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  Complaining over post dislikes / downvotes

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  let's be clear: people have the right to like or dislike what they want - that is why the option is there.

  as long as they are not doing it in a malicious way to retaliate or game the system, there is no policing the votes.

  if you get a down-vote, live with it.

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  Suggestion: Just the total ups and downs for the OP, should be shown on the homepage.
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  Suffering with "Bridge-over-River-Kwai-syndrome" while fading

  by OneGenTwoGroups in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've never liked being late for meetings, 10 minutes early has always been 5 minutes late for me.

  i'm a very punctual atheist at the meetings still.. when someone asks a simple question from the platform and not one dummy raises their hand, i still feel the need to raise my hand so that we don't all look like idiots.. my shoes still need to be clean and polished, my suits and ties match and are in good shape.

  i never wear them anywhere else.. i still feel like saying hello to people that are obviously being ignored by everyone else.. people not singing out still bugs me, lol.

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  Situation: zealot wife, mom, and dad. Parents are old and in extremely poor health. Have an IT project I'm trying to get off the ground with zealot JW friend. Once it's up and running, then I will stop going and try not to get dfd.

  I enjoy taking my mom out to lunch when I visit her, I don't want that to ever change.
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  Creed - A Satirical Poem

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  “creed” on the world.

  by steve turner.

  we believe in marxfreudanddarwin.

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  OneGenTwoGroups

  We believe there’s something in horoscopes

  Yes, people that believe in supernatural bullshit like you Perry.
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  GB wives, what do they do all day. Are they divas, b%*$hes, or other?

  by aintenoughwiskey in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was wondering what encounters others have had with the wives of bethel big shots?.

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  OneGenTwoGroups

  I've interacted with "Mrs. Splane". She's as nutty as a fruit cake.

  Whatever assignment she's given, I'm sure she performs it religiously. To say the least.
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  Subtle Differences in congregations

  by SouthCentral in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i grew up in a very zealous congregation.

  we had almost 40 pioneers with only 100 publishers.

  the congregation was 100% black americans (i don't say african-american).

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  OneGenTwoGroups

  Field service groups.

  Blacks stick together usually and the whites are just oblivious.
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  Ask An Elder

  by BeeEmBee in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  ok, 4 questions sprang to mind in light of the recent elders letter.. if you get to the kingdom hall and its on fire, brother a says he saw brother b set it ablaze purposely, .

  who do you call first and why?

  if you get to the kingdom hall and the sound system has been stolen, sister a says she saw brother b loading it onto his van,.

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  OneGenTwoGroups

  What if your house ... your family ...

  WHAT IF YOUR DOPE WAS ON FIRE??!!!??
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  Suffering with "Bridge-over-River-Kwai-syndrome" while fading

  by OneGenTwoGroups in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've never liked being late for meetings, 10 minutes early has always been 5 minutes late for me.

  i'm a very punctual atheist at the meetings still.. when someone asks a simple question from the platform and not one dummy raises their hand, i still feel the need to raise my hand so that we don't all look like idiots.. my shoes still need to be clean and polished, my suits and ties match and are in good shape.

  i never wear them anywhere else.. i still feel like saying hello to people that are obviously being ignored by everyone else.. people not singing out still bugs me, lol.

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  OneGenTwoGroups

  Do you ever ask anyone to pull your finger when it's quiet?

  
  

  It's on the list now. LOL
  
  
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  Suffering with "Bridge-over-River-Kwai-syndrome" while fading

  by OneGenTwoGroups in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've never liked being late for meetings, 10 minutes early has always been 5 minutes late for me.

  i'm a very punctual atheist at the meetings still.. when someone asks a simple question from the platform and not one dummy raises their hand, i still feel the need to raise my hand so that we don't all look like idiots.. my shoes still need to be clean and polished, my suits and ties match and are in good shape.

  i never wear them anywhere else.. i still feel like saying hello to people that are obviously being ignored by everyone else.. people not singing out still bugs me, lol.

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  OneGenTwoGroups

  Answering questions, giving talks--hell, just showing up--has the potential impact of inadvertently helping recruitment and retention. You are another person that others look to as an example of a happy JW.
  Go and build a life worth living.
  Polish your shoes and wear your suits out to dinner at a nice restaurant. Give talks at Toastmasters. Say hello to the ignored people at atheist meetup groups. Join a choir. There. I just replaced all of your positive jw activities.

  I sometimes wonder what's worse, fading from NAMBLA or fading from the JW cult.
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  Suffering with "Bridge-over-River-Kwai-syndrome" while fading

  by OneGenTwoGroups in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've never liked being late for meetings, 10 minutes early has always been 5 minutes late for me.

  i'm a very punctual atheist at the meetings still.. when someone asks a simple question from the platform and not one dummy raises their hand, i still feel the need to raise my hand so that we don't all look like idiots.. my shoes still need to be clean and polished, my suits and ties match and are in good shape.

  i never wear them anywhere else.. i still feel like saying hello to people that are obviously being ignored by everyone else.. people not singing out still bugs me, lol.

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  OneGenTwoGroups

  I've never liked being late for meetings, 10 minutes early has always been 5 minutes late for me. I'm a very punctual atheist at the meetings still.

  When someone asks a simple question from the platform and not one dummy raises their hand, I still feel the need to raise my hand so that we don't all look like idiots.

  My shoes still need to be clean and polished, my suits and ties match and are in good shape. I never wear them anywhere else.

  I still feel like saying hello to people that are obviously being ignored by everyone else.

  People not singing out still bugs me, LOL. Hey, we're supposed to be singing!

  Recently I've thought about re-joining the school, but limiting myself to just Bible readings, why? boredom?

  Not sticking around to talk afterwards still feels bizarre, even though I usually leave earlier now than I used to. I would lock up many times not too long ago.

  I still talk fondly of LDC (formerly RBC) work, and may do some more before my fade is through.

  Not sure how much more of this "Lieutenant Colonel Nicholson" I'm going to generate for myself.
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  Reinstated and then fade

  by Zeds Dead in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm a man - d'fd for 2.5 years now and divorced.

  find it hard to date girls out here only due to always having this secret i carry with me that i was once a jw and the thought of telling a girl one day why my family don't acknowledge me as even alive.. recently been thinking of trying to get reinstated and then do a quick fade as i cant go back to the whole jw stuff.. easier said than done and was turned down twice by elders after an immediate attempt 2 years ago.. my motivation for trying would be 1.

  ) to see if family make contact and 2) play the last hand in their game and give the middle finger.. interested in viewpoints?.

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  OneGenTwoGroups

  It's so strange, everyone I tell that I'm an ex JW find it endearing. They find it interesting and cool. And no big deal.