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  Seriously considering stepping down as Elder

  by fader77 in

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  i have been an elder for 6 years.

  it's been the last 2 years or so that i've really seen the hypocrisy, but the ability to know the shenanigans of the society through the body of elders letters has kind of kept me in there.

  i'm to the point now that i can't stand the hatred and bitterness that the body of elders has towards myself and my whole family.

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  Hello fader77. I so sorry your have to go through this. I was the P.O. when I woke up. I learned all my stress, high blood pressure, PTSD and horrible anxiety was result of being in this organization. My moment came to a head when my father died. Soon I told the body I was stepping down as P.O. but I remained a elder. I then let that ride for another year when I sent a letter to them that I was stepping down as a elder. By that time most already knew I was not happy as a elder and something was wrong. I admit it was a slow process but that how I was able to cope with it. I was lucky I had my wife on my side and it did make it easier for us to leave. All the folks who have made comments about this have given you some real good advice. Pick and choose what you feel would work best for you. There is hope for you and your family to leave together but it will take alot of research and action on your part to make it happen. Please don't let any set backs stop you. In everything we do there is always something that comes up that may not work don't let that discourage you. Just keep working at it. I am now 60 years old and this all happen to me from middle of 2009 to end of 2010. That was after 2 years of lurking on this site. I know this is not fair to you. No organization should have the right to but anyone through this. But this one we have all been involved in does. For myself my health it is 100 times better. I feel like a large weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I still have set backs but the diffrence now is I have the knowlege and freedom to work my way through them. I understand what you are going through and I hope this gives you some encouragement to move forward without to much fear. Take care and best wishes to you and your family. Still Totally ADD
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  Goodbye JW net

  by snare&racket in

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  forgive me for indulging in a goodbye but it would feel wrong not to,.

  i hope the discussions and atmosphere here do not change for it is a bubbling brew of doubt, bravery and sincere hunger for answers.

  these are healthy ingrediants for humans and especially for a jehovah's witness.. this forum offers not just the ability to ask without consequence, but it also offers the means to be real.

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  Good luck to you as a Doctor. Now you are truly in a life saving work. Take care. Still Totally ADD
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  Local Needs 07/08/2014

  by piztjw in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i don't know whether i should laugh, or run screaming into the night.. tonights "local needs" was titled "are you following 'the slave' "?.

  the theme scripture was 1 peter 2: 21. it was applied that by following jesus steps closely we would then be able to keep up with 'the slave'.

  now i don't know about others, but if i were to follow one person and that meant to keep up with someone else, it would mean that the person i was following was following the other person.

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  BU2B I watch a program many years ago about how in Africa they use cow poop to make a home made battery that runs a computer. Maybe the Wt. thinks there is enough cow poop to run all the computer in that contenient. LOL Still Totally ADD
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  Been asked to share my experience at church!!

  by quellycatface in

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  my vicar asked me if i and another lady would like to say a few words about our faith journey.. she said my story was a particular powerful one, what with the da'ing and subsequent shunning.

  i can also choose a hymn or christian song.. i was thinking of romans 8:38, 39 to highlight the shunning and the other scripture ne of how true christians will be indentified, if they have love among themselves etc.

  i need to look that one up exactly.. any ideas for content for further content??.

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  Good for you quelly. Both Reopened Mind and me have given our story to our congregation. Most was very surprise to find out that the Wt. was a cult. You will teach them many things. Good luck to you. Still Totally ADD
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  Local Kingdom Hall Speakers To Be Replaced By Governing Body Video Feeds.

  by donuthole in

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  so we've seen as the current gb is getting more facetime in an effort to reach the hearts and minds of the rank and file.

  this took a leap with video feeds at an open annual meeting.

  the international conventions are taking this a step farther.. do you think that local speakers at kingdom halls could ever be replaced by headquarter approved video feeds?.

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  I think this will happen. Back in 2009 at Patterson complex for a elder school. I was told one of the indoor parking lots was to be turned into a place for computer servers. That was a large parking lot. At this point I forsaw a time when all public talks would be piped in from the Wt. They could even stop having Conventions and just have them go to the KH for them. I don't think they will go that far for they make money on conventions but this is all possible in this day and age. Still Totally ADD
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  Just came across this jw comment on the interweb, what do you think?

  by disposable hero of hypocrisy in

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  we are up for a new kind of persecution in the future.

  a new form that was unheard of for us.

  in australia, disfellowshipped and dissasociated are planning on suing jw for emotional and mental hardship for being cast out completely.

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  I remember back in the late 80's or early 90's the Wt. was telling us there was going to be great persecution shortly in the way of nationalism. Didn 't happen. So why would this be any diffrent. Still Totally ADD
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  Being a Witness results in selfish and self centered people!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have noticed that many witnesses are very self centered and selfish people as a result of "leaving everything in god's hands to correct".

  what i mean is, because "the kingdom will fix poverty, the homeless, poor, underpriveleged, etc...." it means they can just pass by those in need, or fulfill their natural human desire to help (if they have it) by just giving literature!.

  so, just preach to those in need, and then you can feel good and smug about yourself!.

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  That and another experience is what help me to see this is not the true religion but just another cult. Thank you for your thoughts. Still Totallly ADD
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  Just Realised I have been on here for 5 years now

  by cantleave in

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  how time flies......... ..... and armageddon still hasn't come..

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  What you brought out is mostly how I feel. Thanks for your comments. Still Totally ADD
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  Being a Witness results in selfish and self centered people!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
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  i have noticed that many witnesses are very self centered and selfish people as a result of "leaving everything in god's hands to correct".

  what i mean is, because "the kingdom will fix poverty, the homeless, poor, underpriveleged, etc...." it means they can just pass by those in need, or fulfill their natural human desire to help (if they have it) by just giving literature!.

  so, just preach to those in need, and then you can feel good and smug about yourself!.

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  Before my dad died we knew something was wrong with my mother mind. I keep begging my dad to get her help but he would not saying God will take care of it. After he died my wife and I was left with my mother to take care of her. From that point onward she kept getting worse. Her mind was leaving her. I was a elder then and I begged the elder's on our body to help me by talking to her to listen to her son. I was told it was not their responsiblity to help it was ours because we was family. She listen to us and finally violently attack my wife if it was not for the head rest on her seat in the car she could have broken my wife's neck. With not help from anyone in the congregation or my brother we finally had to just break our relationship with her or we would have ended up in a hosptial. She started spreading all kinds of lies about us in the congregation and these people believed her over us. I finally got my brother to take care of her and with that in place we left and moved to PA. She is now finally in a nursing home because she broke her hip. But all her money she had was all spent on maz. sub. and giving money to men in other countries. It was a big mess we had to clean up. All due to a cult that refuse to show any brotherly love. Still Totally ADD
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  Just Realised I have been on here for 5 years now

  by cantleave in

  1. jw
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  how time flies......... ..... and armageddon still hasn't come..

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  Congraulations on 5 years on this fourm. Time does go by fast does it not? Please tell us how much more enlightened are you now about the Wt. than you was when you came to this place? Still Totally ADD