Declining attendance where I am. It was funny though that an American Indian sat in the front row and polished off the entire glass of wine before passing it on. Funniest part was watching goblet passer trying desperately to get it away from him.
FedUpJW
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Congregation memorial stats
by nowwhat? in2 congregations met together attendance 355 which is close to exact number of combined publishers.
only saw a couple of new faces.
so it looks like once again the invitation work was a complete failure and relatives of jw's couldn't be talked into coming anymore!.
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FedUpJW
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If the meetings are so enjoyable and serving the big J is such a privilege...
by HiddenPimo inwhy is it that all of the friends show happiness and excitement when a meeting is cancelled?.
no meetings week of memorial "what a blessing from jah!".
bad weather - oh it's so nice to have a night off.
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FedUpJW
Why is it that ALL of the friends show happiness and excitement when a meeting is cancelled?
I don't. But then again I am just screwing with them when I mention that THE BIBLE says we are to, "consider one another to incite to love and fine works, 25 NOT forsaking the gathering of ourselves together, as some have the custom, but encouraging one another, and all the MORE SO as you behold the day drawing near." Then I ask if perhaps the day is not so near as they keep claiming after all if we can cancel meetings? Then I get the "deer in the headlights looks" and they run away mumbling to themselves.
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Review: revised Elder's manual, part 4 (final part)
by neat blue dog inhere's the cruel, uncomfortable and dehumanizing description of transport for disfellowshipped ones:.
in cases of real need, the elders can determine wheth-er some assistance may be provided.
such assistance would be viewed as similar to public transportation in that there should be no conversing with the disfellowshipped or disassociated person.
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FedUpJW
All publishers perform their ministry not in behalf of the congregation or any other organization.
So, if it is their PERSONAL ministry, then they should all just tell the congregations or any other organization that wants a full accounting of their PERSONAL ministry to piss off!!
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Would You Be Angry If You Were Maligned and Lied About Unfairly?
by minimus inpeople can’t understand why people like trump and cavanaugh literally get angry and upset over accusations that can ruin their lives.
if i was falsely accused by a mob of something, i would be defending myself vigorously!
i think it’s ridiculous when people criticize others for not just taking it.
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FedUpJW
but...But...BUT...maybe they are supposed to all act like the JDubs are told to. If you are wronged just consider the other person superior to yourself, turn the other cheek, believe that you are the one to blame for your own mistreatment, wait on God to fix it? Or should I be able to sit on my lazy ass and blame my misfortune on the person who worked his ass off to succeed?
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Can you be disfellowshipped for getting abducted by Dogman / Bigfoot / Aliens?
by John_Carter_1912 inin episode 213 of "dogman encounters" jehovah's witness valerie grogan tells accounts of her, her mother, and her brother coming in contact with the dogman.. for those of you that don't know, the dogman is a werewolf-type humanoid creature.
there are about 7 different types of them and vic cundiff has over 243 episodes of long interviews with people that have been in contact with them.. around the 4:45 mark, she says that her mother kept telling the elders that the creatures was out there but that the elders kept saying their whole family was demon-possessed and that they would disfellowship them.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6ncvszwzue.
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FedUpJW
Can you be disfellowshipped if you are abducted by aliens?
Only if you spend the night and engage in mutual "manipulation of the genitals."
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Any ideas about what the ‘special’ talk is on Memorial Day?
by Bubbles001 inthe family are very excited because there’s a special interruption happening this friday which has supposedly only happened once before when rutherford announced jesus’ ruling in heaven.
requires tuning into jw.org.
meant to be this coming friday before the memorial.
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FedUpJW
Dear Brothers and Sisters...WELCOME to this SPECIAL morning worship boredcast (misspelled intentionally). We want to assure you that we the governing body "LOVE" you! This is a "special" boredcast because we now feel that this may be our last memorial with you "dear" Bruhh"-thers and SIS'-ters. We don't know, but it may be....
....in conclusion; please visit our website and take advantage of our "LUHH'-ving" provision for you to electronically donate.
(If you can stand doing it picture Rubber Face Lett saying this)
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He went to the meeting today!
by HappyBlessedFree inso after almost 5 months of not attending meeting, today my husband decided to attend the special talk.
i am sad, frustrated, nervous, but also hopeful that he will see something that he never did before .
lies and manipulation.
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FedUpJW
I am sad, frustrated, nervous, but also hopeful that he will see something that he never did before . . . lies and manipulation.
The saying is, "There are none so blind as those who will not to see." If someone does not see the lies and manipulation it is only because they willfully refuse to see what is right in front of them. Even though both my parents are now dead which makes it easier to fade I went for other family members who are still in. The Bethel boring-as-hell speaker stated twice for added emphasis that only, "Baptized christian witnesses of Jehovah" will have everlasting life. Then he proceeded to try to prove that by reading John 17: 3. After reading it he went on to say that knowledge of Jehovah was the FIRST step, the second was...wait for it...not knowledge of Jesus who was sent forth, but...here it comes...GOING TO MEETINGS!! Steps three through five were nothing about Jesus Christ either, just what a person had to do to make more members. Of course the chairman concluded with the mandated spiel about asking for a study with JDubs and go to Jay Double U dot Org for answers to Bible questions. In all it was nothing other than a 30 minute sales and recruitment seminar.
I hope more people will choose to open their eyes and see.
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No fun debating "imperfect" JWs
by Tantalon inwell that was no fun at all, just got a visit to invite me to the last supper memorial.
haven't had a call for a long long time.
i tried to engage them about following bible not watchtower, they just kept changing the subject as they have always done but this time every challenge was met with "we are not perfect,the slave is not perfect" and "we don't want to have a debate".
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FedUpJW
"we are not perfect,the slave is not perfect"
And the ever present fall back, "The light gets brighter."
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What woke you up?
by HappyBlessedFree ini’m fairly new so i don’t know everyone’s backstory.
how did you realize the organization was false?.
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FedUpJW
Lack of love & hypocrisy in the congregation started things for me.
This /\ /\ /\. As others have also experienced, the total and complete lack of any measure of genuine love. And the total complete display of hypocrisy.
Watching a rich "brother" screw around and divorce two Witness wives, embezzle money from his work place, chronic drunkenness, tax fraud, insurance fraud, and lying and each time getting a pass by contributing large amounts of $$$ to the local kingdom hall eventually even being promoted up the ladder to elder.
Watching elders kids getting promoted up the ladder while they did nothing to deserve it. Being told by an elder I was "reprehensible" because I had been married more than once and so would never be appointed (now I just don't give a damn) but they always seem to come crying to me when they need FREE mechanic work, electrical work, computer work, or any other labor they are too stupid to learn how to do or too lazy, and then criticize me for telling them "NO"! Being condamned for working full time and saving money for the future so I could store my current labor in the form of those savings for a later date and not have to work as hard, now being debt free and "retired" comfortably at an age when I can fully enjoy my time. Being hit up for money for every last kingdom hall project and broke witness who "needs" money, told the money I give reflects my love for God. I must not love God because I do not give anything to the JDubs any more.
These and so much more.
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How many hours of field service are now required?
by new boy into be a publisher?.
an auxiliary pioneer?.
an regular pioneer?.
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FedUpJW
Hmm...how many hours of field service are now required? Just a few more than anyone puts in.