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  Field Service Hours

  by Mystery in

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  my "jw" family came down for the "thanksgiving" holiday.

  my mom & sister - my sisters family - my full time pioneer niece (17 years old).

  we were sitting around playing cards and my niece was writing letters inbetween deals.

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  Hand-write letters extremely slowly

  this reminded me during the late 70's and early 80's when the society wanted the rank and file to write letters to Mr. Banda in Malawi to stop the persecution of the witnesses. I remember how happy I was to be able to put in so many hours of easy service .

  Those poor people in Malawi were suffering, being beaten and raped and killed and I was so happy because I had the opportunity to put in easy hours.

  When I think about my insensitivity ( product of watchtower) I want to cry.

  That is what watchtowerism does . It gives its members a warped sense of what is right.. For most doing what is right is getting as much hours as they can.

  I don't remember thinking about what those bros and sis went through, I just remember how happy I was to be putting in all those hours.

  Did I go on a tangent. Sorry.

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  Field Service Hours

  by Mystery in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my "jw" family came down for the "thanksgiving" holiday.

  my mom & sister - my sisters family - my full time pioneer niece (17 years old).

  we were sitting around playing cards and my niece was writing letters inbetween deals.

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  Is this really what "field service" has came to?

  It has always been about time. I remember stopping from the territory and driving a fair distance home and then making a stupid telephone call on someone to finish my time.

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  Disfellowshipped for celebrating holidays?

  by Robert_V_Frazier in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  does anyone know of any specific cases of jehovah's witnesses who were disfellowshipped because of celebrating any of the forbidden holidays -- christmas, easter, birthdays, etc?

  i have a discussion going with a jehovah's witness who claims that he doesn't know of anyone ever being dfed over that.. thanks in advance,.

  robert v frazier

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  Then after it was all done he stood on the arm of the chair to put the angel on the top!!!! He fell into the tree it all came down ,smashed the decorations etc> I laughed & told him it was Jehovahs will ....I repeated it at the Kingdum Hell

  Mouthy , you crack me up. I had a good laugh at that.

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  Elder phoned me last night

  by micheal in

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  2. experiences

  havn't heard anything from them in a year.

  out of the blue i have recieved two phone calls in the last week.

  of course having caller id i never answerd.

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  It's winter and some elders don't particularly like going in service so they pretend they have more important things to do like visiting the inactive in their midsts.

  I've seen this tactic all too often on a cold saturday morning.

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  What is the mood in the Kingdom Halls nowadays?

  by JH in

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  when i used to go the meetings in the late 80's, the mood was good, knowing that the end was close.

  later on in the 90's while i still attended once in a while, people were starting to be less zealous and were starting to put their needs before those of the kingdoms.

  people started to buy houses, instead of living in apartements, they were buying nicer cars, taking vacations far away, and mostly, the women started to work, to help pay for the better life style they were living.

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  For the most part everyone is brain dead. There is also very little commenting. Everyone goes about their own business and could not care less about anybody else.

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  Who are you guys?

  by eyeswideopen in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  how long have you guys been out of the truth and what family background of the truth do you guys have?.

  i 've read profiles and the comments and i wonder who was the newest to come out...?.

  emmm what is the latest on the generation theory?.

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  We are The League of Extraordinary Apostates

  proud to be a part of this elite group

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  Who are you guys?

  by eyeswideopen in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  how long have you guys been out of the truth and what family background of the truth do you guys have?.

  i 've read profiles and the comments and i wonder who was the newest to come out...?.

  emmm what is the latest on the generation theory?.

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  I am still in and so is my husband.

  I am at the point that I don't really care if they are on a witch hunt. They have nothing on me.

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  Quick Introduction

  by Nocturne in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been lurking here for a few months now, and i've been wanting to post for awhile now but i've never really been up to it.

  i first stumbled upon the information about the wtbts being an ngo for 10 years in september, and ever since i've been finding out about all the other things the society has been up to.

  as of now, i'm still going to the meetings, but now my eyes have been truly opened, and i can see things in a whole new perspective, and it's amazing the deception that's going on in the organization.

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  there are still circumstances that prevent me from completely leaving for now.

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  I hear you. It's not so cut and dry to leave loved ones behind. My husband and I are in a similar situation. Can't completely leave yet because of family.

  I've read on this board that leaving the Jw's is a journey that does not happen all at once. The first steps is to leave it mentally. You can do this by educating yourself first. This place will help immensely.

  Welcome aboard and enjoy the ride.
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  This Generation Has Passed Away

  by Big Tex in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was raised by the society with the constant drumbeat in my head: "this generation will by no means pass away ...".

  when i was a kid, "this generation" was defined as one who not only was alive in 1914 but was aware of the changes in the world.

  they were old enough to know the world before 1914, the war on earth, the war in heaven, jesus' installation as king and so on.. .

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  The sad part is the "new light" on the now, ever-expanding, non-ending, ever-present "Generation" was accepted without hardly a fuss or question from the rank & file.

  This is true!

  I've tried to discuss the generation change with some from the congregation. They just don't see it as such a big deal.

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  Did the "Society:" make a mistake?

  by fearnotruth22 in

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  no marriage, no children, no college, no psychiarits, no vaccines, no tranlplants, no blood, no voting no flag salute, no miitary service, no masturbation, no premarital sex, no extramaritla sex, no porno, no drbase music, no r movies, no chess ans what else is taboo?

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  As for the WTS making mistakes, I think they ARE a mistake. If we learn from our mistakes then the time was not all wasted.

  But the WTS never learns from their mistakes. They just repeat them over and over.

  WANNAEXIT