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  Is it possible to decline preaching in the carts?

  by Skepsis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi folks,.

  i have a difficult dilemma.

  since i'm not pioneering any more, i'm reducing my hours wasted at that artifact known as cart or trolley.

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  @tepidpoultry, in the case of beards I haven't seen a male with a beard in the carts yet but I've seen brothers doing the microphones wearing beards or having parts in the meetings.

  But, in the same kingdom hall there is one congregation allowing it, the other being completely intolerant.

  In the my case, serving in a foreign-language congregation, aa there are congregations in other parts of my country where there are a lot of brothers from Central Europe, you can easily see brothers with beards giving talks at assemblies.

  It's a recent trend here, I guess having a PM with a beard, a King that sometimes appear with a beard and many respected personalities with it in the last years plus the influence of neighbour European countries where it's a common thing have influenced elders in some congos.

  But some years ago, the American rule of no beards allowed was the norm in all congos.
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  What's preventing YOU from stopping meeting attendance?

  by nicolaou in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  we all 'exit' in our own way and at our own pace but i'm curious, why carry on stuffing yourself into that stiff suit and tie or meeting dress years after you realised the truth about 'the truth'?.

  they kept you a prisoner, what's stopping you from leaving now that you have the key to your own cell?.

  loved ones?

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  In my case there are two main reasons:

  - Family and all my friends are inside the Org. It's your whole social life.

  - And not only that: you have no friend or support outside.

  So yes, I could DA'd myself but it's a shock. I prefer trying to get a life outside step by step because it's not always so easy.

  Add to that the emptiness yo feel once you discover the TTATT. At least in my case, I need time to make changes and accomodate myself to this new situation.
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  Is it possible to decline preaching in the carts?

  by Skepsis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi folks,.

  i have a difficult dilemma.

  since i'm not pioneering any more, i'm reducing my hours wasted at that artifact known as cart or trolley.

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  Skepsis

  Thanks for your feedback on this.

  I'm in Western Europe (not the UK nor Ireland) and here first it was a work reserved for pioneers but then more brothers were needed as pioneers realised it is a stupid job where no success at all and some turns were uncovered. In my congo there's also the problem of the few brothers that can speak fluently the language to be assigned and that we're a small congregation.

  I have decided to start doing it once a month and in a couple of months saying I won't participate in the arrangement for personal reasons. If they insist, I can say I'm working full time during the week and I need time to go shopping and other things.

  By the way, in my country there are congos allowing appointed men with bears and others that don't accept it. It all depends on the desires of the BoE.
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  Is it possible to decline preaching in the carts?

  by Skepsis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi folks,.

  i have a difficult dilemma.

  since i'm not pioneering any more, i'm reducing my hours wasted at that artifact known as cart or trolley.

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  Skepsis

  @fastJehu: I already have a fulltime job but have no work on saturdays and sundays. So maybe I will have to find another excuse.

  As some have said, the problem is I'm still a MS. For the moment I can't step down although already thinking about moving to another congregation this year and not accepting my appointment in the new congregation.
  
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  Is it possible to decline preaching in the carts?

  by Skepsis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi folks,.

  i have a difficult dilemma.

  since i'm not pioneering any more, i'm reducing my hours wasted at that artifact known as cart or trolley.

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  Skepsis

  Good observation, ortega! But in case some beautiful sister would like to be included in my congregation's cart arrangement, I could reconsider my decisition... no, not really ;)
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  Life is changing for me: no pioneering, got a job!

  by Skepsis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a month ago i decided to register in this board.

  i had decided to step down pioneering but was frightened about the consequences.

  i had finished my university degree some months before (despite disaproval from brothers in my congregation) and i had to choose: continue pioneering and working in jobs with no future or starting a career, working full-time.. i was thinking to postpone the decisiton but... i was fed up with preaching.

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  Hi Landy,

  Yes, that's what I'm trying to do. I told elders only some days before that I was spending the weekend out of town insted of asking if that was possible as I used to do. Yes, I was very theocratical if that term exists.
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  Is it possible to decline preaching in the carts?

  by Skepsis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi folks,.

  i have a difficult dilemma.

  since i'm not pioneering any more, i'm reducing my hours wasted at that artifact known as cart or trolley.

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  Skepsis

  Great answer, steve and others haha!
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  WHAT TOMO III ACTUALLY SAID!!

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  first off, i am so happy that " tomo iii" is catching.

  i dont know who said it first, but it's awesome.. i want to see him at a rc and say, " yo!!

  tomo!!

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  Skepsis

  Hadn't listened to those words before! Wow! It seems they take off their masks on certains occasions and rest of the time convey a different message!
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  Is it possible to decline preaching in the carts?

  by Skepsis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi folks,.

  i have a difficult dilemma.

  since i'm not pioneering any more, i'm reducing my hours wasted at that artifact known as cart or trolley.

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  Skepsis

  Well, sir, I don't want still to step down as a MS since doing that immediately after stepping down as pioneer would risk relationship with my family and my possible fade in the future. Doing so would be a signal that something really apostate is happening with me.
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  Is it possible to decline preaching in the carts?

  by Skepsis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hi folks,.

  i have a difficult dilemma.

  since i'm not pioneering any more, i'm reducing my hours wasted at that artifact known as cart or trolley.

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  Skepsis

  @Xanthippe: I would like to do so but they're pressured to maintain this arrangement despite the lack of brothers. I will try but doing nothing from my part would mean doing more for them. I hope I could do it.

  @Richard Olive: In my congregation that is the 'law' imposed by the BoE and in other congregations in the area it's the same. Their reasoning is that since it's a metropolitan area and carts are on big boulevards and places where a lot of people passes by, it would be dangerous to let sisters alone.