Welcome LGB. Introduce yourself on another thread. Not everyone makes it to page 5. Haha.
Just out of curiosity, how many elders (current & ex) do we have here?
by mrquik 186 Replies latest jw friends
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Hortensia
I don't think we have any elders here -- no hierarchy in this forum.
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mind blown
Incredible! This makes me so happy!
I was feeling down a couple days ago. Not due to the Holidays, but because for the 1st time I actually answered a JW knock at the door. It was a couple of 20 something JW siblings with huge Cheshire Cat grins on their faces. Very sweet kids, but too drunk on the Kool Aid. I was trying to fight the urge to tell them TTATT because I knew I would shurly have thier heads spinning and crush their faith. Sure enough as I began to speak in a kindly manner about the UN, Blood, etc., it was like watching the face of a five year old when old when told there is no such thing as Santa Claus. They did say they were going to check things out for themselves, which I hope they do, but I still knew the internal drama they will now be facing. I also told them they really needed to study their WT and not cherry pick through the bible scriptures because they obviously missed the article about the annointed being raptured after the GT.
Anyway, seeing all you elders here has made me feel so much better about not holding back to those young ones.....Thanx for posting....:)
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clarity
Wonderful to see all you good men on this thread!
Congratulations for standing up & walking out (even mentally).
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Lightgetsbrighter ...good idea to repost & introduce yourself,
on a separate thread ...because Problemaddic is right, not
everybody reads all pages.lol We don't want you to be missed!
Welcome to JWN! So glad you showed up! :-)
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Even tho I don't have elder paraphernalia, I must disagree with your
statement that... "If the brothers at the top would just let go of their
demand for strict adherence to all of their pronouncements ...........,
people would be banging down the doors to go the KH."
I say this because even if jw's were free to accept or not accept the
words from the GB..... this society is so wrong on so many levels that
eventually 'people' will still see this and leave.
I do see your point tho... it would take a lot of pressure off.
clarity
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KiddingMe
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Designer Stubble
ex-MS; wife an ex-Pioneer
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KateWild
Nice to meet you brother, welcome please tell us your story on your own thread. Love Kate xx
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Magwitch
Excellent thread! Bald eagle's comment is spot on. It was the unbelievable hypocrisy of my elder (ex)husband that sent me screaming out of KH.
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rawe
Hi Everyone,
To everyone who celebrates the holiday - Merry Christmas! Our family is just arriving for "Christmas Breakfast". I really have enjoyed this thread. It truly shows that even men chosen for leadership in the organization often wind up having doubts about the faith. I compiled the following list from the thread of current elders, ex-Ministerial Servants and ex-Elders. Please correct any mistakes or omissions in an additional post if you notice them.
CURRENT ELDERS
XBEHERE - In for family, hate it.
thedog1
pixel
Saltheart Foamfollower - doing my own thing as much as I can get away with
Stand for Pure Worship - "I've been trolling you with this Stand for Pure Worship nonsense"
His Excellency - appointed 2 weeks ago
Socrateswannabe
TOTAL: 7
EX-MINISTERIAL SERVANTS
Phizzy
flipper
konceptual99 - MS for 20 years
Designer Stubble
TOTAL: 4
EX-ELDERS
mrquick
designs
happy@last
rawe (me, Randy) - resigned 2005, left 2007
eyeuse2badup - 1972-79 & 2000-2010
DesirousOfChange - stepped down 2003
Oubliette - ex-Elder for 20ish years
Tord
Skinnedsheep
NewYork44MM - for about 3 years in mid 90s
Idrnomo
confusedandalone
Tech49 - for about 10 years, until 1 year ago
RayPublisher - for 10 years, always small body of no more than 4 or 5
Billy the Ex-Bethelite
AlphaMan - appointed at 30, walked out at 40
Irreverent (husband of blondie) - elder for 5 years
cofty
CyrusThePersian - elder for 12 years, stepped down in 1996
subytrek - elder for 3 years (2010-2013)
sspo - ex-lder - 21 years
Captain Blithering - elder for 10 years or so
Syme
jeremiah18:5-10 - Ex-elder from 1998-2005
bruh - 10 years elder
cantleave
Wasanelder Once
dozy
no lies please
Open mind - elder for 10 years
JakeM2012 - 10 +/- elder
leaving_quietly
baldeagle - elder for 6 years
Decided - begame an elder in my twenties
UN informed - appointed in 1969 at 24, resigned in 2000
Jazzbo
jam - elder 10 years
stuckinamovement (SIAM) - elder 7 years, quit 3 years ago.
HappyDad - appointed in 1986, resigned around 1990-1991
processor
Bob_NC - ex-Elder 13 years, 1986-1999
Lets Think - elder for 20 years, resigned 3 years ago
C.O.B.E.Beef - elder at 30. human at 35.
mindnumbed - served for 3 years
Doubting Bro - elder at 29, stepped down in my mid-302s
Irkr
Splash - elder at 28
JW GoneBad
AllTimeJeff - ex-elder. Ex everything
williamhconley - Ex-elder almost 10 years
freddo - ex-elder
James Jackson - 21 years elder
burnedout - elder at 30, burnedout at 40
Kensho - in for 40 years
fedup - elder for 7 years, stepped down in '95
Old Goat - resigned for "health and age" reasons, should have 20 years ago.
rocketman
Lightgrowsbrighter - elder for 5 years
EdenOne - ex-Elder, currently MS
TOTAL: 59
Cheers,
-Randy -
Watchtower-Free
Marked