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  The Orwells are so naughty! Filthy little apostates we are.

  by Julia Orwell in

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  2. friends

  my husband has started playing violent samurai video games again!

  he's grown a beard!

  he watched lord of the rings!.

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  WinstonSmith

  There is so much win in your OP.

  Maximum awesomeness!
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  The New Diary of Winston Smith

  by WinstonSmith in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  we had to go off grid for a time, time and half a time as we thought we had been outed.

  fortunately it was a false alarm, but it was a stressful time.

  i asked for my original diary thread to be deleted in case there could be anything on there to identlfy mrs smith and i. i am always very careful when posting, and am sure there was nothing on there, but felt it best to have it removed in order to be as cautious as a dove.

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  WinstonSmith

  Botanically its a fruit, but for culinary purposes it is considered a vegetable. Even the US Supreme Court thinks so.

  The Governing Body would call it a legume, and expect you to die for this belief. Never let the facts get in the way of draconian doctrine.
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  The New Diary of Winston Smith

  by WinstonSmith in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  we had to go off grid for a time, time and half a time as we thought we had been outed.

  fortunately it was a false alarm, but it was a stressful time.

  i asked for my original diary thread to be deleted in case there could be anything on there to identlfy mrs smith and i. i am always very careful when posting, and am sure there was nothing on there, but felt it best to have it removed in order to be as cautious as a dove.

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  WinstonSmith

  Still no further information on the LinkedIn thing. No connection request or anything.

  My LinkedIn only lists my current job, my Curriculum Vitae, and job history. It doesn't show my home address, which is I suspect, what he might have been snooping for. This guy knows my mobile phone number, my personal and work email addresses yet does not have the balls to contact me via one of those methods - not even as a friend in a 'hey hows it going?' kinda way. They may well be planning a surprise visit (even though we have told them not to due to Mrs Smith's anxiety), but without our address they can't.

  If they turn up here, I would go on the offensive and ask why they disrespected our wishes to be contacted before visits. I've had a go at them in the past (when I was still their fellow elder) and would be more than happy to do it again. If elders from the local congregation turn up, I would tell them "You must have the wrong house, there aren't any Jehovah's Witnesses here."
  
  I'm sure they've got other things to worry about instead of two lost sheep. Like, you know whether or not everyone put their report in this month.
  
  Oh, actually, that reminds me. Its been almost three months since we got asked for a report. I'm pretty sure they're giving up on us.
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  The New Diary of Winston Smith

  by WinstonSmith in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  we had to go off grid for a time, time and half a time as we thought we had been outed.

  fortunately it was a false alarm, but it was a stressful time.

  i asked for my original diary thread to be deleted in case there could be anything on there to identlfy mrs smith and i. i am always very careful when posting, and am sure there was nothing on there, but felt it best to have it removed in order to be as cautious as a dove.

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  WinstonSmith

  "Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad."
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  My Judicial committee

  by label licker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it was six hours long.

  at the beginning of the week i had four accusers and by the time i went (half way throught the week) i was up to twelve.

  i was charged with apostasy, malicous slander, lying, revileing.

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  WinstonSmith

  Thanks for sharing your experience, what a tough day for you. With the rapid rise in numbers of people lining up to accuse you, its almost like they smelled the blood and wanted a share. Group bully mentality at its finest.

  Can you feeeeeel the love?

  My advice is to use this experience to advance your fade. Start missing meetings, and when asked throw it back on them "Well brothers that was an awful experience having people who I thought were my friends lining up to kick me out. I didn't even get support from you, my shepherds. I'm really discouraged now."
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  New Child Abuse lawsuit to be filed tomorrow in Ohio against WT and congregation

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  media alert: press conference wednesday, july 31, 2013, 11:00 am .

  civil lawsuit filed against ohio jehovahs witnesses congregation and national organizations by sexual abuse victim .

  childhood victim suffered sexual abuse from congregational leader over a four year period .

