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  What Were Your Elders Real World Jobs?

  by pale.emperor in

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  2. experiences

  we all know that education is severely demonized in this religion.

  and that the elders are appointed based on how many meetings they attend, hours they put in on the ministry and general attitude to other elders (as apposed to, you know, actual theological training and counseling) - so my question is, what were your elders occupations outside the kingdom hall?.

  in my old congregation our elders consisted of:.

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  HappyDad

  1970's through the 1990's.

  Retired blacksmith

  Steelworker (4 of them)

  Machinist (myself)

  Wallpaper hanger

  Factory worker

  Hospital kitchen worker

  Chemist

  Electrical engineer (got his education before becoming a JW)

  Salesman

  Heating and air-conditioning business owner

  Personnel manager (educated before becoming a JW)

  Project manager for an engineering company

  Don't remember some of them.

  My list is just about identical!
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  Anyone else feel guilty about bringing others into the "truth", once you have learned TTATT ?

  by Dunedain in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i guess this is not so much about guilt, per se, but more so if you feel an obligation to reveal what you now know about ttatt, to those who you have studied with, taught the "truth" to, and are still in the borg ?.

  i am sure most of us, after learning about the evils, and lies perpetrated by this organization, must feel some sort of guilt for being the catalyst in "exposing" others to the cult.

  honestly, i feel none of us should actually, feel guilty though.

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  ....In a conversation with my wonderful daughter (who is also out) I asked if she thought it would be a good idea to write this guy/brother to tell him my story.

  She said that I should. So far, I haven't done it.

  He had his own problems with the JW's and was upset about a lot of crap with the religion when I last talked to him.
  

  What do you guys think? Should I write to him or not?
  

  Well, if you need a middle man, I may be able to help.
  
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  Who writes Awake! ?

  by Drwho in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  just a quick question.

  who actually writes the awake!

  and the watchtower publications ?

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  I believe it is overseen by the Writing Committee of the Governing Body.
  
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  Just a reminder about voting

  by Simon in

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  2. announcements

  there appear to be some people who are of the mistaken opinion that endlessly clicking the like or dislike button 20x will mean 20x votes.. it doesn't !!!.

  only one vote is ever counted.

  1 user, 1 vote, each post.

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  Interesting....if I press like or dislike, it doesn't show unless I refresh the page. I have, on occasion, pressed the living hell out of either button with no change (at least that is what I thought!) But after pressing like and refreshing my browser with your original post, I see they do count! My bad, sorry!!!
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  Elders/MSs and Higher Education

  by HiddlesWife in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  would a brother who is an elder or ministerial servant be looked down upon or ostracized for endeavoring into high education?.

  the reason i am asking this question is because i know of a ms who went to and graduated college (us) with a masters in science and engineering.

  he also taught these subjects at an adult education program.

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  I was an MS and going for my degree in Civil Engineering. When one eldumb found out, he did everything in his power to get me removed. He failed, mainly because I was a 20hr/month publisher and the CO pointed out that I was more active in the ministry than he was.
  
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  I have a favor to ask. I need to find a statement that was in one of the magazines, but I can't find it now. Can you help?

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have a favor to ask.

  i need some information found in a watchtower that i can't seem to find in my library.

  today, the watchtower teaches that the governing body is the faithful slave.

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  Watchtower 1981 February 15 pp.17-19 Do We Need Help to Understand the Bible?

  pg. 19 says...

  OUR VIEW OF THE "SLAVE"

  We can benefit from this consideration. If we have once established what instrument God is using as his "slave" to dispense spiritual food to his people, surely Jehovah is not pleased if we receive that food as though it might contain something harmful. We should have confidence in the channel God is using. At the Brooklyn headquarters from which the Bible publications of Jehovah's Witnesses emanate there are more mature Christian elders, both of the "remnant" and of the "other sheep," than anywhere else upon earth.
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  Fb pages

  by Drwho in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  im not a jw and never was but had a bad encounter with one , ie my gf was one .

  anyway , i was wondering if fb pages are actually allowed , i thought the wt frowned upon them ?

  here is one i discus in regularly , maybe take a look and leave a comment on the tripe they write , it looks very well done and presented ,https://www.facebook.com/honor.jehovah/.

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  10 years ago, it was verboten. They had assembly parts, convention parts, etc... warning about the evils of social networking sites like Facebook. Now, well...the flip flop has begun, Even though I still hear ones that are still in being cautious of it, many are ignoring it and doing what they want. Even some of their pubs have recently talked about 'internet witnessing' if I am not mistaken.
  
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  Need advice

  by Drwho in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i'm a middle aged man.

  i dated a jw lady for 3 months ., we never had sex, just made out , half naked , well everything except underwear .

  she has been a jw for 40 years ., was married to a jw but he committed adultery 13 years ago so they divorced .

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  The important question is this.......does she like Doctor Who? If she does, well.....
  
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  Dress and grooming

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know this is an old topic, but it came to mind again.... yes it is appropriate for people to dress neatly and respectfully for a dignified religious gathering, but why does it have to be a full suit with collared shirt and tie?.

  why does it have to be a full dress or skirt and jacket?.

  sure, we would find it distasteful for a person to arrive in swimwear or work overalls or other inappropriate attire, but why does it have to conform to strict standards?.

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  Doesn't all sleazy salesmen wear cheap suits?
  
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  JW Witnessing Trolleys. To approach or ignore what is your preference and why?

  by KateWild in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i saw two brothers this morning next to the main train station in liverpool city centre this morning.

  they were not actively approaching anyone.

  what i found strange was that they were from a cong that has different territory, so i don't know why they were there.. anyway i knew them both, and they know i was df'd, i was in my car and couldn't park up for a chat, but i did beep and wave to them as i drove passed and they waved back.

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  Why in the world would I want to approach or talk to them? Reminds me of Prov. 26:11...Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool who repeats his folly...