Your question, Amazing:
". But, wouldn't it be nice if by our words and actions we could contribute to the "defining moment" of a Lurker to get free of the Big-O?"
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My answer:
"I don't know!"
TMS
Englishman,
One of many impediments to my becoming a true Brit would be my stubborn refusal to accept croquet, I mean cricket, as a sport.
TMS
Amazing,
For over four decades I was in the business of influencing beliefs by my words and attempting to "adorn" those words by impeccable conduct.
Although basically the same person, I am now out of that business.
Thank you for your observations.
TMS
To whom were you addressing that conjunction, ISP?
Please elaborate.
TMS
TMS
*** when asked why she is reading some publication during the meeting instead of paying rapt attention to her husband speaking from the platform, the c.o.
's wife responds, "oh what the heck, i hear that talk over and over.".
*** when brother prominent elder is asked why he keeps having business dealings with brothers in the congregation (he thus causes lots of problems that the boe has to keep wasting time on), he replies, "well, we all have to make a living.".
interesting, Terafera:
". Looking at the back of my Watchtower..' what paragraph are we on? Okay, and there is 18 paragraphs.. so it will be over in 15 minutes!! WOOHOOOOOOOOO!'"
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I developed certain techniques as a kid that I used for 40+ years. Frequently, I kept a running total of the percentage of paragraphs already covered. For example, in a 20 paragraph article, each was worth 5 percentage points. After finishing par. 12, you were at the 60% completion point.
Sometimes I would run a line from the top of the Watchtower down a page between words, using the shortest possible route. Or pick a word and start at the top of the page looking for each individual letter. Then, pick another word and see which words is lettered first.
During Bible flipping, no teaching style Public Talks, I tended to get lost in the context. Or go to the concordance in the back looking for a more interesting subject. Of course, if I were the chairman, I had to be alert if the speaker was winding down, so I could thank him for his wonderful information.
Sorry, guess I'm taking this thread off on a tangent.
Britney Spears?
TMS
thanks l i s a for your helf...as a youngun i was disf.
2xs and on public reproof 3xs before 21 yrs...then 10 yrs ago i did it to myself dissassociated..lisa was never babtized so the babe does not count as far as the organizational rules and regulations are concerned..gossip had it in the glendale, ca.
congregation i linda kersey was forward and aggressive and oversexed before age 14 and i was still a virgin--age 15 then i made good the gossip mostly with the worldly dudes..got hitched to lisas pappy now decd and another story and chapter in my book the one i aint writ yet..got unhithched when sweet lisa was about 7 yrs old..have been celibate and single mumy since--22 yrs now..i sleep in a single bed alone--i made my bed now i must sleep in it..that is the way iy is folks..i told mine now tell yours!!!
BTW, Watchtower legal. . . . . You know probably one third of the story.
TMS
thanks l i s a for your helf...as a youngun i was disf.
2xs and on public reproof 3xs before 21 yrs...then 10 yrs ago i did it to myself dissassociated..lisa was never babtized so the babe does not count as far as the organizational rules and regulations are concerned..gossip had it in the glendale, ca.
congregation i linda kersey was forward and aggressive and oversexed before age 14 and i was still a virgin--age 15 then i made good the gossip mostly with the worldly dudes..got hitched to lisas pappy now decd and another story and chapter in my book the one i aint writ yet..got unhithched when sweet lisa was about 7 yrs old..have been celibate and single mumy since--22 yrs now..i sleep in a single bed alone--i made my bed now i must sleep in it..that is the way iy is folks..i told mine now tell yours!!!
Queenie,
Some day I will tell the story. His name was Roy Robinson.
WTBS lawyers will recognise that name.
TMS
its all about lurkers: there are at least three main types of lurkers, 1. a jw with doubts, concerns, feeling that something is wrong with the religion, 2. an ex-jw who is caught between two worlds, and does not feel free yet to live a normal life, 3. a non-jw who is either involved with a jw, or a relative of a jw, or is in the middle of being studied with by the jws.. defining moments: everything we write, say, and do is observed by the lurkers.
in a single moment, or a series of collected comments, we will eventually cause a lurker to have a defining moment ... a point in time where they decide that being a jw is not for them anymore, or that they can stop living between two worlds, or cease studying, and not join the religion.
we may never know who we help, or how many.. flame wars and character attacks: when we get embroiled in these, whether we are the instigator or the brunt of the attacks ... what are we really doing?
Sort of a ministry mindset. . . . Honestly, no one needs to tell us "what its all about"! . . . . Thanks, anyway
TMS
howdy y'all,.
this is a competition of sorts.
on another thread, some have speculated that the wtbts will come up with ways, talks, articles, to keep the local jw's off the internet.
Exactly, Waiting:
While there are no guarantees of accuracy, the net puts one into contact with a much larger circle of experience.
case in point: I called my son to ask him to help us with our reluctant-to-start '90 Honda Civic SI. He checked the computer code according to factory instructions. No results! Then, he typed "'90 Honda Civic SI hard starting" on the internet. We read reports of individuals experiencing the exact problem. They said the computer was wrong. Don't expect any help from Honda. This is the problem. We followed their suggestions. Vroooooooooooooooooooooooooom!
The internet can work in a similar way for troubled JW's.
TMS
