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  A contribution from one of the members!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  a contribution from one of the members who doesn't get to post very often.. ... .......... ........................ ......... ..........atlantis

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  GrreatTeacher

  I never knew they ever had assemblies in Baltimore. Memorial Stadium was torn down years ago.

  And the average hours for publishers in 1948 was about 14. No wonder they started to whine about getting in at least 10 hours a month.
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  Why is it so hard to deconvert the JDubs?

  by alonein321 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was watching this q & a by peter boghossian (autor of the book a manual for creating atheists) on youtube:.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zksbmdcczvu .

  around 17:15 min, he explains that there are difficulty levels when it comes to religions in aplying these techniques.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Nice thoughts, DATA DOG. I think you have hit the nail on the head.

  The GB are the only channel. Says who? The GB!

  And that closed system of logic won't let any other thoughts in.
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  "You must work hard"

  by Separation of Powers in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  had the opportunity or should i say "chore" to goto the ca a couple weeks back...haven't had the chance to post this... do giving the final talk about "work," you know, "god and christ keep working and so should you..." what kinda blew my mind is the co gives the talk before him and says, "i know you are tired, tired of this system of things, but we can keep going can't we?

  we know it's just around the corner.

  " the brothers all clap, cause he's like an old grandpa type...the do then comes up and starts talking about how much people are slowing down, he talks about the "snares" that satan is using and the need to keep busy, he then states, "brothers, you must work hard.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Let your left hand not know what your right hand is doing.
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  My Mom is in the hospital

  by JeffT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my mother broke her hip last week.

  she had an emergency partial replacement surgery friday night.

  we don't know how she did it as we have caregivers with her at all times, she may have fallen while in the bathroom for a few minutes.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Sorry to hear that. It's hard when the relationship between parent and child is reversed.
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  I am at a gay bar!!!

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so fun!!!

  full report later..... .

  dd.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Sorry, fulltimestudent, only the purple one is demonized.

  Here, brush up on your teletubby history: the purple one is named Tinky Winky and he carries a purse. Therefore, he is gay. Therefore, he is demonized.

  Next week we will discuss the larger history of homophobic names given to children's television characters and its impact on polite society.
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  Confused?

  by nomorepain13 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have been going to meetings since i was a child, long story short only recently i've started taking the truth seriously, i am not baptized but just an unbaptized publisher.

  truth is i am so lonely in the congregation.

  the other young people in the cong don't like me because they dont think i am going to "stay" for long, i've even worked on the ministry with an older brother and asked her am i giving the wrong impression to people?

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  GrreatTeacher

  I too was raised in the truth and met a really nice worldly guy who I knew I would really get along well with. I was so torn. It felt like a test.

  Well, I chose the nice worldy guy and we have been married over 20 years now. We get along so great that I always kind of wonder what people are talking about when they say that marriage is hard work.

  So, it was a test, a test of my ability to detect bull$*** and also to decide what it was that would really make me happy in life.
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  One of the big reasons I left the JW Cult

  by Still Totally ADD in

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  2. friends

  he would love to see you.

  i would tell them please come out anyway he would just love to see you.

  i saw the lack of love and could not believe it.

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  GrreatTeacher

  That is truly disgusting behavior. Maybe they held not making meetings or field service against the poor man. Who knows what goes on in their petty little minds.

  You did a good thing. Good to know there are truly caring people in this world.
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  Do you think not having the book study in private homes has had much effect?

  by truthseeker in

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  2. friends

  it's been a few years since the organization ended the book study arrangement in private homes.. gone was the last opportunity to have tea and biscuits and a natter with the friends afterwards.. do you think people regret losing the book study?

  for some, it may have been the only time they were able to get some "associaton".

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  GrreatTeacher

  There were no other children at our bookstudy and we didn't have goodie nights, so it was not my favorite meeting.

  Eventually the meeting moved to our house in a small room in our basement. My sister and I would entertain ourselves by tormenting the old ladies. A favorite was to use lots of furniture wax on the rickety old folding chairs so they were greasy and slippery.

  Once we glued a penny to the floor in the unfinished basement entrance. We hid behind some bicycles and snickered to ourselves as each and every little old sister bent down to try to pick it up off the floor.

  All of our friends were away at other, cooler bookstudy groups and we felt quite left out.
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  Born-In Girls--Did You Have a Doll at KH

  by Band on the Run in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when i was preschool, i had several dolls.

  meetings were so hard at that age.

  in fact, they were agony my entire life.

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  GrreatTeacher

  No toys allowed, though once I smuggled a Barbie in and settled her within the leafy branches of one of the fake trees on the platform. She wasn't discovered by anyone except some other children whom I let in on the joke earlier in the evening.
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  Talked to JW's in Service Today (kinda long...sorry)

  by exwhyzee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was in my company vehicle and i spotted some jw's going from door to door.. i circled around the block and pulled over.

  when they passed, i rolled down the .

  window and asked the pleasant looking middle aged couple as they passed, if they were jehovah's .

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  GrreatTeacher

  Thank you so much for sharing your story. I was once disfellowshipped too after admitting it, being repentant and telling them of mental health issues. I hung around long enough to get reinstated and accept all the congratulatory handshakes, but I never went back after that night.

  My brother and sister were also disfellowshipped, one for not meeting with the elders for a jc, but neither of them bothered with the reinstatement process. I only did it so my mother wouldn't feel like she had to shun me, but she speaks to all of us and treats us the same even though she and my dad are pioneers.