I've always hated assemblies too. They were WAY too long! The material could be covered in a WT study article rather than incoveniencing everyone. It is so difficult for the elderly, the handicapped, people with babies or small children, to travel and sit in those cramped seats all day. An entire day's worth of material could be covered in a one-hour WT study.
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Assemblies
by finnrot ini was raised a jehovahs witness from birth, but even as a little child i had my doubts.
that's why i was never baptized.
i believed in jehovah but i just thought it was somehow a load of bullshit.
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Ran into not One, not Two, but THREE elders at the same time!
by Soldier77 inso i'm out doing some shopping at the supermarket and as i'm walking to the checkout, i see my so and his wife (in full fs attire) talking to someone just past the checkout registers.
i am looking for the furthest checkout at this point making sure not to be noticed by the so or his wife.
well, just my freakin luck, there is only one checkout open.
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snakeface
Just shun them!
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Does anyone out there understand how i feel?
by TimothyT inmy name is tim, im 23, from the uk, and im currently a jw!.
ok... to cut a long story short... i love serving jehovah but ive begun now to embrace my sexuality as a gay man.. although im still attending the meetings, praying to jehovah and trying my hardest, i can no longer lie to myself about my sexuality.. i have had enough of feeling depressed and confused now - its killing me!!!.
does anyone else know what i feel like?
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snakeface
(((((Welcome, Tim!)))))
The words, "Love your neighbor as yourself," show that you need to love yourself. Loving yourself includes knowing yourself and being yourself. If you view life as a gift, you will not waste it, but rather, you will live it to the fullest.
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I want a thumb ring and im a JW!
by TimothyT intim here.... ok... stupid question.... if i buy a thumb ring will it make me look gay in the kingdom hall?.
incidently i am a gay jw and i dont want to let on to any brothers, but i realy like the idea of having one to look cool!.
is that gay?
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snakeface
Wear a ring on your wee wee like I do.
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No Part of The World Circuit Assembly Highlights
by DavinciCodeBreaker inwell this past weekend was pretty much as predicted, the demonstrations were probably the worst i have ever seen.
you know the ones i mentioned on a post last week where in the middle the participant has a sudden epiphany!
here is a sampling of just a few.. .
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snakeface
We should have our circus assemblies, with our own themes. "No Part Of The Org." And songs, such as "To Whom Did We (really) Belong?"
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WARNING for active JW's
by Anony Mous inas you may have heard if you attended recently, social networking is of the devil and many have been 'lead astray' by website supposedly set up for jw.
whatever, you heard it before about rock, hard rock, hip hop, rap, gangsta rap, tv, werewolves .... anyway you may have heard of the recent elder school where basically there were the proverbial tongue lashings about not having social networking sites.
here is the skinny on recent developments:.
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snakeface
When I was appointed MS no one asked me if I was a pedophile! (I'm not, of course.) Maybe they assumed I was though, and that I'd fit right in with them? All they did was, right after the CO visit they told me I was recommended and that "the letter" was sent in, and we should hear back from the Society very soon. Then one Thursday after the meeting, while cleaning the Hall, an elder referred to the letter having been sent, and he asked me if I am aware of anything that would disqualify me from being appointed. I said No, not that I'm aware of. He said Good because we got the letter and you have been appointed. I then asked if I could give the public talk Sunday. lol He gave me an outline to start working on.
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Apostate theme song!
by mann377 infor all those who have had it with being shunned.
go to youtube and look up smokey robinson's song "being with you" .
"you" means fellow apostate's..
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snakeface
If you don't like being shunned, shun them first!
If JWs approach you and start witnessing, act confused..."Do I know you? Do you actually exist?" or simply say nothing at all. Same with family members. Give them the silent treatment. What will they do? Run crying to the elders and say "I tried to talk to so-and-so but he was rude.."
They need to realize we do not want their fellowship. We're not on the outside looking in; they're on the inside looking out. If we try to talk to them they think we need them.
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Dealing with JWs who want to meet you
by skeeter1 ini'm a never baptized, raised in ex-jw who is, shall we say, outspoken against the jws.
when i first left, i told my relatives that i thought the jws were full of crap.
i tried to show them everything.
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snakeface
How about:
I shun Jehovah's Witnesses. I do not even say a greeting to them so that I do not become a sharer in their works.
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Apostate theme song!
by mann377 infor all those who have had it with being shunned.
go to youtube and look up smokey robinson's song "being with you" .
"you" means fellow apostate's..
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snakeface
If someone shuns an apostate, that makes him an anti-postate, right? He is called a Shunner, if male, and a Shunstress if female. (A virgin would be a Shunnamite maiden.) Their religion is called Shunnism; the followers are Shunnists.
If an apostate goes back to the organization, he is a repostate. If someone keeps leaving the organization and then going back again and leaving again, he is said to have Bi-Postate Disorder. They get disfellowshipped and refellowshipped.
A song that comes to mind is "A Brand New Day" from "The Wiz". Sung after the witch dies.
Everybody rejoice, for there's a reason to rejoice, you see. Everybody come out, and let's commence to singing joyfully. Everybody look up, and see the hope that we've been waiting for. Everybody be glad, because the silent fear and dread is gone. Freedom you see, has got our hearts singing so joyfully. Just look about, you owe it to yourself to check it out. Can you feel a brand new day? Can you feel a brand new day?....
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Anyone With Major Judicial/Service Department Experience?
by A question inis there anyone on the board with a large amount of experience with judicial matters or (preferably) with the service department of the society or perhaps even worked on the service department?
if so, i would appreciate the answers to at least some of the following questions:.
does the society ever take the initiative to remove elders, and if so, how do they do it?
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snakeface
Thanks RayPublisher. Actually I was never angry about it. It was an eye opener. That's when I realized I had been serving the Society rather than God. My congregation had a serious shortage of brothers. The elders were in their 70's with health problems making it difficult for them to get onto the stage. As a MS I conducted the Theocratic ministry school, gave public talks including the special talk. On Thursday I'd conduct the school, have a service mtg part, be in a demonstration, cover the sound board during the other parts so that brother could come up and do his mtg part, do territories and accounts and help with literature. On Sundays if I didn't have the public talk I'd be on the sound board, then I'd be the WT reader. On Tues I'd conduct a book study. And sometimes I'd carry mikes, working both aisles. So deleting me as a MS hurt the elders more than it hurt me. I realized they were puppets. When they wanted to start giving me "privileges" again I was already starting to leave, mentally. from that point on I was just sorting things out in my mind and started lurking on this board.