How many JWs are genuinely in "good standing"?

by slimboyfat 23 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  EndofMysteries

  I remember my shock as a teen since I had a somewhat sheltered life and I thought all JW's were 'behaved', 'good', etc, according to JW standards. From the pioneer sisters wanting to do 'porneia' lol to this JW party which left me dumbfounded.....(I had been to JW parties where alcohol was present, but everyone was drinking responsibly)....you would think that so called bad parties would be small groups, but I was at one with 100+ and pretty much everyone was drunk, cussing, fights breaking out, it was like a worldly party you'd see on tv or at a dorm, etc.

  Those who were probably genuinely in good standing were those who never left their house unless it was for field service aka no social life at all.

  I saw nothing but double sided lives.

  Yet in "false religion" I was meeting so called fake christians who had no threat of disfellowshipping but were much more moral, they went out, even big events, camping, etc.

  Yet group 1 was going to survive armageddon and group 2 would die because it wasn't 'the truth'.
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  Apognophos

  I remember my shock as a teen since I had a somewhat sheltered life and I thought all JW's were 'behaved', 'good', etc, according to JW standards. [...] Those who were probably genuinely in good standing were those who never left their house unless it was for field service aka no social life at all.

  I suppose this describes me. I still find it difficult to believe that JW youths (or adults) are doing the stuff mentioned on this forum because I just never saw it. Then again, I didn't go to a lot of parties or have a lot of Witness friends.

  I think this question is impossible to answer because what would bother some people's consciences doesn't bother others. As a believing Witness in good standing, I sometimes watched stuff that might be troublingly violent for some other Witnesses. Some elders might have had some strong words for me if they knew. But in fact I shared practically all that material with an elder who I was friends with, and he had no complaints. We just understood that our consciences were "stronger" and thus we didn't bring it up with anyone that we weren't sure about. So was I "genuinely in good standing"? As long as a stricter elder didn't know about my viewing habits, sure.
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  Frazzled UBM

  So SBF - now you are returning to the fold, will you confess your 8 dfing offences to cleanse your soul? It might be a matter of in and straight back out for you.
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  Caupon

  To be truthful, one sister in our congregation secretly watches horror serials. I know because she needed me for assistance on her chines and I saw the classic "Carrie" sitting on her television stand. And you'd never guess she is the number uno pioneer in our hall.