Posts by slipnslidemaster

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Any suggestions on the best way to handle tonight?

by myababes in

jw
friends

we have not been in the org for over 10 years now but still see the old jw's around and about.

one particular couple we used to be fairly friendly with we bumped into the other night as they are doing a course at the college my hubby lectures at.

they were never the strongest of couples but have kept going cos of their family i suppose.

slipnslidemaster

In my opinion, slipnslidemaster gave great advice. First, work on getting them back into your circle of friends, rebuilding your and their trust, and just enjoying their company. Any convos regarding JW beliefs or policies could possibly push them away. Besides, you seem very excited to be getting together w/ your friends. Enjoy your first meal back together w/ convos of what is going on in your lives and maybe play a game like Pictionary, Bolderdash, Scene It, or even Monopoly. For both your sake and theirs, take your time and get to know them again.

Please call me Slippy and how YOU doin'?

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Any suggestions on the best way to handle tonight?

by myababes in

jw
friends

we have not been in the org for over 10 years now but still see the old jw's around and about.

one particular couple we used to be fairly friendly with we bumped into the other night as they are doing a course at the college my hubby lectures at.

they were never the strongest of couples but have kept going cos of their family i suppose.

Public Talks- What do you think about the changes?

by Connaughty in

jw
friends

what do you think about the reduced time of the public talks?.

i actually find it pleasant, it makes it a lot easier to tolerate some of the boring speakers.

but what about the service.

slipnslidemaster

I thought that the WT Study was reduced to 45 minutes a long time ago? Not like it ever mattered, they kept it close to an hour anyway.

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Ways to get in trouble at the hall without actually getting in trouble...

by cognac in

1. told the entire cong.

that jesus coming in his kingdom was in about 31 or 32 ce when jesus got transfigured.

- this was during the weekly bible reading part... lol (the society actually says that about when jesus told the disciples that some of them would see him coming in his kingdom before they died...).

slipnslidemaster

I used to come late, fall asleep in the back and then leave early!

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Any suggestions on the best way to handle tonight?

by myababes in

jw
friends

we have not been in the org for over 10 years now but still see the old jw's around and about.

one particular couple we used to be fairly friendly with we bumped into the other night as they are doing a course at the college my hubby lectures at.

they were never the strongest of couples but have kept going cos of their family i suppose.

I don't think that I would start on the issues at all. Resume your friendship, show them you are "normal" people not mouth breathing "apostates". Figure out a way to make it a great night and encourage them to continue the friendship.

Let them come to you. It has to be slow and subtle. I don't recommend bringing it up at all.

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Where do I find the numbers of the mass JW exodus cause of 1975?

by middleman in

hey yall, i'm looking to see what book/books that show the rapid decline of jw membership, cause of the failed 75 prediction.

i've read from different internet sources it was around 800,000 from the mid 70's to 1980. is there a particular jw book i can find this in?

maybe i could compare the mid 70's yearbooks?

slipnslidemaster

This site doesn't have 1974-1979 but it's interesting none-the-less.

http://www.jwic.com/stat.htm

22

So I called the headquarters.

by DT in

i've never done this before, but i wanted to be involved with the informal campaign to call the headquarters on or around the first day of each month.

i haven't even spoken to a witness since i da'd.

i had very modest goals for this call.

slipnslidemaster

I have a feeling that those operators get rotated fairly frequently.

11

2012?

by Budda in

hi im not a jw but i was wondering what you think of the date 2012. the mayan calendar ends in december 2012?

.

slipnslidemaster

I think the current batch of Witnesses are more focused on 2034...

23

The Tower ate many Baby Boomers

by Alex Delta in

jw
friends

i do some thinking every once and a great while and had a little brain storm which to most of you is just a cloudy sky.

looking back into history i put one and two together and see that the baby boomers came to be after the 4 first false prophecies of the tower which were in 1914, 1915, 1925 and 1945. after all this jazz happens they have a huge fall out and change and twist their doctrine to set up their next sales pitch, and wouldn't you know it, who's there for the towers perfect meal, baby boomers, the tower chew's away and gets pretty full for they're plenty of them, those ingredient were perfect.

these people grew up with wars, tons of protest's, scandals you name it there was plenty of things happening to them, add a little this and a dash of that and that's what the tower loves to feed on the feared.

slipnslidemaster

That is an interesting thought and then to top it all off, they hit Gen-X and we just slack them into oblivion?

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Wow, I can't believe I'm doing this....

by megawatt in

welp...

it's been a crazy ride for over 25 years, pretty much raised as a witness (ever since i could remember), rebelled against my parents, came back, straighten out for a little while, married within "the truth", but the last 5 to 7 years, i've been seriously questioning the changes and doctrines established by the wts.

never thought i would be looking from this side of the fence.

slipnslidemaster

Slipnslidemaster, that AOL site started it all for me too. Excellent site.

One of the best on the net so far. I also used to enjoy the Watchtower Observer when I graduated from Beyond ExJW's.