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  " you will never grow old..."

  by mrquik in

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  " you will never grow old..." a more grievous lie is hard to imagine.

  i heard this one first in 1957. i was 6. my mother had just converted.

  i heard it many times after that.

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  My parents seperated (due to family illness) when I was 8.I prayed that my father could see me graduate from HS (because we were so close to the end). I graduated 30 years ago........my parents are DEAD as are most of their friends. The younger generation STILL yell about never growing old....and how close we are to the end. I really dont understand the delusion!!!
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  Underlying Resentment Among the Members

  by xjwsrock in

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  2. beliefs

  most of us here have seen and experienced the judgmental attitude among jw's.

  the pioneers look down on the publishers.

  the appointed men look down on the non-appointed men.

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  Hummm, good question. In a merit based religion, there is always someone who excuses their own behaviour, but condemns others. There is always a good reson to look down on someone else.
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  The wonderful things you hear AFTER you step down as an elder!

  by redpilltwice in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  well, well, that was quite a heartfelt welcome on this site four days ago.

  thank you all for the encouraging replies.

  one of them was this one from magnum: "hey now, don't just pop your head in and disappear.

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  SouthCentral

  This is great!! I really appreciate this. It's wonderful to hear these types of stories. Please randomly share more details.
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  Another Elder

  by burnedout in

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  SouthCentral

  great thread!! Thanks for sharing!!!
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  My Bethel Experience Part 13 "Love and Sex" at Bethel

  by new boy in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  most of us went back to bethel, thinking we wanted to make it our life long career, what better place to be right before 1975, when god was coming back to kick some ass?

  that dream ended for the vast majority after just few months there, when they found out that something was very wrong.

  otherwise why would anyone want to leave a spiritual paradise?

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  Its always great to hear stories of life INSIDE bethel. Thanks for sharing!!
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  Are the 2015 Belgium Concert for Delegates and Kingdom Hall Cowboy Footloose Videos on Youtube for real?

  by Maryo in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo0fxyk4iba.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qxdgtaskfm.

  i find these shocking.

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  SouthCentral

  I can believe this.....
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  The new service meeting

  by John Aquila in

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  2. experiences

  i wanted to relate an experience that happened this morning.

  it is regarding the new format for the meeting on thursdays in my area.

  its not word for word but im summarizing what i heard, the best i can remember.

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  This is great news. The best way to collapse and sustain the collapse is to destroy it from within. The writers are to blame!!
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  Being a JW Used to Be Fun :-)

  by snowbird in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we found some people who were happy to welcome us into their homes, even offering us food and drink.. sometimes, they would flag us down and ask for the magazines, walk miles to the kh meetings, come to our defense if someone got ugly or rude.. now, jw's are either routinely ignored or outright vilified.. no one respects them anymore.. sad.. .

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  SouthCentral

  I remember growing up, there was so many activities going on with witnesses. I think the one that I enjoyed the most was skating every Sunday night. In Los Angeles it seems that most skating rings have closed down. My children don't have nearly as many recreational activities as I did.
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  My Bethel Experience Part 4

  by new boy in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  black thursday september 1972. .

  knorr gathered all the bethel "heavies" and gb to the kh in the 119 building.

  the three freds (circuit overseers) and about 50 brothers.....thats right only 50. the other guys chickened out, they knew it was going to be a blood bath.

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  Thank you for reposting these great experiences! Hearing stories about what actually happened in Brooklyn is wonderful to me! I enjoyed them eight years ago and even more so today.
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  Is the Pioneer School being eliminated?

  by wannaexit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i heard from the semi reliable source that the pioneer schools will go the way of the dodo bird next year.. i could see this happening.

  it used to be that you went to the the pioneer school once.

  then they allowed dubs to go every 5 years.

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  I remember Pioneer school all too well! I really hated having different congregations bring in food every day! Some sisters would tell me; "Don't eat this ......it is from a nasty sister! LOL

  It's incredible that most witnesses don't see all of these moves as downsizing!