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  PEER PRESSURE!!! I gave in to Pioneering during August...I feel dirty...

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  ok, i'll admit it...i am weak.... as everyone knows, the pressure to "pioneer" during "the most momentous, awesome, amazing, centenary anniversay of jesus invisble kigdom rule, & distribute tracts about a dodgy website" campaign is very strong at the moment.... also, many will have read my threads about the extreme views and expectations in our cong for "all appointed men to pioneer" etc..... every elder and ms and their families have been announced as pioneering....i mean everyone's name was read out except mine..... i was not going to do it, as i do not believe anyone should be forced...(and of course its the last thing on earth i would rather do anyway since learning ttatt).

  but i am not quite ready to make the break yet, so i realised that i would stand out more if i didnt put in a form to pioneer.

  yes it would make me more conspicious, and make fading harder to do...it would bring more heat on me if i didnt pioneer.. so i gave in and submitted a form.... now, of course, i'm only going to make sure i'm seen at the key field service groups etc...but then go and do something more interesting...like count blades of grass..... ahh....i feel hypocritical to myself now......

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  Daniel1555

  Hey stuckinarut

  I know how you feel. The peer pressure can be hard. It needs a lot of strength to stand out or do something different than what the most others do.

  Just know. You don't have to pioneer. If you don't what would the others think? Well maybe that you are spiritually weak. Or some might think for themselves: "Wow, he didn't give in to that pressure."

  I think Oneeyedjoes plan is great. Think about it.

  Even if you gave in. There will be many more opportunies for you to resist this peer pressure. It needs a lot of strength and courage. I know you can do it.

  I wish you all the best.
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  3rd Update on Fading

  by wallievase in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok well i have updated you about the dilemma about my wife and family and more recently about the elders trying to schedule a shepherding call.. on our way back from th international convention she basically told me if i were to leave that we should go our seperate ways.. so i took a few days and thought about it.

  it seems she was more mad about my waffling back and forth and going to the hall sometimes and just not making up my mind.. today i gave her a proposal- i will stop going all together unless it it an assembly or convention or memorial for her.. we will not discuss religious topics, as this is where most of our arguments have been centered around, at all.. we will support all of each others endeavors besides religious intrests.

  i will talk to my family and let them know my intentions without getting into an details next month because my mother keeps calling me about it.

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  Daniel1555

  Hi wallievase

  You made a very honest and fair agreement. Stick to it. Try hard to be a very loving and kind husband, not criticizing your wifes views. She has to make her own mind.

  You have a lot of courage to live by your conscience. That is very commendable.

  In my situation my wife left me, because she thinks I am an apostate. I never tried to influence her views. However she was always a very conservative jw.

  I am happy though to have listened to my conscience.

  I wish you and your wife all the best on this difficult journey.
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  Would you do this to your kids? Is this cold or am I crazy?

  by BU2B in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my mentally in jw wife is trying to organize a "princess party" for my 4 year old daughter and her little cousins and friends.

  she was looking at prices of a tent for the backyard party in case it rains.

  she asked the hardware store how much and they said 90 dollars for the day.

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  You have a kind wife, to make a princess party. I am sure your daughter will like it.
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  Heaven is For real - Akiane Kramarik / Col,Todd- Visions of Heaven , real or imaginned

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  today, i watched a movie called" heaven is for real", before we go any further i want to say i have become an atheist having been exposed to christianity from an early age with different denominations up into my teens , and then being converted to a jehovahs witness for 33 years , and then disaccociating myself from that religion some years ago.. however i am intrigued with what i have witnessed today , not only the movie , but where it has led me.

  fair enough , movies take liberties in what they present even with so called true stories , i can live with that.. i think their has been a lot said about col and his pastor father being an influence on his sons visions.i can live with that too.. in the movie col todd related to the painting akiane kramarik made about jesus ?

  they never knew anything about one another.

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  I read a lot of near death experiences and a lot of books about it.

  Due to these accounts I came to believe that there is some kind of afterlife. Those experiences show that the most important things in life are unconditional love and compassion.

  Why do I believe that we pass somehow in another world?

