a lot of that is just personality stuff. I think sometimes they're just put off by intelligence and you pose a threat to them. Sometimes just getting a different CO will do the job. He says, what's up with Bro Goodguy? and the locals really can't defend themselves and BAM! you're an MS! My sympathies...
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Reaching Out
by lancelink indid any of you guys ever try to "spiritually advance" by really making an effort in reaching out,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.
only to be overlooked while some other brother who was honestly just a brown-noser or genuine hypocrite gets appointed.
without hardly any effort on his part?.
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As a JW Did other Witnesses Annoy you by Condemning " Worldly Music" ?
by flipper ini know i got bothered by all the self righteous music police who would condemn me or others for our awesome record collections from early years as a teenager .
several experiences were really quite odd .
one brother came up to me saying i was wrong to listen to the moody blues " nights in white satin "!
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y'all are starting to worry me! I've been collecting vinyl for some time no( Zeppelin, Stones, Doors, Hendrix) One of the elders stuck his nose into my collection not too long ago and only got as far as Beatles and let it rest. I'm going to have to be a little more guarded about things. I don't want a problem over something so stupid. I'm learning to choose my own battles.
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Has anyone lost a friend or known of someone who committed suicide over BORG-induced guilt?
by Alpaca ini am not going to use any names for this because i don't want to cause potential hurt to anyone.. there was a very nice family in my congregation when i was a teenager.
step-dad, mom, and her 4 kids.
the dad became an elder, had a great business, the mom spent lots of time with the kids.
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one of the brothers who studied with me in "75 killed himself in the early '80's. He had been at the Bethel bindery, come back to his home congregation, married and fathered 3 beautiful kids, then faded. He must have been guilt ridden, because the body of elders there consisted of his Dad and brothers and uncles, who put loads of work on him. He was a sensitive, caring guy. His talks at assemblies would hush the place; nobody went to the bathroom during his parts. He was manic-depressive his wife told me.
I wish he was alive now.
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gimme a break!
by stillin init's persecution, i tell ya!
ok, so i went out in service yesterday, ok, so i went to a meeting today.
i'm not ready to just chunk out everything i've believed even if there's a lot wrong with the picture.
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stillin
Actually, I'm glad that my kids were never baptised. You chose your path and good for you.
But I would differ with you regarding most of the posters here. I think the basic subject matter is of serious import to most of them and there is genuine concern about each other, albeit in an impersonal internet setting.
Look at oompa's post in this thread. Sure, lots of people, like you, just want lightweight relief and have something in common with others here. But others have really meant well and spoken thier minds to each other. It's cyberspace, they're doing the best they can.
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gimme a break!
by stillin init's persecution, i tell ya!
ok, so i went out in service yesterday, ok, so i went to a meeting today.
i'm not ready to just chunk out everything i've believed even if there's a lot wrong with the picture.
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gimme a break!
by stillin init's persecution, i tell ya!
ok, so i went out in service yesterday, ok, so i went to a meeting today.
i'm not ready to just chunk out everything i've believed even if there's a lot wrong with the picture.
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stillin
by and large, the posters here care . Anybody can see that. Maybe you don't, but who cares?
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gimme a break!
by stillin init's persecution, i tell ya!
ok, so i went out in service yesterday, ok, so i went to a meeting today.
i'm not ready to just chunk out everything i've believed even if there's a lot wrong with the picture.
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stillin
thanks, brother oompa
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gimme a break!
by stillin init's persecution, i tell ya!
ok, so i went out in service yesterday, ok, so i went to a meeting today.
i'm not ready to just chunk out everything i've believed even if there's a lot wrong with the picture.
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stillin
overall, field service has been a fruitless endeaver. I eventually found that I valued the association of the friends out in service more than any enthusiasm regarding "interest in the field." Sure, I've had some interesting things happen, the usual freakazoids, losers, smart people and mad dogs. It was nice feeling like I was a part of the global effort to preach. But what good is it? I could keep my house presentable in the neighborhood, my car clean, an honest reputation in my business, etc and the time spent doing those things would give a better, more Jehovah-glorifying witness than my wasting my weekends bothering people at thier own homes.
I'm still active. The kind of people who will talk with me are usually out there on the lunatic fringe and I enjoy them, not in an "I'm superior" way, but in a I'm curious about you way.
People take the literature to be friendly, not to look into the religion.
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real pain for my sham friends.