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  for those still "in" what's the mood

  by lastchance in

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  in my area the general sense is bleak.

  many are in survival mode.

  even at the convention the appearance of the majority was unhappy and tired.

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  Oogie

  @This is my tigersuit yeah, i tried to get him to read that...to no avail.
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  for those still "in" what's the mood

  by lastchance in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  in my area the general sense is bleak.

  many are in survival mode.

  even at the convention the appearance of the majority was unhappy and tired.

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  Oogie

  The lack of love at last year's DC is part of what woke me up...my husband is still in though. I think his thinking is more like: 'where else would I go?'
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  WTBTS continues to move to paperless

  by pronomono in

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  during my last meeting i was approached to see if i would be willing to switch to the electronic version of the km/watchtower.

  i thought to myself "i'm way ahead of you here, buddy.

  been doing it for almost a year.

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  Oogie

  @pronomono Wow, how dare you take your wife's preference into consideration...you must be one of those 'modern' men.
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  Pixar the production company is jealous of Caleb and Sophia video's

  by life is to short in

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  so said the co last night.. apparently a jw was on a flight and just happend to sit next to some big wig from pixar and when the man from pixar heard that he was a jw the pixar man just gushed over what great work that the watchtower has done in producing the caleb video's.

  he siad he only wished pixar could do such great work.

  the co said we are able to do it because we have free labor and jehovah behind us.. my husband stayed home from the meeting but wanted to tie in by phone and that is what the co said in his talk.. the co also talked about all the changes that have happened in the last ten years and how if some of the friends did not like it they needed and to quote him "they just needed to get over it" these changes are going to happned period.

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  Oogie

  Our good friend Palimpsest over at JWR has a Pixar contact. She emailed him, this was his response:

  "hadn't heard of it. passed it around my pod and no one recognized it. we follow animation close obviously so its not anything major. an exec would only know it if it had been in festivals or came through screening here.
  
  the production is a fair amateur effort. whoever made it is a little trained but not experienced. its basic and wouldn't win any awards in a student show. but its better than alot of the shorts I've seen. still no way an exec said that. the message is as oppoiste of what we say in our films as it gets ."

  the thread is here: http://www.jehovahswitnessrecovery.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=20756&start=10#p281760
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  CO explaining at Circuit Assembly how to measure neighbourly love

  by Daniel1555 in

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  i attended the circuit assembly this weekend.

  it was boring as always (except for one positive thing that was said was that we should be gentle especially the elders).. there was one thing that left me absolutely speechless.

  the co was explaining how to measure neighbourly love: by the amount of time spent in fieldservice.. the next point he mentioned was that we should strictly adhere to the disfellowshipping arrangments and not find excuses to speak to df family members.. .

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  Oogie

  i now give change to the homeless because i know its the right thing to do, i always knew, but never did because the big 'a' was a comin'.

  i feel like i'm helping people just by doing that more, than i ever did as a door-knocker.
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  Reverse-Witnessing leaves me mentally and emotionally drained...

  by ILoveTTATT in

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  hi dear friends!.

  i am doing some stealth reverse-witnessing, and i have succeeded in at least two people seeing ttatt, one being my friend and the other being my dad (although my dad has a longer route to take to exit the wts, and i have to slowly chip away at the illusion).... the illusion of jw's is very strong.

  they give an illusion of being moral and decent people, and that may be true just because the majority of the people they attract are just being deceived, or i really like to believe that and hope for the best.. what i hate and leaves me emotionally drained are jw apologists.

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  Oogie

  @Jim_TX: that won't work...you know JWs are allergic to doing research...that's why they're still JWs.
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  I think I have finally reached the point were I have to make a hard decision....

  by confusedandalone in

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  <rant>.

  i know i have been rambling alot (feel free to delete my threads if so), but it appeas i am getting to the point where i see no use in the bible.

  i feel very bad about this right now.

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  Oogie

  I have ideas about what truth really is, but you'd all think i'm bonkers.
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  Really enjoyed the CONvention....why?

  by punkofnice in

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  i remember when i was a mind cleansed(tm) jw i would listen to the talks when i wasn't napping.. on the long tiring drive home i'd say how i ''enjoyed(tm)'' the sessions and felt ''encouraged(tm)''.. .....and yet i couldn't recall a single ''point(tm)'' made.

  i couldn't remember what it was that actually made me feel good.. on one occasion i asked the family what they found ''encouraging(tm)'' or interesting.. tumble weed.

  no examples.

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  Oogie

  i enjoyed helping prepare the lunches, didn't have to sit and be bored to tears like all the other kids.
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  Interesting experience while protesting at district conventions

  by theron ware in

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  for three weekends this summer, a friend and i protested outside district assemblies being held in the tucson convention center.

  our approach was very low key and completely non-confrontational: we just held our posters and smiled.

  this was our experience at the first two assemblies (for the third assembly, see the next paragraph).

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  Oogie

  my hubby and i used to engage in debate-style talking with ones picketing...never a dull moment.
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  YAY!!! My first time being shunned and it was humorous to say the least

  by confusedandalone in

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  a good friend of mine invited me to a party after her meeting on sunday.

  i told her i was not going any longer and she doesn't care.

  she also let us know that no other witnesses would be there.

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  Oogie

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