boring and useless, a waste of valuable time..
There is def two sides to it. The meeting, studying, preaching, assemblies, etc... Is all a big waste of time. But, in my opinion the friends, vacations, dinner dates, parties, etc... Are fun. And I enjoy them. I know that I will have a hard time replacing my friends when I leave.
Being a witness definitly does not not have some deep meaning or fulfillment. But is life outside of the Borg any different? I can't say because I have only experienced life in the Borg up to this point.
a close family member just informed me what happened during their last c.o.
visit.
this occurred 3 months ago.
This is a very interesting situation. I am curious if it is just coincidence that it was the first visit after the change that gave the CO the authority to appoint and remove elders. If I understand correctly before this change it would be much harder to remove elders. My dad always said that if they tried to remove him that he would appeal it. That would be if the other elders were going after him. I'm not sure how that would work but I believe a letter would be sent to bethel. Now it's all different. The CO says, and so it is. Perhaps the CO had an issue with these elders for a while.
the congregation i attend recently switched from an older coboe to a much younger one.
is that across the board now?
this was to apply to co's also, if i remember correctly, wasn't it?.
80 years old is def a set limit for cobe. I am fairly certain that 70 is a set limit for CO.
Gustav is back! I was hoping you would return. I know u r pro jdub and that is alright. An alternate perspective is always a good thing to consider.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-kids-are-all-right-after-all/2014/11/26/63b9e494-70fe-11e4-8808-afaa1e3a33ef_story.html?tid=hp_opinion?tid=hp_opinion.
a bit slow to load but yes, despite the headlines, kids in the us are getting better.
the watchtower used to love quoting all sorts of negative statistics in years past.
Interesting article. I think your sceptisism that this article will be used in any borg talks is well placed.
yep, i joined 12 years ago today.
just thought i'd do a drive by and a shout out.
i'm still happy to be free.
Lisa,
thanks for sharing your experience. It's nice to hear that you don't have any regrets. Congrats on not letting your kids get stuck in this cult. It sounds like you have a great family.
i certainly wouldn't.
and if the elders wanted to have a meeting with me, i would respectfully decline.
if the elders wanted to deal with you, would you talk with them?.
I think I will attend the trial. It is bound to happen sooner or later. I already purchased my recorder on Amazon. I'm not sure what direction the JC will go. I will definitly not try to argue doctrine. Perhaps try to reach their inner human. Ask them if they are prepared to tell my family to shun me because I have doubts. I am pretty convincing in person. It will definitly be sincere.
There is no way the Borg owns stock in roku. It is just way easier to make a channel on roku than any other platform. If you look under the religious section on roku, every decent sized religion has a channel.
Regardless roku's are pretty sweet. I am a big fan.
Tons have been purchased. My guess 150,000 by dubs in the US.
i recently heard from someone that the elders received a letter stating it was being deleted from the stream site.
is this true?
any one heard of such a thing?.
Sounds like a rumor. I don't think it was ever on the tv.jw.org. If they removed it I doubt they would send a letter. It would just disappear.
