NewYork44M

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  interesting EX-CO AMA ( Ask Me Anything) over on exjwreddit

  by Diogenesister in

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  2. experiences

  ex-circuit overseer here, ama.

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/6usaky/excircuit_overseer_here_ama/.

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  NewYork44M

  Wow! Very interesting.
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  The most absurd reason have you heard someone disfellowshipped for ?

  by Chook in

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  2. experiences

  someone said on forum they knew someone df for not going to assigned meeting in old days .

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  I know of two instances where people were df for attempted suicide. Talk about compassion, unbelievable.
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  Episode 8 - Get Out Of Her, My People - It All Came Tumbling Down - Is Now Out

  by dubstepped in

  1. jw
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  episode 8 - get out of her, my people - it all came tumbling down, is now out.

  this is a long one and the next to last in my story.

  there comes a point in life when you know too much to ever go back to the person you once were, or to the cult that you once called home.

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  NewYork44M

  Dubbstepped, I grew up in Richmond. I remember going to Louisville for the District convention. This was a long time ago, in the 70s.
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  Episode 8 - Get Out Of Her, My People - It All Came Tumbling Down - Is Now Out

  by dubstepped in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  episode 8 - get out of her, my people - it all came tumbling down, is now out.

  this is a long one and the next to last in my story.

  there comes a point in life when you know too much to ever go back to the person you once were, or to the cult that you once called home.

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  NewYork44M

  Hey, Dubstepped, I am listening to your podcast, even as am writing this. Great story!. BTW, I grew up in Indiana, chances are may know the same people.

  Good luck to your continued success.
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  How old would Br. Franz be today if he overlapped himself?

  by waton in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  `~39, and ~ 59+ years more to go .

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  NewYork44M

  Mark Sanderson GB, currently 52. If he lives as long as F Franz did then that is another 46 years to go - 2063.

  Have you seen a pix of this overweight middle-aged man? He is one pork chop away from a heart attack. They are on thin ice if the basis of their theology is him living into his 90s.
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  A WTF Moment While In the WTS

  by Searching in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  has anyone else had a moment, while still within the organization (and before learning ttatt) that caused them to stop and go, "this is kind of messed up.".

  for instance, back i believe in the early 2000's, i was attending a dc with my family.

  it was announced at the beginning of the convention that there was going to be a special announcement at the end, so for everyone to please try to remain until the very end of the meeting.

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  NewYork44M

  I have never seen a special announcement that was more than anticlimactic.
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  Of all the bible characters would you like any as a friend ?

  by Chook in

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  tax collector guy might help out..

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  NewYork44M

  I think Lot's wife has some stories to tell. I would love to hear these stories over a glass of wine.
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  New Kingdom Halls in Strip Malls & Real Estate Listings

  by 4thgen in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i met with a jw today and they showed me a picture of the new style kh build.

  the building was located in a ***strip mall**** in florida.

  i'm always amazed (and disgusted) at the new and inventive ways they think of expanding their real estate holdings.. along that vein...i recently discovered this: .

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  NewYork44M

  Access denied.

  Are you suggesting they are building strip malls that include a kingdom hall, or they are leasing space in a strip mall?
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  If they stopped the monthly report card ?

  by Chook in

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  2. experiences

  witnessing would cease, would it flow on to attendance numbers at meetings and then total decimation of the church..

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  NewYork44M

  There are legitimate reasons for tracking placements. This is important to develop a link between production and placement. But tracking time is meaningless - except for the obvious reason of controlling the r&f.
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  If they stopped the monthly report card ?

  by Chook in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  witnessing would cease, would it flow on to attendance numbers at meetings and then total decimation of the church..

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  NewYork44M

  The monthly time report is a part of the coercive control the elders have over the r&f.

  You take away the tool of control and you take away any motivation to participate.