Julia Orwell

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  Tech49 has the CO over for lunch

  by Tech49 in

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  so awhile back, during our last circuit overseer visit, vic and i decided to bite the bullet.... there seemed to be very little support for the mid-week lunch plans for the co and his wife, so we signed up to host.

  we definitely didnt want it to be awkward, so we invited a few others along, as a nice little group affair.

  they were excited, and offered to do the cooking, so i said i would play along.. just some background.... this particular co is kind of a tool (big surprise right?

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  As far as I know, COs all drop dead in their mid 60's so he won't be mooching off the 'SSI'. Here in Australia they give you the pension at 67 and it's barely even enough to pay rent. Often the oldies get funneled into nursing homes that take their pension in exchange for board and some care. It's better if you have superannuation though.

  But really, what a moocher! These pampered COs who have never done a day's work and are princes of the circuit have no idea just how much things cost. I told a CO we pay $370 a week rent and he nearly fell off the chair. Anyone who saw our house would think we pay more. It's cheap for where we live, but COs have no clue because someone else always pays for them.
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  Please read! Breaking News....

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.mcalesternews.com/breakingnews/x409169231/da-jehovah-witness-church-concealed-molestation-crimes.

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  governing body being accused of covering it up!.

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  Snap!
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  Anyone else having a bad few weeks??

  by quellycatface in

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  i seem to have a really crap couple of months with stuff going wrong.

  people being nasty to me.

  i saw a neighbour of mine today (who i fell out with 18 months ago), to whom i've since apologised for losing my temper with, but today, when i smiled at her, she looked at me daggers!!!

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  Yeah sometimes life just seems to go from one sucky thing to another. We are all entitled to our own little pity party from time to time I reckon, as long as we don't get too bogged down by our own misfortunes.
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  Watching Amish Shunned on PBS...very deja vu if you are/were a JW!

  by tenyearsafter in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is a very interesting documentary...the similarities are so close, you could substitute jw for amish!

  anyone else watching this?.

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/introduction/shunned-introduction/.

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  I saw another show on the Amish and it creeped me out. Soooo sooo familiar.
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  If You Got a Call or Visit From The Elders How Would You Deal With Them?

  by minimus in

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  just curious..

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  Apostasy, atheism, inactivity: everything's a step down to them. They have all the answers and we're blinded by Satan or caught up in "the world".

  So glad I'm moving next month. Jws won't find me.
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  If You Got a Call or Visit From The Elders How Would You Deal With Them?

  by minimus in

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  just curious..

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  Same way I always do: small talk, how are things for you, my life is great but you caught me in the middle of something so can't chat. I'm a slippery fish when it comes to their sly questions: I have years of experience in evading questions I don't want to answer. Learned from the wtbts aww yeah. The most important thing I let them know is that my life has never been better!
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 02-02-2014 WT Study (GREAT SHEPHERDS)

  by blondie in

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  http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com.

  http://exjehovahswitnessforum.yuku.com.

  http://www.jehovahswitnessrecovery.com/.

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  You raised some excellent questions, Blondie, which really pick the eyes out of the wt assumptions. Thanks :)
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  Private meetings banned??

  by franticfran in

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  i have just spoken to a brother who is part of a group of single brothers and sisters who meet together once a week to discuss bible topics and he has been told by and elder that the organisation "banned" these private meetings years ago.

  i told him i remember that article but he is adamant that the society would never do that (!

  ) now i am fairly sure i remember that article whether it was in a km or one of the mags i cant recall but i am sure i remember them saying we needed nothing more than the food that the slave class provided (another means to control us),does anyone have the details of that article because i have said i will find it and let him have it.

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  That's just pedantic. I always used to bring external examples and that into my answers and the jws appreciated it because it was a bit different and more relevant to the congregation. Some people are just big power trippers.
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  If you think child abusers can simply repent and/or be rehabilitated....

  by iamwhoiam in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  ...then you need to educate yourself more.

  here is a good place to start.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iet3-kuvl5y.

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  Gramme is the traditional spelling of gram for my American buddies. A gram is about 1/31 of an ounce. A 9 gram lead bullet to the brain is an effective form of execution.
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  ugh...now I'm getting mad

  by Angus Beef in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  venting.... hubby visited with sil (with gotee intact), got the wt don't approve speech and the 'we've been missing you at the meetings".. he gave all the excuses he could for why we weren't there.

  i'm at the point of just telling them the truth as why... but we will be giving up our grandchildren.

  i just don't know if i can do it, give up the grandkids.

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  The wtbts is the master of evading the difficult questions. You have learned from them, so evade the hell out of them. Worked for me. Whenever the hounders came I'd talk about work, pets, family, ask about their families etc, and when they'd say, everyone miss you at the hall I'd just say, ' yeah well...' And move on, or say, "people at the hall know my address and have my phone number so if they miss me they know where to find me."

  Don't mention doubts or ttatt, especially if there are two of them. Evade anything they say to lead you into that sort of discussion. Don't answer the gb question. I refused to answer it so they couldn't do anything. When the term 'apostate' came to the lips of one hounder I told him I'd been christened Anglican so was an apostate Anglican. Evade in such ways. Eventually they'll get sick of you.