Posts by The Lone Ranger

terry gave me a copy of "in search of christian freedom"...no disrespect to ray franz...i am bored to tears....can't get past the frist chapter...soaked up coc, turned around and soaked it up again.... highly recomend coc to any jw (one that's not brain dead) or ex-jw (also not brain dead) who needs to know something about how the tower works....great book.... sigh, i seem to no longer have the attention span it takes to read a book of this depth....a sad commentary on me...has the internet dumbed some people down to the point that they can no longer read a book?

if that's what's happended somebody shoot me please... .

The Lone Ranger

I think we all liked the COC book much more because we could all relate to it, but ISOCF is just another view of Christanity.

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by QuestioningEverything in

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i am having trouble getting my posts to show up, guess i'll get better with time.

i have a question- ray franz wrote his book in the 1980's.

he said that the gb used a 2/3's vote to enact new policies, etc.

The Lone Ranger

I am certain that nothing has changed, about a month ago we had a WT on "Yielding" which basically means "give way" "Surrender". The WT conductor mentioned that in an Elders meetings (or committee) an Elder will yield if the other Elders agree on a matter.

Basically it’s another way of Voting, I find it almost amusing how they make their actions look theocratic but if someone else does it, they make it look worldly.

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by QuestioningEverything in

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so, i've been reading and looking up stuff.

i haven't had a chance to read the "crisis of conscience' yet but was wondering something.

franz wrote that book back in the 1980's right?

The Lone Ranger

I am certain that nothing has changed, about a month ago we had a WT on "Yielding" which basically means "give way" "Surrender". The WT conductor mentioned that in an Elders meetings (or committee) an Elder will yield if the other Elders agree on a matter.

Basically it’s another way of Voting, I find it almost amusing how they make their actions look theocratic but if someone else does it, they make it look worldly.

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favorite place you would go for that nice long break from Field Svc

by megaflower in

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i thought i would lighten things up.

how about it, any good places with nice memories.

i always enjoyed star bucks.

The Lone Ranger

I used to bring a picnic basket with coffee and biscuits for everyone, they all loved it and looking forward to it, but there was an Elders wife who always make it uncomfortable for us by nagging us about not counting our time during the break, as if it was any of your business! , I once told her off, the silly cow .

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