw within the congregation regarding sheepherding the weak.

people who were struggling to make meetings, ones who were house-ridden due to illness or depression, ones who don't keep a prominent position in the hall, these ones were all ignored.

i was one who never ever ever missed a meeting and in august i suddenly stopped going.

iceguy

1yr and 6mos for me and have not seen them.

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The growing irrelevance of the Watchtower message

by drew sagan in

in many ways it appears as if the watchtower movement is slowing down.

a number of changes over the last few years certainly show that the watchtower is in a period of transition.

they have cut back on the number of magazines they print as well as lowered the cost of production by eliminating things like hard backed books.

In my area there were 7 congregations...Once they started a small spanish cong it grew quickly and split. The only growth here has been the 2 spanish cong's and the original 7 english cong's have strugged for the most part with no real growth other than jw's moving into the area.

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Hi all

by SailAway in

jw
friends

i have decided to join this forum after quite a long time lurking here (a number of years actually).. i have been out of the truth for a while and recently started to attend some meetings.

but i now think a bit more freely and wonder whether i am doing the right thing.

a cousin of mine regularly posts on here, didgeridoo in fact i have seen him today, speaking to him has made me decide to finally post on here, although i have my reservations whether i am doing the right thing.

iceguy

Welcome Sailaway. I bet there is some great sailing around Iceland.

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How do you feel at this exact moment?

by Hortensia in

jw
friends

i feel like running for a long long time or just losing it and checking myself into a hospital.

but instead, i have to stay here and work.

how do you feel?

iceguy

Right now i'm feeling...Sunny the rest of the day but then a depression front is moving in with golf ball size hell...Some dense fog in the morning and goomy until the weekend which will be bright and sunny again.

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Flashbacks

by Babylon the Great Employee in

has anyone else out for a significant amount of time had painful flashbacks many years later?

i was raised jw, and i've been out for over a decade.

in the weeks leading up to our state's primary, i volunteered for the obama campaign.

iceguy

Did Obama require you to write down "not at home's"

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The WTB&TS best defense against apostates

by Gregor in

jw
friends

i had 2 nice ladies come to the door this morning.

i played it very cool as long as i could, asking "dumb" questions like what ever happened to your 1914 generation teaching?

i knew it could only go so far and sure enough they began to smell a dirtyratcat.

iceguy

They probably did'nt know the 1914 generation change. I think sometimes changes like that go right over the heads of many jw's.

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expenses -vs- donations............. the fall of the Watchtower empire

by DaCheech in

jw
friends

as long as i've been here, i have preached that $$$$$ will be the only way for the wt to drop.. many agree on a small level, but think the wt has deep pockets.. they may have deep pockets, but i bet the investments they have have lost quite a bit since 2001.. my main calculation reguards the following hypothesis::::::.

magazine and literature consumption -vs- donations.

i know of 2 congregations, and let me post some figures:.