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DO YA MISS "THE SWEET FELLOWSHIP"?

by minimus in

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one of the major reasons that a disfellowshipped or disassociated person has for coming back to "jehovah's organization" is that perhaps they will miss the "sweet fellowship".

after hearing comments regarding the km article on how to treat disfellowshipped ones, i must wonder why anyone of sound mind would think a disfellowshipped person would miss anything from the organization.

viewing persons as "dead" while out of the organization would not make one feel anxious to return to jehovah's loving arrangement through the organization.whoever coined the term about missing "the sweet fellowship" was pretty clever.

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BadSeed said:

Hell no. I hated my hall, and 98 percent of the people in it. The other 2, can be found on this board, posting away

And took the words out of my mouth... err, out of my typing fingers.

I don't miss the boring meetings which were 80% people 60 years my senior (and with nothing in common with me). There was no sweet fellowship there.

Yes, there were a few nice people there, and there was the occasional semi-regular activity: ice-skating.

But on the whole, of those in my peer group, the two true friends I most trusted and most valued are now OUT with me. And we have true sweet fellowship and enjoy life's heartaches and triumphs together!

Add to that the new friends I have that were never JWs, and I have a great life with all the sweet fellowhip I need, and more.

Watchtower, you may be fooling some of the JWs, and you are probably fooling yourself, but you are not fooling anyone else with your pathetic, simplistic bull-crap!

Sweet Fellowship MY A$$!!!

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DID ANYONE EVER ENJOY GOING IN SERVICE?

by minimus in

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i was raised with a bookbag in my hand.

every saturday and sunday our family was out in service.i vacation, temporary and auxillary and regular pioneered.

i never enjoyed it but did it because i was supposed to do it.

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Field Service was, to me, sort of like RUNNING/JOGGING:

It feels really good when you stop!

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On The Art Of Fading

by expatbrit in

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in october of 2000, i faded away from the watchtower.

like most people, i have family and friends who are jw's (including my wife and parents).

fading is generally the best method for people in that situation.

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Fantastic post! Nicely done.

It occured to me that there are two ways to remove a bandage: fast, or slow. This post is the slow method (not that there is anything wrong with that).

I attempted the slow method, but was not as careful as Expatbrit suggested, and was hauled into a Judicial Committe. OH WELL, I had to switch to FAST BANDAGE REMOVAL mode.

Sure, it "hurt" more than the slow method, but it was over faster and I was able to get on with my life sooner. Downside: the JW half of my family has little to do with me. Oh well, I have fun with the other half.

When you make your choice (fast vs. slow) you should "COUNT THE COST" (yech, did I just spew what I think I did?)

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Guess who was just at the sKallyWagger's door?

by sf in

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avon?.

hahahahahaha.

why is it they do not have the lastest magazines?

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Now remember, BE NICE! Here is why:

"You catch more flies with honey than you catch with vinegar".

"The mind you free just might be..... MY MOTHER!"

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Brothers told to stop being wasteful!

by dmouse in

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friends

i wonder what the real reason is behind this plea from the wbts.

perhaps it is more evidence of a desire to downsize?.

but they can't downsize the printing works if the brothers are being wasteful!

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{Laughing at UglyDuckling!!!!}

Valis, good catch! You can say what you want about the WT, but they have a knack for filling up their articles with bible quotes that don't fit the subject of the paragraph, and this is yet another example.

Luke 15:8-10 reads (in the NWT):

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"Or what woman with ten drachma coins, if she loses one drachma coin, does not light a lamp and sweep her house and search carefully until she finds it? 9 And when she has found it she calls the women who are her friends and neighbors together, saying, Rejoice with me, because I have found the drachma coin that I lost. 10 Thus, I tell YOU , joy arises among the angels of God over one sinner that repents.

The scripture /parable is about sinners repenting their sinful ways, not putting your name on your books so they will get returned to you after you forget them due to the zombie-like coma induced after a day at a CA/DA. Of course, you would only know that if you read verse 10, but they only refer to verses 8 and 9, and hope that noone will read the following 16 words wherein the meaning of the parable is explained!

Is it just me, or are they getting worse at this deplorable practice? Or am I getting more sensitive to finding it?

Edited by - Quotes on 24 August 2002 15:47:48

Edited by - Quotes on 24 August 2002 15:48:25

Edited by - Quotes on 24 August 2002 15:49:3

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Another fly enters the spider's web

by Quotes in

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i received the following email to my quotes address, which was apparently prompted by a page at my website (http://quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com/bible_errors.htm): i am ot sure i understand.

it was stated that the bible has all kinds of mastakes in it because it was wrote by humion hands.

then i feel i am wasting my time studing it with your people because they tell me the bible is wright and how would i know what it right in it or wrong so i will stop my studt tommrow when they come.

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rosalyn, I have repaired the links in my post (above). Sorry for the problems.

Also, you can access the information simply by clicking the category "Racial Attitudes" from the topics listing which can be found on any page at http://quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com/

The Race page can be accessed directly at http://quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com/racism.htm and I embed it here for your reference:

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What did you do with all of your old JW literature

by LyinEyes in

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i was wondering if any one has kept at least some of the books from the borg.

i have kept a few, mainly so i can have a good laugh now and then, and highlighting all the double talk.. what did you do with all your jw publications??

did you throw them away?.

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I'm with FrankRaven on this: if anyone has *ANY* Watchtower Literature they are going to throw away or otherwise waste (e.g. giving to an active JW) please let me know first.

This might come as quite a shock, being the Quotes guy, but my library has some huge holes after my ex took many things.

With more material, the Quotes website will keep expanding, all to the embarrassment or the Witchpower Babble and Trick Society.

Email me before you burn anything please and let me know what you have.

[email protected]

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The New Study

by Beans in

dear brothers and sisters:.

as the new flock moves ahead into the generation of apostacy are we as brothers and sisters helping each other?

if there were an apostfest would it not be right to perhaps pick up a brother or sister who may not have transportation and is in need of a pint?.

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LOL at betweenworlds! Very clever!

Look out Weird Al Yankovic!!!

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NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ON SHUNNING, DF'ING, SILENTLAMBS

by ErieGuy in

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And just in case there was any doubt about what consenting married adults can do in the privacy of their own bedroom, J. R. Brown has let the world know:

Brown said Witnesses believe that sexual activity between men and women should "follow the normal course." of things. "We feel that oral or anal intercourse would go beyond that."

Who is the "we" Brown is referring to? Him and his buddies on the Governing Body? Nice how this matter of conscience has been decided for everyone by the mighty-mighty J. R. Brown.

Edited to add: for the record, the URL for this St. Pete's Times article is: http://www.sptimes.com/2002/08/22/Floridian/Spiritual_shunning.shtml

Edited by - Quotes on 24 August 2002 1:41:13

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New topic at "Quotes" -- ALUMINUM

by Quotes in

of course this is old news to many of you, but prior to today i had not got around to collecting the watchtower's diatribes against aluminum cookware.. well now you have a brand new page to show you staunch jw friends and family.

and after you show them this material, don't forget to ask them if this material is (or was) considered "spiritual food".

ask them what this does to the credibility of the organization that published these gems of information.

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Of course this is old news to many of you, but prior to today I had not got around to collecting the Watchtower's diatribes against aluminum cookware.

Well now you have a brand new page to show you staunch JW friends and family. And after you show them this material, don't forget to ask them if this material is (or was) considered "spiritual food". Ask them what this does to the credibility of the Organization that published these gems of information. Really make them think about whether or not something they are taught today could one day be seen as bizarre as this.

Enjoy!

http://quotes.jehovahswitnesses.com/aluminum.htm