Bonnie_Clyde

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  Brother Waldo D/O, Circuit Assembly Insights About Education ( College) For JW Boys and Girls.

  by Bubblegum Apotheosis in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i wanted to share some additional insights from the circuit assembly star player, brother waldo.

  when brother waldo was not talking about .

  the glory days of being a machinist, he attacked higher education, and how worthless it is.. brother waldo explained in one of his talks, "the.

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  The point is...the WT needs to stop sticking their nose into other people's business. Whether it is beneficial or not to attend college is up to the family--not a bunch of ****** in Brooklyn.
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  Got Disfellowshipped!

  by time2keepmoving in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  well, i was disfellowshipped about 2 weeks ago.

  i was in it for ten years and it was 9 years and 11 months too long.

  i honestly don't know why it took me so long to do my research on this organization.

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  Every ministry school it was more and more badgering about "how can you increase your time in the FS, how to do more in the FS, starting a doorstep bible study, are you making the most of your return visits, are you doing all you can, are you witnessing informally, are you taking advantage of evening witnessing, can you make it a habit to go out on Sundays" that mess never stopped. I felt like they don't give a woot about me as a person, do they? All they want me to do is slave away in the FS. The heck with what am going through, what am feeling or helping me develop a better personal relationship with God. Just get out there in FS, that's their answer for every single thing! Just read our literature, go to our meetings and get out in FS, that all you need.

  This is what started my fade. As I saw my parents getting older, I found there was less and less interest in their welfare. Oh yes, maybe once a year the WT would publish an article about assisting the elderly, but everything else, particularly on the service meeting, was about our ministry. I particularly remember one friend of my bed-ridden mom who told me she would get over to see her but she had to pioneer next month. I thought, "Why couldn't she make visiting my mother part of her pioneer service?" I was also reprimanded by two elders for spending too much time with her when I should be out finding people who had no "hope." I should have told them my mother (and my father) sat in their home "hoping" that someone would come to visit.
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  i am a regular pioneer in my cong reading crisis of conscience.here goes...

  by MsGrowingGirl20 in

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  2. friends

  i'm on page 90 right now...the info is definitely new and gives me a totally diff view as to how i used to think of faithful and discreet slave.

  i was thoroughly disgusted with the way the brothers handled the oral sex and leadership problem and the insight on the scriptures book...... still have alot of questions though.

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  Hi there - when I first read the book, I was afraid to tell my husband - for a different reason. He had already been slowly fading for his own reasons, and I was afraid that when he found out about all the things that went on in Bethel and the hypocrisy of the WT teachings, he would get so livid that he would get himself disfellowshipped. But one day he found the book that I had been reading, and we began some long long quiet discussions.

  Later we talked to our two adult sons and our daughter-in-law, and we were surprised at how easy it was to convince them that things were wrong in the organization. Then I made the mistake of talking to our daughter and son-in-law. Long story short--she won't have anything to do with anybody in our family--hasn't talked to me or anyone in our family for almost five years. And she only lives 10 miles away! None of us are DF'd.

  You just don't know how people will react. I grieve every day about our daughter but am so thankful that the rest of our family is intact.
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  Religion is a racket and a snare! ....uuuuhmmmmm

  by justmom in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  remember when the wtbs shouted those words?

  ooh and "millions now living will never die?"...

  using sandwich signs, loud speakers on top of autos and yes they even picketed this.

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  Somebody posted not long ago (as I remember it):

  "Religion is a snare the Devil uses to lead people away from God."
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  Still a hard line on DF family members WTApr15 2012

  by Gladring in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the april 2012 wt study article has some of the most strongly worded statements about contact with disfellowshipped family members.. page 12, paragraph 17: -.

  good that can come when a family loyally.

  upholds jehovahs decree not to associate.

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  The sad fact is that it has the opposite effect, including sucide so it cannot be divinely inspired - as that law is based on what is the loving thing to do.

  A brother in our area was driven to suicide because his family turned against him, and he wasn't even disfellowshipped. This guy had three brothers, and all of them told him that they wouldn't have anything more to do with him if he didn't start coming back to the KH. He was also losing his house, and he asked his parents if he could stay with them for awhile until he got back on his feet. They told him that his wife could come to stay with them, but he could not.
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  A New Servant's Position ???

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a brother in a distant congregation tells us that in his congregation it was announced the society has appointed a brother as some sort of overseer of public talks.

  not clear if it was all talks or just the public talk.

  he understood it to mean all public talks in the circuit.

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  You missed the point. We just talked to the brother to verify. This elder's duties are to monitor all talks including the Ministry School, to make sure that the material was being followed exactly as it was assigned. It caused quite a buzz in the congregation. This had nothing to do with the Public Talk Coordinator.
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  A New Servant's Position ???

  by Bonnie_Clyde in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a brother in a distant congregation tells us that in his congregation it was announced the society has appointed a brother as some sort of overseer of public talks.

  not clear if it was all talks or just the public talk.

  he understood it to mean all public talks in the circuit.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  A brother in a distant congregation tells us that in his congregation it was announced the Society has appointed a brother as some sort of overseer of public talks. Not clear if it was all talks or just the public talk. He understood it to mean all public talks in the circuit. Kind of like an “Inspector General” position. Obviously this is a new position because an extensive letter was read from the Society appointing this brother in charge.

  I would appreciate if anybody has heard anything about this and can expand on what little information we have.
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  60 yr. old needs chaperon????

  by red21 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so, a female relative of mine who is 60 but inactive in the truth had their mate dying in the hospital.

  the older sister + husband and old brother (of dying man) (active witnesses) come to visit and stay at their home.

  the old sister is staying at the hospital around the clock for the duration of the visit but tells her sister-in-law that she must have a chaperon at the house if she is going to be there with her husband and her dying husbands older brother?

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  Clyde and I had two Mormon men (boys) visit us. It was summertime, and we sat out on the porch and chatted. One of the boys asked to use the bathroom. I went to the door to usher him inside and show him the way. He stopped and explained that it should be my husband as it was inappropriate for him to be alone with me in the house.

  Hey guys! I was at least three times his age. Did he really think that I would molest him?

  JW's aren't the only one with funny rules.
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  Looking for examples of how the Watchtower usurps Jesus position.

  by Indian Larry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am doing a personal research project and looking for examples of how the watchtower usurps jesus postion.

  scriptural or wt references would be great.

  thanks!.

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  Bonnie_Clyde

  Jesus: This generation will not pass away until all these things occur.

  Watchtower: Jesus should have said "overlapping generation."
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  Very tiny change to Service Meeting Announcements protocol.

  by Open mind in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for those who want to keep up with the "pure language", i found out this week that at the most recent elder's school, they were told that the announcements should no longer include the following:.

  1. name of public talk and speaker for sunday.

  2. synopsis of all the parts that are coming up on the rest of the service meeting.

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  Do they ever make announcements any more about who is in the hospital or who is sick in the congregation?

  Just one time during the years that my mother was sick the PO announced that it would be appreciated if someone could help out. It never happened again. Maybe he got counselled for that.