Topics Started by aintenoughwiskey

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Elders are going to the CO on me
by cognac in
1. jw
2. friends
i celebrated halloween and my birthday and the elders have been told.

husband told the elders i've called the religion a cult.

they said i'm "heading down a road to be an apostate.
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I have two take aways from the zoned out meeting
by Sour Grapes in
1. jw
2. friends
out of three hours only two things really caught my attention.

i was surprised there was no special annoucements or more new light.

the first thing is that we know that the org is having a difficult time having young males reach out to be a ministerial servents to carry microphones and adjust the height of the podium.
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How to Knock Nazi Elders off their high horse
by suavojr in
1. jw
2. friends
the borg has many inconsistencies, when the topic is helping humble and honest people achieve their full potential.

consider a working man who works 40 to 60 hours a week and still manages to show up to all the meetings, participate, do all of his assigned work within the kh, but his ministry has slipped to 8 hours per month.

this same man is working hard to move up within the ranks only to get shut down without even knowing.. .
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NWT departure from greek meaning
by aintenoughwiskey in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the new jw library app includes the kingdom interlinear.

just by looking up the scriptures at the meeting when i went, revealed the following "departures" from the other translations:.

rev 5:10 "over the earth" vs "upon the earth".
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Sleep Problems
by lambsbottom in
1. jw
2. friends
so, about a week and a half ago i finally realized that i am not longer one of jws, since i don't believe they are god's organization.. however, for two weeks, i have slept horrible!

my spouse thinks its stress.

i sleep all night but just don't feel that rested in the morning.
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Be Honest: Were You Ever Jealous When Someone Was Appointed a Pioneer, MS or Elder?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i knew some that were very happy for you and others, along with their families, that were envious of someone's advancement.. .

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Failure
by backformore in
1. jw
2. friends
so tonight just sucks ad i just want to vent to people who don't know me irl.. my wife and i have two kids.

i was still in when we got together but my wife never was.

when we actually got married i moved out of my parents place and never went back to a kingdom hall again.
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Are we seeing the beginning of the end for Kingdom Halls?
by nicolaou in
1. jw
2. friends
after all, "at this time,over 13,000 kingdom hall projects and 35 assembly hall projects are needed worldwide.".

hmmm, not too sure about that but all the recent re-branding seems to be heading .

could this be the long game?
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My dear old Dad's (RIP) observation
by punkofnice in
1. jw
2. experiences
my dear old dad was the po of a congregation.

he had been in the british marines during ww2.. one jolly day we were in the coach park at twickenham convention.. dad was watching the brothers and sisters getting off the coaches.. he looked at me and said quite pained: 'they all look like loonies.'.

i kid you not..
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Paraplegic JW example used at assemblies
by Alfred in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
it seems like every time our circuit failed to meet the field service goals set by our co, the very next circuit assembly would invariably include a talk that mentions a chronically ill paraplegic sister who would dial the phone with her tongue to make return visits or conduct bible studies... i must have heard this experience at least 6 or 7 times in the past 20 years or so.

and every time i heard this recycled talk, they would add even more guilt-inducing twists to it.

to me, it eventually became way to difficult to believe...