Posts by dig692

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Don't ask questions

by linp24 in

several weeks ago, a witness poster said that the rank and file at his cong were told by elders not to ask questions.

i may have misunderstood what the poster was saying.

has anyone on the forum heard anything like this?

In all the time I have attended meetings (the last 10 years or so) I have only ever experienced once instance where a sister asked the brother conducting the book study a question. Apparently she felt she had misunderstood one of the topics so she wanted to get it cleared up. Well the conductor looked at her like she had just committed the grossest sin possible! He looked at her and said "well sister _____, that wll be your homework assignment for this week, to look up your question using the WT library and report back to us your findings"

Wow I just about died of embarrassment for her. Poor lady. Never before or after that incident do I remember anyone else asking a question. My thoughts are it's probaby because the conductor doesn't want to be caught in a situation where he doesn't know the answer to the question. If you have questions, ask them on your own time, not on the WT's time!

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2010 Convention Theme

by garlic81 in

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the theme for the 2010 district convention of jehovah's witnesses is "remain close to jehovah".

this can be verified by looking at the printed edition of the march 1, 2010 watchtower..

dig692

"Remain Close Slaves to Jehovah the Watchtower"

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Elder uses Congregation Bible Study as an opportunity to ban the movie Avatar

by easyreader1970 in

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last night, during the congregation bible study, the conductor (overseer?

) used this as a platform to say that the movie avatar is of satan and no christians should see it.. .

he said that he googled the (original) meaning of the word avatar and it was of hindu religious origin.

dig692

I wonder if I'll hear anything about this on my bible study night. This is just ridiculous. Elder looks at google for definition of "avatar" as if it even matters what it means..it's a word for crying out loud...let's just ban using the days of the week and people's names while we're at it. And yet r&f witnesses should only look to WT library for reliable sources and should stay away from the internet. Ok, if that's the case, then it's a matter of CONSCIENCE and no one should inpose their opinions on anyone else. Then, some over zealous old fart comments that she thinks the cartoon Avatar is demonic..ok lady the movie and the cartoon have absolutely NOTHING in common. Stop trying to show off your allegiance to the society and maybe get your facts straight first. She probably made up the comment anyway.

Sorry to rant but every time this happens during the cong. bible study or the WT study it seriously makes me so angry that I just want to tune out everything that is said from that point on. I just can't stand how the conductor will open his mouth and say something stupid like "this thing relates to this pagan activity, so isn't it wise for us to stay away from such things" and then the old sister in the back corner blurts out the dumbest comment about what the conductor just said that she thinks is the best comment ever made yet it makes absolutely no sense and makes her look like a freaking idiot!

Ok, rant over. P.S. I haven't seen avatar yet but it's just a movie for crying out loud. Just...A...Movie!

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How to deal with Boss contradictions.

by Elsewhere in

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1. my boss tells me to take more initiative and solve problems on my own so i don't have to bother him so much.. i take the effort to track down information that will help solve a certain problem.

boss fusses wanting to know why i tracked down the information without notifying him.

i contact someone who will have access to information to solve another problem.boss fusses wanting to know why i contacted that person without his knowledge.

dig692

Thanks for the tip Shamus!

Note to self: Basement = NO!!!!!

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How to deal with Boss contradictions.

by Elsewhere in

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1. my boss tells me to take more initiative and solve problems on my own so i don't have to bother him so much.. i take the effort to track down information that will help solve a certain problem.

boss fusses wanting to know why i tracked down the information without notifying him.

i contact someone who will have access to information to solve another problem.boss fusses wanting to know why i contacted that person without his knowledge.

dig692

Do we work for the same boss??

In my case it helps to copy him on emails that go out, just so he's in the loop. I take the initiative to solve the problem and handle everything myself, but afterwards I let him know what I did just so he doesn't come at me with 'why didn't you tell me about it' later on.

If it's a more complex issue, I will go to him and let him know what I think I should do and what I plan on doing, to get his input on the matter...that way I'm not bugging him for help but at the same time he knows what's going on still.

P.S. If I'm ever in British Columbia I'm looking you up Outlaw!

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My Aunt's funeral at the Kingdom Hall

by Dogpatch in

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i couldn't resist posting this good story from cynthia hampton.

http://www.freeminds.org/sociology/women/my-aunt-s-funeral-at-the-kingdom-hall.html.

randy.

dig692

Thanks for posting this story. It's always encouraging to hear how others have been able to keep their heads held high in these kinds of circumstances

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Which book ,studied at the Book Study, you Hated or loved more????

by deep-blue-sea in

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during my life as jw i have studied many, many books of the wt at the weekly book study.. here you will find some of the books considered during the years with their publishing date:.

1955 new heavens, new hearth.

1961 from lost paradise to..... 1962 let your will be done on earth.

dig692

I hated the Revelation book because it read like a 12 year old had written it. I literally felt like I got dumber after reading it. That, and the latest book, Keep Yourselves In God's Love, or whatever its called, I can't remember just now, but most of the material in that book is ridiculous. Just recently we had the part about holidays and how wordly people only give gifts because they have to but jw's give gifts out of love...GAG! Seriously, they expect me to believe that crap? Although I guess 99% of the witlesses reading it do. And then the back of the book that talks about how to treat df'd people and why masterbation is bad...ugh that just made me angry!!

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knock it off.... ALL of you

by chickpea in

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To: God

From: People of Earth

watchtower bible and tract society...

seriously, what the hell

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Shared Child Abuse News with JW about Nancy Garrido being a JW

by flipper in

went to the post office the other day and saw this older jw , an elder, was outside holding the wall up leaning on it while being frozen standing there like a mannequin holding watchtowers and awakes .

i had one of my news releases from a sociologist explaining that phillip garrido used nancy garrido and the jehovah's witnesses to get out of prison so he could have access to children for sexual crimes ; thus enabling him in 1991 to kidnap jaycee dugard.

the title of the article is : " sex offender phillip garrido used jehovah's witnesses to get early parole ".

dig692

OMG Mr Flipper you are friggin awesome! Keep up the great work!

THe more educated the witnesses get about how WRONG the society's policies can be and how much damage they can actually produce, the better the chances that they will have their eyes and minds opened to the real truth about get out as soon as possible!

I too admire your uncle and brother for doing the RIGHT thing and telling those families about the danger in their congregation. I wish all elders would act like that. It could have saved so many children from being abused.

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JW Tall Tales

by lancelink in

recently i was cleaning my bookcase and found an old book that i enjoyed as a child.

it had stories in it such as paul bunyan, pecos bill, and john henry.

while these stories are fictional, i enjoyed them because they were entertaining, and easy to understand.. fast forward to the late 70's when i was a teenager sitting at the ca hall in janesville wisconsin.. the speaker was explaining the great sacrifice god made in sending his son down to earth to die for all mankind.

dig692

I remember being told the smurf one, that they walked out of the kingdom hall. I can't believe I fell for it.

There were always stories going around about demonized dolls or necklaces or furniture that were purchased at yard sales where the owner practiced spriritism and the poor JW who bought one of these items was harrassed by demons and nightmares and all kinds of weird stuff until they got rid of the item and TA-DA! all the weird stuff would stop!