I am primarily staying to maintain peace in my family, my wife is one of those types that likes the fact that her husband has status. If I get pushed out she may be more suseptible to my accusation that this organization isn't directed by god at all. At least I hope she feels that way.
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How Were You Affected by All The Rules & Regulations From The Watchtower Society?
by minimus inthere are so many directives for elders, pioneers, ministerial servants and "publishers", it is mind boggling!!!.
to fulfill all of their expectaions, you would have to be perfect!.
i must say, that i really don't know how some do it, every day, ever week....i wonder how long some of the elders that frequent this board will still push the flock like the watchtower says they must..
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How Were You Affected by All The Rules & Regulations From The Watchtower Society?
by minimus inthere are so many directives for elders, pioneers, ministerial servants and "publishers", it is mind boggling!!!.
to fulfill all of their expectaions, you would have to be perfect!.
i must say, that i really don't know how some do it, every day, ever week....i wonder how long some of the elders that frequent this board will still push the flock like the watchtower says they must..
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XBEHERE
I don't push the flock the way the WTS insists that we do, that is why I am sure my days as an elder are numbered . I already am on the radar of several on my body since I don't volunteer for things, I don't show up to congregation sponsored gatherings i.e. the end of the year pioneer festival to same one. I have chosen to do things this way because, well I guess I am a coward and can't confront them about my true feelings about the "truth". Being pushed out is easier in some ways..
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Just got a call from an elder
by nolongerconfused inso i faded over a year ago...i told the elders that if i needed them i would call them.
1 year and 3 months later, today, i get a call from an elder who used to be my good friend...he calls and i dont pick up..he leaves a voicemail, saying "hello ____, please call me back at 444-444-4444 whenever you can".
i was like wow, this has to be one of those calls to get inactive ones back to the memorial.
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XBEHERE
Its most likely the pre-memorial inactive checkup call.
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Black sheep of the family-my life as an ExJW
by bsand20 ini was a 3rd generation jw, half the congregation i attended was made up of my entire mom's side of the family, 2 of the 3 elders were my grandpa and uncle.
my first memory of the organization was when they announced my mom's name in the meeting saying she had been reinstated....it was 1988 and i was 6 years old....i didn't understand it then, but when i asked my mom why was she crying and why did they say her name in the meeting, she said "it's because i've been good!".
so she went back and after a period of time assisting constantly, she was reinstated.
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Wow, amazing story. Welcome to the forum (I guess I missed when you first joined). Your story sounds eerily similar to my sisters except, unfortunately, she did come back. I applaud your stance and what you've done with your life.
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For those who still attend- When was the last time you had a Congregation Picnic or Get together?
by BU2B init seems that in my neck of the woods there is no social interaction between jws outisde of fs and the kh.
the last get together was 3 summers ago.
other than that there is no bond.
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Usually when people move and leave the congregation we'd have a gathering. Last one was quite a while ago. Some congregations are more sociable than others so it depends.
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DC Follies: Will SOMEBODY please come to Atlanta? Anybody? Pretty please? Don't make us beg!
by sir82 in"a friend of a friend" applied to go to an international convention this year.. they have not heard anything about whether they were accepted or not.. but recently, they received this e-mail:.
brother xxxxx:.
according to our records, you applied and were approved by your body of elders to be a delegate to international conventions outside of the united states, but were not selected.
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Why would anyone from Europe want to come to the U.S. for a convention. Most Europeans come here for Disneyworld, or to visit NYC. No wonder they are trying to fill the US Int'nl Conventions with U.S. delegates....how pathetic
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June Study WT Up and Bashing Uni Again
by konceptual99 inrehashed format but same ole' shite.. hypocritical article on viewing "weak" ones compassionately usign the example of a single mum arriving late yet the may km has a whole article on how rude it is not to be punctual.. read it and weep....
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The org is totally bashing higher education. Total reversal from their vaugue change on their stance circa 1995 or so.... I think that generation of high school graduates went to college, many got degrees, saw the WT propaganda for what it truly is and left.
Its all about timing too the mid 90's is when the internet first started gaining momentum. The real threat to them is not higher education but the internet but they can not tell its members to avoid the internet now because its a part of our culture, like television.
Even they realize how valuable the internet is and are hitting that pretty hard for JW's to use jw.org in the ministry, family worship, print your own literature, etc. They are picking the one thing that they can try to gain control over and it happens to be "higher education".
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What was the "logical straw" that broke your camel's back?
by Pacopoolio ini had a bunch of tiny little nags that always bothered me about the bible/god/etc.
that eventually led to me drifting away, but this was my personal, singular issue that no one could address.
i think i mentioned it before here, but, for summation again:.
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The paedophile scandals.I was horrified by the way the BOE treated victims.Bunch of sick bastards.
This was it for me too. There is simply no way that a god that the WT promotes as loving and kind would impose a 2 witness rule on an activity that very seldom has any witness at all let alone 2 of them. The fact that these ignorant, cultish leaders would attempt to promote this is amoral and inexcuseable. Oh and illogical.
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Has anyone accidentally stumbled across someone they knew on here?
by SecretHeart11 ini keep hoping and doing searches on the site for people in my area.
so far no one i recognize.
i have a few df'd friends that i lost touch with long before they were out (two who were elders actually when they got the boot) and would love to find out they were on here, but don't know if they plan on coming back.
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Yes
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Hello - mentally out, physically in...
by Bluefluff ini have been lurking for a while but was encouraged to sign up by a user on the ex jw reddit forum.
i'm a still in jw but i've been mentally out for about two months.
i'm an ms and i'm also gay so i have two lots of 'coming out' to do very soon!.
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XBEHERE
Welcome