What does HYPOCRITE mean?

flower

H-
Having every excuse why its ok for certain Witnesses to dismiss whichever rules they choose.

Y-
Yelling, arguing, fighting, abuse, and all the other 'unchristianlike' conduct that goes on behind closed doors

P-
Power hungry elders

O-
"Only the meek shall inherit the earth"...(yea right and they are meek?)

C-
Christians=Christ-like. nuff said

R-
Repeating scriptures to their kids about 'being obedient to parents in everything' but conveniently forgetting the ones which apply to parents 'not causing their children to become downhearted'

I-
Insisting that 'worldly' people are the evil when most people I know are kinder, more caring, and more loving than any witnesses I ever knew

T-
Taking everything that makes a childs life enjoyable (friends, love, school activities) and telling them its for the best.

E-
Elders who have the nerve to counsel someone for not living up to their rules.

jayhawk

*applause*

Very good!

"Hand me that whiskey, I need to consult the spirit."-J.F. Rutherford

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I can feel a story coming on...here it is.
Dear Daddy elder man got up giving a public talk one Sunday and it was about caring for the spiritual welfare of our own families.
He couldnt stop looking at me all through the talk,at the same time he couldnt bear to look at me, because my eyes shouted "Hypocrite".
When he was telling all the brothers with responsibilities in the cong
not to neglect their family study he practically shrivelled up with shame.
Of course, the very next week a family study was rekindled. It lasted 2 weeks.
Thats Hypocrisy.

This prompts me to post a topic....

orangefatcat

EXCELLENT FLOWER AND BOY THAT IS SO TRUE, I CAN RELATE TO THAT MYSELF COMING FROM A LONG HISTORY IN THE ORGANIZATION. l APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAY WHAT GOES ON BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. MY FATHER WAS AN ELDER AND LET ME TELL YOU OUR FAMILY DID MORE FIGHTING GETTING OUT THE FRONT DOOR TO GO TO THE MEETINGS, AND SERVICE. MY MOTHER ALWAYS BLAMED SATAN AND DEMONS FOR THE BAD SPIRIT IN OUR HOUSE AND I WAS ALWAYS SITTING IN THE MEETINGS UPSET AND THE SERVICE I DIDN'T WANT TO DO, BECAUSE I ALWAYS FELT LIKE WE WERE HYPOCRITES. MY MOTHER DABBLED IN SPIRITISM PRIOR TO OUR FAMILY BECOMING JW'S. MY FATHER AND I ALWAYS LOCKED HORNS AND BEING IN THE 'TRUTH', WAS ENOUGH TO GIVE U A MENTAL AND EMMOTIONAL BREAKDOWN, WHICH I SUFFERED THREE TIMES OVER THE YEARS. YOU SEE THE WORD HYPOCRITE IN ALOT OF HOMES OF JWS.
WELL FLOWER HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR, THAT MEANS THE TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF AND LOOKING FOR NEW FRIENDS AND TALKING TO RECUPERATING XJWS.
WE HAVE ALL BEEN THROUGH MUCH THE SAME AND GOOD LUCK FLOWER AS YOU HAVE SPARED YOUR KIDS FROM GOING THROUGH WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH. THEY WON'T GROW UP MESSED UP. E-MAIL ME ANYTIME. TERRY

pamkw

Great post. I can relate so much. My jw mother gave me and my sister her Christmas gifts from work. She had opened them, wrapped them back in the same wrapping and said, "I don't want them, so I thought I would give them to you." She also sat in my house and wrapped my sister's Christmas gifts for my brother. Out of six kids there are 4 of us doing the holidays now. Every year my mom thinks of a new way to be involved but not involved. It is warped it makes me laugh.

Pam

avengers

I wish there were more flowers.

"Few are they that look through their own eyes and feel with their own heart"
A Einstein

ISP

Hey Cool! Flower! Good answer!

ISP

Joyzabel

Hi Flower
You are very creative. This was a great post, loved it. I am looking forward to more of your thoughts. j2bf

african GB Member

Flower, please come back!

We'd love to hear from you again.

GB

donnye

Elder 2faced in my old congregation is a hypocrite because.....

He invited me to sit with him and his wife at the meeting, and straight after I gave an answer he said to his wife "Well, she didn't say much". Basically he loves lengthy answers, especially the sound of his own voice. At the end of the meeting he went up to give the closing prayer, and it went on for over 5 minutes so I stood up straight and said "he's going on and on and on as usual". LOL