the district assembly in houston tx last weekend was a trip!.
first of all i was obliged to go because my daughter was babtised.. it was the longest day that i have had in some years now.
i guess the longest day i have had since i quit the non-truth 5 years ago.. there was about 15,000 plus in attendance,for anyone who knows how big the astrodome is you would understand what a small group it appeared to be in that big dome.i attended a international assembly there back in 1975 i believe it was,and the dome was packed.. i have also been to many district assemblys there and there was always at least 20,000 plus in attendance.. i made good use of my waisted time and made some observations that i thought i would share with you.. here they are:.
metatron
counting children old enough to listen sounds like something a pharisee would dream up.
Fred hahall
Big jim is absolutely right. when i left 3.5 years ago attendance at local circus assemblies had drooped to 450 from 600 in only 3 years.
sawthelight
i just thought i'd share some jw mum sayings with you.
it can be painful seeing someone waste their lives in the borg.
but sometimes you've just got to laugh.
I agree about the emotional aspects of most dubs faith. I also wonder how many stay in after relizing the folly of their ways because they have invested so much time(years, or worse, decades)in the borg. How many could face their neighbors or workmates having to admit that they had been decieved all along (all during the time of the preachy we're all right, the world's all wrong and holier than thou attitude)
sawthelight
sister s (from another tread)was being sent off to live with her grandparents to get her away from her worldly boyfriend.
this type of situation also ocurred in my area and i was wondering how prevelent it was.
one particular family had daughters who had model/movie star good looks and this approach was tried-unsuccessfully.
closer2fine
i'm glad to see that you are free of the borg. its to bad that the elders couldn't answer your questions but it certainly isn't surprising considering the amount of time all JWs spend not studying the bible. Concerning our discusion, did other dubs whisper behind your back saying things like "clear2fine is going through a diffiCULT time" or other condescending things. Also, did stories like i mentioned in the original thread ever come up at circuit assemblies or district conventions in you area?
saw the light
i just thought i'd share some jw mum sayings with you.
it can be painful seeing someone waste their lives in the borg.
but sometimes you've just got to laugh.
Sunbeam
locally the standard quote from many(usually honest hearted sisters sometimes with unbelieving mates) when they don't understand something i.e. the whole bible because they only study "Towers" for Sunday morning- is "you should talk to one of the elders, they could explain it". Its sad but true.
sawthelight
parking lot disfellowshipping .
[i have changed the sequence of the justice series.
i will post the other titles later.].
Point taken Rcat
and i've done just that
sawthelight
that the wts is nothing more than a business is painfully obvious in the way many brothers seek 'positions'.
i was always highly doubtful of the 'appointed by holy spirit' bs that we were always fed.
appointments often came down to who kissed up the most to the decision-makers.
Black man
I agree that Elders and M.S. are a bunch of suck ups. In one of the local congs.(North Sydney, Nova scotia) a man was made a M.S. about 5/6 yrs ago. He had been baptized about 6 months when the announcement was made. The CO's visit had been a month earlier when "brother new" was put on display (read at bookstudy, talk in mistry school, etc.). the schedule for these meetings had been made at least a month before this. So, in essence the decision to "promote this man had been made when he had been baptized for 4 months at most. There were other more qualified brothers who were passed over as well. Why was it Done? Because brother new spent most of his time chasing the elders and kissing their arses in particular the PO who he became best friends with before he was even an unbaptized publisher. sound familiar, too much so for me .
sawthelight
sister s (from another tread)was being sent off to live with her grandparents to get her away from her worldly boyfriend.
this type of situation also ocurred in my area and i was wondering how prevelent it was.
one particular family had daughters who had model/movie star good looks and this approach was tried-unsuccessfully.
Hello all
Sister s (from another tread)was being sent off to live with her grandparents to get her away from her worldly boyfriend. This type of situation also ocurred in my area and i was wondering how prevelent it was. One particular family had daughters who had model/movie star good looks and this approach was tried-unsuccessfully. I also noticed that it was the families who were stronger in the "truth" who tried this(ie the father was a M.S. or Elder. It seemed to me that having someone else do the work of keeping you family in subjection would disqualify a man from either position on the basis of the scriptural qualifications. On the flip side someone once said to me(very sarcastically) that young ones who were sent away could srew around ten times as much and no one locally had to know about it(therfore the familie's rep could go unblemished.lol).
Any thoughts
sawthelight
would appreciate any info or experiences on this subject.... a brother is disfellowshipped, 2 years later reinstated, five years later disfellowshipped again, immorality, 4 years later reinstated, becomes elder, 8 years later runs off with pioneer 16 yr old , divorces wife , dumps girl, remarrys 5 years later, appointed elder again, i believe due to the buddy system, how many times do'es a person have to be disfellowshipped before they say no to any priveledges let alone being an elder again ?
Ozziepost
70 times 7 is for the forgivness of sins. you would be asking for trouble to such a one in a position of trust and teaching.
sawthelight
parking lot disfellowshipping .
[i have changed the sequence of the justice series.
i will post the other titles later.].
Hello all
Sister s was being sent off to live with her grandparents to get her away from her worldly boyfriend. This type of situation also ocurred in my area and i was wondering how prevelent it was. One particular family had daughters who had model/movie star good looks and this approach was tried-unsuccessfully. I also noticed that it was the families who were stronger in the "truth" who tried this(ie the father was a MS or Elder. It seemed to me that having someone else do the work of keeping you family in subjection would disqualify a man from either position on the basis of the scriptural qualifications. On the flip side someone once said to me(very sarcastically) that young ones who were sent away could srew around ten times as much and no one locally had to know about it. Any thoughts
as it was considered back in 1995 that due to not holding to the society's view of the literal generation of 1914,i had disasociated myself,now all jehovah,s witnesses dont believe this anymore,are they all appostate for rejecting this important truth,that i had apparently sinned so much in rejecting?????????
?
Flip
as a new member, i don't want to come across as a know it all. But if you think you can hold your own beliefs as long as you don't influence others you should check out the secret elders manual. I believe its on page 96 and says something like this- To believe something not taught by the WT is Apostate and punishable by Disfellowshipping.
sawthelight
