Did You Have Respect For The Elders In Your Hall?

by minimus 36 Replies latest jw friends

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  cameo-d

  The elders think they have authority over you, but they don't. I think you have to take alot on yourself to think you have the very great responsibility to advise other people as to what is right or wrong. ..... Yet they still assume the position of authority over the spiritual well being of their fellow man.

  Don't the elders fall into having mind games played on them? Could that be the cause of the arrogance and misuse of position?

  I mean after all, isn't it somehow implied to them that they were specially chosen by the holy spirit? that they are part of "jah's elite forces"?

  And hasn't it been impled to them that they are in training to rule over all of us one day, as kings and princes?

  With that in mind, of course they assume authority over everyone in "their charge".

  In order for their future status as ruling kings and princes, don't they need to learn to mete out perfect justice?

  Aren't they just practicing on members while in this system and isn't this "practice" necessary in order to attain that eventual perfection?

  I would like to know who exactly instills all this garbage in their minds. Are they hypnotized in this training school? Were they like this before they became elders?
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  Gordy

  There were four Elders I had respect for knew them from when I became a JW in 1971 till they died by the early 1990's.

  They were in their 60/70's they were guys who had their heads screwed on right. They didn't let the 1975 farce get out of hand. In fact you wouldn't have known about it much in the congregation. In all the time they were there we had only one disfellowshipping. Once they started to go off the scene and younger ones, 30/40's, started to become Elders. Things changed it became more Watchtower oriented. numbers have dropped, some are attending other congregations in the area instead. People being DF'd or stopped going.

  Incidentally two of those four Elders showed me from scripture that they believed Jesus was God.
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  buffalosrfree

  Not only no, but no way in hell!!1
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  minimus

  Many elders DEMANDED respect. What a way to get it, huh?
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  Irreverent

  At the end, absolutely no respect for any of the congregation elders. They were either lying hypocrites or they supported the lying hypocrites.
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  minimus

  Rev, well put.
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  White Dove

  Reniaa,

  I do wish for your recovery, but you really do need to take the medicine and not spit it out everytime it's given to you.

  You'll never recover if you don't digest it.

  We serve veggies here, so quit throwing them on the floor and start eating them.