In the congregation I was a part of for most of my decade as a JW, there were six elders. One I had a lot of respect for because he really tried to live the life as presented by the Society. Three of them were ok I suppose as they were just run of the mill JW's. One was a loon because he always stated that he beleived anything the Society said and if they told him to kill worldly folks, he probably would do it. The last was quite a pervert as I learned one day after he went on vacation and I got to read his judicial hearing notes.
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36Did You Have Respect For The Elders In Your Hall?
by minimus inone day after a sunday meeting, 2 elders got into it with each other and started screaming at one another in the back of the hall just as service arrangements were being made.
of course, the boe counseled them strongly but the result was that the congregation lost respect for the whole body.
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Yahoo Answers and 1919
by donny inthree weeks ago i posted the question below on "yahoo!
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i was amused by the silence and i only got five answers the first week, and most of them were not jw's.
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Three weeks ago I posted the question below on "Yahoo! Answers". I was amused by the silence and I only got five answers the first week, and most of them were not JW's. I extended it another week and got two more. I have yet to get a JW to tell me what was so significant about their organization in 1919 that Jehovah chose them over everyone else.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=20080724064735AAYV0Y0
What was unique about Jehovah's Witnesses beliefs in 1919?
A co-worker who is a Jehovah's Witness told me that Jesus returned in 1914 invisibly and Jesus chose the JW organization as the only true religion in 1919. What was so unique about the JW's in 1919 that caused Jesus to select them as "the one."
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I went to the suggested watchtower.org, but it does not answer my question. It just tells me what their doctrines are. My question is what were they teaching between 1914 and 1919 when Jesus was examining them and then decided in 1919 that they were the faithful and wise steward. I know it may seem like a dumb question, especially to Jehovah's Witnesses, but I feel that the selection of them as the only true religion in 1919 is a huge statement. And huge statements such as that requires some facts and data to back it up. That is all I am asking for.
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What teaching did you find unacceptable that made you question the WTS?
by RULES & REGULATIONS inthe selection of the society in 1919 as the faithful and discreet slave after jesus spent nearly 5 years observing them.
jesus must have had some good lsd.
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The selection of the Society in 1919 as the Faithful and discreet slave after Jesus spent nearly 5 years observing them. Jesus must have had some good LSD.
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My theory about the behavior and obsession of some ex-JWs
by Simon ini've had this theory for some time and alluded to it occassionally but have never explored it in detail.. it is of course a huge generalisation so no, not everyone will fit into the boxes and i'd like people's opinion.
i don't know everyone's circumstances so it's based on a small sample of some of those i do know something about.
it could be completely wrong, it's just an idea.. basically, i have seen a difference between some of those ex-jws who walked out vs those who were kicked out.. the most bitter and obsessive seem to be the kicked out and, i must add, those who were legitimately kicked out.
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yes evidence of God's spirit, Df a teen for smoking, private reproof for a rapist.
This was also one of my issues with the org. My ex confessed to the elders just before we were married about a year long affair she had after being baptized with a worldy boyfriend. Even though she had slept with the man several times, all she received was a private reproof. Nine years later she had a "near liazon" with the same worldly boyfriend and again was privately reproved.
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im an atheist and i like the idea of being an athiest but its kinda hard
by Lotus65 inim an atheist and i like the idea that comes with freedom of though and analytical thinking that follows being atheistic vs having a religion im just kinda in a jam because i need to try and find something to completely lose the thoughts in the back of my head that say what if im wrong and i "suffer" because of it.
i feel that if i can find something to destroy these thoughts i can be alot more comfortable with my views and opinions.
anyone have any thoughts on what i should do.
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i feel like its alot easier to remain agnostic and in a state of neutrallity rather than to actively choose a position
I agree with this statement. Although I believe the evidence heavily supports most of the atheist positions, I have difficulty in stating positively that there is no spririt realm. I highly doubt it, but it's something you cannot prove or disprove. As an agnostic, I do believe that if there is life in some other dimension, then it's in that dimension only and has no interaction with ours at all.
I know that some say they have been "touched" by God or his spirit, but I think all of it can be explained logically if one really thinks about it. For me to believe these folks, I would have to believe that God just randomly chooses whom he "touches" regardless of what they believe or how they live their lives.
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How Many Are From The South (USA)?
by snowbird inthank you, professor.. you are most kind.. sylvia.
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donny
I am from Dallas, TX (currently in N. California)
I have a little drawl
I am a "cracka" (being politically correct)
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I once asked an elder in my congregation "What if an anointed falls away and then several years later repents and comes back to the fold, is he still anointed or is he one of the great crowd?"
He replied that he would still be anointed because "you can't be demoted in your heavenly inheritance. Once you have the heavenly calling, you either retain it or are destroyed."
So I asked "Then that means that someone who replaces a fallen away anointed member is replacing a dead one?"
He said "Exactly."
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The most inappropriate remarks from Jehovahs Witnesses
by jambon1 ini have a few which still either anger me, make me sad or just make me grateful that i am no longer one of them.
1 - "well, everyone is going to die anyway, so if it at armageddon then ce la vie" 2 - "the disater today at the world trade centre is sad, but exciting" 3 - (an elder) "when armageddon happens, i want to be at a window, watching it all".
sick, sick, sick!
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Back in the late 80's, a local teenager was getting a lot of press about the rare form of cancer he had, the fast speading osteogenic sarcoma (the same kind that Ted Kennedy, Jr had as a youth). I was out in Field Service with one of our elders and we stopped at a Burger King for lunch. As we sat down at the table, he picked up the Dallas Morning News that someone had left behind.
On the front page was a story about this young man and it mentioned the large amount of money his church, The First Baptist Church of Carrollton, had contributed to cover his vast medical expenses. I asked "How much do you think he would get from our hall if he had been a Witness?"
He replied "Very little and thats the way it should be. Why spend thousands and thousands of dollars on an almost uncurable disease which would place a heavy burden on the brothers, when Jehovah will cure it for free when he is resurrected."
I despised that man for the remaining four years I remained in the Org.
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Eat Your Heart Out (Black Rock Group)
by MsMcDucket ini have been waiting forever for someone to have this video!
please, don't say they look gay!.
youtube.com/watch?v=i77uw3jwrxe you can't embed this one!
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Mothers Finest was a kick ass black rock group from the late 70's. Also the Bus Boys were great as well.
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New to the Board, From Dallas, Texas
by Buster Dallas ini'm new to the board, just signed up today.. i grew up going to garland, mesquite and white rock/lake highlands congregations.
stopped associating with the jw's in the early 90's.
i'd like to meet up with some people who attended in the same areas and catch up on old times, i.e.
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Welcome to JWD......Always good to see more Texans joining
I spent the first 40 years of my life in Dallas, Texas and when I left the Society in 1992 I was really wanting to meet others who had left. But it seemed like all of the former JW's were either in California or the East Coast. Now that I am in California, it seems like ex-JW's from Texas are coming out of the woodwork.
Welcome to the fold!!!!