Welcome Rassillon. I am in a similar predicament and I give you a salute for talking to her about it, I have yet to even broach the subject with my wife out of fear of the same reaction your's gave you. I agree with Freedomlover in that you will get good advise here, ultimately only you'll know exactly what to do and when though.
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Well, my wife flipped out.
by rassillon ini hope i don't go too long with this.... last night my wife and i were talking about her day in service.
we talked about several things of little consequence and then i made mention of a point out of the reasoning book to underscore the importance of our need to be well versed in the facts that support our beliefs.
said point is on 416 of the rs book.
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The entire Watchtower magazine is one big error. Error in doctrine especially.
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If you went to the Memorial, what was the attendance like?
by truthseeker inis the hall half full or half empty?.
seriously though, last night there were about 20% less than the year before, and the year before that there was less.. the hall was rented, but definitely not jam packed like last year.
i had no problem finding a seat.. what was your attendance like?
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Full house in my hall. I dont think the memorial attendance is a good gauge to determine attendance since most inactives, relatives, DF'ed who still believe show up. You want to get a sense of reall attendance go to a book study or school and service meeting. It is dropping especially at bookstudies.
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Apostate Memorial Checklist
by RichieRich in.
use whatever you want, but here's what i find useful:.
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XBEHERE
Finally free no need to bring a flask, just borrow from one of the elders.
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What are you doing tonight instead of passing crackers and wine?
by ColdRedRain infor starters, tonight, i'm going to hang out at my local church's neighborhood gathering and get some food, then i'm heading off to the local synagouge to celebrate my hebrew roots.
how 'bout you guys?
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I am waving it away since according to their doctrine the sacrement is only for 144,000 people who are comprised of mostly white americans.
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I did accounts for about 5 yrs and Blondie's post seems pretty accurate. Though in one cong. I was in it was more like 10 publishers paid most of the bills and the rest donated maybe $10-20 a month. The reason I know this is because people placed checks in the boxes so I could tell usually who gave what when it was a larger amount. As for myself at the height of my JWism I was probably one of those 10-20 who helped pay the bills lately I donate nothing and when the wife gives me $ to put in the box and keep it instead.
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Judicial Committee on tape ... one of my favorites
by ithinkisee inthis is a judicial meeting recording from the mid-80's, where rick and laverne townsend were brought up on charges of apostasy.
listen to the calm manner in which they refute the elders (especially 607 and 1914) and how the elders get evasive and dodge questions and pretty much bring up nothing biblical.
http://www.worldisbroken.com/.
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I liked the scan of the Awake for Oct. 22 1995 and Nov. 8 1995 showing the generation change clearly... man seeing that really burns me up! I can't believe I actually believed that crap and even defended it to some "weaker" ones one evening at someones home. So basically Jehovah saw that these people who were infants in 1914 were 80 so he changed his mind to accomodate the WTS's mis-interpretation of scripture? Yeah right!
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Do you honestly think the Witness religion will end?
by free2beme ini know that people here make comments about the religion having problems and growth not being anything other then children born into the faith and third world countries.
i even see them make comments about, "how much longer can this go on?
" yet honestly, do you really think the witness religion will end in our life time?
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No. I believe it will change a heck of a lot in the next 50 yrs or so but it will stick around because people seem to be drawn to different religions for different reasons.
Oh and about that JWs not having kids crack....nobody thinks that way anymore because the end hasnt come.
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New boy here.
by LtCmd.Lore ini'm 16 years old and have been raised as a jehovahs witness.
i'm currently considered a very spiritual brother, and have an assignment comming up for the memorial.
but i realized it was all a bunch of crap last year at some time.
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Welcome Lore. Star Trek fan?
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Field Service
by XBEHERE inquestion for those of you still going out: do you actually still pretend to preach to people?
pretend interest in the latest mags so they will take them?
for me its easy since territory is so apathetic anyway i just dont bother overcoming any of their "conversation stoppers" my calls i am slowly, methodically telling them i wont be coming around anymore.
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Freedomlover I always put in at least 10 hrs a month.. Have been for the past oh 3 yrs or so. Funny thing is, when I used to be the secretary I would always ask my wife how much time she had and she would say "how much did you have, then just put 2 or 3 less than that for me"
The potential is there for her to stop being a witness but she still believes the doctrines, paradise earth, resurrection, etc. I wonder if there are many witnesses like her in the congregations. True believers but not true doers.