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  What Is The "Typical" Elder In The Organization Like Now?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  when i was an elder, most of the elders were pretty independent 40 to 80 year olds.

  they had no issue speaking up to the circuit overseer.

  i wonder what the average elder is like now.

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  JAN 2013 SHUNNING ARTICLE COULD MEAN JWS NOT AS OBEDIENT

  by steve2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in a separate thread, there's been intense discussion about how the gb is still seeking to tighten its grip on the rank and file.

  the latest evidence is the january 2013 watchtower which rolls out hugely predictable statements about not doing anything to upset one's (jw) family by, for example, being in email contact with a disfellowshipped witness.

  it's hard to stifle the yawns.

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  Went to the DC with my wife.... WHY OH WHY???

  by Cinciguy74 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so, in a tit for tat agreement with my wife to do something i wanted to do, i agreed to go with my wife for saturday and sunday to the district convention.. for most of the day, i simply read other things, paying little attention to what was going on.

  my wife could care less if i am paying attention, more that i am there to wrangle little ones who are being distruptive so she can listen.. but one of the things i did catch, was that they highlighted "four satanic teachings".. one of which was that "you need a higher education to succeed in this world".

  so higher education is now satanic??

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  Is the 10 Hour Per Month Requirement Still In Force?

  by Conan The Barbarian in

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  are there any active elders/ms or higher out there who can advise if one of the requirements for appointment is that the person's fs time is equal to or greater than either the congregation's average or the national average?

  this used to be the case, but may have been relaxed.

  also is the branch still approving appointments?

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  What the hell was I thinking?! Stupid me!!

  by freshstart in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so my husband and i have a son who will be 2 years old next month and i really wanted him to be socialized more.

  ever since we stopped going to meetings, we have been pretty much shunned even though there has never been an "official" reason for it (df, da..).

  i am terribly introverted, so it's difficult for me to get out there and talk to people but our son is a people-person and i wanted him to have more peers to be around.

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  How long until we see a "Sunday School" program?

  by Cinciguy74 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so we are seeing wt videos aimed at children, a feature for children in the watchtower aimed at young children, just how long until we start seeing some form of a sunday school for young children?.

  i know in the past it has been ridiculed by the wts, but the reality is that it is a better method for teaching children than sitting in the kh where they can't sit still for more than 5 minutes anyway..

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  Here we go again on "false prophecies"

  by booker-t in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hi ex-jws on this board.

  i have a question that needs answering.

  for years i have read on this board ex-jws, born-agains, and other anti-jw group condemn jws for "false prophecies".

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  Sparlock versus Thor

  by Spectre in

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  2. bible

  who would win?

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  or...... maybe they won't fight and it could be the greatest team up in history!.

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  Putting words into the mouth of God and Christ

  by Cinciguy74 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so, as some of you are aware, i have been doing a lot of research.

  i recently came across the july 1, 1943 watchtower article "righteous requirements" and have simply been amazed that the society did not simply say "we require that pioneers have this many hours.

  " that would seem like a simple thing to do, or say.

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  Are JW's dfing those who buy holiday items now?

  by AK - Jeff in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i don't bother too often these days with things jw.

  the other day, in a chat with an old friend [also xjw] she stated that on a forum somewhere it was being ststated that jw's have ruled that those who would be found purchasing items that are considered 'holiday items' - turkey around thanksgiving, valentine candy, fireworks around the 4th [just a few examples] could face a jc.. any truth to this?

  has the watchtower taken such a stance in writing?

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