Posts by hyacinth

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CoBE Joins those Elders Deserting the Sinking Ship

by The Searcher in

from a reliable source:.

a young cobe - late thirties, maybe forty - has resigned in december 2015, both as the cobe and as an elder.

word is that he is a man with a young family who is stressed out and has had enough.

I talked to an elderly lady, but she is not a Jehovah’s Witnesses

by John Aquila in

i was coming out of sams club and i bumped into an elderly lady, probably late 70s early 80s.

(i wasnt about to ask a lady what her age is.

) one of the workers was pushing a cart full of rib-eye steaks.

It really is lovely getting to know people without the purpose of converting them.... its why I failed at Tupperware and Avon sales because I am not a sales person and thats what being a good JW feels like you have to sell your beliefs all the time everyone needs to be witnessed to at every opportunity or you aren't saving thier lives. I now know being the true me and caring about who they are and respecting thier beliefs will benefit them and me more.

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Surely the constant begging must be getting embarrassing

by konceptual99 in

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so we had a begging letter for chelmsford tonight followed by a sm item with a video begging for money.

surely this is getting embarrassing.

it's constant.

hyacinth

I wish I could quote the end of that video but did anyone get the conclusion by giving $ we are giving our best to Jehovah or did I mishear that....

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The worst gift of Christmas

by GrreatTeacher in

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everybody gets one, the gift that stared up at you hopefully from its beautiful wrapping, and then, like a deflated balloon, delivers the worst gift ever.. i'm not talking about the gifts from small children like the "greatest aunt" coffee mug or the red and black lace folding fan.

surely you never would have chosen them for yourself, but it's the thought that counts from small people who love you.. then, there's the what the hell were they thinking gifts.

my mother-in-law has been giving these a lot lately.

hyacinth

68 would be getting the warm side for me. In winter our house can be 55.... and I used to think 65 was cold inside.

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Star Wars VS Caleb and Sophia

by PaintedToeNail in

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i took my girls to star wars last night, their inebriated father came along.

the girls absolutely loved it.

all the way home they were asking questions about the force and leia and han, luke and so on.

hyacinth

I stopped showing them to my kids when the one abt falling asleep at the mtg came out. Talk abt guilt.

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CoBE Joins those Elders Deserting the Sinking Ship

by The Searcher in

from a reliable source:.

a young cobe - late thirties, maybe forty - has resigned in december 2015, both as the cobe and as an elder.

word is that he is a man with a young family who is stressed out and has had enough.

hyacinth

Sorry to be a noob.... what's COBE?

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If a year is really 365 1/4 days why 360 days to calculate 1914

by blondie in

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doesn't that throw off the date?.

*** w51 6/15 p. 383 questions from readers ***.

in establishing the length of the seven times of the gentiles, a time or year of 360 days is used, to give 2,520 days, which become 2,520 years when ezekiel 4:6 is applied.

hyacinth

I was thinking about the same thing until I finally read that there is no evidence that Daniel 4 has a second fulfillment so it really doesn't matter does it? And with all the variables there is no way you can confidently come up with a year. And why should we be even trying? No one knows the day or the hour and Christ comes as a thief in the night! Contradicts having a date to go by. My sub-conscience knew this all along...

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Being positively recognized

by menrov in

hi, for over a year, i stopped attending meeting and field service.

actually, passively disassociated from the congregation.

but i did not stop reading and doing my own research.

hyacinth

Hi I am new here and this is my first post.

this is a really good topic.

I remember about 13yrs ago my dad was at what he considered his most spiritual low because he wasn't reaching out in the congregation as an elder or servant and I noticed it was so much easier to get on with him. Sadly before his death in 2009 he was reaching out to be an elder again so he was becoming increasingly harder to deal with.... saying to me once that if you aren't preaching regularly you will die at Armageddon (thankfully I knew he was way off mark there) ... he died of a massive heart attack on the platform.

Anyhow as for my own personal experience whilst still being a JW I have also decided that I was going to rely on my intuition on many things and personally I believe that is a God given thing that overrides any religion and by doing so gradually over the last few years I have been able to find my authentic self. I can say whilst still having to battle anxiety on some levels I have not had significant depression in 1.5 yrs! And I attribute that much to finding a community that I felt safe to get to know a variety of people from all walks of life. I have been able to develop friendships with non-witnesses and still maintain my relationship with my God. It has been only recently with the Australian Royal Commission that my eyes have been opened even further and all the pieces to this puzzle are falling into place. The last shreds of guilt and control have fallen away because I know this organisation is just like the rest of religion and I don't have to answer to them.. Having these friendships I am bolstered up and made to feel like a great and valued person,Yet all my life I have felt terribly below the mark of the standard so having these beautiful people from so many varied backgrounds and belief systems appreciate me in their lives and vice versa is absolutely wonderful. It brings balance and harmony to my life.