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  You MUST answer!!

  by Gill in

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  geevee

  I dont have any specifics, but would say that the comment has been made as a general directive.
  When I used to take the WT, it would get quite frustrating when no one would answer a simple question, or someone would answer the wrong thing for an obvious question. I said once "its not that hard, do I have to answer it myself!"
  What an A-hole! [me that is]
  You think that you are helping people to reason and grow. But you are only helping to dumb them down. Then the GB started setting questions to the articles in the KM's......that was really dumbing down the flock. I said to my brother, and I was still an elder: "They must think that we are stupid and cant work out what the main points are!"
  He thought i was being disrespectful.
  Aaaaarrrrgggghhhhhh
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  Got my invitation to the memorial today

  by fairchild in

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  yep i got invited to the memorial and i'm not sure what to do.. last year they didn't even bother inviting me but the year before i went although i brought my own bread and ate it during the memorial.. this year i really don't know what to do but i'm leaning towards going.

  anyone else?.

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  Sorry, been awol. When is the memorial this year?
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  Ever want to just name, names?

  by darth frosty in

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  any of you ever get to thinking about old friends (and the possibilty there posting or lurking here) and just want to give them a shout out?

  just be like hey i was your star trek buddy we saw all the movies together.

  or remember we used to hang out at the comic book store?.

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  geevee

  Hi all,
  Havent been posting much lately, but thought I would on this subject.
  I have bumped into people who left for various reasons. When we tell them that we no longer attend, it is a very rapid fire conversation from that point, the whole Revalations to Genesis....undoing the crap. Talking about some of the books we/they have read and things we have discovered along the way.
  
  It is great to see them free their minds too as we are trying to do. Life opens up.
  One guy who was DFed, was rumored to be gay. That seemed to make the local flock happy, and they could justify their dislike of him. Turns out he has happily remarried and has two children. Not too much gayness there!
  
  Another girl has just married her non-dub boy friend. She supposedly took the easy road! How easy is it to walk away fromeverthing and everyone you have ever known!
  
  Another young guy was viewed as just being a JW slacker. Turns out he was put off by elders abusing their so-called power. He saw and experienced hypocrisy first hand, like many here. He started to use his own brain, reasoned heaps out and now he and his wife and son are free! They even let their son celebrate his birthday! How normal is that?
  
  A couple who were friends came by for a visit a year ago. He had been dumped as an elder and I thought this could be a good time to talk to him, as we had been out for nearly a year. They spent most of the time staring up into the corner of the room and looking off into space, and then got going as soon as they could. He is still chasing around trying to find out when they will re-appoint him as an elder. What a sad waste of valuable life. Do I wish they would find their way here and have the balls to read on for a while? Absolutely!
  I wish my own brother and sister would take a moment to consider the "truth".
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  Soooo ... they've been spying on us!

  by bluesapphire in

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  my husband and i visited with an old friend who is about to be disfellowshipped and guess what he told us:.

  car groups regularly drive by our house to check it out.

  an elder said he saw ... gasp ... a christmas tree this past christmas (which he had to have snuck a look through a side window because our front windows always have the shutters closed!.

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  I guess they must. My brother accused us of having a christmas tree in the front window last christmas.....which we didnt, but someone made up a story and spread it to sound credible. We did have a small one inside this year. If anyone saw that they would have had to have broken into the house. Too much free time on their hands. They need to pray more, go to more meetings, do more personal study and go door knocking more.......I'd say.
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  Sister Serena

  by geevee in

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  it was great to hear sister serena thank her god jehovah for helping her win the tennis open in australia again!!

  what a great god he is.

  there are thousands dying from cancer and poverty, he has no time for them, but he helps her win the tennis!!!

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  Sorry Blondie, no article, only watched it on TV. The TV news usually cut that from the broadcast. She also ackowleged that the win was dedicated tp her sister who was killed 4 years ago. She spoke like This one is for you ......[name of sister]...
  It msut drive the dubz mad when she does this, her brand os JWism seems different to the one I knew.
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  Sister Serena

  by geevee in

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  it was great to hear sister serena thank her god jehovah for helping her win the tennis open in australia again!!

  what a great god he is.

  there are thousands dying from cancer and poverty, he has no time for them, but he helps her win the tennis!!!

