by OneFingerSalute 22 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
Right with you Joe134cd. It can be that easy, an elderlie rang me up and said this Sundays watchtower was good and I should come - I said no thanks and never heard from another single one.
And hey onefingersalute (luv the name) - yes it can be that easy. Lets be honest they don't really give a f..k
I was raised in the borg from age 4. I left at age 40.5. After being a regular pioneer, elder, MTS grad, and a lot of other things along the way, you would think I would be bothered more...but I am not. Now, age 48, if they ever try that $hit with a CO, i have nothing to say except:"I have a great life with a beautiful wife, great stepson, and a full time job...none of which I ever had when I was at the hall."
By the way, still not Df. LOL
Snakes
Before I really woke up I had an elder who some months earlier had moved into our congregation and was actually in our same book study group ,he was a friend of the elder conducting the group and they were full of each other not paying much attention to the rest of the group.and it was obvious.
One night after a service meeting he turned to me who was sitting behind him and said "Hi ,I must come around and see you at home for a visit ?" I replied don`t bother you haven`t given us the time of day at the book study since you arrived so why would you want to come around now , don`t worry about it "
I had that deer in the headlight look from him.
Probably no one had ever spoken to him like that .
smiddy
Good to 'see' you Snakes! So glad your life is going great. :0)
As for having JWs drop around, I would just tell them "My schedule is really busy. I'm not available."
That's what I do with my boss. A couple of times now my work has called me at home on the weekends and have left me messages. I just keep telling them "I'm not home on the weekends. You're never going to get me."
I don't even bother with the first part, they don't need to know my schedule. They would probablt think "see, brother snakes is being kept busy by satan's ol' world." Not that I care what "they" think. lol
Snakes
How about saying, " When the CO follows the scriptural pattern and gets a job like Paul, then he can come by and instruct me. I would hate for his conscience to bother him as he wouldn't have freeness of speech."
DD
Well they came, and they went.
The entire conversation of some forty-five minutes can be summed up as:
C.O. & S.O. "Brother, you must reach out! Do more!"
OFS "Hmm."
Good-bye.
It's hearing experiences like these that stir me to fantasy land:
I imagine being invited to a meeting with the CO and an elder. I appear cheerful and suggest that the entire body of elders and the CO should come to my place for the encouraging visit. Which I proceed to secretly record after reminding all of the "brothers" that the use of recording devices is not allowed!!
Viral Hilarity on YouTube follows...
( It could happen )
...Back to the real world.
Prior to the request to meet with the CO ( which was unknowingly waved off by my still-in wife ) a father/son pair of elders paid me, what would be my final elder's visit. The son was the COBE and only in his late 30's after local pioneering and a 10 year Bethel stint that had him in daily contact with GB members.
He asked me just minutes into the visit if I still believed the GB was the FDS. I responded by telling him that, " I will not be interrogated in my own home ". That created awkward silence.
When they tried to read from the Bible to me, I told them... " I'm not interested ". ( classic conversation stopper/table turner! ) They immediately left. I have been left alone for the last 1.5-2 years as a result, while my wife happily attends all the meetings, seeing them weekly. The Love®
