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  Do you still go to meetings?

  by NikL in

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  as i was sitting in the meeting last night i thought about this question.. sometimes it feels really lonely because i don't connect with most others in the congregation and i have to be so careful with the ones with whom i do associate.. quick rundown on my life...got baptized at 17...married at 20...became inactive at 28 wife still active though...came back to meetings with her 20 years later just to keep her quiet and see if they had changed (for a while i actually thought they had)...now i am still inactive and haven't gone out in service or anything.

  i just go to meetings with my wife who is happy as a lark to have me there with her...just go to meetings and think...and think...and think.... anyway, i just wondered if there are any out there like me who are going to meetings and nothing else?.

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  Hell no! It's worth every sacrifice too!

  Those meeting are such a soul sucker. Screw that!!!! I'd rather wear a pair of poopy underwear to my wedding than to go to another one of those damn meetings.
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  Sheeplike?? A Christian Requirement or WT Controlling mechanism?

  by BluesBrother in

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  when we were practising witnesses we heard a lot about the need to be "sheeplike" , having a sheeplike attitude and personality .

  a typical comment might be :.

  "lasting peace & happiness just ahead" 2009 p 30.

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  That term "sheeplike" really resonates with me now that I am out. You see that being sheeplike is more harmful than helpful. It calls on the person to not question "Gods organization". Blind faith is what it is.
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  Taking up a Cause

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  so recently, my jw wife asks me if i ever considered taking up a cause.it was a question out of the blue, coming off of a discussion about politics.

  so while it was unsaid, she was really getting at whether i was considering being politically active in some way.. i already have a standard answer that i have used before with other people, so i said it.

  "no, i will be content to work and get by then retire and sit in the sun with a good book and a cold water.

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  The wife and I support a few local charities and do RAC's or random acts of kindness. This has been good for our situation but we also do a hell of a lot more "sitting in the sun" so to speak. Getting our weekends back to make breakfast or going for a nice drive has made the both of us much happier.
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  Jehovah God is Real

  by TakeOffTheCrown in

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  there are many on this site that do not believe that jehovah truly exists; that he is not a real being.

  but, he is as real as next breath you draw into your nostrils.. some of you say that there is no evidence that he exists.

  yet, none of you can prove that he does not exits.. cofty, (you come to mind), i appreciate that you have stated, without reservation, that you do not believe that god exists.. yet, you cannot prove it.. hope in jehovah..

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  God isn't real so he doesn't see what I write and I don't pray to something that doesn't exist. That's called "a waste of time."
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  Jehovah God is Real

  by TakeOffTheCrown in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there are many on this site that do not believe that jehovah truly exists; that he is not a real being.

  but, he is as real as next breath you draw into your nostrils.. some of you say that there is no evidence that he exists.

  yet, none of you can prove that he does not exits.. cofty, (you come to mind), i appreciate that you have stated, without reservation, that you do not believe that god exists.. yet, you cannot prove it.. hope in jehovah..

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  And you cannot prove that Jehovah DOES exist.

  Anyways, I breath through my mouth.
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  Introduction to Isaiah

  by Presh in

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  please, i am newly ministerial servant.

  i recieved a new assignment which says: introduction to isaiah "let us go up to the mountain of jehovah”  *video*(10 min.

  this is my first time assignment.

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  Here's what you do. Don't show up for the meeting. Then an elduuur will just do the assignment for you. Do that 3 or so more times and you'll never have to worry about an assignment again.
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 11-27-2016 WT Study (CHILDREN FAITH)

  by blondie in

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  blondie’s highlights from the november 27, 2016 wt study (september 2016) (parents build children faith).

  https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-study-september-2016/.

  excellent general website: www.jwfacts.com .

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  Great comments. I love how they blame the children if they do not take to WTS thinking. Then they throw in 1Corinthians 3:6. If God is all powerful AND wants all people to come and serve HIM, shouldn't his making a person grow work on ALL people?
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  one day convention

  by zeb in

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  well my wife is off to a one day convention and will doubtless return home cranky and tired.

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  Those ass emblies are so draining on the soul. The people there would be so happy to be "taught by Jehovah" but rush out of there like a madden herd of bulls after the final prayer, only to be in silence all the way home. What a crappy way to spend the weekend. Endless recounting of the same nonsense over and over and OVER again, each ass embly being the same as the last just spun differently to match their crappy theme.

  Sorry for your wife zeb. That sucks that she feels the need to subject her brain to that mental jump roping. Hopefully she got a little nap during the shortened Watchtower.
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  I'm not the only one who sees the similarity am I?

  by NikL in

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  i've been thinking this for some time.

  we all know what this picture is.... .

  well, this is dachau concentration camp.... .

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  I've been embarrassed so many times!

  by stillin in

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  2. experiences

  i was kind of proud to go out in field service, most of the time.

  important message, straight from god to their doors, right?.

  but if you met with the group and didn't have previous arrangements, you could end up with the village idiot for a companion.

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  The pickins became slim in my service group before we left The Borg. Either they were too old and crusty to go d2d or they were crazy and made trouble for the householder. We even had one who unfortunate for her had frequent seizures and was seriously scary to work with. I felt bad for her but at the same time she had no business doing the work. Top it off she never took her seizure meds so it was very stressful to have her in your group.

  One old brother was "old school" and he would start his presentation with, "Do you wanna die?" The conversation that ensued was lovely.

  We lived near a small city with quite a few creeps and weirdos so many came in to "da truuf" from that area. So many creeps.....