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  Pioneers and Their Way of Counting "Time"

  by Eiben Scrood in

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  in the congregations in my area there was an expression to the effect that 'there's counting time and then there's the way pioneers count their time'.

  the watchtower's guidelines were pretty strict on when time could be counted.

  some pioneers followed it and others didn't.. on particularly motivated young man comes to mind, he would work full-time or close to it and pioneer.

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  As an ex-pioneer myself, I herad loads of different ways of counting hours. One counted her hours by reading days text to her husband in the morning, and finishing by telling him how was on the ministry in the evening, one went to visit old sisters, or sitting in the car eating a 3-course lunch, or going on the "ministry" (by that I mean costa or other coffee shop) with an unbaptized publisher. Oh, another way is having a chat on the corner while others are working the street.

  Wha said it right, it's just a number
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  Who like jehovah witness?I don't for sure!

  by witchtowerwitch in

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  they won't give you the sweat off of there balls!.

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  I think Jehovah Witnesses are like any other people, there are good ones, bad ones and crazy ones!

  Lot of them had no choice but to be raised to think certain way.
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  My mother is trying to indoctrinate my 4 year old and I do not know what to do

  by jwfacts in

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  my mother lives a plane trip away from me, so does not get to spend very much time with zac.

  however, she is in sydney for 3 weeks and has been babysitting.

  i knew that she would be talking about jehovah, but was very annoyed yesterday when zac said my mother was speaking all day about jehovah, such as how he made the stars.. in the past, i was not overly concerned if zac learnt about jehovah's witnesses, as i thought it would help with critical thinking skills to understand different points of view.

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  Hello Paul,

  I am new here and don't have experience at that area, but I read all the posts and I agree with Troubled Mind and Billy.

  If you cut off your son from your mother, he will grow up one day and want to know her side of the story, or he will meet someone from her congregation that will tell him their version of the story, which can make him question your actions. On the other hand if you teach him now the truth about the "truth" within reason for his age, he will be growing up with the full knowledge of the reality, and he might be the one that will help your mum to realize she is wrong. I don't know your relationship with your mother, but if you love her I would tell her that, and that you want her to be in Zacks life, but that you must put your son's wellbeing first. From my experiance, forcing someone to do or not do something just makes them want to do the opposite.

  Best wishes to you and your family

  S
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  Do you ever get the feeling your overlooked ? Invisible ?

  by smiddy in

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  i just checked my "topics posted by smiddy"page and the last six entrants are" smiddy" nobody has commented after me,and the posts are from a couple of days ago, to over a year ago.should i be worried ?

  i`ve never been shunned this much since i was a jehovah`s witness !

  hey guys i`m starting to get a complex.......should i go back to a meeting to get love bombed ?.

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  Hey, you haven't answer anything on my post ?? Should I pout?

  Be strong smiddy, maybe it is just the "time of the month" crisis!!
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  I made it!! I'm just so freaking happy!!!

  by Rocky_Girl in

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  as some of you know, i started college 5 years ago for the first time at age 27. i had been out of the "truth" for 9 years at that time, but had just broken free of the mentality.

  well, on saturday i walked across the stage with the 130th graduating class at rocky mountain college!.

  after 5 years of working several jobs, taking care of two little boys as a single mom, and trying to get the most out of my college experience, i earned my master of accountancy, bachelor of science in business management, and minors in writing and organizational leadership.

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  I'm so glad for you, you are an inspiration!!!
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  Introduction / My story

  by theBGB in

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  hello all, i've just discovered this site and i cant begin to describe how happy i am to have come across it.

  i stumbled across this site purely by accident...seriously i was looking at arkham city walkthoughs and a few jumps later i end up here.

  i though it was a legit society page at first and thought 'what the hell, this will be good for a laugh', but after reading a few posts well...i couldnt stop reading.

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  Oh, just now I saw what BGB stands for
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  coping mechanism

  by independenthinker in

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  had a meeting with elders today.

  got wasted at a party with worldly friends to take my mind off things.

  anyone else use drink as a coping mechanism?.

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  Yesterday I had wine for breakfast, lunch and dinner, today I have calms. I'm a mess!!!
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  What does your profile name say about you?

  by usualusername in

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  i use usualusername as i am not creative enough to think of anything sexier.... .

  what significance is there behind your profile name?.

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  New here...need some support

  by Freeof1914 in

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  first of all i am happy to be here..this site has been an invaluable tool which helped me get to the point where i am today.

  i was born and raised as a jehovah's witness and i am now 30 yrs old.

  my entire family are die hard witnesses; pioneers, elders, bethel etc.

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  I am new to the site, just like you (actually this is my first post). I have been in the similar situation. My husband went out first (with a bang) and there was no going back for him. I was in a difficult situation, although I had phases where I was not very spiritual, then super spiritual (I once believed things could never be different), then having doubts again, after he made his decision, I went into a society defensive mode because that’s what we learn to do all our lives. We had all kinds of discussions, and got through it. Thanks to that, now I am aware of things that are going terribly wrong within the organisation, and also I have become wiser about not telling elders personal details about my marriage. I'm still going to occasional meetings, but I have open mind and I have stopped being judgemental as a result of my husband working through his issues with me. I’m not saying that’s what you should do (sounds like you have a rough time), but I just wanted to show you the other side of the story.

  P.S. Your wife will have loads of witness support now, and some wives love the victim role, so whatever the situation they will always play victim, but most just need reassurance.

  Hope everything works out well for you
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  New here...need some support

  by Freeof1914 in

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  first of all i am happy to be here..this site has been an invaluable tool which helped me get to the point where i am today.

  i was born and raised as a jehovah's witness and i am now 30 yrs old.

  my entire family are die hard witnesses; pioneers, elders, bethel etc.

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