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  A not so loving phone call....

  by new hope and happiness in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i recently got a letter in my pillar box asking me to attend a meeting at the k.h.

  i ignored the " kind" request.. this was folloed up by a " loving" phone call with the question " do i believe in the organisation" my reply.

  " anyway what pissed me off was during the " loving" phone call i realized there was another " brother" listning in.

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  Of course you can leave the cult "gracefully" but you have to be aware of every move. Just like on this call, you had to be aware not to say anything that can be used against you. You took into account that someone could be listening (2 witnesses) or that it could be recorded. When elders come to visit, we know we cannot speak openly and critical.

  Graceful would be openly stating you do not agree with the organization and therefore would no longer view yourself as a JW, yet to friends and family it would make no difference...
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  A not so loving phone call....

  by new hope and happiness in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i recently got a letter in my pillar box asking me to attend a meeting at the k.h.

  i ignored the " kind" request.. this was folloed up by a " loving" phone call with the question " do i believe in the organisation" my reply.

  " anyway what pissed me off was during the " loving" phone call i realized there was another " brother" listning in.

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  How Rude...there is really no graceful way to leave this CULT!
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  Should I allow my mom to see the grandchildren?

  by confusedandalone in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i am not officially da/do yet and my family has shunned me hard.

  today crying my mother calls me to beg to see my children... should i let her?

  i feel that if you can speak abusive of your own son and wife and shun the.

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  You are a package deal! What message would you be sending your children if they can go to grandma, but grandma has no respect for you. Also being present is desired -as she is for sure going to be secretly trying to witness to them. Again - package deal - all of nothing. The shunning is her choice!
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  Why doesn't god do anything tangible now?

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was always told that god did loads of stuff that was evidence of his existance.

  ususally very brutal things too (b#st@rd).. jesus walked on water and raised the dead we are told.. it seems to me also that the older the story, the more exaggerated it is...y'know...talking snake......global flood.. there are those that claim god speaks to them now and they alone 'know' it.

  (cuckoo!!!).

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  He also did nothing for 500 years between the Old Testament and New Testament.
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  Reorganization Branches Belgium and The Netherlands

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the belgium branche of jw in kraainem will be closed.. the netherlands branche of jw in emmen will be reorganized into an ict devolpment office.. all the oldtimers jw staff in emmen is told they have to leave, they are dismissed.. of course it will be explained that the organization is on the move, a blessing from jehovah.. gorby.

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  Netherlands is a great for Information Technology. There are lots of companies that have their global datacenters here, the entire country has fiber connectivity and there ar many IT professionals - also amongst the JWs... So, this is a understandable Business decision and that is what it is - a business decision.
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  Reorganization Branches Belgium and The Netherlands

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the belgium branche of jw in kraainem will be closed.. the netherlands branche of jw in emmen will be reorganized into an ict devolpment office.. all the oldtimers jw staff in emmen is told they have to leave, they are dismissed.. of course it will be explained that the organization is on the move, a blessing from jehovah.. gorby.

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  ICT = Information and Communication Technology
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  Reorganization Branches Belgium and The Netherlands

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the belgium branche of jw in kraainem will be closed.. the netherlands branche of jw in emmen will be reorganized into an ict devolpment office.. all the oldtimers jw staff in emmen is told they have to leave, they are dismissed.. of course it will be explained that the organization is on the move, a blessing from jehovah.. gorby.

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  Thanks for the update. Living in the Netherlands and having family still in the organization, this is of special interest to me.
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  The JW cart/booth nonsense

  by Gypsy Sam in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.christianpost.com/news/battle-of-beliefs-baptist-evangelist-nation-of-islam-muslim-and-jehovah-witnesses-vie-for-souls-at-new-yorks-subway-stations-112512/.

  will this wake any jw's up to how they have more in common with other sects than they believe?.

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  The phote shows 3 JWs standing passively by the booth writing easy hours.
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  Inaccurate hours recorded

  by snare&racket in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ignoring the fact that all but the super jw's had a random stab at hours done in the ministry, with all the different activities the society said counted as ministry hours, just how accurate is there annual report?.

  what activities do you know of that were allowed to be counted as ministry time?

  here are some i knew of.... .

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  Since when can visiting the sick & elderly be counted as FS time?

  I have heard pioneers complain the do not have time for this as they had to get their hours in.
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  Time Line of Bible Attacks ... Extended Version

  by processor in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  from the december 2011 awake!.

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  That 2007 KM was one of the first eye-openers leading to my departure.