para 6 *older experienced brothers(i assume d.o/c.o./elders) may be (will be) asked to step aside.i recall in the past the wt said we don't retire at 65 or 70 like christendom.to day it sounds like they do retire only difference clergy of christendon receive benefits and a pension.
Older ones with a living memory of the WT's history would be a liability, I imagine.
Better to put them out to pasture, rather than have them reminiscing about the old days to the younger elders.
Even though the GB themselves are all up there in age, except for NKOTB Anderson.
we had co visit recently & it appears that the co told the elders of the congregation that the scriptures indicated on the wt to be "read" on the watchtower study are only to be read by 1 brother in the entire study.... the elder conducting the watchtower announced that at the wt mtg... i was like what???
only men?....
has anyone else had this occur in their congregation?
In our hall they would ask anyone, and I mean anyone to read long passages, kids, adults who were slower readers than a fifth grader it was tough to sit through, and bogged everything down. The area I live in is predoninantly farming and the locals leave school young. So, it was like a painfully long kindergarten play every sunday.
thought she was gonna take a pic of me on the sneak.
im df'd...been df'd for over 19 years already.
so she probably would have gotten away with it without anyone knowing.....except that her flash was on.
information just passed to me.
let's hope this becomes even more widespread.
i wonder if the britain branch suspects a conspiracy?
The COBE is the elder most likely to end up with several knives in his back, placed there by the other elders with the help of the CO. It's all very political.
lets just say everything the governing body says which must be obeyed with out question all hinges on threats of destruction from this wrathful deity if questioned or challenged, loyalty is a must or else it's curtains under the terror of destruction.
Hmmm, let's see the wrath of god coming down and melting my face off a la Indiana Jones style or staying loyal to WT..hmm that's a tough one I 'm thinking , I'm thinking.
Oh well who needs a face anyway
i don't go to many meetings now.
i still feel the need to go every now and again for my husband's sake.
i usually go on a sunday, maybe once a month or so and i look at the wt article under discussion to see if i can stomach it before i go, a lot of the time i feel i just can't do it.
I hear you tornapart, whatever gets you through the meeting.
Maybe drawing horns and moustaches on the artworks along with funny thought bubbles would be more therapeutic. It worked for me.
i don't go to many meetings now.
i still feel the need to go every now and again for my husband's sake.
i usually go on a sunday, maybe once a month or so and i look at the wt article under discussion to see if i can stomach it before i go, a lot of the time i feel i just can't do it.
Personally, I think there is more chance of the easter bunny existing than a soft, gentle voice hidden in the WT writing department.
lots of great potential to help those sp that are being sent off without any financial help from the wtbts.
i think that it would be a great way to get some exposure on this topic and how the wtbts thats those that dedicated their lives to the wtbts only to be sent packing at a late age.
then someone can take the funds to one sp couple, possibly, and give it to them in honor of the apostates that know what is really happening.
It's going to be so hard for these ones to recover when their "specialness" is taken away.
(Cue sad music) Please send them money so they can feel "special" again.
i don't go to many meetings now.
i still feel the need to go every now and again for my husband's sake.
i usually go on a sunday, maybe once a month or so and i look at the wt article under discussion to see if i can stomach it before i go, a lot of the time i feel i just can't do it.
Nah, don't fall for it, it's just "mother" playing "good cop bad cop" to keep you confused and confounded.
Cult psychology 101. Keep em confused with conflicting tones.
the following is a paragraph from the new february study watchtower article "learn from jehovah's loyal servants.".
7 a conflict of loyalties may arise when a close relative is disfellowshipped.
for example, a sister named anne [1] received a telephone call from her disfellowshipped mother.
They would have to know that the sheeples are waking up left , right, and centre.
On the sly, that is, as most are still too afraid to "come out."
Reminds me of that Bible verse.
"The meek shall inherit the earth.....if that's alright with the rest of you."
