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Posts by Azalo
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8Does this work for everyone?
by Holey_Cheeses*King_of_the juice. intesting.
can you see a pic?.
cheeses.
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Status quo or risk it all?
by Azalo inmy family and i have a pretty good relationship despite the fact that i faded away about 7 years ago.
the question is due i have the obligation to try to save them from themselves and by doing so risk not only our relationship but perhaps pushing them further into the "truth"?
i know that many people are of the school of thought that you just have to let them find out for themselves, but i can see that my parents are hardheaded or blind and i think they deserve at least few years of freedom before they pass on.
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Azalo
My family and I have a pretty good relationship despite the fact that I faded away about 7 years ago. The question is due I have the obligation to try to save them from themselves and by doing so risk not only our relationship but perhaps pushing them further into the "truth"? I know that many people are of the school of thought that you just have to let them find out for themselves, but I can see that my parents are hardheaded or blind and I think they deserve at least few years of freedom before they pass on. It would be terribly sad to realize on your death bed that you gave your whole life to a fraudulent organization?
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Dramas
by In_between_days inone of the funniest things i will ever remember as a jw are the "big dramas" at the assemblys.
it was amazing how everyone would sit through the torture of the infinate talks and "skits" with an incredibly bored look on their faces, yet when the drama got closer, the apathetic faces piped up, became animated, excited.
it was, as far as i could see the "best of the worst" piece of the programme, and by god, even though i spent almost the entire time at the assemblies outside feeding ducks, i was always in one of the front rows for the drama.
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Azalo
Ok I'm a bit embarrassed to admit this but when I was a little kid I used to listen to the audiotape of the drama about Moses constantly, I even memorized parts of it. I actually have a brand new tape cause my family thought this might bring me back into the fold. I wonder if its worth anything on ebay? I didnt see that drama in person cause it was before my time.
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What Did You "Become" After Leaving The Watchtower?
by SpannerintheWorks in.
born again, liberal christian, agnostic, atheist, or "other"?.
spanner
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sinner
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Idealist
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Ahhh yes...DISTRICT CONVENTION TIME IS HERE.....
by jimbob inyes, summer is almost here, and this will be my very first summer that i will not be attending a district convention.
since the wife and i left the borg last august, i have looked forward to a summer, free from conventions.
at last that time has arrived.
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Azalo
At Spanish conventions I dont really remember ever seeing protesters, at least not on a regular basis. I guess the Spanish speaking apostates are as zealous as the English speaking. course maybe that has changed in the last 7 years.
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Why do elders step down when their children are disfellowshipped?
by truthseeker inhi everyone, a question that has been on my mind for a while.. if jehovah appoints the elders, why is it that when one of their kids is disfellowshipped some of them step down as an elder?.
does jehovah dis-appoint them?
is this a scriptual thing?
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Azalo
Wednesday:
Who cares if she lied to the elders! What qualifies them to be judge and jury, I doubt any of them went to law school and they all probably went in the bathroom and jacked off afterwards.
about the topic, my father didnt step down and wasnt deleted but this was one of the things that most concerned me about fading away, cause i would have felt guilty about that.
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thrown for a loop by Elder
by integ in'just when i'm about to get out, they keep pulling me back in"- godfather 3.. this quote does'nt truly apply to me, but just when i am convinced there are absolutely no redeemable qualities about the borg this really nice elder comes up to me and very calmly tells me how much i am loved and missed at the meetings, to not feel any pressure, and that jehovah will always be there for me, and that he (the elder) would too.
he had a very calm, serene, quality about him.
came off as truly "spiritual".
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Azalo
I know many great people who are JW's, including many members of my family, but it doesnt change the fallacy that is their religion. (and every other for that matter IMO)
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Did you always turn in *all* your donation money?
by asleif_dufansdottir ini went out in service for the first time at about the same time the "donation arrangement" was put into effect.
i heard one or two brothers (when they were in 'safe' company) thinking out loud that if the money was really for the "world wide work"...that maybe it would be ok to use some of it, sometimes, to put gas in the car to go out in service (our congregation had some really poor people and our rurals covered 4 or 5 counties and hundreds of square miles).. i was wondering if anyone actually did that?
i wonder if pioneers who were used to getting a price break kept keeping a percentage??
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Azalo
i used to "borrow" a little but i turned in most of it.
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Did you always turn in *all* your donation money?
by asleif_dufansdottir ini went out in service for the first time at about the same time the "donation arrangement" was put into effect.
i heard one or two brothers (when they were in 'safe' company) thinking out loud that if the money was really for the "world wide work"...that maybe it would be ok to use some of it, sometimes, to put gas in the car to go out in service (our congregation had some really poor people and our rurals covered 4 or 5 counties and hundreds of square miles).. i was wondering if anyone actually did that?
i wonder if pioneers who were used to getting a price break kept keeping a percentage??
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Azalo
i used to "borrow" a little but i turned in most of it.