xelder
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Got to Make an Elder Squirm the Other Day
by xelder ini heard from a very reliable first hand source that an elder in a nearby congregation was talking about my views of the organization.
so, i called him.................................................................................................. me: hello m. this is xelder, i heard that you had a conversation with h. the other day.
any idea why i might be calling you concerned about what was said?.
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Failed Marriages..."Born ins"
by xelder init is impossible to unweave the complex cobweb of a failed marriage and totally understand it, let alone to generalize the occurance for many other couples.
but, let's assume the case of a marriage of two typical jw born-ins.
as far as jw's go, they grew up without major disfunction, still talk to their parents, etc.. in cases like this, how many of these couples are still together?
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Early Civilizations and Bible Chronology...Part 2
by xelder inwas away from my normal computer and so my two posts to start the first thread didn't show.. however, thanks to all who picked up the topic and commented shadesofgrey, sizemik, lars, designs, otwo, jwfacts.
since i never commented on my own thread, i thought i should and thank everyone.. adam's claimed date of creation of c. 4000 bc was mentioned, however, the bible would have everyone coming from noah at c. 2650 bc.
american civilizations are said to date prior to the usual biblical date of the flood.
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District Convention's - Control Freaks
by xelder insince for many years i served at many levels of convention administration for 5000-6000 attendance (small conventions), i think back and shake my head at the control freak policies.
do any of you remember?
when i used to attend 8 day conventions, (3 sessions a day 9:00-12:00 1:30-4:30 6:00-9:00) departments were huge to organize.
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Fatherhood
by xelder inif god exists and wants me to love him and view him as a father, then why doesn't he act like it?
why is his book so full of unexplained unfairness?
he has no duty to explain unless he wants me to love him.. the concept of god as a father totally escapes me.
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Field Service time wasters
by xelder inlast saturday morning, i ran to the hardware store.
a former co (retired in a circuit provided house) was in the hardware store.
i stopped at starbucks....more jw's.
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JW's - Hard to admit that much of life was a waste
by xelder infrom my observations, i think many (especially older) jw's hold through the stupid doctrinal changes because they can't admit the alternative.. i had wished the jw kingdom hope was true, i needed it to be true.
i'm 5th generation and my parents, grandparents, great grand.....ect needed it to be true.
i have watched many "faithful" relatives hang on and die disappointed.
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It was Like Collecting Baseball Cards.....only GB
by xelder inin the old days the top guys in the org were famous.. i was such a organization man (sorry but true).
i knew org stats and figures and who's who like crazy!!
if they would have had trading cards i would have had a pile (shame).. knorr, franz, etc were lost.
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JWs and hard times
by xelder inthe developed world is having hard economic times.
so, for a while now jw's have been voicing the familiar "it can't go on...things are so hard".
i'm in the usa, and the economics are tough, relative to this country.
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Met Randy Watters
by xelder inso last week, i was in la.. i had e-mailed randy...then called and he invited me over.
we got to chat for a couple hours and it was a great time....i want to meet more of you.
i'm santa barbara, ca area.