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  At the assembly as I write

  by wannaexit in

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  it's utterly boring.

  jung from the canadian bethel is drooning on.

  may be the worst assembly ever.

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  Bet everyone on Sunday afternoon says this is the best convention ever. By Tuesday night they have forgotten what the theme was.
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  I Didn't Belong

  by Nihilistic Journey in

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  i remember an art project when i was six years old.

  the teacher handed out felt pine trees that we glued to burlap sheets.

  everyone then attached little pieces of colorful material to the felt trees.

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  hoser

  Same thing with me growing up. To this day I still don't belong.
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  Can awake jw find a way of getting to know each other in real life

  by Consciousguy in

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  2. bible

  hi new to this forum but not so new to ttatt.

  i was just wondering how nice it would be to know each other in real life.

  i have got few friends in jw who are fully awake but still hanging because of family.

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  hoser

  I've played the sleuth on this site and found some ttats nearby to where I live and I've also reconnected with some old friends that have faded. I've also had some contact me by the same means.

  Not everyone is willing to out themselves though. The watchtower fear of being outed runs deep
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  WTBTS / GBoJW elevating status of their literature

  by Nicholaus Kopernicus in

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  2. beliefs

  the following is a brief examination of one disturbing paragraph in the august 2016 study watchtower - "do you see the need to make spiritual progress?"11.

  what spiritual qualities can we work to develop, and why are they important?

  11 develop spiritual qualities.

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  hoser

  These watchtower articles use the fog . Fear, obligation, guilt.

  As if I owe them anything.

  I haven't been on their radar lately for pressuring to reach out.

  I must be considered a lost cause in their eyes.

  I miss at least half the meetings. I only report field service half the months. I don't give parts at the service meeting. I rarely comment.

  Life is good. The fade goes on.

  Hoser
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  New songs unexpectedly released . . .

  by neat blue dog in

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  2. beliefs

  earlier this year it was announced to all congregations that the new silver songbook would ultimately be made of 150 songs, (matching the number of psalms in the bible).

  however, they've apparently changed there minds in the last few months, because songs 152-154 were just posted to both jw-org and jw broadcasting.. https://www.jw.org/en/whats-new/.

  https://tv.jw.org.

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  Who writes this crap?
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  For those who are still in... What do you do about field service?

  by Wait For It in

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  for those of you who are still in because of family circumstances, what do you do about field service?

  do you still go regularly, sporadically or not at all?.

  if you do still go, how do you manage?

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  hoser

  Maybe your mother in law wants to get you alone in service to flush out your doubts.

  Just a thought

  I started faking about 7 or 8 years ago just a little before I started posting here. We lived in a rural area and I would take out a territory, go home and mark it worked for the tract campaign and count 3 or 4 hours.

  The last year has been sporadic but no one seems to care. I go once in a while and when the group overseer asks for a report I give him one whether I've been out that month or not.

  When i do go out I do my best to give a bad presentation. At some point I hope to stop going
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  From yesterday WT, don't have kids and if you do then don't see them often nor the grandkids either

  by purrpurr in

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  2. bible

  unbelievable paragraph in yesterday's watchtower was "encouraging" the sheep to not have kids.

  most of their growth comes from the born ins and they are still on about not having kids?.

  then it went on to "encourage" those that do have kids or grandkids not to spend to much time with them and instead to spend their time serving kingdom interests!.

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  Would it be possible for you to make additional sacrifices to serve Jehovah more fully?"

  no!
  
  
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  In the paradise JWs will have a standard uniform

  by RodrigoGuerreiro in

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  2. beliefs

  anyone else notice this on the last video of the regional convention 2016?.

  frame stills:.

  conclusion: it seems that the paradise will not be only the end of wickedness but also the end of the jws typical cheap polyester suits :-p.

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  hoser

  It looks like one of those sci fi movies where the cult leader sacrifices a Virgin at the end.
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  Witness Carts - A Vehicle for Significant Decline

  by slimboyfat in

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  2. beliefs

  i was stalking to a jw today about her recent experience on the carts and with being a jw generally.

  until this conversation i considered the carts as just an ineffective preaching method and a harmless waste of time.

  but now i wonder if the effect of the carts might be to produce noticeable decline in jw numbers.

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  hoser

  Like Freddo said. Cart witnessing creates class distinctions among the Jws. Metropolitan witnessing is for kingdom evangelizer grads, cart witnessing is for pioneers and well spoken of publishers. Door to door is reserved for slackers and undercover apostates.
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  Do you work a lot of overtime?

  by hoser in

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  what is the normal attitude as to working overtime?

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  how many hours do you work in a week?.

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  hoser

  When they call me at home, I don't answer (this is one reason I continue to have a land line). Of course, I am rarely home during my off time anyways so that's kind of a no-brainer. I was up front with my last manager and former team lead. I told them straight... if you want me off hours, you pay me to carry a pager, otherwise, I'm unavailable and you will not get me.

  
  

  Good strategy. If they have you on call they should give you some kind of remuneration.