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  How much time and money did we waste traveling to meetings alone?

  by longgone in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  quick answer: way too much!.

  this is something that really gets to me, all the way back to my childhood.

  twenty minutes each way, three times a week.

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  At one point i was spending £80 a month minimum on travel to/from meetings. That's not including field service.

  As for time, yeah although the Thursday meeting was from 7:15pm-9pm, i'd get home from work at 6:30pm throw down a quick unhealthy meal down my neck, and leave for the meeting. Then you wouldnt get home until at least 10pm. So there's you evening gone.

  Sunday, you wouldnt get home until 1pm and that's if you didnt do ministry, if you DID go out on the ministry you'd get home around 3pm. There's your Sunday gone.

  And lets not forget you'd NEVER get a lie in. You're up for work at 7am every weekday, then on Saturday you're up at 8am to make it to the morning field service and up at 8:30 on Sunday.

  How the hell did we survive?!!
  
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  JW.org Childrens Page: Expanding My Circle Of Friends

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/teenagers/worksheets/expanding-circle-of-friends/.

  some things of note here, it looks to me that they're encouraging young ones to befriend older people and "people not like them".

  could this be because many of the young ones are now leaving?.

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  Unexpected? Why not just find friends in school or hobby clubs like everyone else? Oh yeah, because if they dont worship your God they're automatically a bad association.
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  Do you find it therapeutic coming to this site?

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i read on another thread how this site has helped another user and that for them it has been a form of therapy.. for me yes, jwn has most certainly been a form of therapy.. i recall the days i first came to jwn (in 2004) and couldn't​ believe i had found people who were of the same opinion as myself in regards to the society.

  it was this site that led me to reading ray franz's book 'crisis of conscience' which i read twice within a week.

  it also led me to jw facts that goes into every nook and cranny regarding the society's​ teachings, policies and history.. note: i also visit many other sites and watch you tube videos a lot, but gravitate here most of the time.. coming here to express my inner most thoughts and feelings has helped me no end and allows me to overcome my frustrations.

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  Yes this site is my therapy. I visit every day even just to catch up on what we're discussing or whats come out in WT-land.

  Has anybody read Captives Of A Concept? It's another JW expose. I read it one sitting last night. If you ever needed 100% proof of their beliefs being false using only their literature you have to read it.
  
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  JW.org Childrens Page: Expanding My Circle Of Friends

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/teenagers/worksheets/expanding-circle-of-friends/.

  some things of note here, it looks to me that they're encouraging young ones to befriend older people and "people not like them".

  could this be because many of the young ones are now leaving?.

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  https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/teenagers/worksheets/expanding-circle-of-friends/

  Some things of note here, it looks to me that they're encouraging young ones to befriend older people and "people not like them". Could this be because many of the young ones are now leaving?

  Secondly, the worksheet encourages young ones to befriend people from different backgrounds. How hypocritical that they wont allow them to make real friends with kids in school from other religions/beliefs. There are perfectly decent people outside Watchtower that are not bad association.

  
  
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  2017 Regional Convention Outlines

  by accesible in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2017 regional convention outlines.

  https://drive.google.com/open?id=0bywm0b0qtwlstw8ws2litmhcrja.

  aquí están todos los bosquejos de la asamblea regional 2017 en inglés.

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  Each overseer who has access to these outlines and other materials are given unique passwords which is different from his convention domain password. These passwords are shared through a letter sent to the Convention Committe Co-ordinator. Usually, the Audio-Video Overseer will share his password with a volunteer/key-man with whom he is working so as to print the talk outlines and use it during the video and demonstrations rehearsals before the convention

  The branch can easily come to know which overseer has been assigned with this password which can land him in unnecessary trouble and pain.

  So much secrecy. It's almost as if they Watchtower Society is a cult that likes to keep most of their members in the dark. <insert sarcasm here>
  
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  Anyone Heard Any Good DEMON Stories Lately?

  by Cold Steel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i saw this recent account on youtube recently and wondered if anyone had any good spook stories?

  haunted books?

  ouija boards?

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  My family are very superstitious in this regard. Demons like to live in 2nd hand shirts and yard sale vases etc. They put normal everyday things down to demons such:

  As a light bulb going off on its own (they dont last forever you know).

  One room on the house being colder than the others.

  Being pinned to the bed at night (this one is more popular, it's simply a cases of Sleep Paralysis, a normal medical occurrence).

  I used to believe all that too until i read Derren Brown's Tricks Of The Mind. I've never actually seen a demon. So i decided to stop believing them until i actually saw for myself something happen. So far nothing has. And i currently have a copy of the Satanic Bible, two Hindu idols and a Kali Yantra on my door. So there's 4 really strong "invitations" for demons to come and have a play at my house. So far they dont want to.
  
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  what is the rarest JW book?

  by dogon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what is the rarest jb book ever printed?

  i just bought a copy of the finished mystery and it can be a bit rare.

  but i bet there are others much more rare.

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  Does the KH still have a library where you can borrow books ? if so what is the earliest book you have access to ?

  Just curious.

  My old KH has a copy of one of Russells books, cant remember which one it was. I dont think anyone has ever read any of them though.
  
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  2017 Regional Convention Outlines

  by accesible in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2017 regional convention outlines.

  https://drive.google.com/open?id=0bywm0b0qtwlstw8ws2litmhcrja.

  aquí están todos los bosquejos de la asamblea regional 2017 en inglés.

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  Brother who leaked this will have a part in convention program, on spanish convention in US. Talks appointed to him:

  No1 - introduction

  No28 - baptism talk

  Why did he revealed this personal info?

  I dont think he has, probably one of his family members or an ex-elder with the password has leaked it under his name.
  
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  RC 2017

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  due to last years success, i will post everything related to the 2017 regional convention in this thread.. to start us off.... thanks to exjw reddit user ich3b we have advance notice of the theme (this is not a joke!).

  the theme for the 2017 regional convention is: "don’t give up!” .

  as always, if you have access to confidential materials you would like to leak but need to protect your identity, pm me or email me: wifibandit1 (at) gmail.

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  Chapter 32 of the book Learn from the Grand Master uses words that children can easily understand.

  For example, it says: "These parts of your body are intimate. [...] Do not let anyone play with your sexual organs. "

  Seriously? That's the wording you're going to use when teaching a little kids?
  
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  RC 2017

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  due to last years success, i will post everything related to the 2017 regional convention in this thread.. to start us off.... thanks to exjw reddit user ich3b we have advance notice of the theme (this is not a joke!).

  the theme for the 2017 regional convention is: "don’t give up!” .

  as always, if you have access to confidential materials you would like to leak but need to protect your identity, pm me or email me: wifibandit1 (at) gmail.

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  And lets not forget, this is only being put out because there was a problem that the "worldly" courts highlighted and made them deal with. The rank and file will think it was the GB's idea.