Wasanelder Once

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  How to evade questions from elders when you stop going out door to door

  by Olivia Wilde in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  due to circumstances right now i cannot leave permanently the watchtower, however i need honest advice of what to say when elders question me how come im not meeting the group out for door to door & going out in " field service"... what would be proper responses not to draw suspicions since i'm aware of ttatt.. .any serious advice please...

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  Tell them that you have a fever, a fever for more cowbell!
  
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  The only way to know God exists!

  by iconoclastic in

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  do everything as god would do if he were present here.

  this will attract his attention, and you will experience his invisible hands blessing everything you do, giving you results more than what you sowed.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------.

  hence put to the test the above, and then you can make really authentic comments!.

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  Wasanelder Once

  I like turtles.
  
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  Interesting Article: New human link found "Homo Naledi"

  by Splash in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  haven't read it all yet, but 15 skeletons have been found in south africa, near jo'burg... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11855405/homo-naledi-a-new-species-of-human-discovered-in-a-cave-in-south-africa.html.

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  How do they know he was a "Homo"? A pinky ring was found? Maybe some form of tight jeans?
  
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  Another Kim Davis inspired self-invented "gay issue"

  by Simon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what is it about some of these self proclaimed "christians" who go seeking persecution when it don't exist?.

  we've had a case locally in calgary where the initial reports sounded like the person had a legitimate claim: a bus driver didn't want to drive the bus in a gay pride parade and said he'd resign if they made him and that the local transit company was threatening him to force him to do it.. except it was all invented ... by him !.

  they already proactively told him that there was no danger that he would be asked to drive that bus in the parade (i.e.

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  One down! lol
  
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  The Spiritual Man According to WTBTS

  by zophar in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  who is a spiritual man according to wtbts?.

  this post will resonate most with people who have been long associated with jws and have seen a dramatic change in the spirituality of traveling overseers over the years..

  how does a man get appointed as a circuit overseer?

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  Wasanelder Once

  I don't agree, completely. I was considered for CO and I wasn't an ass kisser. I genuinely cared for the congregation and knew my WT/Bible well. I made sacrifices and pioneered for 9 years. I was one who really put thought into talks, using illustrations I found that I hadn't heard 1,000 times before and always showed empathy. THAT is why I ended up leaving. I met so many of those 1 month wonders who were appointed and didn't give a flying fig for anyone that it sickened me. It became clear that the whole thing was a pyramid scheme for egotists. So even in the 90's there was a majority of ass kissers. Smart guys with a conscience get out.
  
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  "Getting Baptized Is A Protection...."

  by dubstepped in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm sure that most of us heard that line when we were young.

  i never could convince myself of that, other than that it hung a blade over my head that would then be on the chopping block should i err in some way and thus they would be protected from me, but i also knew that i needed to do so anyway.

  otherwise i'd be a pariah if i got older and didn't take the step, and i wanted to be good in their eyes.

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  Yeah, I've heard other elders say that to kids, I cringed. I was an elder too but knew the majority of these kids would be ass out in no time once their libido's kicked in. Protection? Nope.
  
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  The new 'classes' jehovahs-witness.net has created. Which one are you?

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  over time a number of different 'classes' of members have arisen on this forum.

  1] apple watch watchers - this group takes a great interest in watches worn by members of the governing body.

  2] cult escape consultants - one who freely offers advise on how to flee from a cult - mainly the wt society.

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  Wasanelder Once

  I like turtles.
  
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  Talk with a witness, my " Final Showdown"

  by The Rebel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yesterday a witness friend asks why i don't attend the k.h anymore.. me:- " i don't say this often but your j.ws opinion is wrong" .

  the end.. my reasons for this simple reply were:-.

  a) i have grown tied of reading j.w crap.

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  Its kinda vague, shouldn't be any big deal.
  
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  Are you angry for having been a JW?

  by Half banana in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i remember seeing the ex-jws parading around outside the assembly like lepers holding placards of hate.

  we were the righteous and enlightened ones... and they were lost in outer darkness.

  just dont look at them was the standard response to their unwelcome presence..

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  Wasanelder Once

  I did a lot of good as one of JW's. I was popular because I wasn't a company man. In the end it contributed to my exit, couldn't tolerate the BS anymore. Started living for me at last. Feels pretty good.
  
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  Jeneration Jokes

  by prologos in

  1. social
  2. humour

  it is cruel to make fun of the pathetic attempts of br.

  splane to come clean of the 1914 and generation predicament, but it is not only funny, for lives are seriously affected, but hey, having a humorous, irreverent outlook helps, so.

  here are prologos', copy-righted contributions of.

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  What do you call it when David Splane ran a mile race against Fredrick Franz in 1992? Yes, overlapping generations!