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  I quit the Theocratic Ministry School

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

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  after almost 24 years in the school and doing it since i was nine years old, i officially resigned.

  it has become increasingly difficult to prepare talks, especially with the new format for brothers.

  i did not mind doing them; i actually put the time and effort into getting them out.

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  @Rebel8

  It sounds like you're saying you quit because you didn't like the new format of the talks, and that was your main reason for quitting.

  That was part of the reason. The main reason was that I simply did not have the time to that I used to have to get talks out. I started on talks weeks in advance. I am not able to do that anymore. The new arrangement for brothers was just the icing on the cake for me. I certainly do not have the time to track my assistant down for him only to say: "we can go over it before the meeting".
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  "You young ones..."

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

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  "you young ones, are you worried about college, a career, retirement?

  the end is so close!".

  how many of us have heard that and are better (or worse) for it?.

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  At least Mormons encourage their followers to go to college. Is there a correlation between that and why most of them are so wealthy?
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  If this isn't the truth, then what is our hope?

  by Gigi2121 in

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  i'm new here but not new to researching and questioning the jw beliefs.

  i have quite a story.... one that's been haunting me for awhile... but first, i'd like to hear what people have to say about this topic question, please.. -gigi.

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  @Gigi2121:

  Good question. I have been struggling with that question for some time now. After you realize that virtually everything that you learned about the "truth" is not the truth, a void within you is created and is not easily filled.
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  Where did this picture of GB singing come from?

  by Esse quam videri in

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  sorry.

  i see it is on jw survey and from one of their earth shaking, mind bending, nausea producing jw.org broadcasts.. .

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  @Splash:

  (Luke 20:46, 47) “Beware of the scribes who like to walk around in robes and who love greetings in the marketplaces and front seats in the synagogues and the most prominent places at evening meals, and who devour the houses of the widows and for show make long prayers. These will receive a more severe judgment.”

  Right on!
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  I quit the Theocratic Ministry School

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  after almost 24 years in the school and doing it since i was nine years old, i officially resigned.

  it has become increasingly difficult to prepare talks, especially with the new format for brothers.

  i did not mind doing them; i actually put the time and effort into getting them out.

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  Things changed whenever they went to strictly bible reading as opposed to the "introduction-bible reading-conclusion" format for the first student talk. It was great if you didn't take pride in your assignments. All you have to do now is get up there, read several scriptures and then sit back down. This format never really made since to me.

  I remember one time, I said "Genesis Chapter 2, verses 1 through 15 reads..." and then started into the reading. Guess what? I was counseled to just go into the reading without saying what I was about to read. Even with the reading, I tried to make it unique, just something to break the monotony. You can not be unique in this farce of a religion.

  Once the format was changed for the third student talk earlier this year, the writing was on the wall for me.
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  Not Seating at the Same Place in All Meetings.

  by Tempest in a Teacup in

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  i haven't heard this one in a while but it has been on my mind lately.

  maybe it's because i'm noticing that these days people at the kh are going the extra mile to vary their seating places in all meetings.. having skipped meetings for a few weeks, i'm wondering if there has been a talk/article about that recently.

  that's one of the most laughable rules they made and i never felt bound by it.

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  @DATA-DOG

  Basically as a JW, you are NEVER doing it right.

  Now that is the understatement of the century!
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  I quit the Theocratic Ministry School

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  after almost 24 years in the school and doing it since i was nine years old, i officially resigned.

  it has become increasingly difficult to prepare talks, especially with the new format for brothers.

  i did not mind doing them; i actually put the time and effort into getting them out.

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  @StarTrekAngel

  When I told the school overseer that I quit, he just said "okay". It really was not the response that I was expecting considering that we don't have that many on the school as it is.
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  “Human aggression could bring civilisation and humanity to an end ,” says Stephen Hawking

  by abiather in

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  human aggression could bring civilisation and humanity to an end , says stephen hawking.

  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/stephen-hawking-space-travel-will-save-mankind-and-we-should-colonise-other-planets-10058811.html.

  compare ecclesiastes 8:9.

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  BK? Do you mean Burger King?
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  I quit the Theocratic Ministry School

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  after almost 24 years in the school and doing it since i was nine years old, i officially resigned.

  it has become increasingly difficult to prepare talks, especially with the new format for brothers.

  i did not mind doing them; i actually put the time and effort into getting them out.

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  I feel a little sad about it actually. The TMS was something that has been apart of my life since the age of 9. It certainly has helped me to become a better speaker and communicator. However, it has outlived its usefulness for me.
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  I quit the Theocratic Ministry School

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  after almost 24 years in the school and doing it since i was nine years old, i officially resigned.

  it has become increasingly difficult to prepare talks, especially with the new format for brothers.

  i did not mind doing them; i actually put the time and effort into getting them out.

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  @NewYork44M

  @Giordano

  Brothers on the school can now be given assignments with assistants, just like the sisters.