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  WinstonSmith

  Thanks for the heads up Barbara! Will keep an eye on this. Cheers!
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  Convention invitation

  by Jeffro in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've received a jw convention invitation in my mailbox.

  are they doing this to everyone, or am i being targeted as a prospective 'interested person'??.

  since when did they print invitations for conventions?

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  WinstonSmith

  More 'busy' work for the sheeple, gotta get them excited about something! Doing this 'campaign' is so close to being a paper run, its ridiculous.

  Then you've got the pioneers who hoard heir invites, the Service Overseer who likes to ration them, and the people who only go out during these times coz its easy.

  Oh the joy!
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  The New Diary of Winston Smith

  by WinstonSmith in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  we had to go off grid for a time, time and half a time as we thought we had been outed.

  fortunately it was a false alarm, but it was a stressful time.

  i asked for my original diary thread to be deleted in case there could be anything on there to identlfy mrs smith and i. i am always very careful when posting, and am sure there was nothing on there, but felt it best to have it removed in order to be as cautious as a dove.

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  WinstonSmith

  Hmmm.

  Checked my LinkedIn this morning, and there is a notification that the COBE of the congregation we just moved from (but which we have told the elders we are still phoning in to) has viewed my profile. We're not connected on LinkedIn, and I have never received any requests from him. In fact, I haven't heard from him since the last time I went to a meeting (March this year).

  I wonder what he's up to?
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  Former Longtime Elder - Reflections

  by James Jackson in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the meetings are getting more boring to me.

  some of the elders during their parts just talk and talk and talk about uninteresting things.

  boring, boring.

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  WinstonSmith

  What an excellent thread.

  This has been an issue for the WTS for some time now, and I can't see it getting fixed any time soon. One of the first KM schools I went to when I was an MS talked about the elder / MS ratio in New Zealand. There was almost double the number of elders as there was MSs. Ideally, they stressed, it should be the other way round so there are plenty waiting in the wings to help and assist the elders and then get promoted and ease the workload on the body, and let any older elders cruise.

  That was eight years ago.

  In my time as an elder we always had the same issue when the CO turned up. In the pre-meeting to discuss who we would put forward to the CO as potential MSs or elders it was always the usual suspects. None of them had changed anything since the previous CO visit when they weren't appointed. They all moaned that they weren't getting advanced, yet never bothered to implement any of the suggestions made to them.

  It is reasonably common to have sisters doing some non-teaching roles in the congregation such as accounts and microphones. They will always be under the 'supervision' of a brother though. This may become more and more common as time goes on. I doubt we will ever see the day where a sister is giving a public talk though. The penis means power, and the Old Boys Club will be sure to keep it that way.
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  The New Diary of Winston Smith

  by WinstonSmith in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  we had to go off grid for a time, time and half a time as we thought we had been outed.

  fortunately it was a false alarm, but it was a stressful time.

  i asked for my original diary thread to be deleted in case there could be anything on there to identlfy mrs smith and i. i am always very careful when posting, and am sure there was nothing on there, but felt it best to have it removed in order to be as cautious as a dove.

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  WinstonSmith

  Cheers Listener! We took our time and made the right call. Moving was always going to be a key part of our strategy, and we had to play the lead up to it carefully. Moving house has really been a great mental line in the sand for us.

  We haven't been to meetings since the memorial and haven't done anything socially with anyone from the congregation either except for Sister T. It was quite funny because a couple of people, elders included talked to Sister T and asked where had been lately. She just told them "Why are you asking me? You have their phone number, why don't you ask them?" She is such a legend. Of course no-one ever followed up.

  One day I got a text fom our group overseer and I thought "Sheesh, finally a text from an elder! I wonder what he will say? How will I reply?" I went through a bunch of scenarios in my mind of what my reply would be to the expected "We miss you" "Where have you been?" "Can we do a shepherding call?" I needn't have bothered though the text said: "Hi guys, did I ask you for your report yet?" He got no reply. In fact we have not put a field service report in for two months.

  Out of sight, out of mind is a good tool for those that are fading. JWs are so caught up in their little world that you are soon forgotten. The doors on those empty houses aren't gonna knock themselves you know!