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  Love-bombing - the best deterrent of all time.

  by easyreader1970 in

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  my wife was recently in a car accident.

  she's okay, but was incapacitated for a few days because of the injuries.

  she missed a couple of meetings.

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  "Field Service Groups" are more important now than ever before?

  by easyreader1970 in

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  the scare bells are ringing again in the congregations.

  this past week, the field service group leader/commander/overlord/whatever made a pretty lengthy announcement that, going forward, the field service groups are going to be of the utmost importance as we wind down towards the end here.

  while no indication on when this end might actually be, it was hinted that we might not always have access to the congregation proper and that the few families that are part of the fsg would have to become close knit that they might depend on one another when things get ugly.. i haven't read everything that has passed through the wbts' sphincter lately, but did i miss something?

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  I feel like a coward weakling. Not like a man. It doesn't feel good.

  by easyreader1970 in

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  i'm trying to figure out a way to deal with these feelings of cowardice, worthlessness, unmanliness, etc.. i'm not afraid of anyone or even what would happen to me (nothing), but i do not want to witness the utter destruction of my family.

  so i shut up and go along.

  i am often reminded of the scene in ben hur when charleton heston's bravery is threatened with the loss of his family.

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  I can't really seek professional help. Any self-help suggestions for depression?

  by easyreader1970 in

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  i really don't have the time or the finances for a professional psychiatrist.

  i know i am depressed and i know why.

  the problem, as i have said before in one or two other threads, is that the solution won't really change my depression and may, in fact, make it worse.. so i am resigned to being depressed but would like to know if there are some coping techniques or other suggestions.

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  My daughter knows.

  by easyreader1970 in

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  monday night.

  service meeting.. we're sitting there and my daughter (9-years-old) is sitting between my wife and i. my wife doesn't like it when she sits between us but my kids argue alot.

  so we keep two kids at opposite ends and one in the middle.. out of the blue, she taps me on the shoulder and whispers: "daddy, are you an atheist?".

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  I'm not that important to Jehovah? Well, damn. Now I see the WBTS stance.

  by easyreader1970 in

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  last night during the bible highlights, the brother (an insane and extreme zealot of an elder) said that people cannot expect jehovah to communicate with his servants directly anymore.

  not because it wasn't part of his plan, nor because he has the all powerful and all knowing governing body in place, but because we really just aren't that important.

  not important enough to warrant one one one communication.

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  Hope for prisoners. Or, why not commit suicide?

  by easyreader1970 in

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  this is copied from a post on reddit.com.

  while i don't (yet) have the urge to remove myself from life, i can understand the hopelessness part of this.. .

  the reason i am making this submission with this title is because i find my life to be mostly similar to a prisoner.

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  Why do the JWs have secret law codes when the "world's" laws are public?

  by easyreader1970 in

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  i've glanced over the new book.

  i won't comment on the rules and regulations themselves because they read as though they were drafted by lab reject monkeys.. my issue is: why the secrecy?

  if these are laws and rules that all jws must abide by to remain in good standing, why can't they have access to them?

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  When will the crashing and burning of this organization begin?

  by easyreader1970 in

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  as i see it, there are three looming threats that all have the potential - individually or combined - to bring the wbts to its knees, at least in the united states, anyway.. 1. youth retention.

  the young people aren't buying it.

  the watchtower will argue that faithless young people are giving in to demonic persuasion and leaving the truth.

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  Assembly talk admits that meetings are boring.

  by easyreader1970 in

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  i made a post yesterday about some of the stupidity that has been flowing from my most recent assembly program.

  one things i forgot to mention was this:.

  hd television, video games, cell phones, and other interactive electronics - all of these things are very highly stimulating to the eyes and ears and kids (and maybe some adults, too) get used to receiving this type of visual and auditory input.

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