Posts by road to nowhere

I'm up against surgery for family again. The nicest elder presently says he will (must) come to support the blood issue. The decision was already discussed with the doctor by the family member. It is not up to me and I will not override the decision made by someone else anyway. Every time it feels more like a spy waiting to see what occurs than a shepherd. Personally I don't want to have to be polite and visit/ entertain others in these times either.

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I received Blood...What are the JW's going to do to me?

by smoky21 in

i haven't posted on here for years.

i also don't frequent this forum like i used to.. i have posted my story before, like 8 years ago.

i have been a baptized witness for the last 30+ years, but have not attended meetings in the last 15 years.

road to nowhere

Leave it alone. Most of the time an inactive person is ignored because they are not spouting about being a witness.

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Meetings were bad back then.

by Rattigan350 in

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friends

meetings have always been bad.. if paul had to "command" people to not forsake the gatherings, the meetings must have been really bad.. considering that jesus said in matt 18:20 "for where there are two or three gathered together in my name, there i am in their midst.”".

and then in matt 11:28-30: "come to me, all you who are toiling and loaded down, and i will refresh you.

take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for i am mild-temperedi and lowly in heart, and you will find refreshment for yourselves.

road to nowhere

Halls don't have windows so you can't fall out when you go to sleep

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The Great "Dumbing Down"?

by NotFormer in

a few old timers on here often refer to the dumbing down of the jw organisation.

what examples can you think of from over the years?

(i ask as an interested outsider who was never in).

road to nowhere

Fed-up

Don't insult 8 year olds

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So, 60 Years Ago

by titch in

so, folks, 60 years ago, starting on september 1st, i believe, we, local witnesses in southern california, had the "privilege" of attending the "around the world assembly", at, of all places, the rose bowl, in pasadena.

(i think that it was an 8-day assembly) i was 9 years old then, almost ready to start 4th grade.

so, was anyone else, on this site, at that assembly?

road to nowhere

DOC

The experiences of helping each other can be found every where decent humans congregate. If anything, witnesses are more selfish than the norm. " best conventuon ever": I got to cut branches and help set up a tent. No memories of "light" but that experience sticks with us.

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Annual meeting 2023....

by mikeflood in

any news?

it should be pretty soon....

road to nowhere

The indifference shows. No announcement about it, no wonderment among the webelows. It will be th e same clowns plus the new additions

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Goodbye Mother

by punkofnice in

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friends

so my mother passed on 20 aug 23 from the big c. i was there when she went.

that was indeed very traumatic.

i won't go to describe it.. dad went 17 years ago so there's just me now.

road to nowhere

Condolences

Thanks for ideas when I have to deal with this.

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Were any congregation '' special privileges'' ever taken away from you?

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

if you don't measure up to the watchtower society ''high standards''... you might lose some ''special privileges'' .

miss meetings...lose ''privileges''.

don't meet the monthly 10 hour ''field service'' ...lose ''privileges''.

road to nowhere

Beth

Grew beard, got " counciled" (word for word WT article) by a lone elder. No more training on how to read. The lone elder never followed with a second one. He did ask how I would feel about no more stage parts. Answer: hooray!.