Jaidubdub

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  Former COs that Become Inactive

  by Bob_NC in

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  2. experiences

  some long years ago a circuit overseer told me that the area he was from had several former cos that had "left the road" as they call it and were just sitting on their laurels.

  he said that they don't pioneer and some were irregular publishers.

  a different co made a remark to the effect of "you think that servants or pioneers live a restricted life, cos are under the supervision of the service dept.

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  Jaidubdub

  I remember Joe Sleighman... I think his wife's name was Jean... Is he inactive now?
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  Invites, Parking and the DC - a true laughable story

  by wizzstick in

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  2. friends

  i'm in a major uk city, and we're assigned to an out of city location for our district convention.. to set the scene this site is off a busy motorway (freeway).

  it's a football (soccer) stadium.

  there is nothing around aside from one petrol (gas) station which also has a tiny supermarket in it.

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  Jaidubdub

  We've never had any issues with not being allowed in without a badge. I stopped wearing them about 8 years ago when one of those badge holders snagged my brand new expensive outfit...
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  How much money did you give the Watchtower?

  by Emery in

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  2. friends

  when you were a believer did you give large donations to the society?

  if so how much did you give?

  i know an elder who's a chiropractor and he generously gives $400-800 a month to the society.

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  Jaidubdub

  Nothing... I preferred to put that money towards a pair of new shoes...
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  What on earth happened to the magazines?

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  for the first time in years today.

  to say that it took me five minutes to read the whole thing would be to flatter the rag.

  it doesn't even seem to contain actual articles any more, just headings and bullet points and pictures.

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  They make it so simple so that no one uses their brain...
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  New Job

  by LouBelle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well i have been up and down this year with this current company i work for.

  from the time they employed me they have paid me late, without explanation.

  i have been miserable coming in here.

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  Jaidubdub

  Goid luk on new job, hope all goes well...
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  Just saw the most 2 faced dub ever on the ministry

  by not bitter in

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  2. friends

  i never mind seeing the witnesses on the ministry.

  but whenever i see this one guy i want to run him over.

  its always on a wednesday when i'm driving on the school run.

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  Jaidubdub

  But aren't most jw's 2 faced?
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  Warwick project... I had no clue it was this big!!!

  by sosoconfused in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.townofwarwick.org/wt_con/_appendix%20j.pdf.

  of course i was aware that the new headquarters would be there but according to the above plans it is immense!.

  253 acres???

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  Holy shit!!! So glad I never donated when I was active. I sometimes felt guilty, but not now...
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  Tech49 on HOURS, TIME, and REPORTS

  by Tech49 in

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  2. beliefs

  i thought i would share some of my observations on counting field service time, reports, etc.

  and how those reports are viewed, to those that are still so fixated on numbers.. i served as secretary on the service committee for many years, and have seen it all!.

  i was really disheartened when wt changed the requirement for aux pioneering to allow for 30 hrs, instead of the 50 it has been for so long.

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  Jaidubdub

  Great post Tech49

  I had no hours to report one month, and an elder asked me to submit a couple hours & just do those hours the follow month. I had always reported honestly at the stage. I told him that I didn't feel comfortable lying about FS time & would rather report a big fat zero rather than lie. I stopped reporting my hours after that even though I still went out witnessing. When asked by the same elder why I hadn't been reporting my time, I told him that Jehovah knows how many hours I do so I don't see why its anybody else's business needs how many hours I do... They left me alone after that...

  A close friend of mine used to put in a report for both her parents even though they hadn't been to the meeting for 2 years. When's asked her why she reported FS time when they obviously didn't go, she said her parents would beat her up if she didn't report their 'fake' time.
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  Whats in frosty's bookbag?!?

  by darth frosty in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  been meaning to do this for sometime, in the vien of geraldo opening capones vault here is me in the man cave opening my kh book bag.. .

  the contents of this bag have not seen the light of day since 2005. .

  link.

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  Jaidubdub

  Lol... Loved it...
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  Circuit overseers acting like bigshots

  by d in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i always felt that circuit overseers always acted as if they were some type of celebrity at the hall.people damn near worshipped these people.

  i always felt like we should worship god and not these people or the governing bodyw while i was still in.. this was probably my process of eventually leaving..

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  There was one CO that was decent. He came to visit us (my mum is sick & in a wheel chair) & I had stared missing meetings at that time coz of the bad treatment from the elders and others in the cong. Both my mum & I were able to freely express the pain & hurt they had caused us and which he was so discusted in the 'lack of love' they showed to us. It actually bought tears to his eyes, hearing what we had put up with over the years. He gave our elders a dressing down & also told me that he had warned them that they (the elders) had to change otherwise 'heads would roll'. He had kids that were disfellowshipped and seemed to to be so understanding. He invited me to the Sunday meeting and asked me to sit with him & his wife as i hated sitting on my own. It was the first time in the 10 years of being in that congregation that so many ppl came & spoke with me. I was literally surrounded by them all trying to welcome me (obviously trying to impress the CO). They treated us well after that - for about a month - I guess old habits die hard. I saw him a couple years later at the DA. I was inactive for a while by this stage. He asked me 'how things are going?' I told him it wasn't going well and that if it wasn't for a close friend, I wouldn't be here. I tried to explain to him what was going on & how I was struggling to cope & he didn't want to know. It was like he was no longer interested. I guess even those that set out to do good either change or step down. I think he was one of those that changed... For worse...