FayeDunaway

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  KH 1st timer, could use some advice

  by rathernotsay in

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  hey people, .

  i am soon going into a kh for the first time and i could use some advice around etiquette etc.

  i know next to nothing besides the fundamental beliefs of jws, i personally dont believe in any religion, and that stance isnt ever going to change, however i don't want to come across as rude or disrespectful.

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  FayeDunaway

  She was unfaithful cuz she liked the attention this guy at work was giving her.

  RNS, I am concerned about your kids. You should start planting strong self esteem in them, and teach them to think for themselves.

  omg, rural NZ?? LUCKY!!
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  WT is trying to scare off memorial partakers

  by cookiemaster in

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  i don't know how many of you still participate in the sunday wt study, but i unfortunately still do.

  even though i was asleep half of the time, i did notice something i thought i should share with the rest, in case you haven't noticed.

  a lot of the paragraphs were worded strongly against partaking and used clear language of intimidation and discouragement toward anyone thinking of partaking.

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  FayeDunaway

  Hypocrites, They not only block themselves from the kingdom of heaven but block off others too.

  Whats so silly is that 1. They took the 144,000 number literally in the first place. It was probably a hatred of Christendom that made them think that only a few would make it (themselves, of course). And 2., that once their numbers were growing and they were reaching 100,000, they thought, whoops! Let's invent another class of people here who aren't going to heaven. Let's hype up the paradise so some will find it appealing before making the announcement.

  Pretty similar to what they've done with the interpretation of 'generation' in the last few decades. Conveniently receiving 'new light' just before things get too far along. Seriously, what a joke of a religion.
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  A relatively new JW term - "Given Ones"

  by Listener in

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  i apologize if this has already been addressed.. i'm just having a look over at jw talk and came across a very interesting thread talking about the terms used within the organization, it is a real eye opener.

  for instance, they no longer use the term society because to non believers it looks too cultish and implies that they may be secretive.

  funny thing is that reading the whole thread makes them look so cultish and shows their secretive behaviour because the keep being told by the higher ups that there are more changes to come.

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  FayeDunaway

  Also, why are the anointed actually increasing in number? Doesn't seem like there was an urgent need for this new class.
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  Happy Pi Day!

  by Twitch in

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  and now for something completely nerdy,.... http://www.piday.org/.

  lmao.

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  FayeDunaway

  We just bought 2 pies to celebrate, because we celebrate EVERYTHING.

  Hrm, what could the WTBS say....it is worshipping science? (And you know how they truly feel about science).

  A pi day as perfect as this one only comes around once a century. Will the paradise earth be here before the next one?? How many 'generations' would that be, :D.
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  Elder Using Innuendos at Every Single Opportunity

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

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  there's this elder in my hall.

  in his comments and talks, he loves to include the kind of details that would leave listeners wondering who his comment/talk is about.

  he seems to see himself as a jw behaviour expert and drops titbits whenever he's behind the mic.

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  FayeDunaway

  A lil gossip never hurt a talk, ever.
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  Gifts from my old hall..

  by Garrett in

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  hey guys,.

  so, it seems the hall i used to attend before my latest one got to hearing that i "disappeared".

  so today, i went to the post office to pick up a package.... i decided to try to face reality and open it... what i found were multiple letters and wrapped gifts.

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  FayeDunaway

  Yep dozy that happened to me when I faded too. facebook friends were dropping like flies!! I used to keep a list of how many each week were newly missing.
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  Gifts from my old hall..

  by Garrett in

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  hey guys,.

  so, it seems the hall i used to attend before my latest one got to hearing that i "disappeared".

  so today, i went to the post office to pick up a package.... i decided to try to face reality and open it... what i found were multiple letters and wrapped gifts.

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  FayeDunaway

  I'm glad you didn't read the letters, they would have just made you feel guilty. But it does show that they cared about you enough to send them. So take that positive slant on it: you are worthy of love and care. No you can never go back to that unhappy place!. But some sort of response would be nice of you, and expected. Maybe a letter back to the person who you think had the idea? A brief note of appreciation for them making you feel loved.
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  Leaving Christendom for the Kingdumb Hall

  by gone for good in

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  most of us old timers left behind a stable, respected, religious heritage in our disillusioned haste to join a stupid cult.. as i recall, there was no rite of dissociation required - no reason offered to your church, no resignation required - it was a non-event from the dubs viewpoint.

  what was your experience?

  were you expected to do or say anything as you abandoned your spiritual heritage to become a drone in the watchtower hive?.

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  FayeDunaway

  It was the witnesses that required you write a statement to your old church...to completely 'wash hands clean' of ones former religion. The churches usually do not/did not require this of people leaving, and certainly not have new members write a letter to their old church.

  This kind of action is 'needed' because of the vitriol witnesses have towards other churches.
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  jw.org cart days numbered?

  by jookbeard in

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  reading a report of an elder in a friends cong has been hiding and spying on the pioneers who seem to have a practise of dumping the cart and finding a local coffee shop, i've noticed that they do this in my local high street as well but this week they seemed to be all huddled around the cart, they've clearly been warned, a vast percentage of the time i see they seem to be more interested in fiddling with their mobile phones and gossiping, is just seems these carts are a means for the pioneers to turn in "easy time" i wonder what sort of figures show how much literature is being taken by the public?

  i bet its very minimal.

  naturally the gb would say they are a phenomenal success , we clearly know they are not.

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  FayeDunaway

  That's true orphan, there's definitely a difference there.

  Maybe there was something lacking in his life, he didn't have a father maybe... Needed a patriarch. Or he sorely wants to see a dead loved one on paradise earth. That's the only way I can make sense of it, that he wanted to believe very badly for some reason.

  I haven't been out of the religion as long as this forum has been here, KH, but I believe you that we are probably talking about the same issues discussed then. Being torn apart from your family for simply not agreeing with them religiously kind of does that to people. Makes us frustrated at the religion controlling them, makes us want to speculate on when it will be over so that we can have them back. We just want or families back.
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  jw.org cart days numbered?

  by jookbeard in

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  reading a report of an elder in a friends cong has been hiding and spying on the pioneers who seem to have a practise of dumping the cart and finding a local coffee shop, i've noticed that they do this in my local high street as well but this week they seemed to be all huddled around the cart, they've clearly been warned, a vast percentage of the time i see they seem to be more interested in fiddling with their mobile phones and gossiping, is just seems these carts are a means for the pioneers to turn in "easy time" i wonder what sort of figures show how much literature is being taken by the public?

  i bet its very minimal.

  naturally the gb would say they are a phenomenal success , we clearly know they are not.

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  FayeDunaway

  Let's not bother him too much. We were all where he is right now at one time. If he wants to chime in occasionally that's ok with me.

  But kh, your avatar seems dying to get out of his cramped house. Seems like a good analogy to what it's like to be stuck in that religion. I think of it every time I see it. Trapped, cramped, stuck, oppressed. Yup, that's what it felt like. It's good to be out and to fall in love with God on my own and also worship in a community in freedom. Maybe you will find that someday I hope. You are maybe unhappy right now and someday you could be happy and free.