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  geevee

  It was great to hear sister Serena thank her god Jehovah for helping her win the tennis open in Australia again!! What a great god he is. There are thousands dying from cancer and poverty, he has no time for them, but he helps her win the tennis!!! Go figure.
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  As of Thursday night I am no longer a Jehovahs Witness

  by Es in

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  yep my fade has come to a stop, got the phone call off my dad today he asked me if i celebrate christmas and birthdays and i said yes, and so he said they are going to go ahead with the disassociation letter i sent over two years ago!!!!..

  he said that after today the only phone calls i will get are if there is an emergency, but nothing social my response to that was well you havnt seen or spoken to me for over a year im used to it.. he also said there was no bad feelings and that i should never doubt there love for me, and that the stupid thing of it is they can associate with mike and the kids just not me.. im really happy and calm about it, ive had my initial cry over it, and now i feel good that i dont have to lie and hide things anymore.. its such a relief.. luv ya all.

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  Hi Es, Sorry to hear thenews, but then living between the lines is a bother too.
  
  Why after 12 months did your father ring and ask specifically are you celebrating birthdays and christmas? You hadn't heard from him and then he rings. He also loves you....but....
  I realize we all understand where he is coming from, having been that ignorant. Dubz show their love in a funny way dont they?
  
  My in-laws have been frantic in their keeping in touch, but over the last month, we initiate any contact. They are happy enough to see us, spend time with us, but are definitely cutting back on us. My father in-law is a PO in his congo, and his oldest son is an elder there too, so maybe they are subtly putting some heat on him.
  
  Only hope that they see the promises of the wtbts are not worth the paper they are written on before it's too late...[they die!!]
  
  Take care.
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  My congo is being DELETED next month!

  by MinisterAmos in

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  oh noez how will we survive?!?!.

  more details later, but it's a case of a congo that split not growing and the congo it split from losing 50% of its publishers in two years.. i'm tickled pink!.

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  geevee

  Does that mean you dont have to go anymore? You are lucky indeed
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  Assistance needed on issue of birthdays

  by Peacekeeper in

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  i am currently reviewing various doctrines of the wt.. would it be possible for this thread to focus completely on the issue of birthdays and avoid other subjects & also any digs at the wt over their current policy.. personally, i believe that birthdays are acceptable but i need concrete reasons / facts to counteract the arguments provided by the wt for their refusal to celebrate birthdays.. thanks .

  peacekeeper.

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  In the elders book that is available in pdf from reexamine around page 92 it list heaps of things that you could be dfed for. Birthdays are not mentioned, but observing pagan celebrations is.
  As I have mentioned to family members, if God says birthdays are so bad, why are the not mentioned along with drunkardness, fornication etc in 1 Cor?
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  The Preaching work has ended and now the end will come... have you heard ?

  by thasmyquixtar5000 in

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  this one was too funny... sent to me by my brother an audio tape of a talk stating that the preaching work is now over and that witnesses are in every country in the world, except north korea, somila, and afganistan (excuse my miss spellings) but really this was just too funny so funny i could not even listen to the whole thing with out screaming in laughter.

  the brother goes on to say that they will not be preaching in those countries becaues jehovah god will never put his people in danger and allow them to be killed... hello... what about all those that died over no blood, and what about all those in africa rewanda that the brother told to refuse to except an id card sumilar to our ss card telling those poor brothers that it was a form of worship?

  i could not believe it but thought it was just tipical of the times, too many of the witnesses are leaving, and the love of the greater number has cooled the hell off... they are grabbing at straws right about now.

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  Hi all, pasted this on another one and thought it would go well here too. I received this email before under the heading of "Rectification of Matt24.
  
  Email:I received this from the sister below. I had gotten the clip from several. It sure made me realize how we'll probably feel when we do get the message that the work has been done to Jehovah's satisfaction.
  Betty
  friends,
  some of you have heard a sound clip of a brother's talk in texas on 'Matt 24:14 is now fulfilled'.
  IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU STOP AND/OR DELETE THIS MESSAGE. The Governing Body did not authorize this brother to say this. unfortunately, it is being spread at the speed of light to folks.
  so please send an email to all your lists that if they have received it in their email, or have sent it out, that morally you should inform everyone on your lists that this is NOT LEGIT. if you send it to everyone on your lists, then if they receive it in the future, they will be informed.
  we all need to be reminded of what the FDS said in the KM, that we should try our best not to send out UNVERIFIED "news" or experiences. i know we all get so excited. and it is true that, as the clip brought out, we should all be trying to do our best before we can no longer try.
  so all you dear ones, please go do this now. that will be a good thing. see letter below, esp the last sentence!
  bev
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  B,
  Although this talk was legit, it was not authorized for this brother to make the statement and a CO contacted me and told me to pass this along to those who received that clip.
  you'll probably be getting lots of these emails. J.
  Subject: Fw: SAD Talk re: Matt 24:14--PLEASE DELETE---EVEN MORE IMPORTANT
  Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:43:41