greenie
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I have finally figured ot how a lot of JWs gain more members besides having more kids...
by cognac ini've noticed that when a bible study is conducted, when worldly people have questions a lot of jws say that there question is covered later in the book.
that way, the worldlys get stopped in there tracks all the while feeling like there questions are getting answered while the assimilation takes place.. they either forget there question or the book tells them what the answer is without either giving them biblical proof or twisting scriptures.
i've noticed a lot of paragraphs in books just telling people what the answer is without scriptures or saying something like, "surely it would make sense that...".
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I knew this day would come
by Girlie injust when i thought i could be successful in my fade and out of the radar, an elder from my old congregation has started the search and rescue mission on me.
he and his wife came to my parents' home yesterday looking for me.
thank god i wasn't there.
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i don't belive in anything! you hear me? nothing!!
by highdose ini've noticed recently as i make more and more freinds that are non jw, that i seem to want to reassure them that i hold no religous views at all.. it almost as if i fear they can tell i was once a devout jw.... trouble is noone talks about religon unless they are interested in it do they?
and i don't want to loose my freinds.
oh dear i need help!
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How will the Watchtower change as OLDER MEMBERS DIE OFF?
by nicolaou inthe 'old-timers' generally carry a congregation.. .
i grew up in a cong' with six members of the 'anointed' - only one remains, a lovely lady with genuine warmth and interest in people who is now in a nursing home.. .
what happens when the depth that these individuals bring is lost?
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the first christmas...need help
by highdose inhey everyone,.
i've decided for the first time in my life to celebrate christmas this year, just like everyone else around here.
trouble is i have no idea how to begin!
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Don't want to celebrate holidays even with my daughter...
by cognac ini feel like its so much work, stressful, commercialized and since i never formed the habit of it i hate the idea of celebrating them.
i wouldn't mind buying presents for my daughter on christmas and maybe doing a treasure hunt for halloween (i don't want her taking candy from even my neighbors) and things like that so she doesn't feel left out or like she's missing something.
just something easy and informal...
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Your views of the headship
by greenie ini've heard a little about this business, but i'm curious as to what you all think about it.
jw and exjw women - do you/did you believe it and abide by it?
jw and exjw men - do you still believe it?
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So what sacrifices did you make for da troof? Any regrets?
by hamsterbait ina few years ago at the ca, there were experiences about what people had given up to serve jehovah.. (sidebar - in every instance where i personally knew those on the platform, the experiences were lies or at best half truths embroidered with lies.).
anyway - the interviewer was constantly saying " as a <insert profession> you could have earned <insert salary>".
what annoyed me was that somebody who gave up a full time job cleaning toilets for jehovah, and took a part time job cleaning toilets was not even invited to participate.. hb.
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by iknowall558 ini need some help /advice.......think i'm finally starting to go crazy..... .
within a year...we've come out of org and lost all our friends...... we get shunned by all along with family members .... we have moved house....... and my youngest son ,7yrs, had to be taken out of his school because he couldn't cope with the shunning of me and his dad....... and recently i lost my husband, and my kids have lost their dad....he walked out on us 6weeks ago.. my friends....fellow apostates, have been invaluable to me and have been there from the word go.....i love them all so much... but lately, after doing so well and coping admirably considering.........he texted me tonight to say that ....some of my friends "have more than one face and would have me believe they only have my best interests at heart all of the time.
" and "if i only knew what the people i call friends really are..".
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Understanding the family issue!
by ry.hans inmy partner has been diss-fellowshiped and out of jw stuff for just over ten years.
its my understanding that family and providing is an important key to any religon.
so why is it she classed as a bad association if she is family.