I see your position about lying, Oh Gawd. So maybe he doesn't say that he's at work. Maybe he can just say, I don't want to meet after all. But here's the thing-- you have the privilege of NOT being a jw and dealing with a family of jws who are basically a sack of liars (I'm summarizing your first post on jwn). That said, ILTTATT is not in that position. He's trying to keep his family together. Idk why he agreed to meet in the first place. Standard procedure should be evade, evade, evade . Anyways, he didn't do that. But he can still choose to evade, evade, evade. I don't think he's prepared to deal with losing his family.
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The eldaaaars again!!
by ILoveTTATT inafter two months of not coming to my house, today about two hours ago, one of the elders that came two months ago came to my house.
he was in serve-us with other brothers from the spanish cong and came into my house with a friend of mine (not another elder).
he said he wanted to talk to me, and he said it in front of my mom and my dad (both were there).. what was interesting is that it seems like it will be a one-on-one for half-hour.
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The eldaaaars again!!
by ILoveTTATT inafter two months of not coming to my house, today about two hours ago, one of the elders that came two months ago came to my house.
he was in serve-us with other brothers from the spanish cong and came into my house with a friend of mine (not another elder).
he said he wanted to talk to me, and he said it in front of my mom and my dad (both were there).. what was interesting is that it seems like it will be a one-on-one for half-hour.
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losingit
Nahhhhh I wouldn't listen to Oh Gawd
If you don't want to talk, then don't. Stand him up and blame it on work. What's there to think about? And if he asks your parents, you tell them both the same story-- WORK.
Remember, you don't owe them anything.
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Who is easier to indoctrinate, men or women?
by kneehighmiah infrom purely anecdotal evidence, i believe women are more indoctrinated on average.
i can openly disagree with the governing body with men and it results in a discussion however, most women i've talked to have immediately shut me down by ending the conversation.
the only person currently shunning me is a woman.
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losingit
Apognophos-- I appreciate that insight.
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Who is easier to indoctrinate, men or women?
by kneehighmiah infrom purely anecdotal evidence, i believe women are more indoctrinated on average.
i can openly disagree with the governing body with men and it results in a discussion however, most women i've talked to have immediately shut me down by ending the conversation.
the only person currently shunning me is a woman.
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losingit
Cofty-- what was the point of citing those apcrypha scriptures?You post with no explanation. I'd love to hear how you think those texts have to do with this thread. Thanks....
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Who is easier to indoctrinate, men or women?
by kneehighmiah infrom purely anecdotal evidence, i believe women are more indoctrinated on average.
i can openly disagree with the governing body with men and it results in a discussion however, most women i've talked to have immediately shut me down by ending the conversation.
the only person currently shunning me is a woman.
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losingit
Interesting comment-- women long for justice more than men do... Well, I'm not sure that's true. Of course, ppl get upset wgen someone generalizes on such a large scale. But from my own experience, listening to my soon-to-be-ex talk while he was still in the Borg, he expressed a lot of sympathy, concern, and love for those that suffered from injustice. Many times we'd listen to the news and comment on the condition of many in the wprld today Perhaps it was the same ol' jw thinking-- oh, the world is in such disarray! The end is near!-- but I also feel tht he had a heart about such matters. It was his empathy for others that attracted me to him in the first place.....
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Were People Surprised When You Left The Witnesses?
by minimus inmine was a gradual going away.
but once it dawned on them, i think people were shocked that i left the religion i espoused from youth.. were people "in the truth" and "in the world" surprised by your departure?.
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losingit
Whoa cofty n minimus!
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Weekend Warning - Family May be after You Come Sunday, be ready.
by LostGeneration inthe wt this weekend:.
help those who have become inactive.. jesus said that there is joy in.
heaven when just one lost sheep is.
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losingit
Lol outlaw! YESSSSS! Haha :-P
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Some vs Many
by Londo111 init is interesting how the watchtower uses these two words.
for instance, the word some is often used to minimize, and many used to maximize.
and yet, it is so unspecific that some might be a greater quantity than many, yet the mind doesnt process these words this way.. for instance, if it is a failed prediction or a changed teaching, they might say, some believed... when it fact some means most or all, because this was food at the proper time coming from gods channel through the watchtower.
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losingit
Thank you for this! Some ... Many... those words would drive me crazy!! Well how many? Who are they? How do they know it was some / many? It used to PISS ME OFF! And to think, ppl swallowed this garbage without questioning
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'Jehovah will provide' / some fish(y) stories! - WT April 15, 2014
by bats in the belfry ineduardo & family with kids will pioneer and survive on 10% of his regular income.. .. .
page 24. .
sort of reminded me of this guy: father of four quits job after attending annual meeting.
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losingit
Never even thought about that, Syme... those were definitely prying eyes! Turn the tables around on the elder, thats what that "bro" needed to do!
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2014 DC: Fewer, but larger venues in the U.S.
by doinmypart inin the u.s. there are fewer venues this year, but they will be held in larger facilities.
as long as i can remember my family travelled no more than 2 hours to attend and in the last few years the dc was local (within a few minutes travel).
this year my family is driving 6 hours to a major u.s. city.
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losingit
Jgnat-- I guess this is the year hubby decides to go to a DC in on a warm island or sunny place somewhere. Forget Red Deer. Convince him to make a vacation out of it!