Pete Zahut

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  Paranoid why the coordinator's wife is soft shunning me

  by Isambard Crater in

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  for the past six months the coordinator's wife has definitely been avoiding me, turning her back or walking away when i walk in her direction, giving me a stare at other times.

  if i try to make casual conversation with her, she literally walks away or just looks through me until someone else comes to talk to her.. i can only think of one reason, which is that she may have seen me give a car ride to a disfellowshipped person months ago.

  i mean, it would be totally random if she happened to spot me on this one short journey, but it's possible.

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  Pete Zahut

  "PARANOID why the coordinators wife is soft shunning me"
  

  It's natural for us to want to be liked by people but in this case I suppose I'd ask myself why it was so important to me that I have the approval of this one person. I've done noting wrong to her and I've gone out of my way to be a friend, am I being a bit Narcissistic in thinking that her behavior is about me ? Am I being overly concerned about what she thinks of me? Do I miss having this person in my life or is my concern mostly out of an exaggerated need for the approval of others?

  I would focus my thoughts on the majority of others who seem to like me rather than obsess on the one who doesn't seem to at the moment.
  
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  After 103 years of JC Kingly Rule things dont look too good for Jehovahs Witnesses witnessing for Jehovah.

  by smiddy in

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  these are 2015 figures.

  overall christians 2.3 billion.

  roman catholics 1.2 billion.

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  It works both ways for them. If there is an increase, they say that Jehovah is speeding up the work and a great in-gathering is taking place.

  If there is a decrease, they say that it was prophesied that the love of the greater number will cool off in time of the end and the road to life is narrow and cramped.
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  Where else can I go???

  by UNCONDITIONAL LOVE in

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  those are the words of my 2nd generation born in jw mother.

  my grandfather died refusing blood.

  i've since come to the realization that many jws have no other opportunities or options when it comes to leaving the cult.

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  John 6:68 Lord to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.

  JW's typically misquote this scripture and say WHERE shall we go, rather than to WHOM shall we go.

  They replace God and Jesus with the Governing Body and the JW Organization and equate leaving it, with leaving God himself.
  
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  Post Convention Euphoria

  by Phoebe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there is a plethora of convention photos on my instagram this morning.

  (a lot of my jw friends have forgotten i'm on their followers list) .

  smiling faces standing next to convention posters with comments like 'nope, i'm not giving up.

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  My brother has posted those same kind of photos. Hashtagging every possible word play not realizing that hashtags are for searching purposes, not to convey an additional thought or message to his posts. #We'reLivingIn MomentousTimesBrothers! etc
  

  I casually asked him how long ago the big International Convention was.

  He said it was back in July of 2014

  I said..."Gosh....has it been 3 years already...time really flies. It seems like only yesterday they were putting on all those entertainment programs for the delegates and now yet another summer convention has come and gone since then (sigh).

  He got my point.
  
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  Todays WT, study with worldy kids if you can

  by purrpurr in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  according to today's wt, jws are now encouraged to start bible studys with worldy kids even if their parents dont want to join in.

  the wt suggests that the study should take place with the parent present or with another mature jw present.. the wt suggests that studying with the kid may make the parent eventually want a study too.. ...

  in what situation would any worldly parent allow some stranger from a werid cult to come jnto their house and convert their children?

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  This posts reminds me of an older sister in our Hall who studied with a young boy. The parents finally allowed him to go to a meeting with her one Sunday. During the meeting, someone threw a rock through the window above his seat and the falling glass cut his ear. The poor older sister had to take the kid home and explain what happened.

  The kid never came to another meeting and the study ended but I'm sure there are plenty of parents out there who think a kid should have some kind of religion in their life but don't know how to go about it themselves. If someone came to their door offering them a free bible study for their kid, they'd jump at the chance to get him or her off their hands for a few hours. Especially an overwhelmed single parent.
  
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  There is always one!

  by Isambard Crater in

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  i am pimo but attended the r.c yesterday for family pressure reasons.

  a "sister" i've not seen for a while told me her husband is overjoyed because a man he called on recently in the field service suddenly told him he wanted to attend the r.c.

  the unusual thing is, this man is a millionaire having built a property portfolio.

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  The unusual thing is, this man is a millionaire having built a property portfolio. He is about 60 and his life seems sorted, so why the hell would this type of person want to go to a convention named "Don't Give Up!", which in itself sounds really creepy

  Maybe he sees a group of people who are "ripe for the picking" for his next real estate marketing scheme.

  Tom Cruise and his kind, are millionaires but they got mixed up in Scientology anyway.
  
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  wardrobe for tony M?

  by road to nowhere in

  1. social
  2. humour

  do you think it would be a good idea to take a collection to buy a zoot suit for tm?

  and some orange and green socks.. i also would like to find a way to make a shadow screen to put in the door to answer it when they come by.

  don't forget the odd accent..

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  It's hard to get pants and hats that fit properly when you have a broad waist and a narrow mind.
  
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  opportunity for fornication

  by road to nowhere in

  1. watchtower
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  ever see brother ugly who is 86 being taken to the doctor by sister frigid who is 65 and also not good looking?

  they have to have a chaperone or at least sit in back and front seats.

  or a man who can't bring the freezing daughter in the house when he stopped briefly by because hubby is not home.

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  I think a lot of people's morality depends upon the opportunities that come their way
  
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  JWs shunning other active JWs

  by Roger Kirkpatrick in

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  how many others have noticed how common it is for active jws to ostracize and shun other active jws?

  as far back as i can recall, jws have had an ongoing problem with cliques within congregations, and special needs talks would be given from time to time to address that trend.

  but, it seems to me that the practice has become even more pronounced with entire congregations actively shunning other congregations.

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  I think JW's are just like anyone else. Certain personalities tend to attract others and people naturally gravitate toward those who have commonalities or similar personality traits.

  The difference is, JW's boast about how "different" they are and how much "love" they have among themselves. They set you up to expect more from them than they can actually deliver. This high expectation level is hard to live up to and people continually disappoint one another. In a culture where it's OK to shun anyone who is doing wrong in your eyes, it's easy to carry it over toward those who have simply disappointed us as well.
  
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  Anyone recall someone disfellowshipped for gluttony???

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  gluttony seems to be a sin that jw's like to ignore .there are several scriptures that point out that gluttony is a sin, proverbs 23:20-21 "do not join those who gorge themselves on meat".....also i read somewhere that 1% is the number of disfellowshipped jw's each year......how do prove someone is a glutton and not just a person who love food???

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  I visited a K Hall in West Palm Beach Florida a few years ago and the Circuit Overseer was visiting. He was morbidly obese, I'm guessing 5'10 or maybe less and well over 300 lbs wearing what had to be specially made suits. He looked like he was about to explode.
  

  He gave a talk that highlighted the weeks activities and then started talking about how much Jehovah's people "loooove to eat, yes we looove to eat don't we friends?" He went on to mention how anyone could tell his favorite part of his visits are sharing meals with the friends. (he patted his giant stomach as he said this) everyone chuckled as if it were the cutest thing they'd ever heard.

  I couldn't help think about gluttony and how that topic is completely ignored when obviously there were plenty of JW's with eating disorders (bless them) that needed help and understanding and a good example rather than having a dangerously overweight man, making light of his own problem.