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  The elderly sisters are at it again.

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  awhile back, about a year and a half ago, when i was starting to wake up, i explained to my mom that when the circuit overseer is in town, they schedule shepherding calls after lunch, not because they care, but because they dont want to work door to door in the hot summer or cold winter.

  and they know that a prepared call means some nice hot chocolate and cookies or some ice cold tea and snacks.

  i remember her looking at me kind of funny so i ended the conversation and left it at that, and never brought it up again.

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  millie210

  Nope....I am a woman. But I have been or am the daughter/sister/wife/mother of them.
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  The elderly sisters are at it again.

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  awhile back, about a year and a half ago, when i was starting to wake up, i explained to my mom that when the circuit overseer is in town, they schedule shepherding calls after lunch, not because they care, but because they dont want to work door to door in the hot summer or cold winter.

  and they know that a prepared call means some nice hot chocolate and cookies or some ice cold tea and snacks.

  i remember her looking at me kind of funny so i ended the conversation and left it at that, and never brought it up again.

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  millie210

  I'll tell you what else they do during afternoon shepherding calls....usually the C.O, and the COBE or another well placed elder make these calls. In between. they gossip about the other elders and the rest of the Hall and that is as they say.....when the "real" business gets done.

  It is NOT at the elders meeting on Friday night.
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  I think I might be able to get my sibling out...gently

  by BeautifulMind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, my sibling and i are the only ones still in.

  as i mentioned in one of my posts i am fading out.

  the other half of my family are either df, da or stopped going years ago.

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  millie210

  I am happy for you Beautiful Mind.

  You put that question to him very delicately and non judgmentally. Thanks for sharing how you approached it.
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  I almost gave up today except for a girl her tried to throw herself infront of two cars.............

  by umbertoecho in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  this may sound insane but i literally have blood on my hands as i have just come home from a counselling session that went wrong...i wanted to collate all that has happened and record it...hospital policy is against it.

  i said "what am i alive for then if not to tell the truth" she tut tutted and i walked out sadly in despair.. when i got to the ground floor there was a young girl screaming her head off.

  she was afraid, that is all she was...........afraid.

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  millie210

  Juliette you have touched us all today.

  Thank you for being you and I just want to add that I was reading your story and thinking how perfect each thing you said to Riley was.

  Sometimes things align with such precision that it takes our breath away.

  That is what happened today between you and that lost young girl. No one could have done better than you did.

  You like music I see...

  heres a line from a song I sing to a special little boy in my life - only today I am thinking this applies to you,

  .....how wonderful life is while your in the world.....
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  I see it differently

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  15 years ago ceo scott mcnealy said those famous words; you have zero privacy anyway.

  everyone has a phone with a camera.

  every day someone leaks a sex video.

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  millie210

  Isnt it in Daniel that it says "In the last daystrue knowledge would become abundant?

  Well lo and behold!

  
  

  That was a great wrap up of important milestones also John!
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  Ok called writing dept yesterday.

  by poopie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ask them a question can i give return to jehovah brochure to a df person.?

  dead silence on other end, then he said uh hold on brother long pause music then ok bro have you discussed this with your local elders answer no.

  bro what cong do you attend?

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  millie210

  poopie22 minutes agoThen he asked when was last time you were out in service i said thats none of your business.

  and that matters how?

  poopie
  This is so fun

  Not for them I imagine LOL! For them it is like trying to find the corner in a round room.

  Maybe you helped point out the futility with your good questions! Well done.
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  Emma art

  by umbertoecho in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  dark were my thoughts when i drew these after losing emma.....she was so beautiful...i thought i might say more with art than complaining......

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  millie210

  Beautiful. There is a lot of emotion in your work. I love what you have shared here and would love to see more.
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  Guardians Of Doctrine (GOD) and the Governing Body

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i don't know if gb member g jackson really meant the gb were 'god', with his 'guardians of doctrine' comment at the arc.

  it's nice and conspiracy to think so, i suppose.

  i honestly don't know.

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  millie210

  Hey Punk!

  Im glad you brought this up...I was amazed when I heard him utter that phrase frankly. If you have been in the truth long enough you know the cadence of the things they say as well as the "language". This didnt fit. This sounded elegant and worldly wise and deep nothing like the way the Org talks ever!

  Because of that, it stuck in my mind. I kept wondering if maybe there was more to this man than I thought.

  Nope.

  Did you happen to see a post by OrphanCrow somewhere on a thread that this phrase was first uttered by the Pope in a speech he gave just recently (2014)?

  So it came from the mind of one of the speech writers for the Pope. Someone who has imagination spiritually and the latitude to express things creatively.

  Once again the GB has hacked something.
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  Guardian of Doctrine Admits 'Doesn't Really Matter If Jehovah is Accurate' say it how you want...

  by LostGeneration in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  tough to watch this whole video, the way he talks gets pretty annoying, especially after the rc hearings:.

  http://tv.jw.org/#video/vodstudio/pub-jwban_201506_1_video.

  go to around 8:20 where he gets into the pronunciation of jehovah.

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  millie210

  Thanks for giving those times so I didnt have to sit though the whole thing...

  he looks SO goofy...he has a naturally smirky way that his features land when he tries to look animated.

  Unfortunate when you consider he is one of the "better" GB members for them to parade out for public consumption.
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  Rebel With A Cause....

  by The Rebel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  " only the good die young".

  or at least they remain eternally young and heroic particularly if they died for you.

  the trouble is we can outgrow our hero worship and our opinions of that person can change.. this is what has happened to me with my childhood friend and my hero jesus.

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  millie210

  You asked a fair question so I will give a fair answer....

  I dont know!

  I am trying to work past our "break-up phase" me, God, Jesus, organized religion, etc.

  At this point it is all one big ball of wax. I am unraveling it as I move through my days. I read the opinions of others here and it helps me to isolate my own feelings more clearly.

  For example, I already know I dont want this experience (being a JW) to leave me reactionary. I dont want to bounce automatically in to being a jaded bitter person just because I was suckered once.

  I want to explore ALL lines of thought including the possibility that there is no God/Jesus/ spirit life.

  BUT this comes with a proviso....I want to explore new lines of thinking with kind intelligent people.

  So thank you for being brave enough to put your opinion out there for me to weigh and consider. I really appreciate your viewpoint - especially the part about how other notable characters can and indeed have added to our dimension of thought on how to live a life.

  Duly noted!

  and to DJS - yes I do see you being sweet! You sweetheart you : ) and thank you for that...it means I can read your post instead of automatically avoiding it by scrolling right past with no look see. I can learn much from you and want to be able to read your words - so thanks!