Posts by NVR2L8

To the office is 60 km each way and usually takes me 45 min. I ride my motorcycle in the summer and I take the back roads. I often travel by plane and my longest fllight is 16.5 hours to Asia...but typically 4 hour flights.

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"I just want to keep them alive."

by cedars in

does anyone ever feel this way when they see older family members (parents, grandparents etc) growing old or experiencing failing health?.

do you ever feel that you should be able to somehow keep them alive - and feel frustrated and hopeless that you can't?.

cedars.

NVR2L8

Cedars, I remember a time when I firmly believed my whole family would survive Armageddon and we would all be together in the new system. As years flew by, we all got older, then dad passed away suddenly a few months short of becoming a great grandfather. Last Tuesday I spoke with mom on the phone and she mentioned that an old single pioneer sister had passed away at 95...there was a silence and mom said 'we're all going that way...there is no escape'! I was quite surprised to hear my 79 year old pioneer mother say that. Usually it's 'the end is near or I can't wait to greet dad in paradise' . Not this time...I guess she must realize that there's a strong probability that she will know death. Today I realize that my relationship with mom was totally controlled by the cult and I wish just for a short moment I could talk to her heart, not her brainwashed mind before she dies.

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Boundary Changes for Congregations and Secrecy

by Vienna Angelika in

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friends

right now the congregations in winnipeg are undergoing major boundary changes which will be put in action at the beginning of february.

our congregation is supposed to find out today but i decided to ask some people i knew who went the previous meeting if we were going to be put together with the people at our old congregation who are shunning me.

even though they knew, they refused to tell me because "the society" told them not to tell us.

NVR2L8

I visited Winnipeg last November and stayed at CanadInns Transcona... as I was driving to get dinner I noticed there was a Kingdom Hall just a block away....I resisted the urge to visit with my brothers....

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How Long has it Been since you Last Attended Meetings and What Caused...

by flipper in

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friends

..... you to stop attending ?

injustices ?

disagree with the teachings ?

NVR2L8

Reviewed my post....June 13 , 2010 (not 2012)...

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WatchTower 1/2013 Not THE END again?!

by BlindersOff1 in

another interesting video by "the snarky apologist" on youtube.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3aqh5xnzxa&feature=em-uploademail.

NVR2L8

Love the video!

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JWs have not "disfellowshipped" anyone publicly in several years

by RayPublisher in

if you want to get technical, jws have not "disfellowshipped" anyone publicly in several years.

they stopped saying,.

"joe blow has been disfellowshipped.

NVR2L8

They do this so JWs can't make the distinction between those who leave the truth from those who are expelled for wrongdoing...both groups end up getting shunned regardless of their actions. The other tactic the WTS uses to avoid holding a judicial commitee is to ask the sinner if he wishes to disassociate, blurring the line between ones who wish to avoid judicial action and those who simply don't want to have anything to do with the JWs. We all know that everyone will find out through gossip if one was disfellowshipped or if he disassociated...and in the latter case they will conclude the person sinned and didn't want help from the elders.

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I am new here and need help...or just a listening ear

by Fallingaway in

my husband and i have two small children, one of which recently became an unbaptised publisher and joined the school.

my husband is an elder and firmly committed to our family and loves me deeply as i love him.

i would like to find a way for all of us to fade away as we have family in the organization that we do not want to lose.

NVR2L8

Marked

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What Was Your "Status" Within The Organization?

by minimus in

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friends

were you a sought after associate?.

were you often invisible?.

did other witnesses view you as "exemplary"?.

NVR2L8

When I was growing up I was the "poster boy" who was in assembly dramas and interviews. I was a MS at 21 (married) and I had special privileges with a hearing impaired group...(no it's not me in the masturbation video). Prior the the elder arrangement I was assistant book study conductor and I would get a call to take any of the groups at a time when there was no fixed schedule for the book study...(remember those days when one group would finish their book and review for a few weeks to let other groups catch up). I was also the go-to guy to help pioneers learn a foreign language, help them move, fix their car...you know the drill. I never qualified as an elder...but I gave public talks and was a book study conductor and with time took care of all the different duties for a MS except for hall maintenance. Looking back I now realized that I worked at 2 jobs all my life but was only paid for one...