Wasanelder Once

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  How bad is the nepotism really with the appointments of elders?

  by toto555 in

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  i've seen brothers related or who are friends of elders who get appointed after only 6-12 months as an m.s.

  while they were other brothers slaving away for years.

  elders also who promote their sons and basically say to other young brothers "to heck with everyone else".

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  Wasanelder Once

  A dynasty where I was, father and two sons. The first son was made a MS when actually inactive while two others getting the national average were passed over, you heard me. He married not long afterwards.

  Second son was made an MS. Was appointed MS and sent to Bethel (appointed MS there too) till local girl came forward and confessed to the horizontal mombo with him before he was appointed and reccommended to Bethel. He married someone else not a witnoid.

  Now, Daddy is divorced, still elder.

  Number one son is divorced, still elder.

  Number two son is divorced and out of the Troof. Only one with a brain.
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  Raised On the Third Day?

  by TTATTelder in

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  i have some potentially controversial questions.. i have always wondered about these things in the back of my mind, but i would immediately dismiss them.

  now i am giving myself permission to explore them further.... a lot of attention is given to how big the sacrifice was on the part of jesus and god when jesus laid down his life.

  as the story goes, jesus gave his life for our sins and then was miraculously raised back to life a couple of days later.. consider this.

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  Wasanelder Once

  I thought this thread was about prices at JC Pennys.
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  scum bag elder

  by Crazyguy in

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  2. beliefs

  so last night i had a family meeting and told my kids that i was quitting as a jw and then gave my wife my da letter to give to the one elder i like at the hall tonight.

  so this morning i see a text from the co elder the one that met with me and is gunning to get me out and had already tried to get me to a jc meeting this week.

  so the text reads "your wife has informed me of your letter and its sad to hear, would like to meet one last time not as a jc, to be sure this is what you want.".

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  Wasanelder Once

  It is standard procedure for elders to confirm that your letter isn't a rash or emotional decision. It must be confirmed by either meeting with you or having your words confirm it by telling them you are done. So if you are done, email them to respect your written wishes and anything else you wish to say. They will announce it in due time. I agree though, dont use go betweens.
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  Help me...!

  by OneDayillBeFree in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  lost my job, just a week before making the final arrangements to move into my very own apartment.. got a speeding ticket on the following sunday for trying to make it to the meeting "on time", (never made it to the hall, just parked in the back of a shopping center for 2 hours in silence).. marked by the elders for quitting pioneering, no more commenting and "failing to adhere to bible counsel".. jw family sees me as a disappointment.

  non-jw family is too far away to care.. found out ex-girlfriend got df'ed and is now pregnant.

  puts some of the blame on me for how things turned out.. realizing that she's not entirely wrong as i was still an ignorant, kiss-ass, die hard jwdub when we started dating, always putting the "kingdom interests first" never having time for her since "the end was so freaking close" and then warping her up in the mess of me learning ttatt.. dwelling night after night in "what could have been" if i had never been a jw.. alternating between being a theist, atheist and agnostic on a daily basis to the point where i don't care anymore yet getting creeped the f*ck out when facing my own mortality and the thought of me dying alone.. always coming to the same conclusion, when i find myself alone on friday nights and weekends, that i have no actual friends, only two conditional jw "friends" which are both currently out of town for about a month and 0 real, non-jw friends.. haven't been able to sleep well in literally weeks now.

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  Wasanelder Once

  You are in the enviable position of starting clean. Your new friends will not judge you by your dogma. They will find that thing about you that they love and cling to it. And you will do the same. Go where people are. Get a job you like. Go to entertainment that you like. Dont do the JW thing and judge everyone you see as being suspiscious because they are different. You are too, you're on even ground now. Breathe deep and change your focus. One thing at a time. Dont even mess with the Hall if its your choice. I found it a weight around my neck when I attended. All the best. Freedom is a new thing to be cherished.
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  My brother died yesterday

  by satinka in

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  "albert" was 55 years old, and the fifth-born of seven children.

  i am the second oldest and babysat him often while he was growing up --- and while i was still at home.. yesterday, albert was out taking his usual morning stroll around his small town, when he collapsed on the sidewalk.

  the doctors said it was a heart attack.

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  Wasanelder Once

  So glad you had him to enjoy in your life. Imagine all the children who never make it to adulthood. Nothing makes it easy, but you have memories to enjoy. I wish you many fond recollections. ...and peace.
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  WHAT JW TYPES DO YOU REMEMBER IN YOUR CONG???

  by ADJUSTMENTS in

  1. jw
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  it seems in most congregations there is always the same personality types of brothers and sisters in each congregation.

  self righteous ones.

  holier than thou, exemplary, with dc/ca parts every year family.

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  The worn second-hand clothing store dressed trailer-dwelling crotch scratching shake your hand MS. And his wife who is as big as a Kenworth truck and drives a state provided scooter around town.

  The janitor elder with the 200 thousand a year business who employs every desperate male convert in the congregation to work all night behind a buffer that leaks propane fumes and causes brain damage so he can pay for his custom house, sports car and boat. What a guy!
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  Satan is the instigator of rebellion to humans, who are naive and innocent.Adam & Eve die within a 1000 yr `s , Satan lives on to threaten the rest of humanity

  by smiddy in

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  2. friends

  when i reason about these things now i just wonder how stupid and naive i was to accept this rubbish , ok i was 19 and not happy where my life was going back then and jumped at the chance of a better life and future that was offered to me.and it took me another 33 years before started to see the flaws in this bizarre religion .

  thankfully my wife & 2 sons are out .. satan is a spirit being , angel ?

  do they have a finite life span ?

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  Wasanelder Once

  Wait, are you saying its not true? Thats almost how long I was buying thier crap. At least I left and took 11 years off before I went back to repent and be a superstar! Free at last! It really is silly, isn't it?
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  So what types of people actually flourish under the JW regime?

  by Julia Orwell in

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  i sure as eggs know which types don't:.

  creative types: to do well at a creative industry one must dedicate a lot of time to developing one's talent, and as a jw one simply doesn't have time.

  since writing a story or painting a picture doesn't contribute in any way to prestudy, meetings or fs results it's considered useless anyway.

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  Wasanelder Once

  Those who are ignorant and those who think they are very smart. Of course many are born to the breed.
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  Why is JW Net so hostile? Is it just me?

  by Brother Mike in

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  why can't i say something without someone immature trying to be a smart ass or trying to fight everything i say and use it against me?

  comments welcome.

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  Wasanelder Once

  Mike, what makes you think we are hostile you jerk? If you can't see the humor rinse and try again.
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  Survey: Who Here Believe In God/The Bible? Who Are Not Sure? Who Do Not Believe?

  by minimus in

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  i think there are many that still want to believe in a god but just aren't sure.. personally, do you believe in a god?.

  are you a "spiritual" person?.

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  Wasanelder Once

  1. No God

  2. Bible is not a book, a collection of stories, folklore

  3. I am sure I don't beleive.

  4. I just know that something is going on and I think its all following a cyclical course. Birth, life, death, rinse and repeat.