Posts by My Name is of No Consequence

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Sad about the past

by Gorbatchov in

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today i feel deep sad memories in my brain.. visiting bookstudy with my parents, doing my best giving answers at 7 years old.. doing fieldservice every weekend and on an evening.. i could write so much story's about it.. we believed from our hart and listened to what the organisation told us.. it makes me sad, what a scam it became.. today i can't stand it.. i can cry about it.

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gorby.

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I too find myself in the nostalgic mood sometimes.

I remember going out in service with my anointed grandmother and she just wowed me at the doors, even at a young age. I remember stopping at a certain bakery for break whenever we had territory out in the country. I remember this old lady screaming at my mother and I at the door.

I find myself looking around at everyone that I love and it hurts me deeply that they are getting old and will die. Most of my family did not go to college or save up for the future. There was no need to, right? I guess I was lucky because I did both.

My nostalgia quickly turns to anger and resentment. Somebody has got to pay for the untold number of lives that this "religion", as well as others like it, has ruined.

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Is Watchtower imploding? 10 reasons why the end could be nigh

by WildeLover in

http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/is-watchtower-imploding-10-reasons-why-the-end-could-be-nigh.

i dont know how to hyperlink the link above,.

it's a link to an article by cedars on the possibility of the wt imploding?.

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@ galaxie:

True. But they do not see it that that way. The org will never come out and say: "we were wrong". They are never wrong as it is always a "refinement of truth" and the "light getting brighter."

Has the org ever admitted to being wrong on anything?

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Is Watchtower imploding? 10 reasons why the end could be nigh

by WildeLover in

http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/is-watchtower-imploding-10-reasons-why-the-end-could-be-nigh.

i dont know how to hyperlink the link above,.

it's a link to an article by cedars on the possibility of the wt imploding?.

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@ galaxie:

The watchtower , by their own admission was built on unsound foundations.

When did they admit this??

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New letter, re: Fully Utilizing Kingdom Hall Auditoriums

by suavojr in

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let the merging begin!!!.

to all bodies of elders in the united states branch territory.

re: fully utilizing kingdom hall auditoriums.

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At some point, when are the dubs going to say: "Wait a minute...something's not right here."? It seems like every change/new policy that the org pushes onto the flock, it is generally received in a positive light. How much is the org going to get away with before it is adversely affected? Goodness!

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Does it say anything in the bible about being a “spiritual head” or the head being responsible for everyone’s “spiritual growth”?

by My Name is of No Consequence in

my wife is really getting on my case about not being spiritual and leading the family spiritually.

at this point, i really dont go to meetings anymore nor do i have the desire to go.

i guess its not enough that i work 50 hours a week and pay the majority of the household bills with no complaints.

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@ ToesUp:

She wants me to be a "spiritual example" to her and our son. Meaning: go out in field service, comment, study and go to meetings. Forget the fact that I am a hard worker that doesn't spend much money on himself and who doesn't cheat on his wife. It's never enough.

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Does it say anything in the bible about being a “spiritual head” or the head being responsible for everyone’s “spiritual growth”?

by My Name is of No Consequence in

my wife is really getting on my case about not being spiritual and leading the family spiritually.

at this point, i really dont go to meetings anymore nor do i have the desire to go.

i guess its not enough that i work 50 hours a week and pay the majority of the household bills with no complaints.

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Thank you all for your comments and suggestions. Keep them coming!

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Does it say anything in the bible about being a “spiritual head” or the head being responsible for everyone’s “spiritual growth”?

by My Name is of No Consequence in

my wife is really getting on my case about not being spiritual and leading the family spiritually.

at this point, i really dont go to meetings anymore nor do i have the desire to go.

i guess its not enough that i work 50 hours a week and pay the majority of the household bills with no complaints.

My Name is of No Consequence

My wife is really getting on my case about not being spiritual and leading the family spiritually. At this point, I really don’t go to meetings anymore nor do I have the desire to go. I guess it’s not enough that I work 50 hours a week and pay the majority of the household bills with no complaints. I do not have a problem with taking care of my family in that sense. I just want to show her a scripture or two in the bible that blows this “spiritual head” and “spiritual growth” nonsense out of the water.

It’s funny, I thought I knew the bible, but when I took a step back from the org, I realized that I know nothing.

Any ideas?

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A difficult yet necessary decision

by Brother Jeramy in

the past five weeks have been perhaps the most painful in my life as a witness.. some months ago a young man (i'd say in his late thirties or early forties) began attending meetings at my kingdom hall.

he had just moved to my area from another state.

he had disassociated himself from his home congregation many years back, when he was 20 years old and going through many of the typical trials and temptations most young men experience.. two of the elders met with him initially, and they later shared the details with the body of elders.

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That disassociated young man is better off. Hopefully in the near future, he will realize that the elders did him a favor by not letting him back.

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Why do you still give talks?

by 1tMakesNoSence in

assuming you are still sitting there because of circumstances.

why do you still give/don't give talks?i ask this because i have to give talk no.

3: love and obedience bring happinessnwt p. 26 4-6 (5 min.

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After almost 24 years of giving talks, I finally quit the TMS earlier this year.

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Was the Economic Collapse of 2008 and the obvious Money Grab by the Organization a Coincidence?

by My Name is of No Consequence in

let me start off by saying that the org has always been trying to get money.

but is it a coincidence that they have been so in-your-face about it since 2008?

in 2008, most of the world experienced an economic drop-off that it has not witnessed since the 1930s and is still struggling to recover from..

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@ JeffT:

That is a good point about the literature. My only counterpoint to that would be that they haven't charged for literature since the early 1990's like you mentioned. If that was the main reason for the recent money grab, then shouldn't it have happened way before 2008?