Posts by moreconfusedthanever

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Funniest or strangest thing to happen to you when knocking on a door

by usualusername1 in

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what is the funniest or strangest thing to happen to you or your partner when knocking on doors?.

mine was seeing a greenhouse with mannequins inside.

scary...paul.

moreconfusedthanever

I have a few memorable ones.

Working with my friend - both teenagers at the time - knocked on the door in the middle of the day. Takes a while for the householder to come to the door. A man comes to the door wearing nothing but a towel. My friend begins her presentation and the man lets go of his towel. My friend turns a very bright shade of red and we leave laughing.

Working with my dad one day we knock and out comes a very angry woman "get off my property before I get my gun. I wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire!" she yells. My dad smiles at her and says "okay, have a nice day."

I also had a "magazine route" when I was young. We were encouraged to offer subscriptions so I offered her one on my next visit. She says to me "oh no love, I was only taking the magazines because I think you are cute."

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Watchtower today

by Gorbatchov in

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shame to see our multi bilion property and media corporation asks for the last coins of an indian child, the coconuts from a sri lanka man and the last olive oil of a greek poor.. message to the poor is: no money, then your other belongings are belonging to jehova (read:jw.org).. at the end of the article i can click on a donate button and get a visa / mastercard sign om my screen.. follow the money: were are the property bilions?.

g..

moreconfusedthanever

I remember them being very proud of the fact that we did not have collection plates passed at the meetings. This separated us from Christendom.

So now the watchtower comes with its own collection plates as a link to donate.

Waton - that scripture in Matthew also does not match what the watchtower said a few weeks ago when discouraging brothers from helping refugees with material things.

Again I am left wondering why the "sheep" can't see these things. Sigh.

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custody orders, proving to the court why my daughters should be baptized at 18. JW OR NOT

by Gokumonkey in

hello everyone ive been posting about this situation about my daughters and their jw mom so if u want to get a back story about whats going on you can check out my previous posts.. note- daughters are only 5 months old, and i live in the united states.. right now im typing up my court orders to present to the court but ive come to a road block.

i want to add reasons to why its not a good idea to have my daughters be baptized at a young age.. here is my rough draft -.

"age appropriate baptism – i wish that my daughters to be baptized at the legal age of 18 years old.

moreconfusedthanever

At the Australian Royal Commission, Terrence O'Brien appearing for the JWs stated under oath that people are "baptised when they are of an age to qualify for baptism, so someone who is approaching adulthood or an adult.". See the transcript of day 259 Page 26539. He goes on to say that these ones would understand the implications of choosing to disassociate from the JWs, knowing the consequence to be shunning.

Of course this was argued in regards to those victims of abuse choosing to leave. But would a minor understand the implications of making a life choice to become a witness and that if ever they change their mind their own mother would never speak to them again?

But it is important to note that in order to qualify for baptism they say you must be of an age - nearly adult or adult.

I was baptised at 13. I never ever imagined I would find myself in the situation I am in now of having to hide my true thoughts and beliefs from family and friends so that they will still talk to me.

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Pioneers Living With Married Couple

by msecodo in

so ... situation:.

a baptized married couple, with no privileges that we know of, have opened their home to 2 unmarried regular pioneers because of the pioneers' financial issues (limited income).. - husband works from home.

- wife doesn't work and stays home or in service.

moreconfusedthanever

Feel the love!

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Today's Text - Justifying The Increase Of Annointed Ones!

by Divergent in

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thursday, august 31. jehovah knows those who belong to him.—2 tim.

2:19.. in recent years, we have seen an increase in the number of those partaking at the memorial of christ’s death.

that trend contrasts with the decrease in the number of partakers that we saw for many decades.

moreconfusedthanever

I wish there was a love button and a laugh out loud button for some of these comments.

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The org tightens the noose on J.W.'s thinking.

by The Fall Guy in

the manipulative use of language by the org in the upcoming circuit assembly talks is as good - or better - than any advertising conglomerate could devise.

the mind-shaping wording is clearly used in order to deter critical thinking by the sheep.. face bad reports as jesus did (9 min.

note to the speaker: explain why spiritually mature people do not become ashamed of the good news or dismayed when faced with negative propaganda.

moreconfusedthanever

Sadly this works

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I'm a bit worried about god!

by punkofnice in

it's true.

i'm a bit worried about god.. he seems to be doing some quite silly and frankly, insane things to prove he exists.. some bloke found words from the quran in a tomato.. jesus keeps appearing in toast and cats bums.. i'm worried about god.

i think he's gone a bit didlow..

moreconfusedthanever

No that is Satan and his demons trying to lead the world astray.

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Current 2018 outlines ca with br says do not communicate with apostates or Df ones

by poopie in

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how is that possible if your child is df living at home..

moreconfusedthanever

I guess that means that the "apostates" need to be careful who they talk to and what they say.

Wait that is nothing new.

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My return to the WT...a terrible mistake

by JustHuman14 in

i haven't posted for quite a bit, decided to share my thoughts on this one, so it is a reference topic for anyone who decides to return back to the org, knowing all about the tatt.

being way for quite long for almost 15 years and all wt's activities, i have missed quite a lot including the "new light" latest updates, i found it quite hard to follow up what was going on to the meetings.

new songs, wt broadcast, videos, internet (so wt now is in favor of the internet) cartoons, and everything seemed completely new and weird to me.. reason for going back it was the severe pressure from close family members to return back to the "truth".

moreconfusedthanever

Sorry to hear that you are struggling. If you went back for the sake of your elderly mother then keep that at the front of your mind before you make any decisions.

You do not have to accept phone calls and shepherding calls. Be too busy to take their calls or schedule visits. Fade slowly. Miss a meeting here and there and then gradually miss more. Since we are all using tablets etc at meetings you can even read something completely different at the meeting which I have seen many do. Keep your mind occupied.

Terrence O'Brien said at the Australian Royal Commission - "I think Mr Jackson, in his testimony, made the same point as I did in my testimony, that we don't believe it's an impossible choice. A person can stop associating with Jehovah's Witnesses, have nothing to do with Jehovah's Witnesses, without taking the step of disassociation. We've tried to make that very clear." (Day 259 transcript page 26536)

It is possible, it is hard.

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Question...

by ironsnake656 in

when you were an active member in the jwland, did you expect to receive any kind of help from a brother/sister, but they did not help you?

when i was in the jwland, i expected and was my belief that any brother/sister will help you in time of need, distress or trouble, because we were part of a "lovely organization".

but countless of times when i needed and asked for help, nobody from the org helped me.

moreconfusedthanever

I often wonder if I were DFd and my mother was shunning me like a spiritual person should, who would take care of her if she needed it? No one. Would anyone let me know she needed help? Probably not.

The idea is to collect new recruits and not care about anything else.