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Posts by NVR2L8
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Pioneers inviting to regional convention
by InquiryMan ininterestingly, jws in norway actually do invite people to attend convention in stockholm, even from the city of bod, some 1176 km away (driving distance 14 h 30 m away).. .
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NVR2L8
Millions of JW go door to door daily knowing that most occupants are at work...but all that matters is that they are showing their obedience to Jah who blesses them regardless...the same goes for those who watch the publication trolleys without ever engaging any passer by. Just keeping busy in the most urgent work there is in these final days. -
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Governing Body Mandating That Parents Shun DF'd Preteens Baptized Children Will Hurt Them Big Time In The Courts
by Brokeback Watchtower inas the bad conduct of the governing body becomes widely known to both judge and jury i expect that will make lawsuits more profitable against them and easier wins against them and more plentiful.. i think probably one of the most damming videos out there on the net is the one where the parents show their loyalty to the wt corporation and shun their own flesh and blood in obedience to it cruel directives.
this video truely shows that the governing body don't give a shit about the children who symbolize their dedication to the corporation or their parents.. such a self serving corporation that uses it members for profits only and offer nothing in return no matter how much how much they claim otherwise.
they can't hide this it is plain as day so no matter how much they claim they are concerned about the youth in the organization their action thunder loudly and can not be hiden under a basket.
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They really project the image of loving parents....way to go JWs. After the interview they must have had people lining up to congratulate them on their fine example of loyalty to their loving god. -
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Cart Witnessing - Thrilling! Productive! Epic! Er.....um, well, not so much.....
by sir82 intalked with a pioneer recently, she was recounting her first experience with cart witnessing.. she brought the subject up, was going on & on & on & on about how wonderful the experience was, and how great, and how she enjoyed it so much, and it was so wonderful, and oh jehovah's blessing, and on and on and on...... a few questions to her revealed what really happened:.
-- a jw who owns a small restaurant in a strip mall allows jws to set up their cart outside his restaurant.
-- the restaurant is tucked pretty far out of the way, not prominent at all.
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I spend a lot of my time on the road and travel internationally so I had the opportunity to observe the carts in San Diego, Dallas, Seoul, Toronto...and I have yet to see JWs talking to anyone except for other witnesses stopping by to say hello or to replace those guarding the cart...you just can't call this success. It like having two people guarding a small billboard. -
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How many times were you told, "You Just Don't Qualify Yet to be an Elder"
by John Aquila inyou think it's the holy spirit that appoints the elders, at least that's what new jw males are told.
the culture within the organization dictates to all young male jehovah's witnesses that unless you are an elder, you will not get the sultry, passionate- brunette, the voluptuous, curvaceous,- blond, or the seductive, erotic, red headed-vamp..
so unaware of the social forces that are shaping your mind, you succumb to the dictum issued by the governing body to conform to the structure already in place- if you want to be successful.
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I was a MS for years as was my father before me. My dad was an uneducated man and learned how to read while studying with the JW. He was a mechanic and became friends with the DO and CO because he fixed their cars at a time when they used their own. He was mostly in charge of the KH maintenance or magazine counter. I on the other hand was a very good public speaker and versed in two languages and sign language. I gave public talks, conducted a book study as a MS going to a different group almost every week as a fill in. I have been in several dramas at DC and was interviewed at CA because of my dad's connection with the DO and CO. Still I never became an elder. Something held me back. Last year I reconnected with an ex jw who was an elder in my congregation and he told me I had a reputation of being a skirt chasser...as a teenager I was good friends with many good looking older pioneer girls either because I was helping them learning a foreign language or just to keep them company when they missed their families they had left to move where the need is great. Even the CO's wife would hug and kiss me when they visited...I guess this bothered the elders despite the fact that I married at 19 and am still married to the same wife 40 plus years later. Just before my fade I worked the sound console at the DC and at the assembly hall. I was scheduled as a visiting speaker the week I quit as a MS. I had expected being named an elder at the previous CO's visit but it didn't happen and I am glad because it gave me an extra insensitive to pursue my research about the JW cult. A year later I just didn't return to the KH after the DC. -
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Prayer - The ultimate act of stupidity
by Doltologist inprayer is the act of saying something to someone that doesn't exist.
above all else, we need to respect ourselves for, if we don't, we are not capable of respecting others..
thirdly, bow to no one for if they had any respect for you, they wouldn't ask you to bow..
