Elders ,Ego Trips ,Personality Clashes ,and bringing down the Tall Poppy Syndrome.

by smiddy 6 Replies latest jw friends

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  smiddy

  How often did you see / witness anything relating to these traits with the Elders.?

  Personally I have known an Elder who was taken down by other Elders in his Circuit because they thought he was getting to big for his boots , and was enjoying his popularity in the circuit and it was in their opinion going to his head.

  He had speaking parts on CA`s and was enjoying his popularity. ( but don`t all of them ?)

  The other Elders in the Circuit obviously didn`t like the attention he was receiving or his inflated ego , and as a collective group cut him down to size.

  Simply by removing him from the " IN " crowd of Elders dealing with CA`s and not giving him any more talks or parts at assembly`s .

  At the Congregational level I have seen the same sort of thing , where an Elder gets puffed up with pride / thinks more of himself than he ought to , and gets cut down by the rest of the Body of Elders.

  Last but not least , is the Elder who has a very strong domineering nature who rides all over the rest of the Elder arrangement , simply because he is a bully and always gets his own way on doing things in the Congregation.

  So is this religion .JW , an arrangement by GOD ? a Theocratic Arrangement ? by the Almighty ?

  or is it simply a man made up religion , controlled and administered by imperfect human beings with their own agenda.

  smiddy
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  stuckinarut2

  Smiddy: Last but not least , is the Elder who has a very strong domineering nature who rides all over the rest of the Elder arrangement , simply because he is a bully and always gets his own way on doing things in the Congregation.

  You must have come from the same congregation as me! Ours was dominated by a few like that!
  
  
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  sir82

  I dunno, I can think of a few blow-hard puffed-up elders, of whom I wish someone had "taken them down a peg".
  
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  ToesUp

  Eventually all the Elders get taken down a peg, when they put em out to pasture. Like I've said before, the WT uses you up and spits you out. Elders don't quite feel the impact until it happens to THEM.
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  never a jw

  I saw that case once. The elder in question had university education (from another country) and his speeches were loaded with big words that most of the sheep didn't understand. The other elder on average had about 9th grade education. Well, my friend, the hunted educated elder, was demoted to just publisher for few years. I don't know the exact charges, but related to his being too controlling/bullying. During the witch hunt times his wife would call me and gave me details about the other elders: alcoholism, favoritism towards their own children, pervert eyes when looking at women, etc. Lots of juicy stuff.

  Since my hunted elder gave me a bible study, the other elders thought I could be useful in providing incriminating information about my friend. Therefore, my wife and I were invited to a party of only elders and MS. Well....it backfired...several of them were having a racist conversation saying that the members of a certain group were too lazy and irresponsible. Since at that time I sided with my friend, the hunted elder, I decided to write a letter to the Watchtower Brooklyn headquarters conveying my recent discoveries about the hunters, including the recent racist comments by many of them. Well, well. Within two months there was an new elder in that Spanish congregation who spoke poor Spanish, but he was a member of the race that the other elders made racist comments about. Coincidence?.... I don't think so.
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  James Jack

  Sounds like my story!!!
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  ToesUp

  James Jack. I don't know how you do it. We have a hard time driving by a KH, much less attending one. I really feel for those that are stuck in.