Posts by Ron.W.

Again I can't say too much, but my friend (who I will call 'Martin') is an extremely wealthy man..so the 'truth' is like a glorious exclusive club with a spiritual lifestyle and no money worries..

But I don't think that is his main motivation to stay in and not see for himself the glaringly obvious facts that the jw's have got is so so wrong ..

He shares a detail with my other lifelong friend, a girl (I will call 'Penny') that I grew up in the truth with and have always stayed close with my whole life..

(We would have got together if it wasn't for my spiritual pious attitude about waiting till I was 30 to get married.)

She was different, became a wild child, went to live in the USA, married a few times, had men when she wanted, rejected the truth, even got me to look at apostate websites when I was so much more naive..

What they both have in common is losing a parent. I noticed a spiritual change in both of them.

They became entrenched and deeply anchored in the jw religion like never before after their loss.

With my former (girl) friend I would NEVER have seen that coming or predicted that.

Now she's super spiritual and has re-embraced the jw's like never before..

My mate who is the co has become the same - super devoted to the cause - in the hope of seeing his lost parent again..

Two friends, two different backgrounds that I know so well - the loss of a parent and then strongly and passionately returning to the jw's with a vengeance is what they both have in common..

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My story of becoming a circuit overseer after Kin Suen visited our congregation.

by ExCircuitOverseer in

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here is my story of becoming a missionary after having kin suen (pronounced “shin”) as my circuit overseer.

my father wanted me to go to college, but since he wasn’t a witness, i knew he just didn’t understand how close we were to the end.

i had actually become a circuit overseer!

Ron.W.

Thank you very much for sharing your story.

I grew up wanting to be a missionary. My best friend and I drooled over a pic in the literature when we were around 15/16 in the 1970's or 80's of a brother (missionary or co) in some far off exotic country witnessing to someone in a very remote area on horseback.

The fact that the brother was wearing an open necked shirt and had a machete on his belt sealed the deal.

This was the life we wanted to live!

We both went for it - got baptized, auxiliary pioneered, regular pioneered. Partook of every spiritual opportunity the org offered - quick builds- pre convention work - assembly volunteering etc etc

Many parts on assembly from every co that came to our circuit - we loved their company, and they seemed to love ours..

We both even resisted all the advances of some gorgeous sisters, because we weren't going to consider marriage until we were both 'spiritually mature' aged at least thirty..

Then aged 19/20 I attended the district convention missionary meetings (Ron Drage) I think took them..

It suddenly struck me that the average age to become a missionary was around 30.

I just knew in my heart of hearts I wasn't going to last that long - ten years before I could achieve my goal.

Instead I attended the bethel meeting at the the district convention, and when the brother outlined the personality types needed to succeed at bethel I just knew that wasn't the place for me..

I started to spiritually die from that moment on - ten years too young to reach my missionary goal..

I carried on pioneering but I knew that it was inevitable that it was only to be a matter of time before I joined the ranks of publisher again..

My best friend made it - life threw him some very very harsh curveballs, but he managed to become a co - can't say too much as he is still serving - not in some hot tropical country with a machete attached to his belt, but a large, wicked city where the machete might come in handy..

All our dreams happened so many decades ago, but time has flown so fast, in many ways it feels like yesterday..

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Long live consistency

by psyco in

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(the kingdom interlinear translation of the greek scriptures, wt 1969, p. 23).

between yahweh (more correct) and jehovah (more familiar), they decided to use the more familiar (jehovah).. between stake (more correct) and cross (more familiar), they decided to use the more correct (stake).. 🤣🤣🤣.

Ron.W.

I remember that intro from back in the day!

Didn't they remove it from later editions?

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The Governing Body Are Proud To announce..

by Ron.W. in

the governing body are proud to announce... can you finish off the line for them - the more outrageous the better,, .

Ron.W.

The Watchtower Christmas 2024 edition:

Brothers, are you keeping up with ~~Jehovah's Chariot~~ Santa's Sleigh?

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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)

by Simon in

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uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.

Ron.W.

Any news of his (even slower than glacially slow) court case?

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Merry Christmas Everyone

by jhine in

it's that time of year again .

in the words of the bard ( noddy holder ) " it's christmaaas " .

merry christmas everybody .

Ron.W.

👍👍

Thank you Jan - best wishes to you and your family too.

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I've done it: Christmas Lights Outside

by StephaneLaliberte in

lets see if that causes a problem.

i've been inactive for a very long time now (like 10+ years), so, i don't expect to hear anything from it, but my parents are worried i'll get df.

lets see what happens.

Ron.W.

👍👍

With it being our first year of putting all our Xmas lights up, we haven't gone too mad..😉

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I've done it: Christmas Lights Outside

by StephaneLaliberte in

lets see if that causes a problem.

i've been inactive for a very long time now (like 10+ years), so, i don't expect to hear anything from it, but my parents are worried i'll get df.

lets see what happens.

Ron.W.

I've put wonderful solar coloured lights, and fairy lights up in my garden.

They shine beautifully every day of the year, so no spying jw can ever work out what I celebrate or believe.

All my neighbours love the lights. Only the miserable git celebration hating jw's wouldn't like them.

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I've done it: Christmas Lights Outside

by StephaneLaliberte in

lets see if that causes a problem.

i've been inactive for a very long time now (like 10+ years), so, i don't expect to hear anything from it, but my parents are worried i'll get df.

lets see what happens.

Ron.W.

Well done.

What an abominable religion that lets none of us leave and live our lives in peace after ditching their kooky, ever shifting, crackpot and brainwashing beliefs!