Were there some people in your congregation that you could say anything to them, and you were sure they wouldn't stool to the elders? How many people in your congregation could you really trust?
Who Could You Trust in the Congregation
by JH 20 Replies latest jw friends
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blondie
None, zero, nada, no one, niemand, nix, nobody, no person, no man, no woman. Trust yourself alone.
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freedom96
Sadly, at the time, not even my own parents.
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shera
The spiritually weak ones....
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TheItalian
Some. Disfellowshipped ones.
And not even them!!
When reinstated they would tell it to the elders......!!
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JH
How could we have believed that they were our friends, when we couldn't even trust them?
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Windchaser
Husband #1, a 'spiritually weak' person to be sure, would have been the one I could have trusted, but alas, we had nothing in common except maybe liking to get drunk and having sex.
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Beans
I could always trust Quotes and Big Dave no matter what, we were all a little pagan back then having WORDLY girlfriends! But no one else fer sure.
Beans
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OrbitingTheSun
Whether or not it is intentional, the WTBTS hinders the development of trust among brothers and sisters in the congregation. They consistently send subversive messages conditioning the "flock" to render absolute allegiance to the organization above all of the people they are close to. By creating suspicion and fear within the congregation, the "flock" is easier to control and less likely to unite against the WTBTS.
With this said, I only really trusted one person in my congregation--you might know her as the poster LauraLisa. She was the only one that genuinely cared about me and shared with me what was in her heart instead of what was in the WTBTS literature. Thank you, Laura, for being true!
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nightwarrior
Once met a cockny whom was related to gangsters,whom was i thought rock solid as a friend which initialy he was ,then came the inquisition and treachery from the sly telephone calls from the presiding overseer,to my supposed friend whom i had been out on the ministry with,been down to the old cafes with him in central london,accompanied him to work ,as in sitting in his lorry ,keeping him company,had meals at his house met the wife & family ,vice versa,spent leasure time with him , raced his whipetts ( dogs) at markets with him,great mate ,until six months later i found out that he had given evidence ,against me ,but never told me that he had been questioned about me,( that i said the presiding overseer was being removed from his position ) which was true happend few weeks later on, therfore not gossip.
i had been informed by another presiding overseer of this fact,( I DROPPED OUR FICKLE FRIENDSHIP) BUT THIS SAME BROTHER WAS GIVEN MORE ASSIGNMENTS ,than he could handle on the ministry school ,WHY,because he turned traitor to his friend (ME) HE JUMPED INTO THE ELDERS POCKETS, they certainly looked after him,i often wonder what did he loose beside a friendship.?????????????
This once proud tough cockney, i beleive he sold his soul to the devil.
it could happen to you ,so dont trust anyone,the k/h which only caters for very fickle friendships,which dont stand the test of time.
dont complain about the spelling ok.