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  Slip Sliding Away :I went to a 1 day assembly-Why?

  by MissFit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have not attended anything jw related for over a year.... until last week when i went to our one day convention.. why you ask?.

  i can do what i want i'm a grown adult.. ok...ok...so my jw childhood friend who i have not seen forever, came by for a visit.. i mentally went through the check list:.

  is she pioneering and need extra time?.

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  Today's WT study (10/12/14) - a sales seminar!

  by OneEyedJoe in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this cult is getting really shameless.

  the wt study was always supposed to be for discussion of 'the deep truths' of the bible.

  the wt may have always been filled with utter nonsense, but at least it had the appearance of a topical discussion of bible doctrine.

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  Question for those converted to JW as adults

  by DaleRivers in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  why did you become a jw, what particular teachings attracted you to 'the truth' ?.

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  in my case (baptized at 20/21) it was the only religion i knew; my mom, her mom, and favorite sister were jw; and the teachings of no hellfire or immortal soul made sense to me.. .

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  Any Senior Citizens, Retirees here?

  by AlwaysBusy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  howdy....well, what do you think?

  of everything?

  is it all crazy?

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  Convention Hotel "list"- Free rooms for JW/WT "dignitaries"?

  by Darth Fader The Sequel in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  in all my years of being a jw, one of the more annoying aspects to me was each year sitting through the service meeting review part about what was expected (see: demanded) behavior and policies that the rest of us rank and file were ordered to comply with to attend a district convention.

  the minutia in this part and the over-reaching set of rules were enough to drive me into a lather of rage at the audacity of these people thinking they could and should control every single aspect of my attendance to this "free" and voluntary convention.

  from what clothing i can wear on my trip to and from the convention city, to what clothing i can wear before and after each day of the convention, to what i should be doing after each day instead of eating dinner and enjoying some good times with good friends, to insisting on wearing a ridiculous name badge, to what i should eat for lunch and where i should eat lunch and what is the appropriate container to keep my lunch in, to .................. the list is endless!!!!!!!!

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  Pretty Sad

  by piztjw in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it really is pretty sad that the gb and their "fair-haired-boys" cannot get their stories straight even from one day to the next.. friday, while touting the greatness of jw.org the rc speaker bragged about the web site being translated into over 400 languages.

  on saturday splane bragged about it being translated in 369 languages.

  while that is close to 400 it surely isn't over 400.. then yesterday one of the speakers said, "the mormon church is investing on internet web site outreach.

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  100 years of Christs Rule ? Acheivments ? Are you serious ?

  by smiddy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  tell me what acheivements have been acheived that are different than what are proclaimed by protestant religions .in the 100 years of christs reign according to jehovahs witnesses , is their anything that stands out as jehovahs witnesses have more direction ?

  from god ?.

  if you look at their history , google , you will see they are nowwhere near being spokespersons for god .. smiddy.

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  Handing in '' Field Service Report '' even if you're very ill.

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my mom has not been to any meetings or participated in field service since august 2013. she cannot walk due to all her medical conditions.

  she is either in bed or sitting in a wheel chair.. our family hired a caretaker monday - friday to help her eat, take her to the bathroom and sit with her in case she needs anything.

  in the evenings and weekends, we have family members take care of her.

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  How much longer for the congregation book (sorry bible) study?

  by Saltheart Foamfollower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  after the recent decision to ditch the cbs during the circuit visit, i've started wondering if it is the first step to losing it altogether.

  at the current rate, the draw close book will be finished at the end of next year.

  based on the way things are going, even the most recent publications will be out of date by then (acts book and organization brochure were out of date when studied) so what is the point of doing them.

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  Rooming request

  by paladin in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we received a phone call from the summer convention rooming department representative.

  he requested that our complimentary room payment for our three day stay be paid at the rooming dept.

  and not to the hotel.

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