Iwonder17

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  How Many Here Had To Go Into "The Backroom"?

  by minimus in

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  were you ever called into "the backroom"?

  why??

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  One time for being caught at a rated "R" movie. The best part is that my mom ratted me out.

  From that day forward I decided that I would never seek the elders help and council for anything. What I do is between me and o one else
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  Are most Jehovah's Witnesses zealous,fence sitters,or going thru the motions?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  there are close to 7 million baptised jehovah's witnesses in the world.

  most start off real zealous in meeting attendance and preaching work.

  some remain zealous but most cool off sooner or later.

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  I say 1/3....for the same reason I say 1/3 or dubs want to go to conventions

  1/3 like the conventions

  1/3 go cuz they have to ( kids or mates that are stuck going )

  1/3 like the power trip of emptying trash cans during the program or walking around with signs that say "quite please" or "Take your seats"
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  Are most Jehovah's Witnesses zealous,fence sitters,or going thru the motions?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there are close to 7 million baptised jehovah's witnesses in the world.

  most start off real zealous in meeting attendance and preaching work.

  some remain zealous but most cool off sooner or later.

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  Iwonder17

  I say 1/3....for the same reason I say 1/3 of dubs want to go to conventions

  1/3 like the conventions

  1/3 go cuz they have to ( kids or mates that are stuck going )

  1/3 like the power trip of emptying trash cans during the program or walking around with signs that say "quite please" or "Take your seats"
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  New BOE letter re: parents permitting fornication

  by sir82 in

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  unfortunately i have no scanner.

  but i thought y'all might like a glance into the latest mind of "mother".. i won't type out the whole thing, but just select pertinent parts to quote:.

  "to all bodies of elders.

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  MARJORIE !!!!

  You are 100% correct about the child abuse question
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  Reporting feild servie time via email

  by Iwonder17 in

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  our hallnow allows you to report your time via email, anyone else do this?.

  i kinda takes the sheparding out of the whole thing, doesn't.. not that i am complaining, but aren't the service overseers supose to talk with you so they know how you're doing?.

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  That's what I'm doing. It makes it very easy to cheat as needed. Pick a number between 5 and 9 ( want to make it believable ) and send it in
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  Reporting feild servie time via email

  by Iwonder17 in

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  our hallnow allows you to report your time via email, anyone else do this?.

  i kinda takes the sheparding out of the whole thing, doesn't.. not that i am complaining, but aren't the service overseers supose to talk with you so they know how you're doing?.

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  Our hallnow allows you to report your time via email, anyone else do this?

  I kinda takes the sheparding out of the whole thing, doesn't.

  not that I am complaining, but aren't the service overseers supose to talk with you so they know how you're doing?
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  JW's and not having real friends

  by Iwonder17 in

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  i have been a jw my whole life and am just realizing now that i have no friends.

  the 1 or 2 good friends that i had as a child have since moved away and now i am stuck trying to make friends with people in the hall that i am in that don't want anything to do with me cuz i'm not a ms, elder or pioneer.. it's weird, because i look at facebook or other sites where people talk about their day or what they have been doing and it seems like people "in the world" have a lot of friends and have a good/happy life.. i think that the jw's are so busy with all of the wtbs stuff that they don't have the energy to take time to be friends with others.. i am sad...cuz i don't see a way to get any realy friends as too much of my family is in the "truth" and i'm stuck in it .

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  It's just weird that I don't think that the dubs even realize how crappy their lives are. They are so busy, they don't take time to make meaningful and lasting relationships.

  How many times have you heard to the meetings " the best way to get to know someone is to spend time in the ministry with them" OMG it makes me want to puke
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  JW's and not having real friends

  by Iwonder17 in

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  i have been a jw my whole life and am just realizing now that i have no friends.

  the 1 or 2 good friends that i had as a child have since moved away and now i am stuck trying to make friends with people in the hall that i am in that don't want anything to do with me cuz i'm not a ms, elder or pioneer.. it's weird, because i look at facebook or other sites where people talk about their day or what they have been doing and it seems like people "in the world" have a lot of friends and have a good/happy life.. i think that the jw's are so busy with all of the wtbs stuff that they don't have the energy to take time to be friends with others.. i am sad...cuz i don't see a way to get any realy friends as too much of my family is in the "truth" and i'm stuck in it .

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  I have been a JW my whole life and am just realizing now that I have no friends. The 1 or 2 good friends that I had as a child have since moved away and now I am stuck trying to make friends with people in the hall that I am in that don't want anything to do with me cuz I'm not a MS, Elder or pioneer.

  It's weird, because I look at Facebook or other sites where people talk about their day or what they have been doing and it seems like people "in the world" have a lot of friends and have a good/happy life.

  I think that the JW's are so busy with all of the WTBS stuff that they don't have the energy to take time to be friends with others.

  I am sad...cuz I don't see a way to get any realy friends as too much of my family is in the "truth" and I'm stuck in it
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  what percentage of jws do not agree with shunning?..or ignore it?

  by oompa in

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  i am betting over 50 percent..........oompa.

  my own mom....elders wife of forever....says she does not believe it is proper if kids were baptized!....yea mom!....too bad my dad shuns my son........oompa.

  oh...and my super good jw son does not shun me the apostadad...nor his df brother...so i bet a ton dont buy it...maybe 80%.

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  I had a family member df'd and I talked to them all the time. It is a dumb rule for families to follow. I can almost understand other members of the cong, but not family!!!
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  An experiment in prayer

  by Iwonder17 in

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  so i was just reading another post about prayer and i wanted to see what everyone thought about this.. i am a parent and as most parents i would do anything for my kids.

  whenever studying the jw books and it would talk about jehovah, i could always liken it to me and how i would treat my kids ( or at least try to treat them ) a few years ago when i really started to have doubts i asked jehovah to give me a sign that i am on the right course and if so then i would stick to it for life and never question it again.

  here is what i did.. the scripture in judges 6:36-40 about gideon asking god to make the fleece wet and the ground dry and then the following night he asked for the ground to be wet and the fleece dry.. well i figured that god would want me to know the answer to my prayer.

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  So I was just reading another post about prayer and I wanted to see what everyone thought about this.

  I am a parent and as most parents I would do anything for my kids. Whenever studying the JW books and it would talk about jehovah, I could always liken it to me and how I would treat my kids ( or at least try to treat them ) A few years ago when I really started to have doubts I asked jehovah to give me a sign that I am on the right course and if so then I would stick to it for life and never question it again. Here is what I did.

  The scripture in Judges 6:36-40 about Gideon asking God to make the Fleece wet and the ground dry and then the following night he asked for the ground to be wet and the fleece dry.

  Well I figured that god would want me to know the answer to my prayer. I promised him ( and he knows that I would keep that promise ) that if he answered my prayer that I would never speak a word of it to anyone.

  My request was that he change a simple thumb tack on my wall from yellow to black. I didn't care how it happened, or even if someone else replaced the tack. All that I cared about that the tack would one day be black. Now I know that some people will think that this is testing god, but if your child was in agony wouldn't you help them? Well I am in agony as to what to believe and I think that he would answer me.

  What are your thoughts?