years ago (1977-1985) my congregation elders would stop by about once a year to just
check on everyone in the congregation, not a guilt session, just a really neat visit.
The last time (2005 ?
new, young elders so full of their "importance and appearance" that I literally got a headache listening to them.
Visits ? try once every 5 years.
There is one married elder that was SO interested / worried about all the young girls age 13-20 that is all he
pays attention to.
If you were thinking about fading. he will pass you off to someone else.
yet if you just happen to be a teenage girl, you have his complete attention 24-7.
And if you are a male in this age group, he looked at them like they were all predators, staring at the young girls and
just thinking of ways to make trouble for the elders.
How people like this become elders in the first place is beyond me, it must be a part of the good old boys club.
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The practice of "Shepherding Calls" (attention ex-elders)
by Lady Zombie inthe practice of "shepherding calls" has always been somewhat of a mystery to me.. growing up, a shepherding call was for jws who were doing something that a few/some/most (didn't matter which) found stumbling or suspicious.
for instance, i remember my folks gossiping to each other about a jw couple who had been sloughing off the meetings in order to go dancing.
one of the congregation members (who were absent themselves on a particular night) saw them going into a dance club on a meeting night and promptly ran to an elder.
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Letter to Elders As An MS Going to College
by daniel-p in[this is the letter i wrote in december, 2005 to my po just before i confronted all my doubts.
the infamous article bashing higher education had just come out and i was having a hard time making sense of everything.
i was still a ministerial servant, and it just pushed me over the edge.
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That is a very-well written letter, and you expressed yourself in a very respectful, yet pointed way.
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WHAT A STORY! Man saves drowning bear
by The Nothing Man inhttp://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23943950-5001021,00.html
wildlife officer adam warwick stripped off and jumped into the sea to save the bear who bolted into the water after being hit by a tranquiliser dart.
the 26-stone black bear had bolted into the water in fright after being shot with a tranquilliser dart when it was found roaming a florida beachfront neighbourhood.
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very nice, thank you for sharing !
one question tho, the article states that the bear weighed (26??) stones.
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Ugh! Horrible JW forward, only for the strong stomached
by metaspy ini just got this in my email from an elder's wife (she knows i am not going to meetings):.
pearls.
the cheerful girl with bouncy golden curls was almost five.
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I gave up a scholarship to college in 1978 to focus more on jehovah and his organization.
Now it is 2008 I have a decent job, but it is NOWHERE close to what I really wanted to do with my life.
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changing
by lancelink ini have realized lately that i have come to terms in a way regarding the beliefs of the jw's.
for over thirty years, i did my best to be a productive, supporting member of the congregation.
within the last three years there have been a number of deaths in my family.
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I have realized lately that I have come to terms in a way regarding the beliefs of the JW's.
For over thirty years, I did my best to be a productive, supporting member of the congregation.
Within the last three years there have been a number of deaths in my family.
And without slamming religion, I believe that I have finally "outgrown" the JW system.
People if they need it, all the more power to them.
Like a pair of tight shoes, this religion is something that I can no longer remain totally immersed in anymore.
looking into other beliefs, attending other churches has become something that is actually relaxing to me.
How can the JW's actually believe that god contains himself totally within the walls of the wtbts?
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I moved in with a horse......
by wings inreally a mastiff, st. bernard mix.....his name is harry.
he is seven years old, gentle and kind.
when he wants to hug me, he often knocks me down.
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The title alone just grabbed me in ! I'm glad that you are doing well, animals really can help.
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back in the late 70's my cong.PO had three teenage sons(who I was "really encouraged" to hang out with)that were really into pot. WE all would get together after the bookstudy on friday night and smoke, and drink beers for most of the night. Hey Randy S, if you are reading this you were right back then, what in the world made me stay one of of JW's with your type of example? randy, Kevin, and Tim,,, what a bunch of hypocrites,what goes around comes around must be true !
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So they are phone witnessing now
by MrsBee inthe jw's just called my job.
my boss answered the phone and she said that they were like, id like to share a scripture with you, read the scripture and was like now if you grab your bible, and she was like i dont have a bible and they said well, when someone comes by for a talk, and she was like, you cannot come here, this is a place of business.. .
lmao.
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Oh man, the memories !! we would get together on a rainy saturday morning, put on some kingdom melodies and write letters and make phone calls all morning. Excuse me while I go bang my head into the wall for doing this stuff for so long.
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The year the end finally came: the YEAR OF THE BIG LIE
by Terry inyou have to understand three things to comprehend the significance of 1975.. 1975 was the end of the watchtower society as we who lived in the 50's and 60's once knew it.
it would forever change because it was exposed for all the world to see as a group of liars and deceived dupes.. it all began with a baptist farmer named william miller who sat down with only his bible and a concordance and a crackpot idea that a .
a "day for a year" and the gentile times meant something profound which would effect his own day and time.
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I keep getting the reply : nobody knows the hour in which Jesus is coming back, ( I believe that this is written in the Bible somewhere)