How about sisters in good standing. This brings back memories. When you are "bad association" or people in the hall don't quite know how to categorize you they tend to be afraid to get close. What you will be shown is "agape love". Has anybody here been the recipient of agape love? Well, it is kind of like when somebody slides food to the lion in the zoo through the special opening and then backs off. Makes you feel all warm and fuzzy!! Not!! This always made me crack up. Who needs their agape love? I would rather have outright hatred. At least it would be more honest.
LHG
Brothers In Good Standing
by Englishman 28 Replies latest jw friends
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LongHairGal
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FlyingHighNow
Agape' love is when old biddy sisters tell you during your stage 4 cancer:
"You could do more if you willing to PUT FORTH THE EFFORT."
Or:
"Now that you're unable to work due to your stage 4 cancer, you should be pioneering."
Or:
"I read about a sister who is blind, deaf, mute, confined to an iron lung, has stage 4 cancer, the same kind as yours. She never misses meetings nd is still on the pioneer list. Her house is always spotless and her yard is the prettiest on the block. If she can do all that when she is sicker than you, then you can do more than you are now doing. IF you were willing to PUT FORTH THE EFFORT!"
I know, you are touched and reaching for your box of kleenex now.
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LongHairGal
Flying:
Thanks for the funny anecdote. That's typical of the JW urban legends. All in all, a brother NOT in good standing is better off than a sister IN good standing (at least that's how I see it).
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Englishman,
I don't think they'll allow you scrape gum from the seats, even if you have your suitcoat & tie on either.
"Loos" that's so funny. Never heard that term. Almost fell off the chair again Englishman! You kill me.
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"Don't you go dyin' on me now"
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BrendaCloutier
I also heard that anyone reproved or DF'd might have to wait for 3 to 5 years before being allowed to clean the gent's loos as a volunteer.
I'd think that they would want to put those not in so good standing on loo duty! Penence. (whatever that word is) I'm just glad I never had to do loo duty... just duty in the loo <grin>
The few times I worked at assemblies as a teen I got to serve hotdogs and hamburgers and pop and such at the concessions. I also was privledged with scrubbing potatoes 2 days before I was baptized. I was in a dress, and I'll tell you it's really hard to flirt when you have dirt and water down the front of your dress even though I was wearing an apron!
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stillajwexelder
no this is wrong - the policy is toilet cleaning and other privileges are allowed 1 year after reprooof/reinstatement not 3 years
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Es
heheheh how pathetic but at the same time so so funny
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Dustin
They asked me to clean the toilets, and when I told them no they acted mad. The elders are stupid poopy-heads. Now that I'm DA'd I don't think I qualify for such a grand privilege anymore.
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FlyingHighNow
no this is wrong - the policy is toilet cleaning and other privileges are allowed 1 year after reprooof/reinstatement not 3 years
Wow, sounds like a good reason to get reproved. When someone asks you why did you falter so that you would need reproof you could say, "I didn't falter, I just committed fornication so that I would lose my toilet cleaning privileges for a year."