I imagine you could ask to be demoted. If you were stressed out being a servant is a lot less involved
Ignoranceisbliss
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Demoted from elder to MS, anybody ever heard of this?
by Naoscillator inso a friend in a nearby hall told me their co came through, and in a hellish week of long meetings and inquisition overhauled the boe.
only one remains as elder, three were re-appointed as ms, and one, the cobe was deleted entirely.. two new elders were brought in as new secretary and cobe / watchtower conductor, respectively, and introduced to the congregation from the platform on sunday immediately following his second talk.
he reminded everybody of the authority he has and then named the new appointees.
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New letter, re: Fully Utilizing Kingdom Hall Auditoriums
by suavojr inlet the merging begin!!!.
to all bodies of elders in the united states branch territory.
re: fully utilizing kingdom hall auditoriums.
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Ignoranceisbliss
I am a firm believer that the GB aren't full blown scammers but rather are fully deluded. With that in mind I'm really not sure what their "master plan" is. In their minds how does this further the Borgs cause? Maybe they really are in money trouble. I've always thought that they had more cash than they can handle but maybe this monster of an organization is extremely cash hungry. -
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Judicial committee letter to elders
by Israel Ricky Gonzales inwarning: this is rather lengthy.
i thought i would post this information that i took with me to my judicial committee.
the elders promised that we would talk about everything that was bothering me, yet, we ended up talking about less than 10% of it.
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Wat up Ricky! I have never seen u posting on here but enjoy u on Facebook. Thanks for sharing the info. It very well may come in handy when I leave the cult. -
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Trying to find an opportunity to discuss the TTATT with my Father.
by joe134cd injust recently i've been thinking about trying to talk about ttatt to my father.
i'm just trying to find an opportunity.
i know he will never leave it - or i would be surprised if he did.
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Hey joe. I've thought about approaching it with my dad as well. Is your dad a deep thinker? My dad is and I have hopes that he might eventually start questioning the Borg. But on the other hand he is in his mid sixties and is an elder. For him to wake up now would be incredibly difficult. -
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Reliable source - new round of US Bethel layoffs coming soon
by sir82 inwas talking to an ex-bethelite who is still very well-connected to those in the ivory tower.. he says that there will soon be a(nother) large number of us bethelites who will be "reassigned to the field" as pioneers and special pioneers.. he did not give his source, but he is pretty reliable.
incidentally, he was "reassigned to the field" in the last big purge about 7 years ago.. i imagine those so reassigned would be pretty teed off.
let go just before the golden lakeshore palace was completed..
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Sir82. Love your description. Blathering on about Guacomole recipes. That's great. Brought me a good laugh. -
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Two questions for all "apostates"
by sloppyjoe2 indid any of you have a family member or close friend become an apostate first and you shunned them for it only to eventually see the light?
if so, how did your eyes become opened?
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Ignoranceisbliss
My bro in law DA-ed a few years back. He did nothing to try to convince any of us. He just left. I think I was already waking up before that though. We were never close and live in different parts of the U.S. I haven't ever told him that I am awake. I want to but it's tricky. As far as he knows I still view him as a mentally diseased appostate. But in reality I owe at least a portion of my waking up to him. -
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How are the JW's reacting to the new USA gay marriage laws?
by purrpurr inpersonally i think this is wonderful.
i have nothing against gay people and wish them only the best.. but of course i'm in a minority of one, the jw's around me are posting away on fb the most homophobic vitriol imaginable.
a lot of them are even saying that it's the start to armageddon!!.
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Ignoranceisbliss
An elder said this today.
"The US is Sodom and Gomorrah now! The end is near"
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How are the JW's reacting to the new USA gay marriage laws?
by purrpurr inpersonally i think this is wonderful.
i have nothing against gay people and wish them only the best.. but of course i'm in a minority of one, the jw's around me are posting away on fb the most homophobic vitriol imaginable.
a lot of them are even saying that it's the start to armageddon!!.
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I haven't heard a whole lot yet. A dub posted a meme on Instagram about how the rainbow was gods promise regarding the flood but that was hijacked by people who do something God dislikes.
I am curious if more will say stuff about it. A lot of dubs in our area seem to be homophobes.
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Has there been new counsel about Facebook recently?
by purrpurr ini've noticed increasing amounts of jw's are coming off fb and deactivating completely.
all with the same reason which they post about at lenght which is that they wwant to focus more on their spiritual life and not have the distraction of fb.. have i missed something or is this just a coincidence?.
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Prob just coincidence. I haven't hear anything lately at our hall. If they go to the same hall it's possible that they had a local needs on the dangers of social media. -
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Where are the Young Elders?
by James Jack ini was appointed as an elder when i turned 30, 25 years ago.
which was the norm back then.. now, i very rarely here of a young man becoming an elder.
in our town we have 2 english congregations.
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Ignoranceisbliss
Our hall. Around ten elders. 1 is mid 40s. The next youngest is 58 ish. The rest are old. The average age is 64. I did the math.