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  Elders finally took me to the back room...

  by OneDayillBeFree in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  after several months of leaving the meetings as soon as they ended or only staying for "the first meeting" then leaving the "second part", the elders finally cornered me at last night's meeting.. they said they were concerned about me and that being that i am a young brother in a recently divided congregation they saw so much potential in me to help out the congregation and become a ms.. i told them i was thankful for their thinking of me to help the congregation but that at the moment i could not due to my job.

  then the began asking personal questions that got on my nerves.. they asked where i worked and how much i made.

  they asked if i was going to college and what i was studying and for how long.

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  diana netherton

  Record it next time...I need some entertainment.
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  Meetings to Continue forever! Another reason you DON'T want to live in the NEW ORDER

  by LostGeneration in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  pulled this gem from the 2013 calendar.

  well, at least you get to have outdoor meetings in the mountains of south america with touchans flying around.

  no more windowless kingdom halls!

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  diana netherton

  Me neither, Cage...I left at 18, running and haven't looked back.
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  Meetings to Continue forever! Another reason you DON'T want to live in the NEW ORDER

  by LostGeneration in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  pulled this gem from the 2013 calendar.

  well, at least you get to have outdoor meetings in the mountains of south america with touchans flying around.

  no more windowless kingdom halls!

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  Yeah, I don't know about all of you, but that seriously doesn't look fun at all. The

  picture is clealy missing wine bottles and iPads.
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  Commenting at the Meetings

  by nolongerconfused in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i'm still going to the meetings...my spouse is still very much active...however, after i learned ttabtt...i feel like such a hypocrite in reciting (commenting) the wt writings and teachings at the meetings...in your own experience...how did you handle this situation?...and if you did comment, what did you say?...i still go out to service, however, i only use the bible and do not distribute wt literature...so far nobody has said anything lol.... .

  thanks!.

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  diana netherton

  What used to annoy me the most about commenting was the parents that instructed

  their toddler to answer usually a one or two-word phrase.

  I remember when I was about 5 and my mother tried to make me answer. I was instructed

  to say yes, but when I got the mic, I said no. That seemed to fix things.
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  QUESTIONS THAT MAY BE ASKED AFTER ARMAGEDDON

  by sieborg in

  1. social
  2. humour

  where can i plug in my i-pod to read my downloaded publications ?

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  Where's the nearest WaWa?
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  April 15, 2013 Watchtower - p. 22-26: Organization-Obsessed Much???

  by sd-7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  there's a study article "make sure of the more important things", and in no uncertain terms the article makes clear that "jehovah's organization" is the most important thing.

  the term "organization" or "jehovah's organization" is used a whopping 24 times in the article, including a subheading titled: "follow the example of jehovah's organization".

  i thought organizations were entities, but that sort of subheading makes it seem like the organization is one giant person whose example we can follow.

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  Has anyone really looked at this photograph carefully? I transferred it to photoshop to

  get a better look...trying to figure out what's behind the old geezers and what that

  circle thing is to the left? It's kind of creepy when you zoom in. I'll try and post

  it here....
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  Did you ever have any real weirdos ? in your congregation who were Elders ?

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  .....some of the things he did and got away with , to me now is unbeleivable , and maybe to you.. in all fairness he was well versed in the bible and very clever how he used it to put a critic to rest at the doors and in one instance when i was witnessing with him , he demoralised a pastor of his church .and i was impressed at that time.. but he had some strange ways , he was always looking for someone to break gods laws so to speak .he did set himself up as the policeman for enforcing gods law on the congregations .

  ( this is my description ) he was known to stand outside bros/sis.

  homes to see if he could find something incriminating against them .

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  There was the REALLY weird family that moved in when I was in my teens. He was an elder but

  was really mean. I remember they asked me to babysit once, a boy and a girl. The boy was

  a right terror and the girl was not allowed out of the bathroom as punishment for something.

  I remember I commented on her pretty hair, and the mother snapped at me for complimenting

  her daughter as it might swell her head. I called my mother and asked if I should let the girl

  out of the bathroom. I was really bothered by it. I finally did and they weren't too pleased

  when they got home. They never asked me back again, but honestly, I wouldn't have gone

  back. It really creeped me out.
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  Need advice from a female

  by CADSkin in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  long story short.

  ive been married for 18 years to my beautiful wife.

  when i was younger i had a lot of attention due to my looks which has always made me extremely uncomfortable.

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  I tend to agree with Lisa Rose...I was raised as a JW and I have battled my weight pretty much

  all of my life, managing to get it under control in my mid-twenties. I found that the exercise made

  me feel better, hence, my self-esteem was brought up. But you've got to realise this isn't just

  your problem. You can't make someone work out or eat healthier or less portions. It sounds like

  your wife may be suffering from a bit of depression and perhaps going to her GP to discuss her

  options might work. Prozac did wonders for me. :)

  I have been dating a wonderful man for two years...when we go out, he notices the looks that

  I get from other men but he is confident in our relationship and I make it clear that I am not

  interested in anybody else...ever. That's the best you can do to deal with the insecurity..and

  believe me, I've been there.

  It sounds like you're a great husband. There should be more like you.

  Good luck.
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  CRAPPING DEAD DINOSAUR MEAT....and the religious implications...

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  before man....before the adam/eve saga.......how would you explain the nature of life on earth in terms of sin?

  millions of years passed before man and sin.

  (let that sink in a few seconds.........).

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  diana netherton

  I gave up believing in Father Christmas. I got no presents at all this year. :(
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  Obamacare and how it affects JWs

  by Rattigan350 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  while i think that obamacare is bad for forcing people to get health insurance by penalizing them for not having it; it is going to hit jws hard.. so many brag on the assembly parts that they quit corporate jobs to pioneer, but they don't get insurance after that.. there are many that are pioneer couples or single pioneers that are just doing small jobs like cleaning that can't afford insurance, so they don't get it.

  they will want to be obedient to caesar and have to get it next year, straining their budgets.

  or if they don't get it, they will have to pay the penalty.. we will see how that plays out next year..

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  diana netherton

  They should do..I'm tired of paying so much. I just took a huge hit on my paycheck...between

  the payroll and tax and my insurance switching, I am paying $75 a paycheck. When does it

  become too much? I realise that taxes are mandatory and I have no problem with paying them,

  but EVERYTHING is going up. I'm ready to head over my own fiscal cliff.