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  My Most Memorable Circuit & District Overseers

  by MillennialDawn in

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  i would love to hear from anyone who may have encountered the following the traveling overseers:.

  david wesley - an incredibly kind and humble man.

  just the most down-to-earth co you'll ever find.

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  Phizzy: "as long as I stocked the fridge with his favourite Bulldog Ale, and he was allowed to watch Cartoons on T.V, he was as happy as Larry !"

  Sounds like someone I might get along with. Well, apart from the whole "Join us, or die!" thing 🙄
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  Did you have any Elders CO's/DO's that were "Hung up" on certain things????

  by karter in

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  2. friends

  we had an elder that was hung up on mens haircuts he had a real thing about how short mens hair should be and even told one bro off for parting his hair down the middle.. even told one bro to shave off his sideburns.. a c.o who was paronoid about sound always telling the bro in charge off.. .

  a d.o who orded the attendants to remove crying babys from assemblys on more than a few occations...hans hubler for those that know him..

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  A CO making fun of Jesus with the donkey quip? Quite a risk; he must have felt very secure in his position to be so flippant and entitled. Still, I suppose insulting Jesus is way down on their list of offences. Question the GB, on the other hand...

  Foolednomore: how did the fight over college pan out?
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  Did you have any Elders CO's/DO's that were "Hung up" on certain things????

  by karter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we had an elder that was hung up on mens haircuts he had a real thing about how short mens hair should be and even told one bro off for parting his hair down the middle.. even told one bro to shave off his sideburns.. a c.o who was paronoid about sound always telling the bro in charge off.. .

  a d.o who orded the attendants to remove crying babys from assemblys on more than a few occations...hans hubler for those that know him..

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  NotFormer

  It's interesting looking over these old posts. The list of petty rules and personal hangups is enormous! People who are still in or freshly out, are there any new examples you could add to this list?
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  Quora Spamming by JWs

  by NotFormer in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  somehow quora got my email address.

  i have a constant stream of unsolicited content turning up in my email.

  the only way i found online to stop it is to block each quora address individually and it gets sent to spam.

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  Somehow Quora got my email address. I have a constant stream of unsolicited content turning up in my email. The only way I found online to stop it is to block each Quora address individually and it gets sent to spam. The stuff is relentless. I don't even have a Quora account. I just checked my spam folder after about a week and there were nine unsolicited, unwanted Quora Digest emails. About six were JWs asking questions that nobody asked, and then answering them.

  Why am I getting so much JW content? It used to be all about Hitler and Stalin. Now it's about why JWs are right to shun, how Ray Franz was a power hungry social climber, and so on. It's all very annoying.

  (I check my spam folder from time to time to check that nothing important accidentally ended up in there)
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  My goodness! Fourteen years since I began posting here...

  by garyneal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm not sure if anyone remembers me since i do not post here much anymore.

  i sometimes pop in around christmas time to see if anyone is interested in exchanging christmas cards like we used to back when i first posted on this site.

  speaking of which, the holiday season will soon be upon us.. if you recall, i was married to a jehovah's witness and i had a daughter i spoke of a lot.

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  LongHairGal: it takes a special kind of killjoy to suck the fun out of life. The WT is especially adept at it. I've read lots of testimonies like yours about leaving the WT and being able to just let your hair down and enjoy a bit of fun with the broader community. It's a bit like leaving an abusive partner: a lot of people when they do so, their first actions are to do something that their abuser absolutely forbade or made a fuss about.
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  Any advice for my situation?

  by rathernotsay in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey, this community was so helpful last time i didnt know how to handle a situation years ago, and here i am all theae years later back on here asking for some advice again on how to handle a certain situation with my kids.

  little bit of backstory.. i'm an non jw, been divorced from my ex wife (practicing jw) for about 6 years now.

  have 3 kids 7, 10, 13. .

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  NotFormer

  Agreed, ignore Sue. She doesn't represent the majority of people here. Many are exes who've been through similar difficulties to your own.

  You have every right to try to protect your children from their entitled, controlling mother. She doesn't have their best interests at heart; she only cares about looking good to her congregation. The JWs are evil, so what is good in their eyes is usually evil.

  Sue, blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. You came here looking for care and support, and now you just crapped all over someone who is in a similar situation. Pray that God doesn't judge you the way you just judged rathernotsay, the OP. 🙄
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  Watchtower property sold

  by Rattigan350 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230915/kane-county-property-transfers-for-july-18-to-aug-11-2023.

  $260,000; 11 n edgelawn drive, aurora il; sold on aug. 4, 2023, by watchtower bible & tract socie to hector p salmeron.

  the wtbts owned this land.. google maps says this address is a cardiology institute.. .

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  From EasyPrompt's link: "Like the neighborly Samaritan in Jesus' illustration, we want to help suffering people, including those who are not Witnesses. (Luke 10:33-37) The best way to do so is by sharing the good news with them. "It is important to make clear right away that we are Jehovah's Witnesses and that our primary mission is to help them spiritually, not materially,"

  Well, it looks like the meaning of the Good Samaritan story whooshed right over their heads; the Samaritan was considered the true neighbour because he provided material help, not because he preached anything. 🙄
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  Look familiar anyone?

  by LostintheFog1999 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a friend of mine is doing a psychology course and showed me this photograph.. my immediate response was my former jw congregation is being explained on this poster.

  does anyone else recognise the organisation here?.

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  NotFormer

  That could be any abusive organisation, religious or not.
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  My goodness! Fourteen years since I began posting here...

  by garyneal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm not sure if anyone remembers me since i do not post here much anymore.

  i sometimes pop in around christmas time to see if anyone is interested in exchanging christmas cards like we used to back when i first posted on this site.

  speaking of which, the holiday season will soon be upon us.. if you recall, i was married to a jehovah's witness and i had a daughter i spoke of a lot.

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  NotFormer

  Bribie: "Do Christmas cards brighten up your life? If so I feel sorry for you!"

  Sounds like your life could do with some brightening up! 🙄
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  Church Cartoon; How Does it Compare to Caleb & Sophia?

  by NotFormer in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i attend a mainstream denominational church.

  it's pretty old school in some ways, eg.

  hymns, no modern choruses, sometimes there's an organist, otherwise piano and flute accompaniment.

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  NotFormer

  I attend a mainstream denominational church. It's pretty old school in some ways, eg. hymns, no modern choruses, sometimes there's an organist, otherwise piano and flute accompaniment. Somewhat modernised: Bible passages and hymns are projected from (presumably) PowerPoint. Every week a short Bible Story cartoon (I think the series is called Slapstick Theatre) is shown for the kids. Last Sunday it was this one:

  https://youtu.be/uYLHqdSO9OY?feature=shared

  I find them somewhat cringeworthy, particularly when the main character, be they Moses, Elijah or Jesus, shouts "Hey-oh!" when introduced. 🙄 But to be fair, the kids seem to like them, as far as I can tell. They participate in the question and answer bit after the video is played.

  How do you think this sort of thing compares to the WT version, the famous Caleb and Sophia stuff? Which would you rather sit through? Or would you rather not?