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Advice on introducing doubts to friend
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i am asking you for your opinion/advice on questions or ideas to introduce to my friend to make him start doubting the wbts.

no doubt when he sees my new goatee it will be a bit unnerving for him, maybe i could use this as a starting point.

perhaps you have things that have worked others?
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Remain Close to the Governing Body DC
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i just finished all 3 days of the dc and, for what it's worth, wanted to get down some of the highlights i enjoyed.

i went with family and i only did it for them, and hope to never attend another assembly ever again.. .

the whole thing was pretty boring and uncomfortable due to the stadium style seating which doesn't favour my long legs and ac being blasted too high.. .
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Wonderful weekend of wtiness activity!
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saturday - wake up with a big smile on my face, cause hey, it's field service time!

yay!

spend approx.
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Field service reporting
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so one of the elders called asking for my time.

i lied, somewhat.

yes i did talk to people about the "truth" but not in favourable terms.. has anyone simply stated, "i have not been in service this month"?
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Meeting experience
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this weeks service meeting was typical.. "where were you?

" "i'm concerned about you".

then the typical song and dance of the parts/talks, all recycled notions of doing better in the service.
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Anxious about meeting...
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i know there are other topics related to this, i started one earlier similar to this but here goes anyway.. so i skipped a couple of meetings of the co visit to hang out with some "worldly" friends and we went out of town.

i think some of my closer "friends" at the hall found out from my family and now i am dreading going to the next meeting and hearing their encouring "where were you!?"..

it fills me with anxiety.
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What I hate most about missing the meetings...
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...is when people ask why i wasn't there.

usually i tell them, that i was sick, or not feeling well, which for the most part is true.

what is irritating is when someone presses it, especially someone you are closer with in the congregation.
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First century vs Today
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i was discussing doctrine with my mom, to try to get her to see things in another way.

unfortunately things got heated.

she obviously has doubts, but seems to be of the thinking of better not to question and just go along.. she did make a good point though.
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Facial hair?
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what the hell is up with the "ban" on facial hair outside of a mustache in the wt?.

i see nothing about it in the bible, and i remember i did some research and nothing came up in the jw publications.. did i miss something?.

oh wait, is this another way to get people to conform without scriptural basis.... i want a goatee :(.... actually i'm thinking of growing one and then people would get the idea that i'm not doing so hot in "the truth"..
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Stayed up all night, see it is a cult now.
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i really needed to find a place to write this as i don't believe i can talk with anyone else about my account, perhaps it is similar to a lot of yours.. last night for whatever reason i said i would go online and look up information on jws.

i have been raised as a jw all my life and baptized the last few years.

i looked at www.freeminds.org and www.sixscreensofthewatchtower.com and couldn't believe how easily the whole of my lifes teachings were refuted.. i can't stop my brain from running, bs just in regards to theology alone (1914, paradise earth, celebrations etc.