Posts by millie210

When I was in, I always found the schedule grueling but felt guilty if I didn't attend everything, read everything, meet every goal and so on because I thought it was what Jehovah wanted.

I felt JUBILANT whenever anything was canceled or compressed (and then I would feel guilty about being happy).

I remember when they canceled the book study, thinking about all the years of effort to BE there for the book study and one casual wave of the hand and it simply didnt matter anymore.

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My mom

by vienne in

i'm annie, rachael's daughter.

mom died yesterday.

i can't find a way to delete her account here.

millie210

Hi Annie,

Your mom was amazing and I admired her greatly. I am very sorry for your loss.

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Is The Watchtower Society Just Copying The Mormon's Model?

by pale.emperor in

when i was a faithful jw i was pretty much obsessed with the mormon religion.

to me it was like lord of the rings.

i knew the characters, the history, the events, the joseph smith stories, the religion's history etc etc etc and i long suspected even then that the watchtower society has been copying certain things from the lds church.. for example, the first thing i noticed was when the book study was dropped and family worship was started.

millie210

A few years back we had a discussion about the JW website as compared to the LDS website.

There were many similarities noted and someone even presented some pretty compelling evidence that both religions used the same marketing research company to help with branding.

Even down to the two little created characters, what are their names, Caleb and Sophia? Sorry, cant remember but the point was that the similarities were too great to fall into the realm of coincidence and the funny thing was the LDS ideas hit the internet first making the JWs the followers!

You make some great points pale E and thanks for reminding me about it!

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New to this site.

by KimD in

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friends

this is my first post.

i feel intimidated because i don't really know computers to well and i hope that i don't break any rules.

i became a jw in 1981. i left in 91. i have so many questions.

millie210

Hi KimD and welcome!

Very glad you are here.

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Should I do this?

by CivilServant79 in

hi there this is my first post as i’m not sure what to do.

my family (both sides) are well known in our circuit and very dedicated to the truth.

but we’re relatively normal people and i love them all so much.

millie210

First let me say you are going to be fine.

I was SO scared when I was first starting out and this site was a great place for that so Im glad youre here and posting with us!

I remember some great advice here once was NEVER speak against the Organization. Even if you say you are weak and doubting God (or his existence) they wont disfellowhip you, based on the Bibles saying to "speak consolingly to the depressed souls" (1 Thess. 5:14)

But ANY criticism of the elders or the literature or the Organization is in its own category and puts you under watch as a possible apostate.

So unless you relish that whole scene just sidestep it.

Also, even if you are very beloved to your Uncle, he must put your "eternal well being" (which really means the Organizations standards) ahead of any familial feelings. Keep that in mind always in your interactions. Be shrewd not sentimental that way.

And welcome to the forum!

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Big Announcement in Montreal

by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

just got the heads up from montreal that 16 congregations will cease to exist from 1 april 2019. also 3 kh are no longer going to be used anymore.

this was a major announcement for many and upsetting.

wonder where the r& f are going to be dispersed with what sacrifices in the way!.

millie210

Spiral - millie210, sorry, I hit my mouse and accidentally gave you a dislike. Please disregard that.@waton, yes, the bOrg has often rearranged congregations in an effort to break up cliques, the kind that cause trouble. I can remember back in the day the CO rearranging the congregations, but the powerful/popular ones just disregarded the "direction" and went to the congregation they wanted to go to. Everything was back as it was before the rearrangement within six months. Now, with the sale of KHs added in, that would be much harder.

I think a lot of people will just quit going if it's too hard. Things aren't what they once were, and the bOrg just really isn't much "fun" anymore, even for the devoted.

Thanks Spiral,

Perhaps for some, this will be their opportunity to fall through the cracks so to speak!

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Big Announcement in Montreal

by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

just got the heads up from montreal that 16 congregations will cease to exist from 1 april 2019. also 3 kh are no longer going to be used anymore.

this was a major announcement for many and upsetting.

wonder where the r& f are going to be dispersed with what sacrifices in the way!.

millie210

waton
and you thought Russia was bad. think not only distant Bears, but local wolves.

Love this!

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The King of the North has now entered into the 'land of decoration' (the Spiritual Estate of Jehovah's People) - Annual Meeting

by Listener in

the final part of the october, 2018 annual meeting has now been released of jw org tv.the following includes a transcript of mark sanderson's speech for those that don't want to listen to the broadcast.. we have long held that the land of decoration is the "spiritual estate of jehovah's people"... now brothers what can we say about all these events that have taken place (referring to recent events in russia) in such a short period of time?

well, truly, if you're a student of the history of god's organization, you can say these events are unprecedented in our history.

we've never seen a country or a territory with 175,000 witnesses of jehovah go under ban.

millie210

So what would they be saying if Russia hadn't taken the buildings?

Would they be back to talking about what color socks brothers wear and how sisters shouldn't marry anyone who isn't a "servant"?

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"Finnish court orders Jehovah's Witnesses to end illegal data gathering"

by treesthroughtheforest in

who remembers taking field service records?.

"finnish court orders jehovah's witnesses to end illegal data gathering".

https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finnish_court_orders_jehovahs_witnesses_to_end_illegal_data_gathering/10558162.

millie210

That was funny resolute!

It was interesting to see in the article that the Finnish court based their decision on the findings of the European Court of Justice.

JWs are big on data gathering, Its too bad something can't be done about their abuse of data mining and private information within the organization but at least the rights of the public at large are being addressed by this decision.