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  Really? All black decor on the Assembly Hall stage.

  by longgone in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've seen some depressing color schemes at the kingdom and assembly halls in my lifetime, but this one could be the worst.. a family member just sent me an email to tell me she had nice day at the assembly.

  she attached a picture of the stage to show me a friend of hers who had a part.

  other than the platform itself which had cream carpeting it was nothing but various shades of black!

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  Sounds like Bowes Road Ass Hall in London. Been there. Creepy. Just needs a casket on center stage.
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  Another congregation bites the dust

  by NikL in

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  2. friends

  went to the meeting last night with my believing wife.

  the co was visiting and delivered a really cult-ish talk on loyalty but that's another story.. they made the announcement that starting january 1st they were going to have only 3 congregations in this town instead of 4.. they are dissolving one and growing the territories of the remaining 3. the reason given is that many of the elders are getting up there in age and can't do what they used to do.

  basically not enough elders and ministerial servants...or even men reaching out for that matter.

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  Week of 12/18 Watchtower study, pp 19, includes:

  "....We are part of a stable, secure, and everlasting organization....."

  Gosh, not looking that way folks.

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  Another congregation bites the dust

  by NikL in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  went to the meeting last night with my believing wife.

  the co was visiting and delivered a really cult-ish talk on loyalty but that's another story.. they made the announcement that starting january 1st they were going to have only 3 congregations in this town instead of 4.. they are dissolving one and growing the territories of the remaining 3. the reason given is that many of the elders are getting up there in age and can't do what they used to do.

  basically not enough elders and ministerial servants...or even men reaching out for that matter.

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  Recent CO visit @ elders meetings.

  #1 complaint from our BOE: not enough brothers

  CO listened, stood up, said: "Brothers i have exactly what you need. If you'll excuse me (as he left his perch, stepped off the stage, and began walking up he isle) I happen to have 3 spare elders in the trunk of my car. Give me a moment, ill go get them and appoint them to your BOE"

  We all laughed as he smiled hoping we got the point and went back to his perch.

  He told us we need to "suck it up buttercup". And went on to relay that he served a remote congregation that only had "1 elder who was only recently reinstated and 'she' still had a bit of a smoking problem"......haha. So in another words yeah the situation sucks but we can shit elders on demand.

  Twas yet another nail in my decision to go bye bye.
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  Unbelievable KMS example

  by Saltheart Foamfollower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've been to the kingdom ministry school (for elders) recently and can report that it is mostly the usual mix of cliches and platitudes.

  several letters where basically just read through one line at a time.

  one point early on though almost made me laugh out loud.

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  The ads on my screen are for Aveda shampoo.

  Gosh I am a sheltered mf.

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  So my PIMO Younger Brother Tried To Kill Himself Today

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  we all know that this cult will drive those trying to leave to desperate measures, and today by brother was very nearly one of those statistics.

  he slashed his thigh with a kitchen knife and was bleeding out until he called the police.. i got a call on my way home from work from a police officer, coincidentally it was one of my old friends from school who's now a cop.

  he told me my brother is in hospital after an attempted suicide and has lost some blood but will be ok. but i should get to the hospital as he's asking for me.

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  Oh my, so very sorry you and your family are going through this at the hands of such a divisive institution.

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  Monthly Broadcast Change

  by Brian J in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the mind numbing gilead graduation part 1/part 2 will now replace the usually fast moving, lets get this family worship over with, monthly broadcasts several times a year.

  praise jehovah for giving us 7 men, who put their underwear on one leg at a time like the rest of us, to help us keep pace with god's sovereign and celestial chariot.

  barf.. https://tv.jw.org/#en/mediaitems/webhomeslider/pub-jwb_201712_1_video.

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  Brian J

  The mind numbing Gilead graduation Part 1/Part 2 will now replace the usually fast moving, lets get this family worship over with, monthly broadcasts several times a year.

  Praise Jehovah for giving us 7 men, who put their underwear on one leg at a time like the rest of us, to help us keep pace with God's sovereign and celestial chariot.

  Barf.

  https://tv.jw.org/#en/mediaitems/WebHomeSlider/pub-jwb_201712_1_VIDEO
  
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  Secret sex in the Org

  by pomo6780 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  2 pioneers of the opposite sex.

  the brother is in his mid-20s, sister is in her late 20s.

  both are alone in car as the only 2 out in field service.

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  Brian J

  Around Sept of 2006. One of our MS was sent home from Brooklyn Bethel, disfellowshipped.

  Why? He was 1 of 8 young men caught at 2am playing leapfrog in the 90 Sands rooftop function room. 7 hours later on a plane home.

  His daddy was the PO so butters was reinstated 7 months later.
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  In theory, can one be disfellowshipped for attempted suicide?

  by Saename in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i was recently reading the reasons for disfellowshipping as listed in shepherd the flock of god.

  the handbook is available online here: https://thetruthofjehowaswittness.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/jehovas-vitner.pdf.. on page 59, point #4, it lists attempted suicide as a reason for disfellowshipping.

  has it ever been removed?

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  At the direction of the BOE, myself and another elder went to the hospital to bedside check on sister and while there "find out what she did".

  She OD'ed in hopes of killing herself.

  She recovered.

  We formed a JC.

  She was privately reproved.
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  Secret sex in the Org

  by pomo6780 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  2 pioneers of the opposite sex.

  the brother is in his mid-20s, sister is in her late 20s.

  both are alone in car as the only 2 out in field service.

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  50 yr old Elder with pioneering wife with breast cancer and 4 sons study with a 40 year old couple down the street from their home.

  Elder is physically frustrated that his wife is not able to take care of him, kids and house like she did prior to FREKIN CANCER!.

  He starts banging female study while kids at school and wife at chemo treatments or in service and other husband at work. Goes on for almost a year. In the meantime both couples keep study going under the roof where adultry is happening.

  Couple gets baptized and they move cross country for his work.

  Perp elder and double mastectomy wife move to my area. Pioneers and he is still an elder doing what elders do, incl judicial committee with others who he votes to DF due to immorality.

  We get a call one day stating this sister has come forward to her BOE with a troubled conscience re: what our elder and her did a decade prior. She stated over they years they talked and he always convinced her to keep silent. She no longer can.

  Our elder at the same time "just so happens" to have a heavy heart, comes forward and admits to adultry. Down plays everything.

  I'm on committee. I vote to take him out back and beat the s+it out of him other 2 won't budge and I'm forced to yield. Just private reproof, deleated as an elder, and he gets to stay a pioneer to this day.

  That is one story of many.

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  Higher Education

  by Brian J in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just spent 8 hours in a 1 day elders school last weekend.

  clarification given: "moving forward any elder, ms, or pioneer who themselves or someone under their roof enrolls in higher education, may no longer qualify for privileges in the congregation.

  their qualifications will have to be reviewed by their boe.".

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  Alfred.

  It was discussed in length during the "making recommendations" portion in the afternoon.
  

  And it was the CO that handled that talk/discussion. I just kept think about my children and comparing to the words flying that afternoon. I pretty much made up my mind at the end of the school that I'm not waiting to step down until my family is out.

  30 year scotch in my office awaits the announcement. Better than Christmas baby.....

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