Comments from an elder judt returning from Elders' School

by Room 215 52 Replies latest jw friends

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  OnTheWayOut

  ...and the "most vexing problem" is porn?!?

  I am certain they mean "porn viewed by elders." They want to stop losing these guys. Basically, they are probably teaching them to A) stop viewing porn and B) certainly not step aside if they viewed porn but just C) keep it to themselves and go back to A) stop viewing porn.

  I think it also says that elders are not the place where the corporation looks to keep people in, or decide how to handle problems. They are just in the dark, so depression, pedophiles, morale, contributions, kids leaving the org., etc. are not the things elders will have any input on. Mother will figure those things out and just tell the elders what to say to the congregation- don't go to college, don't view porn, put money in the box, study the literature, sell the literature, go to all your meetings.
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  dissed

  Can you imagine what people would find on an Elders computer if they clicked 'history'?

  And how would Patterson know they have such a problem? Probably confessions at a JC.

  "I couln't help it brothers. It all started with the porn" As he sobbed and begged not to be DF'd.

  And if they are truly into porn. Then how are they REALLY looking at the sisters at the KH?

  Is this why they feel people are romanticaly involved just because a brother puts his arm around his wife during prayer? They think the worst because of their porn habit?
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  sacolton

  ... but doesn't the holy spirit pick these Elders (according to the WT)?
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  JimmyPage

  I'd like to know what the follow up suggestions were. No doubt to keep the computer in a place where no one can look at it alone.

  As has been said here before, "porn" probably translates "apostate websites" in reality. The WT knows their hypocrisy is being exposed every day online. The "watch out for internet porn" strategy is really a cover for "we're deathly afraid of the internet and for good reason".
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  blondie

  Remember the suggestion in the WT to have his wife sit or stand next to him while he used the PC?
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  Mickey mouse

  What JimmyPage said.
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  daniel-p

  These men are like babies.
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  minimus

  People are curious. When you tell someone they are forbidden to look, guess what? They'll look. They're so hung up on sex. Their hangups produce messed up men.
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  angel eyes

  your right min, even lots wife looked back.
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  minimus

  She liked homosexuals and the lifestyle.