Have you ever wanted to punch a Circuit Overseer or his wife?

by Nellie 26 Replies latest jw friends

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  upside/down

  Interesting note...

  The Bible clearly commands child bearing even giving TONS of advice to parents and young ones...

  The WTS "discourages" it...

  Hmmmmmm

  u/d(of the who you callin 'postate class)
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  Odrade

  I don't know if I'd label the C.O.W. "jealous." She's probably one of those baby-hating, "don't have a child in the end-times" idiots. My mom says stuff like this. She hears someone is pregnant she says "Oh nooooo! I'm so sorry." I've directly heard her say stuff like that at least 1/2 dozen times, and others have told me that she does that too. Last time she said it, I told her that the couple WANTED a child and what she said was beyond rude. It probably made no impact though.
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  Nellie

  As I said in my previous post - I'm waaay past this woman and her narrow-minded opinions! Yes, she was one of those "it would have killed her if she had gotten pregnant class" - she'd probably have forced a miscarriage before she'd let her tiny waist expand in the horrors of pregnancy.

  Anyone else care to share?
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  yesidid

  So are you saying she was rude and cold and thoughtless because she was a CO's wife,

  or are you saying this particular woman, who happened to be a CO's wife, was rude and cold and thoughtless.

  It's just that I have known rude, cold, thoughtless people who were not CO's wives. I have also known

  warm, caring, thoughtful, CO's wives.
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  blondie

  So are you saying she was rude and cold and thoughtless because she was a CO's wife,

  or are you saying this particular woman, who happened to be a CO's wife, was rude and cold and thoughtless.

  It's just that I have known rude, cold, thoughtless people who were not CO's wives. I have also known

  warm, caring, thoughtful, CO's wives.

  Excellent point, yesidid. My experience exactly; I have met many sisters who were never elders wives or CO wives who were rude, cold, and thoughtless. Brothers too.

  Blondie
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  nowisee

  and then there's me who swallowed all of their s--t hook line and sinker and now i am 58 and i will never have children.
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  Nellie

  So are you saying she was rude and cold and thoughtless because she was a CO's wife,

  or are you saying this particular woman, who happened to be a CO's wife, was rude and cold and thoughtless.

  It's just that I have known rude, cold, thoughtless people who were not CO's wives. I have also known

  warm, caring, thoughtful, CO's wives.

  I'm definitely NOT saying that she was rude, cold and thoughtless because she was a CO's wife! What I am saying is that AS a CO's wife, she should handle herself and the "flock" with more care and tenderness than she exhibited. How does the saying go: "To whom much is given, much is expected." Her position in the organization demands more of her - whatever her personal feelings, she should never inflict that kind of negative/potentially damaging attitude towards others. What IF, after hearing her comments, a woman walked away and hurt herself or the baby? In my opinon, she should be held bloodguilty!
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  undercover

  There was a time when having kids was frowned on and counseled against. Armageddon was coming, why would anyone want to have to deal with small children during this time period?

  I remember my mother becoming pregnant(unplanned) with one of my siblings in the early 70s, knowing that Armageddon was coming in a short time. There were those who questioned her sensibilities at such a time. I was a youngster and I remember fearing our family being split up like the Jews were during WWII. I feared for my younger sibling, knowing that he would fall prey to some heidieous scheme to stomp out our kind.

  The WTS promoted this terrible scenerio so much that it scared me half to death as a kid. I'm sure that such ideas have prompted some over-zealous types to self-righteously make harsh statements as this CO's wife did.
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  Nellie

  U/C - I lived through this time - the whole "Responsible Childbearing in the time of the end" phase

  One thing I'm particularly proud of was my insistance on being a mother (of more than one child) - My arguement with others had always been that "individually" we weren't assured living into the new system and since their line of reasoning is that resurrected ones will not marry and bear children, I had better have mine NOW. So I did!

  That doesn't lessen or excuse her responsibility of being a shepard of the flock!
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  RichieRich

  Envision this for a moment.

  Richie's Kingdom Hall, this May, during the week of the Circuit Overseer visit.

  Richie was put on Public Reproof in mid March, and has no privileges chores.

  The CO walks up to Richie, and engages him in that BS small talk that is supposed to scope me out.

  Then, the CO asks Richie to accompany him in Field Service on Saturday, something highly sought after by young brothers looking for love in all the wrong places.

  Richie says No.

  CO asks why.

  Richie replies that he has plans to go the gun show :::gasp::: with his worldly father :::gasp::::

  CO shows visible anger, and asks Richie if he could readjust his schedule to be availible saturday morning.

  CO then brings Elder PO over, and recounts the experience.

  << Richie feels like swinging here>>>

  Well, maybe next time says Richie.