  All kind of people have these experiences, no matter if children, adult, from all different cultural background and religion. Most experiences have similar characteristics, coming to a light, feeling or communicating with a higher power that is full of love, a review of all actions in life and how these made others feel, higher awareness and knowledge, seeing or feeling deceased loved ones.

  Several factors convince me. 1. that people see themselves out of their body and they can relate in detail things they can not know (like conversations that happened in other rooms etc.).

  2. Near death experiences of children. Children would never make them up. 3. Blind or death people from birth on were able to see or hear during the NDE and give details about it. 4. All those experiences say it was a highly conscious experience not like a dream but real. Dreams normally end anytime (even apruptly). NDE s have usually a clear ending (with the sending back or decision to go back). 5. A NDE can influence a person for all his life.
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  The two elders visited my sister again

  by opusdei1972 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i phoned my sister and she told me that yesterday the two elders visited her again.

  she lives in a latin country (as i do).

  and as i shown before, just two weeks ago, these elders visited my sister because she is not attending the meetings.

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  Your sister is very intelligent. Too intelligent for these elders.

  I tell you, to try to show the elders the organisation was wrong on so many things is actually a waste of time. Finally they will come with the loyalty question 'Do you believe the faithful and discreet slave is gods channel.' If she answers with no, they will df her for apostasy if she talks to another brother or sister about it.
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  About one year on

  by thedog1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it's about a year since i started visiting this website.

  it all started with the july 15 wt last year and all the changes.

  lazy me had not read it online so when one bro said to me at the hall, 'have you read all the new stuff in that issue' i didn't know what he was talking about.

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  It might be better to resign for health reasons (worn out) or that you want to spend more time with your family.
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  About one year on

  by thedog1 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it's about a year since i started visiting this website.

  it all started with the july 15 wt last year and all the changes.

  lazy me had not read it online so when one bro said to me at the hall, 'have you read all the new stuff in that issue' i didn't know what he was talking about.

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  I was also an elder and I tried to figure out how I could resign.

  One day I told my wife that due to doubts I have I can no longer be an elder. I called the Cobe and wrote a letter of resignation due to doubts.

  I had to explain everything to the CO and then it was such a liberating feeling not being an elder anymore. Like a huge wheight lifted from my shoulders.

  Over about 1 year the elders tried to reason with me on my doubts afterwards. But if you stand firm they will loose the interest.

  When I look back I gave them too much authority. I should have said. My faith is between me and Jehovah. There is no need for lengthx discussions.
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  How to Wear a Pinkie Ring, by Stephen Lett, Governing Body Member

  by Oubliette in

  1. social
  2. humour

  always the fashionista amongst the governing body members, mr. stephen lett recently showed us how even an older man can display a certain swagger, a certain je nesais quoi that says, "i'm one of the anointed, and you're not!".

  he does this in so many ways, but the one i want to draw our attention to is the way he rocked the theocratic fashion world with his wearing of a very manly pinkie ring in a recent wtbts video.. - -.

  stephen lett of the governing body of jehovah's witnesses demonstrating how to wear a pinkie ring.

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  I asked my mum (who saw that video at the convention today) what she thinks about Stephen Lett.

  She answered. "Oh yes, he makes gestures with all his face. He is such a passionate speaker. I would have loved to meet him and talk to him. He must be such a friendly and passionate person."

  I replied. "...and he loves big rings on little fingers."
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  Watchtower Approved Blood Transfusions

  by Lee Elder in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  we have just published a new article at ajwrb entitled:.

  watchtower approved blood transfusions.

  http://ajwrb.org/watchtower-approved-blood-transfusions.

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  Daniel1555

  Thank you so much Lee Elder.

  It is a great article. It is a great help for any JW who is researching about the blood doctrine.
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  We are an Evil Aposta-Family

  by Skinnedsheep in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in the last 6 months my family and i have stopped attending cold turkey.

  it is incredible to me to see how our so called friends have dropped us like we were a snake covered in spiders.

  we actually havent really said anything to anybody about why we stopped.

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  Daniel1555

  I am proud of you. You did the right thing.

  Continue to show neighbourly love in your life.

  You said you don't celebrate holidays. Maybe reconsider birthdays. Jobs sons celebrated birthdays according to Job 1:4 and Job 3:1. The bible doesn't say a word against it.

  Good luck... you will find some new friends.