Did the elders withhold privileges from you too long?

by asilentone 23 Replies latest jw experiences

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  asilentone
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  stillin

  any time they had an opportunity, it seemed (seems) like they played it for all it was worth. What a downer! It isn't discipline. I used to think it was but I realize now that it's just plain mean-spirited.
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  finallysomepride

  What privileges? being able to pass the mic around, better off sleeping during the meeting
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  Found Sheep

  Privlege? To give talks and coment? what a privlege? keep it!
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  Jim_TX

  Not sure what qualifies as 'priveledges'... I think that I was allowed to adjust the amplifiers... play the songs, etc. I liked doing that - as it gave me an excuse to be in the back, and get up as often as I wanted - to go 'adjust' the volume.

  As far as advancing - I.E. ministerial servant - or whatever they call them - I never got that far... and I think I know why.

  I realized the other day - whilst pondering my 'career' as a jw - that my mom may have killed any chance of my going far up the ladder. She wrote the society - in defiance to one of the local elders' edicts - and got a favorable response from the guys in N.Y. She then called a meeting with the local elders, and showed them the letter. They weren't too pleased that she did this. So... I think that they took it out on me - and probably my two brothers.

  But... in retrospect - that's just fine with me. I never got too deep into it.

  Regards,

  Jim TX
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  blondie

  As I woman, I had even less privileges. Freedom is nothing left to lose. Free at last.
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  Found Sheep

  i was the "sound" SISTER oh what a privledge!!!!
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  Found Sheep

  i was the "sound" SISTER oh what a privledge!!!!
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  feeling good

  Honestly I was restricted from giving talks and pioneering which was a privledge in itself.

  Too bad it wasn't commenting, meeting attendance, assembly attendance, etc.................

  Can you tell I am bitter.?
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  finallysomepride

  "sound" sister, I bet they made a big deal out of that, I never understood their reasoning on treating females as second class, what a bogus religion