How many times were you told, "You Just Don't Qualify Yet to be an Elder"

by John Aquila 30 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  OnTheWayOut

  I moved up the ladder pretty quick. I was the "study" of one of the powerhouse elders, and making me into a prodigy was a feather in his cap. I was totally blown away by the appointment about 6 years after baptism as a young adult. It was pretty early on for a Dub. Plus, I was so totally into the religion that I probably seemed like a good company man.

  I was already married to a JW about the same time I was appointed an MS, so I never got my seductive, erotic, red headed vamp. I sure would have liked that.
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  John Aquila

  SnakesInTheTower

  I was on the fast track to elder until I was derailed in 1991. A made up JC (years later when I attended MTS as an elder I confirmed even organizationally it wasn't a JC) was held against me with false accusers.

  It's always something, we should all run for congress or senators, same game.
  
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  Introvert 2

  Cute girl, could do with out the tattoos though..
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  SnakesInTheTower

  you know what John? I am sooooo glad I am out of that racket. Fast forward to Winter 2006, I was removed as an elder. To expedite my fade, I had moved KH's, states, circuits. But never moved physically from my house. (New KH just a 15 minute ride across the river LOL). Made a few meetings, massive remodel scattered everyone for the summer, I disappeared. I showed up for one last meeting on a Sunday. Left after the talk. Drove to a nearby cemetery, changed out of my suit and tie, got into jeans and tshirt, and never looked back.

  Ironically, I drove past that KH today. Hadn't thought about it in awhile. Smiled as I drove by. Never again playing the "reach out for greater privileges" game again.

  
  Snakes
  
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  hoser

  It's always something, we should all run for congress or senators, same game.

  
  

  the he pay is a lot better in federal politics
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  konceptual99

  Was an MS for 20 years. I was constantly told I did not qualify to be appointed as an elder because I did not do enough FS hours. Holy Spirit my arse.
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  Doctor Who

  I was told I was appointed as an Elder but I refused it because I was just waking up. Couldn't/didn't want the bs involved. Now I am trying to slowly fade as a MS. Not as easy as it seems. I actually have a couple of "real" elders in my congregation and when you say you are missing because of sickness or something, they really try to help. I think I am going down the anxiety route again. Worked once before, and the brothers aren't trained to deal with it.
  
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  Bungi Bill

  Sparrowdown,

  You're right on the mark there. I never did have much of a taste for kissing people's backsides - no matter what it was going to gain! I guess my taste bud's were against me advancing too far in The Borg (and in retrospect, that was a bloody good thing, too).

  Bill.
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  John Aquila

  Doctor Who

  I was told I was appointed as an Elder but I refused it because I was just waking up. Couldn't/didn't want the bs involved. Now I am trying to slowly fade as a MS. Not as easy as it seems. I actually have a couple of "real" elders in my congregation and when you say you are missing because of sickness or something, they really try to help. I think I am going down the anxiety route again. Worked once before, and the brothers aren't trained to deal with it.

  Hey DW, I can imagine your situation is a real pain. Your awake and some men really care, but you can’t really say anything or all hell will break lose. It’s like you’re caught in a spider’s web, with several ropes attached to you. You just can’t cut one and be Free, because the moment you try to get loose, they feel the movement on the strings, and they come running to make sure you’re not going anywhere. Do what you need to do!
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  NVR2L8

  I was a MS for years as was my father before me. My dad was an uneducated man and learned how to read while studying with the JW. He was a mechanic and became friends with the DO and CO because he fixed their cars at a time when they used their own. He was mostly in charge of the KH maintenance or magazine counter. I on the other hand was a very good public speaker and versed in two languages and sign language. I gave public talks, conducted a book study as a MS going to a different group almost every week as a fill in. I have been in several dramas at DC and was interviewed at CA because of my dad's connection with the DO and CO. Still I never became an elder. Something held me back. Last year I reconnected with an ex jw who was an elder in my congregation and he told me I had a reputation of being a skirt chasser...as a teenager I was good friends with many good looking older pioneer girls either because I was helping them learning a foreign language or just to keep them company when they missed their families they had left to move where the need is great. Even the CO's wife would hug and kiss me when they visited...I guess this bothered the elders despite the fact that I married at 19 and am still married to the same wife 40 plus years later. Just before my fade I worked the sound console at the DC and at the assembly hall. I was scheduled as a visiting speaker the week I quit as a MS. I had expected being named an elder at the previous CO's visit but it didn't happen and I am glad because it gave me an extra insensitive to pursue my research about the JW cult. A year later I just didn't return to the KH after the DC.