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  Any Suggestions on what to say if elders ask why you stopped going in FS?

  by BU2B in

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  i was curious what might be some good things to say if i am questioned by the elduurs about my decline in fs.

  anything too honest may get me a jc (although that would be for the best in the end..) the co visit is this week so they may be getting more agressive than usual.

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  Wow I like that. "Because I don't want to." Simple, to the point.

  I also like the advice to NEVER let them get you on the defensive. Always keep the upper hand and control the conversation. Elders can't handle that.

  Good thread!
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  OK..Seriously..Has GOD ever answered your prayers????

  by DATA-DOG in

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  look...i am not an atheist.

  even so, i have never had one prayer answered my entire life.

  the only thing that would even come close was learning ttatt.

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  So Enlightenment123, what credit does the doctor deserve who ACTUALLY cured you? What does the source of the contact info for the doctor deserve? Could you possibly have met with this doctor without having made this decision to let god handle things? And why did god let you get ill in the first place? If he made everything, he made your disease too.

  In answer to the OP, no. I could never bring myself to be so selfish that I would want him to take time for me when there are literally billions of people suffering far worse than anything in my life possibly could be. Even as a JW child I never thought that was right. I only thanked him before dinner for the food my mom bought from the store, prepared and cooked.
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  Any Suggestions on what to say if elders ask why you stopped going in FS?

  by BU2B in

  1. jw
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  i was curious what might be some good things to say if i am questioned by the elduurs about my decline in fs.

  anything too honest may get me a jc (although that would be for the best in the end..) the co visit is this week so they may be getting more agressive than usual.

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  Yeah just be very vague and non-committal. Don't get aggressive but stand your ground. Make no apologies, and don't act like your life is anything other than the best it has ever been. When I quit service, I was only regularly putting in 1-3 hrs, 0 everything else. Zero comments and the meetings, no "privileges". After 3 months 2 elders from my FS group came by.

  I didn't say anything about why, just said I didn't like going out anymore. When asked why, just pull a Jesus and answer a question with a question. "Is it voluntary, or compulsory?"

  Let them go through their guilt, fear and obligation routine (GFO), smile and nod. Thank them for their time and interest, you have their numbers when you need them. Decline all invitations to come out with them. Feed them some coffee and muffins, talk about the NHL and send them on their way. I haven't heard a peep since, and that was November 2012. Now on the group list it just has my wife's name, I'm not included at all.

  Also, conviently they will likely stop giving you talks and any other privileges since you aren't exemplary. But seriously, dude, you NEED to drop those hours if you want to stop going out altogether. Don't make it such a surprise! Zero mags, zero everything except for a token hour or two until you are ready for the big donut.
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  Marriage of Lamb WT Study- Bridegroom marries "adopted" (children) wife

  by bruh2012 in

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  im sure this is stretching it a bit and i have lived a sheltered life, however paragraph 8 of todays wt study of marriage of the lamb- says the king's (jehovah) daughter is the 144,000 as adopted children of jehovah.

  they are to marry gods son jesus the bridegroom.. yes i know they are not blood relatives, but how often do you hear of adopted kids marrying within their adopted family of brothers or sisters?.

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  Yeah the pub. Talk and the WT today were both clearly making stuff up.

  Halfway through the study the conductor paused and said, "Now what church can you go to that will give you an in depth understanding and study of psalm 45?"

  I leaned over to my wife and whispered "well only the WT makes this bullshit up, so of course not." which was met with a dirty look then a smirk
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  Creationist Cosmos

  by cantleave in

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  just for the laugh.

  http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/fa1a1c8fb7/creationist-cosmos.

  2 mins 46 is a classic.

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  Love it
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  So Spill the Beans, Brothers: Were There More or Fewer At this Year's Bore-Fest

  by steve2 in

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  the jw date-worshipped memorial has just completed its bleak worldwide commemoration.

  that wasn't a dust cloud you saw; it was a millionfold hearts limply beating themselves into another round of great tribulation expectations.

  i was knocked into a deep, deep sleep by the imagined experience of being at several thousand consecutive kingdom halls as the platformed drones spat forth the predictable sludge that, once released, hits and stains white clothing and bleach is useless.. we know that memorial attendance worldwide has dipped for two consecutive years since 2011 when it reached a high of 19,374,737 and for the promised land, obama's usa, the all time memorial attendance high was also 2011 when it hit over 2.5million (2,563,518) but shrunk in shame back to 2,502,055 in 2012 and spluttered upwards a handful or two to 2,504,114 last year.. so, what was attendance at the date-obsessed bore-fest this year in your neck of the woods?

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  FAR less people at mine this year. Last year both back schools were completely full. This year the auditorium had lots of room, one back school contained the DFed ones.

  And wow, was it ever boring. And how happified we were to have a regular meeting the night after! I think I've had my fill of meetings for a few weeks at least.
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  Why are we not seeing more posts on Cosmos? Im surprised! Believers, what do you think!?

  by Jon Preston in

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  i want to see and hear peoples views on what we have seen.

  i, personally, think it has been fantastic.

  i hear many complain its not informative enough or its sugar coated or whatever but i think its brilliant for the mere fact that its dumbed down for us lamen folk...my wife still doesnt get some of it and i agree...but that, for me, shows how comex real life is....its not easy as many religionists believe.....

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  Love. This. Show.

  I wish I had seen it when I was a kid, could have saved me years of confusion and superstition.
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  Sex really that bad?

  by Batman89 in

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  i was just thinking randomly.

  why/how are sexual desires really that much of a sin??.

  sexual energy is one of the highest forms of energies known, why would god put this strong desire in us only to have us repress it through his"word the bible"??.

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  We have evolved sexual desire and pleasure to help grow the human race. People with a tendency to enjoy sex happened to have more children. Voila!

  Religions put feelings of guilt around sex to try and control their members. It's not just bible-reading religions. It's all of them.
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  How long did you know TTATT while attending the meetings?

  by Iamallcool in

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  i did not know anything about ttatt while attending the meetings.. .

  ttatt=the truth about the truth..

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  A little over 2 years so far... Still trying to help the wife out of the org. It is coming along, but slowly.

  I feel like a piece of shit as I walk through those doors. I'm not being true to myself or honest with those around me.

  Dont know how much more of this I can handle.
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  Im new and need help!

  by Batman89 in

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  2. experiences

  hello everybody, before i begin i just wanna say that i have really found alot of great posts on here that have been helpful forme , theres definitely alot of brilliant people here!.

  i am a born in jw(24 years old) ive been baptized for 7 years and was a ministerial servant for 4 years(i am no longer one).

  recently me and my parents have have woken up to ttatt(about 2 months ago).

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  Welcome batman89!

  Thats great that you were able to wake up with your parents. I'm sure most of us on this board would swap places with your situation in a second. My advice - make sure she has your contact info while you go out and live your life in your fade and after. You need to get your space. If you got anything through to her, she will wake up eventually. And she will be looking for support.

  Also, I think it is morally incumbent upon you to share the story of how your family woke up.. If and when you're ready.

  Fele free to PM me anytime, we're close to the same age.

  good luck