i was 24 when i was first appointed as an elder.
i very much respected the old timers, the elders that were basically good guys, family men and who tried to be good examples, although they knew they were far from perfect.
i haven't been to a meeting in about a decade and i wonder if the elders of today are that much different than those of yesteryear.
I was baptised in 1990, and at that time there were elders around that you could safely have indepth discussions with.
Those guys don't exist anymore. They are too frightened to voice anything that isn't "in the script", lest they
lose their position. They are a bunch of soulless drones-especially the younger ones.
But this is exatly what Big Mother wants- brain dead, obedient, cannon fodder.
southern california:.
monday pervy monday: ex-teacher's aide, butt slapping, tbn, mormons, jehovah witnesses.
by matt coker mon., nov. 24 2014 at 6:02 am 3 comments categories: court, crime-iny, gimme that oc religion, long beach, school daze .
This case reminds me of an experience Bro Lett related at a zone visit a few yrs back.
In it he told of a 10yr old witness girl who offered her teacher a bible study. The teacher
agreed but only if the girl came to the teacher's house one evening a week - alone!
The girl agreed and went along, the end result of this wasn't made clear that I remember,
but the girl of course was praised for her courage, other young ones were encouraged to
be the same.
I was outraged at the irresponsibility of this admonition.
Honestly my flabber had never been so ghasted!!
the wonders of facebook have accidently made my paths cross with the sister of this particular elder who served in my circuit (london) for many years and would have probably been made an elder at the very beginning of the arrangment in the early 1970's he knew my father very well, spoke at ca's visting speaker etc, and was a member of the hlc, he resigned a few years ago, he was a real hard core make no bones about it and would have been one of the very last you's expect to step down and leave, just goes to show..
Elders are in a damned if you do, damned if don't situation.
They are damned by the weak ones if they try to enforce the rules and protocols as set out by the GB.
They are damned by the sticklers if they go soft on the weak or wrongdoing etc.
No win situation, who the hell would want it. The guy is better off.
i just happend to wonder if the current issue had any hidden goodies.
imagine my delight!.
a gold star to the first person to correctly identify the image!.
I can't see a goat's head but I found Waldo, does that count?
I probably deserve to executed for my crimes against grammar and spelling.
Sorry everyone :(
Go, Conan the grammarian!
looking at all the doctrinal teachings over the last five years, it's almost impossible for any person of conscience who originated such doctrine to do a complete u-turn and change it when the passage of time has proved beyond doubt that doctrine is no longer credible.. i say this with reference to the generation of 1914. they were so sure.
it was part of the awake!
masthead for decades that those who saw the events of 1914 would also see the great tribulation.. .
What percentage is scam and what is delusion doesn't really matter.
It is 100% cult.
now i know they have always discouraged marrying outside of their so called 'truth' but since when has it been a punishable offense?
my sister recently married and they are discussing wether her being married to an outsider will stumble others and if they need to reprove or disfellowship her for it..
There is no law against marrying an unbeliever-even in JWland.
So if they are thinking of reproving her it can only be because they
suspect that some kind of misconduct occurred before the marriage.
how many times have you asked a jw who has attended a public talk how the talk was, only to be told it was so great!
yet they cannot remember the title nor any one single point except that the brother was "funny" or was good with illustratiions or some other vauge point?
and conventions weren't far off either.
Yes, I have noticed they ignore what I would consider to be important points and twist other things,
so much so that it leaves me wondering if we were at the same meeting/convention.
Perception is reality I suppose.
Most do not care àbout the specifics, it's more important to concentrate on the entertainment news.
i joined the board this month and holy cow, are there ever some interesting points of view here.. a bit about my background: my dad was an unbaptised born-in who nevertheless went to vietnam and college where he met my mom.
mom was lutheran, but dad told her the only religion he was interested in belonging to was the jdubs.
they married in the early 70s and were both baptized.
Welcome SoJo, just out of curiousity why is hubby looking into witchcraft and paganism, is it for academic or personal reasons?
