!6 years since meetings, perhaps 8 years since attending memorial, but I have no family and whereas Jesus might leave the flock to search for a lost sheep, the JWs certainly dont follow so closely in his footsteps, hence, Iam lucky that I live well over half a mile from 5 Kingdom halls, so no chance of any of them putting themselves out to go that far to enquire on my Spirituality.
Posts by Nambo
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37For those of you who inactive, but not officially DFd/DAd, how do you manage?
by undercover ini read with interest the thread about how people who are mentally out yet still attend (some) meetings manage to do continue to do it and it got me wondering, how do those of us who are completely inactive, no longer practicing members of the faith, manage to pull off our new ex-jw life, yet never invite scrutiny or investigation from former friends, elders, etc.. take me, for example.
i've been out several years now, but have never officially renounced my faith.
i've never out and out called it a crock of shit to anyone who could make real trouble for me.
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Quick, the elders are coming to the house! Hide that!
by bronzefist inwhat did you have to hide from the elder's sight if they came to your house?.
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Nambo
More the opposite end of the spectrum, but related to Elders snooping, when newish in the truth, I had bought one of the Kingdom melody cassettes thinking it would be the same as played in the hall so I could sing along at home, I really didnt like it though so only played it the once, however, when an Elder came around, he looked to see the sort of music I was listening too, and was very impressed to see said tape in the cassette player.
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What scripture bothered your concious?
by stillhurts ini have been out 3 years.
i was baptized, never df'd.
ignored the 2 or 3 phone calls from the elders, and then they left me alone.
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Even from before I was Baptised, I could never convince myself that the climax of the book of Daniel, the most happyfying event the Angel could reveal was.........the 1922 Cedar point assembly that nobody nowadays even remembers.
Further consideration of the above reveals their whole claim to have been appointed in 1919 rests on the above interpretation of scripture.
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Let's talk about the worst articles from the WT for young people (YPA articles and others).
by Chemical Emotions inat the moment i don't have the wt cd program up, but when i can bring it up, i'll post some.. .
also, articles which include a paragraph here or there that are directed towards children or teens count as well.. articles that come to mind for me first are all the articles dealing with (gasp) masturbation.
and one poster here recently posted some parts from a young people ask article about dating, which was very funny.
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I allways felt the YPA book left many questions unanswered, for instance, it never mentioned if self-fellatio was a sin or not.
Regarding the Biblical admonision to "deaden your members as regards fornication" etc, Iam inclined to wonder if this was a Biblical commandment to masturbate?, my personal experience is that its the only way I know to curb the otherwise constant obsession with sex I got whenever I tried not too.
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Open About My JW Past/Present
by EmptyInside ini think it's hard to share with new people in life,being raised a witness.
i never know when and if to bring it up.
now,just acquaintances,i don't usually talk about it.. but,with people,especially someone i may consider being in a relationship with,it's difficult to know the right time.
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Whilst I dont have relationships, I do still read the Bible and have conversations with many people about it.
People are quite open and interested to listen, unless I reveal I used to be a Witness, if I do then every thing that subsequently comes out of my mouth would be disregarded as Witness beliefs and so my power of communication would become null and void, so if anybody asks me what religion I was in, I truthfully answer, "well, when I was a kid, I used to be in the Church of England.
I really dont know why the Witnesses bother to witness anymore, the dead horse is sick of being flogged.
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Who else, besides me?
by AK - Jeff inover the years on jwn i have often found myself hunting through posts of newcomers, hoping against hope i suppose, that the newbie would be one of my former friends in the local congregation down the street.. i just find it hard to imagine that not a soul among these people has taken the courage to investigate their religion and leave like my wife and i have done.. as the local 'active apostate', i also supposed that at any moment some of the 'brothers' would come covertly to my home, knock and say something like " i am out - please let's talk about it, why i left, why you left.
but, none of the above has ever happened.
i did come across a local former jw here, from another congregation, and we have become good friends over the past few years.
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Diest is correct.
I joined here just a few months ago and it wasnt long before somebody I didnt know, but attended a neighbouring cong contacted me, and then somebody I did actually socialise with from my first cong also found me here.
Both reported a number of the friends had left or found the truth about the truth, none of whom are to be found here.
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Nambo
Further too my above observations, seem the whole British Government has now been given a good reason to avoid attendance.
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Nambo
I wonder if Gordon Brown and Shimon Peres are declining attending the opening ceremony for the same reason Iam most releaved Iam not at work that day so can maintain a safe distance?
Time will tell if its for the Queen or if Maisha is right.
Or you could Google "Ben Fellows G4S Olympics" and wonder why this televison reporter who joined G4S undercover, is reporting that he was told they are bringing 20,000 of the F.E.M.A. coffins over for the Olympics and that they had 1/2 hour X-Ray search training and 2 hours on how to evacuate London!.
Or try "Rockefella foundation Olympics" for more of what I hope is just the Elites sick imagination rather than a statement of intent.
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New here
by konceptual99 ini am new here, been lurking for a while but felt compeled to join as i would like to comment on more and more of the topics i come across.
by way of an introduction here is some info about me.. i am an active jw, married with a family, living in the uk.
i serve as a ms and have done for many years.
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Hi and welcome Konceptual, Iam in the UK, was in the Hayesbridge Circuit, or District?, and lived in the Peaks for a few years as well.
Great to see you dont want to throw the baby out with the bathwater as most here seem to have done, though isnt that the point of religions?, to turn men away from God?
If your happy enough, stay in!, wish I could but they would want me to lie to them before taking me back.
Just make sure to stay right with Jehovah, then it doesnt matter what religion you are in, its quite difficult to maintain that relationship without any peer pressure you know.
What I would advise is, read John chapter 6 with an open mind where Jesus himself states you wont get everlasting life if you dont eat his flesh and drink his blood, so make sure you do do it when you get home.
On the field service, just relate the things you do know are right about God and leave out the JW doctrines of men.
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Motorcylces
by harleybear inokay i thought it would be fun to find out who of you all ride bikes and i don't mean bicycles.
we have 2 harley road kings.
what do you ride??
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Nambo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/77121897@N04/?savedsettings=6922490762#photo6922490762
Cheers guys, If you liked the Victor, you might like the rest of them, including another 1966 Victor I use for work everyday. (theres also a Picture of me before the Dubs cleaned me up)!