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Ridiculous elder ideas and rules
by Juan Viejo2 inin an earlier thread, i went off topic for a moment to share excerpts from an email i received from an active sister living in the midwest usa.
she mentioned that the elders in her congregations were extremely conservative and criticized the flock for using certain colors of highlighters in their magazines.
she also reported that they were all over the sisters for wearing stylish boots or tennis shoes during the winter months.. i know that some elder groups can be very liberal, supportive and loving toward their flocks - while others are exactly opposite to the point that they become overbearing and oppressive.. what have you experienced as far as ridiculous, over-the-top rules and ideas enforced by local elders?.
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CO Visits=encouragement?
by lifestooshort inwhen i was still a jw i remember my feelings of confusion caused by the co visit.
i just found them so discourging.
i knew what he was going to say.
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Welcome all new comers! Beware the Empire!
by N.drew inthere is a subject matter on the bar at top left that will show the sequence of posts from the last post posted.
active topics.
i don't know why it took weeks of time for me to find it.
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COST CUTTING IDEAS, STOP SENDING THE BIG GUNS TO TWO DAY CONVENTIONS. YOUR IDEAS?
by AvocadoJake init can cost up to $3,000 to fly a sister and her husband to give a part on the circuit assembly, wine and dine, and house in a nice hotel.
the district conventions are not cheap, nor are they really productive, the message is lost so quick.
there has to be a way to get more bang, for your buck!
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Question for previous elders...very important.
by diana netherton indoes a criminal conviction, say for fraud, render one disfellowshipped?.
just had some rather disturbing news about a so-called jw relative.... .
thanks!.
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The Garden of Eden = The Fertile Crescent? The Bible's Myths...
by TheUbermensch inrecently i've noticed a theory spreading around the scientific/philosophical world that the garden of eden was simply a myth of the fertile crescent.
it's sounds plausible when you actually think about it.
there are multiple different theories concerning it, but the most famous one is that the original hebrews were cast out of the area by a more powerful tribe, and doomed to live in the outside-non-civilized wild world.
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When Does the Governing Body Believe the End Will Be - BLOG
by passwordprotected ini've taken a look at what the watch tower society has implied regarding its building plans in upstate new york and compared that with the governing body's beliefs regarding when the end will be.. when does the governing body believe the end will be?.
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Why JWs Wisely Use Their Free Time
by compound complex inasked of milton henschel: .
and what will the brothers do if we give them more free time?.
his reply:.