i remember once in berlin south germany there was a local needs part for the men only, and how they should use the toilet.
in all seriousness for ten minutes a retarded nigerian was going on about how men need to sit down when using the toilet.
no mention of anything else.. it transpired that some little kraut boy from an "interested" family would aim for the side of the toilet and leave a great big puddle for others to clean up.
A few I remember:
Brothers shouldn't wear long underwear to keep warm during winter field service. Wasn't fair to the sisters.
Noone should own a gun for any reason. I had about 14, multiple brothers hunted .
Annual local needs - if you don't have a 4 door car you're not spiritually minded. One young pioneer couple had a 2 door car. I only had a work truck.
I'm sure I'll remember more
so i sat and suffered through the clam tonight.. everything was pretty much as dull, repetitious, and simple-minded as i have come to expect, but i was really struck by the mind-numbing idiotic comments made during the part about shunning family.. then came the book study (no real bible use) loaded with self-congratulatory b.s about how wt never has, and never will beg, solicit, or ask for money.
i could feel myself beginning to channel the old tasmanian devil cartoon character as i listened to that garbage while remembering the jdubya tv shows about how more money was going out than coming in and give more.
but finally came the most ironic (to me) part of the entire meeting and i could not help bursting out in a loud belly laugh that got me many dirty looks and heavy frowns.
Been out about 2.5 years... But this isn't the 1st time a letter like this was read. It seems like it was almost annually for years. First one I remember was when then started the co cars and or health insurance. Can't remember which came first
once i left ,i was done.
in over 10 years i didn't return except for my mother's funeral.
did you ever re enter the kh after you left?.
Ditto. Can't believe how few "friends" have checked in on me since I left.
Been out over 2 years. No wrong doing, no df, no drama. One meeting I was there, the next not.
2 elders stopped by about a month later to check on me. One elder one other time. Then the usual week or so before the memorial I get an invite.
Do have to compliment the one elder. Warm summer day, I was mowing the lawn. He stopped with the Saturday service car load, but parked the car so they were out of earshot. He then apologized for the mishandling of all my complaints about my now ex wife over the years. (One big one we discussed was the multiple episodes of violence she displayed. I called the police one time, they pressed charges and she was guilty in court. Elders told me I shouldn't of called police because it brings a bad name to Jah. The next time she got violent I called elders, not police. While she was still under restrictions and had a criminal record for domestic violence, they decided this time was a one time thing and really I made her behave like that). Yup, I'm done
i was told this when i was an aspiring jw, aka unbaptized publisher.
the above explanation didn't make sense to me then and it never did make sense throughout my jw career.
over time, it appeared to me the real purpose of field service time reporting was to gauge one's spirituality and for the ceo *cough* co to make sure the elders were on top of things during his visit..
My ex used to aux pioneer just for the recognition. After 3-4 times of aux pioneering during the special low hours months and not making the hours commitment, I asked the service committee why they approved her app again when she hadn't made her time the last 3-4 times. They told me she said she would make it this time- nope didn't happen
one or two notable points from chapter 18 of "god's kingdom rules.".
“it will never beg nor petition men for support”.
7 brother russell and his associates refused to imitate the money-raising schemes so common in the churches of christendom.
I remember the 'how much can you donate' slip.
I calculated the time I spent doing KH activities, studying, FS, etc - multiplied by my overtime rate at work and wrote down the value of my time
once i left ,i was done.
in over 10 years i didn't return except for my mother's funeral.
did you ever re enter the kh after you left?.
I won't be going back for my mother's funeral.
I'll mourn my own way
i never understood why the society was against beards or goatees but completely okay with mustaches.
what's the difference?
facial hair is facial hair, whether it's above your lip or around your cheeks or under your chin.
@jules - EVERY picture of jesus ( at least that ive seen in the past 40 years) past and present shows a big fat long harry, nearly duck dynasty like beard. I asked my BOE, they said yea, thats weird
i never understood why the society was against beards or goatees but completely okay with mustaches.
what's the difference?
facial hair is facial hair, whether it's above your lip or around your cheeks or under your chin.
What i never understood was - if beards are not ok, why was EVERY picture depicting Jesus in his present position (now, today, ruling from heaven) shown with a beard? And a not a trimmed/groomed beard at that.
We're supposedto imitate Jesus
this has happened to me on 4 occasions.
3 times it was an elder and i simply pretended i didn't know him and avoided eye contact.
the other time was someone of my age that didn't really talk to me of the opposite sex.
Been out just over 2 years. (not df or da just left one meeting and never came back).
Saw someone from that Congo at the grocery store this month. Wouldn't even make eye contact with me.
i have just had a holiday.
i don't get many so this was special.
i went to italy.
After work dinner with a coworker. Her kid said at the county fair she had gotten 6 bibles from them, then staged a scene at their campsite with bodies and fake dead animals and all the grey bibles she scored
