On The Way Out That sounds so easy I'm going to start to go out again
pontoon
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Who else, besides me?
by AK - Jeff inover the years on jwn i have often found myself hunting through posts of newcomers, hoping against hope i suppose, that the newbie would be one of my former friends in the local congregation down the street.. i just find it hard to imagine that not a soul among these people has taken the courage to investigate their religion and leave like my wife and i have done.. as the local 'active apostate', i also supposed that at any moment some of the 'brothers' would come covertly to my home, knock and say something like " i am out - please let's talk about it, why i left, why you left.
but, none of the above has ever happened.
i did come across a local former jw here, from another congregation, and we have become good friends over the past few years.
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pontoon
Out in service we would sometimes talk about the people in our territory that used to be in or attend and now they don't, enough to make two more congregations. But I don't personally know one other person that posts here or anyplace else, wish I did. Also don't know anyone also out that I was good friends with, wish I did. So in that way I feel somewhat isolated.
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pontoon
If they stop publishing "new peak magazine placement numbers" you'll know that tracts are soon to replace mags in field service. If they do that they will just kind of ease it in, maybe have a few parts on how busy people are so this is the more effective way to do it now. Maybe a 90 second bible study out of a tract so they could count more bible studies. Who knows what they'll come up with next, fun to watch though.
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Warwick approval
by pontoon inhttp://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20120717/biz/207170343&cid=sitesearch.
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New here
by konceptual99 ini am new here, been lurking for a while but felt compeled to join as i would like to comment on more and more of the topics i come across.
by way of an introduction here is some info about me.. i am an active jw, married with a family, living in the uk.
i serve as a ms and have done for many years.
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pontoon
Welcome!! I understand your posistion and feelings. Only the more you THINK the more you will begin to detest going to meetings, service, DO & CO & GB worship, and the phoniness of many. But you have to take things at a comfortable pace for you. Just don't give them anymore of your money. Again, welcome.
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Motorcylces
by harleybear inokay i thought it would be fun to find out who of you all ride bikes and i don't mean bicycles.
we have 2 harley road kings.
what do you ride??
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pontoon
I ride. In this thread we should say where we are--Hudson Valley NY
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my workmates jw friend of 30 years has deleted her from facebook
by looloo inthis lady is quite new to my workplace and we got chatting and she asked how i met my husband etc ... after i finished telling her of my jw experiances she said i could write a book and i really should !
she said she has a friend who shes known for 30 years and she became a jw about 15 years ago and this friend had recently deleted her off her friends list !
she also said this friend likes to play bingo which she presumed wouldnt be allowed in the religion so had thought it cant be all that strict in that religion !!!!!
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pontoon
LongHairGirl I think you about nailed it. I also am a fader and know I am talked about. I know that as a fader my old circle of JW friends are history, comes with fading, but it is their decision not mine. We just understand how it is, when I/we were in we would have done the same. I don't post on facebook, but when I started my fade I cut myself off from JW's. If anyone calls me up to preach I cut it short, if it is just a shoot the crap call it's all good. If they stop by in a car group with neck ties on, I'm busy, if they are casual or need to borrow a tool or need help, all invite them in and offer them a beer. But none of us should be surprised to loose old JW friends, we know how it works
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Wat Farm buried waste
by pontoon inso back in dec. 2011 all this buried waste was discovered at wat farm.
dec starts an investigation.
not even in the local newspapers.
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pontoon
So back in Dec. 2011 all this buried waste was discovered at Wat Farm. DEC starts an investigation. That's it!! Nothing more about it. Not even in the local newspapers. Must be another example of Watchtower damage in action. What do you think??
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"we need to help that brother"
by TimeBandit inat the last district convention i went to (2010) i was sitting in my seat during the lunch break.
i was listening to two brothers sitting together chatting in the row in front of me.
they were talking about brother 'so and so'.
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pontoon
Talk is cheap. Brothers most likely did talk about helping you, but following up and doing it is lacking. My old cong was quite spiritual, at elder meetings we were always identifying who needed help and making assignments to do so. Usually what would happen is the elder would contact that person at the last minute, a day or two before the next elder's meeting just so he would be able to say he carried out his assignment, if at all. Probably the same in most areas.
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Is their a slackening off / lack of zeal in the witnessing work that I am observing or is it just the area I`m living in
by smiddy inlast saturday i was home with my wife,having a leisurely brekky pottering around in the kitchen ,then i noticed her standing still pondering ,what`s up i asked , wife :i thought i heard someone knocking ,i looked out the window to see two middle aged guys exciting my front drive.why didn`t you tell me they were their,i didn`t hear them.
i would have engaged them in conversation , but my wife doesn`t think i ought to,just let it go ,is her motto.. but my point is : i`m not deaf , and i didn`t hear them at the door , we were both in the front room ,my wife only thought she heard someone at the door only to be proved right observing them leaving i was in my pj`s and dressing gown so was not going to pursue them.
we have been living here nearly 5 years now and i can honestly say they have never been on our doorstep more than 4 times if that , i personally have only encountered them 3 times at the most.
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pontoon
There has always been a fairly good turnout for field service in my territory, close to Wat Farm, but I do know they do not visit me as often as they did. I don't know if it is because they are giving up on me or just a lack of people out there in FS. But about two weeks ago I got a visit from a brother and sister----a most unlikely duo to be paired up together, (I know them both well) and it left me thinking they must have been the only two that showed up for service that Sat. AM. I am so out of touch with what is going on in my old cong so I really can't say for sure, but that was my observation.