Topics Started by longgone

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That One Defining Moment That Changed Your Life.
by new boy in
1. jw
2. experiences
it seems that many times in life there is a moment or an action that changes your whole world.

it could be just a look that someone gives you.. many times it can be something rather small.

something hardly noticeable by anyone but you.
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New Resolution?
by NikL in
1. jw
2. friends
had our midweek meeting last night.

they had a resolution to send an extra (i wanna say $1100 but i only remember it was at least $1000) per month to forward the kingdom preaching work etc.. you know how they work in the kh...no one votes against anything.

i abstained as i almost have always done.
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2017 JWN Christmas Card Exchange
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
in years gone by i have organized and coordinated this.

pm me if you want to be added to the list giving me your snail mail address and/or your e-mail for those with tech skills and a safe e-mail.. do this by december 14, and i will pm the list to each person on it.

latecomers will be added but you may not get it by christmas.
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The one oclock meeting
by Steel in
1. jw
2. experiences
i go to a hall (very rarely) with a single cong of about 60 people in a small city of maybe 10000. our board of elders is a bunch of childless weirdos or at least the ones that make an effort.. they recently changed the sunday meeting time from 10/12 to 1/ 3. a number of us are pissed off.

its makes to hard to drive to the city or go to a football game.. i just know the gestopo elders behind the change.

if your life isnt as miserable or pointless as theirs, they arent doing their job.
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Taking the Step
by beardfreedom in
1. jw
2. friends
first time posting after years of reading, the things i have learned here have gradually helped to open my eyes to the reality of this religion.

though i have been mentally out for some time, lately i have stopped going to meetings and service.

the elders are calling and i have been ignoring them, i am trying to get up the courage to finally break free and never go back.
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Help with fading, please...
by longgone in
1. jw
2. experiences
i just left about six months ago and i'm going through the emotional whirlwind that comes with it.

i would really appreciate some advice on how to keep this fade from turning into my being disfellowshipped.

i'm another born in, third generation.
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The Earliest Printed Book Still in Existence - the Buddhist Diamond Sutra
by fulltimestudent in
1. jw
2. friends
the british library has a copy of this important historical work (dated to may 868 ce), and has been working to conserve its copy.

this film made by the international dunhuang project (formed to conserve relics from the silk road (the east-west trading network) backgrounds the sutra's story:.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgn5hqxtlmc.
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I am deeply ashamed that I didn't accept evolution until a few years ago...
by ILoveTTATT2 in
1. jw
2. friends
so... i live in mexico and i am helping with an esl class (english as a second language).

actually, i am helping with two classes.

i get two days a week in which i just stand there and have a debate with the class, encouraging as many as possible to just talk... in english.. anyways, i like talking about subjects that generate debate.
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POP QUIZ: You're An Elder, And A Sister Has Suicidal Thoughts...
by pale.emperor in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
lets imagine you're a jehovah's witness elder.

you have zero theological training aside from what you've read in the watchtower and the currently still approved watchtower publications, you have zero counseling skills, and no medical training.

a recently bereaved sister approaches you in tears and tells you she just wants to die.. what do you do?.
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Why aren't there windows in the KH?
by longgone in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the last kh i attended, (faded) was built in 2014. there are no windows anywhere, although the front doors are glass.

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it's nothing but a brown brick rectangle, as nondescript as possible as well.. any thoughts about why?.