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  Different Vibe in hall since new understanding of Faithful slave

  by Clambake in

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  has any noticed a different vibe in the kingdom hall since the new understand of the faithful and discreet slave .

  when my wife forces me to go once and while and like to say i wonder what the slave will be this week .

  man it pisses her off but she has been hardly actively since the new light.

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  Here the rhetoric is on extra high! I think its just the normal cycle of kingdom halls.
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  Anyone Else Feeling Forced to Go to the Memorial?

  by PaintedToeNail in

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  2. friends

  i refuse to go to any meetings, assemblies, conventions, special talks or the like...however, i get coerced into going to the memorial every year.

  because it keeps the peace at home with hubby and also makes my parents, who live elsewhere, have hope that i will come to my senses and become an active witness again.

  there is no chance in hell of that happening, but it prevents the ties to my family from being severed.

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  Ugh. Yes.

  My mother is making sure she comes to whatever memorial we decide to go to. My wife.....on her own personal journey out.....is not ready to be the former JW that doesn't go to memorial. Its too big of a jump. So....I will go.

  Probably to a hall a distance away, to meet my parents there, and be done with it. My nother is old, and is doing what she thinks is right. She isn't shunning me.....but shes thinking about it. This is more for my wife than it is for my mother. It is just to much of a jump for her. I guess we will see about next year.
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  The Noah Movie

  by Quarterback in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  well, i saw it.

  you better get ready for everyone's talk about it.. it was 25 % biblical, 75 % fantasy.. noah was mean as a character, his family was great.

  methusala, was an old fart..

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  Go see The Grand Budapest Hotel if you like Wes Anderson.

  The story of the global flood wasn't (gulp) accurate!? Well clutch the pearls.
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  Pondering Noah account

  by problemaddict in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i see my wife being pulled into the org a little again, by some good people and kindness.

  she grew up a very happy jw, and to leave is very hard for her.

  but she has opened the pandoras box of her brain and can't shut it.. we were discussing blood a couple days ago.

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  EOM, the bible still claims it happened 4K years ago, and that there was a box with all of the DNA for every living thing on the planet that long ago as well.

  Flood = local.
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  "The Joy of Sect", Simpsons Episode...

  by juanvazquez88 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  last night, me and my wife were watching some the simpsons episodes.

  we both laugh and enjoy that serie.

  but just in this one, my wife face was serious and even uncomfortable.

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  problemaddict

  That is the one where Homer becomes a missionary in the south pacific to get away from the clutches of the people from PBS who found out homer gave a fake pledge to keep it on the air. "Elmo knows where you live!"

  Homer is getting thrown into the plane that is about to take off and says...

  "Missionary? But I don't even believe in JEBUS. (plane taking off)

  "Save me Jebuuuuuuuussssss!!"

  My favorite of all time is when the Christian Science Monitor van breaks down in front of their house.

  One of the guys asks the other to hand him a tool so he can change the tire and the guy says.

  "No......we will wait for God to jack us."
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  Thinking about meeting with the elders...might record, any tips for hiding a recorder?

  by Jon Preston in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ive been speaking with my wife and she feels that its the honest thing to do and just meet with the elders and tell them my thoughts and doubts.

  not to rejoin but da if i want.

  she brought out that its rude of us for them to expect us to do parts and think alls well, and the.

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  Jon, Ray will help you record. Very important beforehand however, is that you need to test it and possibly have it on speaker.
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  "The Joy of Sect", Simpsons Episode...

  by juanvazquez88 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  last night, me and my wife were watching some the simpsons episodes.

  we both laugh and enjoy that serie.

  but just in this one, my wife face was serious and even uncomfortable.

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  The Simpsons has some great religious scenes over and over. The rapture was featured prominently too.

  I have three favorite parts to this episode.

  1) The chant....."The leader is good, the leader is great......we surrender our will, as of this date"

  2) Homer isn't taking to the indoctrination like everyone else who is being fed the "low protein gruel" to weaken resolve. They conclude he must be the most powerful mind they have ever come across....or.......(to be read in old school batman opening) na na na na na na na na.....leadeeeeerrr (homer copies this and loves the leader now)

  3) After the leader is exposed as a fraud riding a flying bicycle with sacks of money with dollar signs.....groundskeeper willy runs after him yelling "wait leader....Willie still loves ya!"
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  Pondering Noah account

  by problemaddict in

  1. jw
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  i see my wife being pulled into the org a little again, by some good people and kindness.

  she grew up a very happy jw, and to leave is very hard for her.

  but she has opened the pandoras box of her brain and can't shut it.. we were discussing blood a couple days ago.

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  The termites did not eat wood until post ark of course....jeez.

  It kills me the more I learn that with such a massive extinction event taking place only 4000 years ago, that there is ZERO evidence of it.

  I just can't beliee I ever really believed that this happened!
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  A letter from my Mom

  by ateograciasadios in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  friends,.

  i have seen several posts like the following, and never thought i would have to write one myself, but here we go: my dear mom is forcing me to make a move... one that i have been really avoiding as much as possible.

  she wrote me an email today, and here i am giving you an idea of its contents.

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  problemaddict

  Yo ateo,

  I was in Ecuador. They had that yearly assembly for the english speakers serving abroad in Guayaquil.
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  A letter from my Mom

  by ateograciasadios in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  friends,.

  i have seen several posts like the following, and never thought i would have to write one myself, but here we go: my dear mom is forcing me to make a move... one that i have been really avoiding as much as possible.

  she wrote me an email today, and here i am giving you an idea of its contents.

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  problemaddict

  Your poor mother. I feel bad that she must think that if you no longer believe in the religion of your youth, that you are somehow no longer her son.

  Its so unatural.

  She wants you to contact brother Brown at bethel? You mean JR Brown the media supervisor? Does your family actually have a connnection with this guy, or did she just see his name on a video?

  Be loving....be honest. Nothing could make you stop loving her, and nothing about you has changed. You simply no longer follow the religion of your youth.

  Also, may I ask which South American country you are from? I used to serve in South America, but I am from the US.