Several years back, the circuit overseer actually ordered a congregation to use sisters to pass the microphonbe in order to shame the brothers in the hall who were not stepping up and getting higher hours in field service. They also had a female accounts servant due to the lack of "spiritually qualified" brothers. We old timers were shocked and it didn't last long.
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Female Attendants
by Quarterback inthe best thing to come from the regenal convention this summer, is to see women used as attendants at the end of the program.
they were used in distributing the new publications to convention delegates..
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"Thanks for showing an interest" - why I'd rather be completely shunned.
by Julia Orwell inan old jw friend of mine died on saturday, and i used to be best friends with her jw husband.
we were close friends for 14 years.
i was like his daughter.
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whathappened
Julia, just be glad you are free. It doesn't matter whether or not you are faded, DF'd or DA'd...you are FREE!!!
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Hello and Thank You!
by Vintagewife ini've been lurking here for about 3 months and decided it was time to register and become active.
i left the organization 17 years ago.
like so many of you, i had endured less than christian behavior from the strong cliches that ran our congregation.
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All I can say is "WOW!" I have no trouble believing your story as the brothers are all sickos. Glad to have you on board.
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What to say to the Sheparding Call
by Jon Preston inok i need some quick advice.
the elders have contacted my wife about a sheparding call, not me (is that weird?).
anyways she directed them to text or call me.
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whathappened
Yes, I agree, you do not owe them ANY EXPLAINATION! They are just mid level cult leaders and they have no right butting into your life.
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untitled
by tazchick55 ini am new to jwn but have totally enjoyed many of the posting but without a doubt the discussion regarding cats absolutley floored me.. i am a 5th generation jw now not in the "flock" i rember brothers having the elders with a ruler measuring side burns and god forbid you have a mustach sisters hvving to kneel on the stage to be sure their skirts reached the floor but cats really!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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whathappened
There are many satire posts here, some are absolutley hilarious. Simon should put them all in a special section. Check under Humor for more.
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Getting really for three days in hell
by cookiemaster inhey guys, there's another thing i wanted to share with you.
i know this topic has been discussed over and over again, but it's just so fun to complain about it.
we're going to the district convention this weekend.
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whathappened
So glad I am out and free from all of the nonsense. Sounds horrible...I don't know how I lasted in this religion as long as I did!
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G.B. TALK URGING CHILD BAPTISM!
by The Searcher inthe introduction & conclusion to this video is in german, but david splanes' words are loud and clear in english - get your kid baptized asap!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h33pwdsuvlq&feature=youtu.be.
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whathappened
I was baptised at 17 after having been raised in. I realize now that was way too young (besides the fact that I was lied to by the Society's propagandisized publications).
JW kids know what bad things will happen to them if they question Mom & Dad's beliefs, they are stuck!
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This new JW video is so stupid that it has to be a troll
by Pacopoolio inrecently, my mother, who had stopped talking to me because i was 'apostate,' started speaking to me again.. (note that i successfully faded as opposed to ever being disfellowshipped due to dodging every elder question with "i'm not sure, i'm still searching and trying to find the answers.").
the reason why?
at the international convention this year, they receieved a new video called something or other.
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whathappened
This video is just to highlight the beauty and simplicity of cult life.
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How We Come Across On The Board
by minimus inmost people here have never met you.
we converse, discuss, argue, laugh, agree, question, share our lives..... quite often, you kind of get to know what a person is like.
some people, we tend to gravitate to and others, we shy away from.. how do you think you come across to other people?
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I am a typical sweet little 60 year old gramma from the midwest USA. No surprises here!
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org is dying
by lambsbottom ini don't understand why so many ex jws and faders think that the jws will continue to grow and thrive as a religion.
i still attend a meeting once a week and you can smell the death of the religion creeping up when you hear the talks, read the study wts and hear the letters from the gb.
the way the organization has changed is a sign that it reached its peak (in "healthy" membership) long ago.
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whathappened
Remember what is most important to the Watchtower Society is "unity." They must have everyone unified in the same beliefs, the same rules, the same treatment. If they allow blood transfusions, then the ones who would have proudly and gladly died refusing blood transfusions will be stumbled. If they stop shunning, some will say, well I shunned my own child for 30 years and now you tell me it's OK to see them...then they will be stumbled. If they don't constantly have "new light" people will stop believing the Society has any "inside" connections with God, and so on and so on. They can't do much to save this mess they have gotten themselves into with their "teachings unique to Jehovah's Witnesses" that ALL MUST profess belief in.
A lie just gets messier and messier the longer it goes on and the more people start questioning it.
The Watchtower organisation is in serious trouble if you ask me. They cannot win for losing.
My sister and I left in our late 50's after being raised in. What a dramatic and sudden shift this was. It will be repeated thousands of times over until there is no one left but the try hard/die hards.