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  Close Encounters of the JW Kind...

  by Jim_TX in

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  this morning (like many other mornings) i went to the local 'stop-n-shop' to get my wife a pint - of milk.

  she likes to drink a bit of milk during the day.. anyway, on my way back to the vehicle - as i got in and was reaching for the key to start it up... an elderly lady (well... probably about my age - sheesh!

  ) with grey hair, approached my car with a handfull of magazines - and said something along the lines of.... 'pardon me sir,...'.

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  Just remembering doing early morning field circus has made me throw up in my mouth a little.
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  Evidently . . .

  by Mad Sweeney in

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  2. bible

  this has been a wt buzzword for a long time but has come up in several recent discussions here.

  so, i just had to look it up on the wt library cd-rom.. the word "evidently" appears 1,439 times in the insight books alone.

  that number is staggering considering that the two-volume set is supposed to be comprised of encyclopedic facts.

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  Great catch. Thanks!
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  Let's get that field service time in...

  by Jim_TX in

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  i normally don't go around looking for jws.

  after my morning coffee and breakfast taco at jim's, i went over to big lot's to look around.

  outside of the store, they have an island where a couple of trees were either saved - or planted - and provide a nice shade during the day.. under these trees, in the shade, was this fella - dressed in nice slacks and a shirt - wearing a tie - reading - or flipping through what appeared to be an 'awake' or a 'watchtower'.

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  It's funny - when I was just a publisher I would deduct time spent on breaks and snacking at the service station. Then when I started pioneering, i quickly learned from veteran pioneers that my time starts when I leave the KH and ends when I knock off at the end of the day. I was told "jehovah is gonna let us eat".

  So i quickly learned that breaktime was valueable time to be counted so as to get that 90 hours. The clock never stopped all day long, until we made the last call. Running errands, eating, breaking - it was all field circus.

  LOL
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  Taping Conventions from the Radio Frequency outside?

  by AuntBee in

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  does anyone know how that works?

  we have so many conventions where i live, i can easily tape it.

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  Yeah, my Zen (mp3 player) has a FM tuner on it, and you can just tune to the correct FM station and record directly. Pretty neat. Then you can go back later and make sure you didn't miss any "New Light"!
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  Help! Hold Me Back From Voicing My Opinions And Getting Shunned!

  by nextdoorgirl in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am new to this board after lurking for awhile (thanks so much for creating this place simon, and for everyone's shared thoughts!).

  i am going crazy because i have recently allowed myself to begin thinking (and it is so fun!

  ) and i am an outspoken person, and it is very hard for me to keep my opinions and discoveries about this place under my hat!

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  Welcome nextdoorgirl. Let me repeat to you the advice I was given when I "woke up". I was told: "don't let the cat out of the bag until the time is right....cause YOU AINT gonna put no cat back into a bag"

  LOL - it's funny but true. Very true. As long as you are silent, you are in full control of the situation, and the timetable is all up to you. If you start talking, you will quickly lose control of the situation. And once you are branded "apostate" or a person with doubts, it's almost impossible to help anybody, even family. So plot your course carefully.

  Best of luck you you.

  -mentallyfree31-
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  Jehovah's Witnesses and the Malawi and Mexico Fiasco

  by Leprechaun in

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  2. friends

  there are many witness friends of mine who tell me give me some hard evidence, of the jehovah's witnesses and the malawi and mexico cruelty endured hypocritically under the direction of the society.

  can you all help me oouut here for the sake of some good hearted ones.

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  Ray Franz covers this extensively in his first book "Crisis of Conscience". I believe it's between pages 110 and 160 somewhere. I don't have it handy to give you a definitel page number.
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  a question for experts on disfellowshipping

  by poor places in

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  can you be df'd for atheism?

  if you only tell the elders that you don't believe in god, and as a result will be decreasing your activity, will they reprove you and/or df you if you aren't repentant over time?

  pretend that you aren't telling them anything about your feelings regarding the organization or governing body.

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  If you want to fade, it might be best to not talk to anyone about it. Just start missing regulary, decrease your field service, and then keep on decreasing until you disappear. It can be tough, especially if you have friends and family in your congregation, as they will call and try to do all they can to "re-activiate" you.

  If you never say anything to anybody, then they have no idea that you have "woken up", or that you have researched anything.

  Some have had success saying things like "i've been stumbled but i'd rather not talk about it". Others have blamed it on depression.

  My advice - if you definitely do not want to get disfellowshipped (for whatever reason) - then stay away from meetings with elders. You could even say things like "yeah, i've got to get back rolling with it" or "i hope to see you at the next meeting".

  Best of luck to you.
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  pioneer strutting

  by DaCheech in

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  thursday while doing business in a urban city, i came across a very frequent scene:.

  6 or so witlesses pioneering and doing their piosneer strut.. 1: older man, 50ish.

  1: 16-20ish man.

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  I pioneered for several years. I worked part time cleaning at night and spent my daylight hours in the field circus.
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  Visiting New York Tomorrow

  by JWFreak in

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  hey i will be in the city for 4 days from this monday.. apart from the usual tourist sites which i have seen before, what unusual places to any of you recommend?.

  thanks.

  jwf.

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  Fascati's Pizza is THE BEST!
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  Any Ex-JW's from Mississippi, Louisiana or Alabama?

  by mentallyfree31 in

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  2. friends

  just curious, is there anybody here from mississippi, louisiana or alabama on the forum?

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  Not a huge crowd from this part of the country it appears..