I'm still trapped in this religion and our one day assembly starts this Saturday. I have to attend for some family members so I don't rock the boat so to speak. I have to check the postings here to see what new light is being talked about.
paladin
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Slip Sliding Away :I went to a 1 day assembly-Why?
by MissFit ini have not attended anything jw related for over a year.... until last week when i went to our one day convention.. why you ask?.
i can do what i want i'm a grown adult.. ok...ok...so my jw childhood friend who i have not seen forever, came by for a visit.. i mentally went through the check list:.
is she pioneering and need extra time?.
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Question for those converted to JW as adults
by DaleRivers inwhy did you become a jw, what particular teachings attracted you to 'the truth' ?.
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in my case (baptized at 20/21) it was the only religion i knew; my mom, her mom, and favorite sister were jw; and the teachings of no hellfire or immortal soul made sense to me.. .
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paladin
I converted at 21 due to my sister and her husband teaching me that 1975 was the year for the Big 'A'. Well what a big joke that turned out to be. Yea, all smoke & mirrors.
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Today's WT study (10/12/14) - a sales seminar!
by OneEyedJoe inthis cult is getting really shameless.
the wt study was always supposed to be for discussion of 'the deep truths' of the bible.
the wt may have always been filled with utter nonsense, but at least it had the appearance of a topical discussion of bible doctrine.
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paladin
The WT$ is just a publishing house with regular weekly sales meetings tailor-made for the members.
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Any Senior Citizens, Retirees here?
by AlwaysBusy inhowdy....well, what do you think?
of everything?
is it all crazy?
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paladin
Still stuck in the Borganization and I retire on Septmember 15, 2014. I don't think the big 'A' is arriving any time soon if ever.
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Convention Hotel "list"- Free rooms for JW/WT "dignitaries"?
by Darth Fader The Sequel inin all my years of being a jw, one of the more annoying aspects to me was each year sitting through the service meeting review part about what was expected (see: demanded) behavior and policies that the rest of us rank and file were ordered to comply with to attend a district convention.
the minutia in this part and the over-reaching set of rules were enough to drive me into a lather of rage at the audacity of these people thinking they could and should control every single aspect of my attendance to this "free" and voluntary convention.
from what clothing i can wear on my trip to and from the convention city, to what clothing i can wear before and after each day of the convention, to what i should be doing after each day instead of eating dinner and enjoying some good times with good friends, to insisting on wearing a ridiculous name badge, to what i should eat for lunch and where i should eat lunch and what is the appropriate container to keep my lunch in, to .................. the list is endless!!!!!!!!
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paladin
My wife just donated $400 for our three day RC free room. Well that included tax and a little extra of her hard earned money. What she got in return was a thank you and no receipt from the rooming dept. The WT$ has to be making a profit with this cash flow.
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Pretty Sad
by piztjw init really is pretty sad that the gb and their "fair-haired-boys" cannot get their stories straight even from one day to the next.. friday, while touting the greatness of jw.org the rc speaker bragged about the web site being translated into over 400 languages.
on saturday splane bragged about it being translated in 369 languages.
while that is close to 400 it surely isn't over 400.. then yesterday one of the speakers said, "the mormon church is investing on internet web site outreach.
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paladin
Our RC is during the first week of July and this is what I have to put up with. I'm already fed up.
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100 years of Christs Rule ? Acheivments ? Are you serious ?
by smiddy intell me what acheivements have been acheived that are different than what are proclaimed by protestant religions .in the 100 years of christs reign according to jehovahs witnesses , is their anything that stands out as jehovahs witnesses have more direction ?
from god ?.
if you look at their history , google , you will see they are nowwhere near being spokespersons for god .. smiddy.
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paladin
The WT$ has achieved 100+ years of growth in the areas of money and property due to membership increase. The WT$ is a publishing house that masquerades as a religion.
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Jehovah's Witnesses and Amway
by paul from cleveland inmaybe you're all familiar with this subject already but i just came across it tonight.
it's an article about whether or not amway is a cult.
the similarities between jehovah's witnesses and amway are incredible.. http://www.cocs.com/jhoagland/amcult.html.
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paladin
I attended one of their meetings and I understood it was very much cult like and left the meeting. I wish I had known better about the WT$.
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Handing in '' Field Service Report '' even if you're very ill.
by RULES & REGULATIONS inmy mom has not been to any meetings or participated in field service since august 2013. she cannot walk due to all her medical conditions.
she is either in bed or sitting in a wheel chair.. our family hired a caretaker monday - friday to help her eat, take her to the bathroom and sit with her in case she needs anything.
in the evenings and weekends, we have family members take care of her.
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paladin
At one time two elders, one was the COBOE, came to the hospital and asked me if I had 15 minutes of field service time. They were not interested in my health. Morons.
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How much longer for the congregation book (sorry bible) study?
by Saltheart Foamfollower inafter the recent decision to ditch the cbs during the circuit visit, i've started wondering if it is the first step to losing it altogether.
at the current rate, the draw close book will be finished at the end of next year.
based on the way things are going, even the most recent publications will be out of date by then (acts book and organization brochure were out of date when studied) so what is the point of doing them.
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paladin
The book study should be ditched and we can have a family wake up evening study instead. lol