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After I woke up to TTATT I started hating prayers said at meals by JW relatives visiting us. Especially the part where they thank God for the shelter and food, when I am the one who pays for the mortgage and the grocery bill. If God is the provider of my material wealth why is he not providing for poor faithful brothers in 3rd world countries? Why me? I hear stories where fathers lost their children because they didn't have the few hundred dollars to pay for treatment at the hospital. Where's God for them? With the JW, God is given credit for every trivial positive situation but anything bad happening to you is blamed on Satan's old system and imperfection....that's a win-win for JW indoctrination. -
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Vacation Time: You want me to use my personal vacation to attend the D.C.? Something i feel is a load of B.S.and waste of my precious time
by goingthruthemotions inso you all know that my wife is still blinded....i am well awake and so are our son's.
so she is expecting me to use my vacation time from work to attend the d.c. waste 3 days of dribble from the cult.
what of waste of time....yet i will do it to keep the peace.
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Heaven that's where I used to go...there's a series of 3 or 4 week ends in a row. I'm glad that my only visit to the Aud is to play hockey with my non-JW buddies.
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Final destination for old light.
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Are You "Technically" Still A Jehovah's Witness?
by minimus ineven if you don't regard yourself as a practicing jw, some may view you simply as inactive, a lost sheep, etc.. if you were baptized but not disfellowshipped or disassociated, you may still be a jw---right?
your thoughts please..
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NVR2L8
I haven't been to a meeting in 5 years and I broke off contact by telling the elders I wanted to be left alone when they visited me more than a year I stopped going suddenly. I'm sure that I am still on their radar since my wife is active but they are all staying clear of me except for one brother and when we spend time together he never brings up JW stuff...strange indeed. So technically I still am a JW but I am not telling anyone.
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How old were you? What was the happiest year of your life?
by Esse quam videri inwhat year comes to your mind as the happiest?
maybe some special place you lived, being with special people, an unforgettable period that made it your happiest.
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NVR2L8
Regardless of the years spent in the cult, I have had a pretty happy life. I am married to the love of my life and except for the 2 years following my exit from the cult we have had a happy marriage even though she is still a JW. When I reached 50 I started taking a long look at what I had accomplished and at how I wanted to spend the rest of my life. At that time I was starting to awaken. I had lost my dad and shortly after became a grandfather which made it more evident that I had grown old in this old system. How could that be possible when my whole life I was led to believe that this wouldn't happen, that dad and mom with our whole family would survive Armageddon and enter the new system together. Some research allowed me to find the truth about the JW cult and for 4 years I knew I was trapped in a cult and I had to find a way out. Those were the most unhappy days of my life. I was depressed knowing that I had wasted so much of my life in useless cult activities and that every day I stayed in was another day wasted. I even contemplated suicide. I decided to accept every business travel opportunity by my employer. It allowed me to have time on my own away from the meetings and cult activities. I realized I was much happier and less depressed when I stayed away from the JW activities. Business travel was also a perfect excuse to step away from my congregation responsibilities and create more distance. Then the new light on the generation pushed me over the edge and I never returned to the meetings after the district convention in 2010. Today I can say that I am happier than ever despite the irritants caused by my close family still being trapped in the cult. I experience moments of intense happiness in the smallest things such as sitting by the river to read the Saturday newspaper or things I never had time to do when I devoted that time in the door to door work. I use to spend time working and fixing things at the k-hall while neglecting things that needed attention at home...now I can take all the time I need to maintain my cars or ride my motorcycle...things I love to do but never had time to. I am a few years away from retirement and the travel opportunities offered by my work are making that time very enjoyable. I am not sure if my wife will ever wake up so I am not letting this getting in the way of my happiness.