elders are supposed to maintain confidentiality.
if they don't, they can be deleted as elders.
still, one of the biggest complaints that i can recall from some in the congregation, was that elder so-and-so told his wife or another ms that someone had a problem or had to be counseled.....did it ever happen to you?
Oh yes!!! Happens all the time!
Also, once some people lose their positions, they go about revealing confidential stuff entrusted to them when they were elders. I've seen it done over and over; or they go telling their wives and these in turn tell their best friends, so on and so on.
DY
i was baptized as a catholic, when i was very young, and then baptized in my late twenties as a jw.
which leads to my question.
if you joined another religion, would you get baptized again?
If I knew then what I know now... NOPE!!!!!!!!!!!
DY
or do you think they try to follow the rules?
As much of a firm JW as hubby seems, you'd never know it by what happens in our privacy.
When the door of our bedroom closes, just about anything goes in the name of love, pleasure and intimacy.
Geeeeeeeee, I let the cat out of the bag! Please don't tell anyone!!!
DY
would mr emery-wallis;convicted child molester b welcome?.
would the great unwashed b welcome?.
any other ideas!.
Everyone is supposedly welcome... The very best and the scum of the earth alike!!!
In my case, just a 'spiritually weak' one, I plan on arriving as late as possible and leave to dinner with other 'spiritually weak' ones as soon as the 'Amen' is said.
DY
Hello and welcome!
Please post your story in the WTBTS.
DY
i have been fading since the middle of last year.
if it wasn't for my wife being a devoted dub, i probably would not go to the meetings.
i go to around 65%-75% of the meetings.
If you want to really frustrate the heck out them, just be pleasant and agreeable for the time they're there; then go right back to being yourself and not attending a whole lot of meetings, low service hours, etc.
If and when we get out next elder's visit, I plan on telling them how I feel ever since the '1914' generation fiasco, and also the fact that they changed the wording in the 'Millions Now Living...' literature (Spanish version); that nothing is so important or pressing to me anymore since, and it all has become quite boring really.
Many times I wonder how will they react in light of my comments.
DY
i had this horrible nightmare a couple of nights ago which i haven't told anyone, fearing that they'll all conclude that it's my conscience warning me.
here's how i remember it:.
remember the biblical prophecy that mentions when christ comes back again "all eyes will see him"?
BluesBrother,
Thanks for sharing your experience. I do feel as though the dream was a product of what I've been thought for so long now.
Once again, thanks.
DY
it takes time (usually several years for most folks), to attain a certain level of inner peace about leaving the watchtower society and all its psychological baggage.
it?s a process we all go/grow through and just because you haven?t attained the perfect balance yet doesn?t preclude you from enjoying the success that you have attained, so far.
anyway here are a few i thought of myself.
Believe you all me, I so look forward to putting it behind me once and for all.
For right now, though, in order to keep a speaking relationship with my parents and husband, I must stay and pretend.
It's an awful place to be; like in between worlds! Not one thing, nor another.
DY
i had this horrible nightmare a couple of nights ago which i haven't told anyone, fearing that they'll all conclude that it's my conscience warning me.
here's how i remember it:.
remember the biblical prophecy that mentions when christ comes back again "all eyes will see him"?
FirstInLine,
WOW, quite a dream! Thanks for sharing.
Hopefully for me this Armageddon dreaming experience won't soon happen again. It was very scary and vivid.
DY
i havent prayed in years.
i quit praying while i was still going to meetings.
i stopped praying when my elder ex would pack the kids in the car and say if i didnt go to the meeting then i wouldnt see them again.
Best said by the comical character Bart Simpson right before eating his meal...
"Dear God, we paid and prepaired all this ourselves so... thanks for nothing."
HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DY
