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  The new service meeting

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i wanted to relate an experience that happened this morning.

  it is regarding the new format for the meeting on thursdays in my area.

  its not word for word but im summarizing what i heard, the best i can remember.

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  Magnum - we must be like 2 ships passing in the night. I thought I made it clear with the (only it is true) part that the story/account would be true, only posted in JA's style. For emphasis: I was proposing to write a story that was true, but done is such a style that many would call me out on it as not possibly being true. Note: I am attempting (perhaps not so well) to inject some humour into this tempest in a teapot thread.

  That is why I suggested we should start a thread with JA style type stories. It it easy to recognize authors style (Dickens, Hemingway) but difficult to replicate. Why don't you have a go at it. Start the thread.
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  The new service meeting

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i wanted to relate an experience that happened this morning.

  it is regarding the new format for the meeting on thursdays in my area.

  its not word for word but im summarizing what i heard, the best i can remember.

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  FadeToBlack

  Thanks for clearing that up for me Magnum. I always suspected that I lacked insight and comprehension.
  

  I was proposing to write a true story in JA's style and then wait to see how many people told me it couldn't be true.
  
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  The new service meeting

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i wanted to relate an experience that happened this morning.

  it is regarding the new format for the meeting on thursdays in my area.

  its not word for word but im summarizing what i heard, the best i can remember.

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  FadeToBlack

  Ok. I'm going to start a thread with a story done in JA style (only it is true) and then you all can tell me if it happened or not. Maybe we should start another thread and ask for entries done in the JA style and vote later for a winner.
  
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  The new service meeting

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i wanted to relate an experience that happened this morning.

  it is regarding the new format for the meeting on thursdays in my area.

  its not word for word but im summarizing what i heard, the best i can remember.

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  FadeToBlack

  I don't mean to sound naive, but why would someone make up such stories? Attention whore or Bethel troll? Why bother?
  
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  The new service meeting

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i wanted to relate an experience that happened this morning.

  it is regarding the new format for the meeting on thursdays in my area.

  its not word for word but im summarizing what i heard, the best i can remember.

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  FadeToBlack

  11 people showing up at your house is not so far fetched. If you are liked and the 'friends' feel comfortable around you, it can happen. Just recently, my wife had arranged for a couple we know to visit for lunch. Before they arrived, she got a phone call that the group from field service wanted to drop by. Right... So we end up with a boat load of people in our house for a few hours. And we live out in the country. If you lived in a city with good public transportation (I know, not likely in the US except for a few cities) as is common in Europe, you could easily get a bunch showing up in no time at the same time.

  Sometimes, you are the only outlet they have for letting their hair down for a bit.
  
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  Hello, this is my first post

  by noralee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello, this is my first post, i would like to introduce myself and say thank you to every one on this forum, you have been a lifeline to me these last few years.. i had been a jw for 30 years when i walked away a few years ago disgusted by the treatment victims of child abuse, domestic abuse and rape receive from the wtbts.. at first i thought it was a local problem, elders personal opinions, the way they handled the situations, imperfect men etc., until i checked out jehovahs witnesses and child abuse/domestic abuse online.

  that's when i realized they had the same modus operandi worldwide.

  that led me here, tbuo this forum, and then to crisis of conscience, jw facts, watchtower documents, jw survey, old watchtower literature and cd s, reading a couple of steve hassans books, and more recently exiting the jw cult.. the feelings of shock, betrayal, anger at the wtbts, angry with myself for being so gullible, depression, reflection, loneliness, have taken their toll.

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  Welcome. And, a very good first post it was...
  
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  JT & Lady Cee Why we left the Jehovah's Witnesses - Part 2

  by JT-LadyC in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  jt further expounds on why we left the watchtower.

  why we left the jehovah's witnesses part 2.

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  Powerful. Beautiful. If I can get my wife to watch one video this year, this will be it.
  
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  Going to the C.L.A.M.

  by freemindfade in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so i haven't been to a midweek meeting in some time.... but i must attend this first clam (not to be confused with 'klan') meeting.

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  want to take a look for curiosity sake then go back to never attending another midweek meeting again.

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  Do you think as an inactive one, I will be allowed to see the new workbook? My wife won't be able to be there this week, but I'm wondering when she gets her copy, if she will want to show it to me. This is a woman who had the 2015 JW calendar on our bedroom wall (I know, creepy!) but only changed the page once. Jan-June, same page. June to Dec. Same page.

  Now we have a calendar of dogs from a shelter that need homes that she looks at constantly.
  
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  Sample Presentation Videos

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ett8niwgnu0.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xth7j86rdu.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eai1rigvro.

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  I did not watch the videos yet. But curious about the door outlined in the background of #1 an #2. Are they in a hotel?
  
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  Vanilla ISIS & Y'All Qaeda: Oregon Gunmen Mocked On Social Media

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. current

  i'm crying laughing at some of the hashtags in this article:.

  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/yall-qaeda-vanilla-isis_568a3421e4b06fa68882bb6d.

  if this does one thing, it shows up the craziness of the claim that an armed militia "standing up to the government" has any role in a modern democratic society.

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  FadeToBlack

  I would suggest just deactivating their phones, cut off water and electricity, and then just wait. Nothing comes in, nothing goes out, except those who have a change of heart and are willing to accept the consequences.