Posts by ducatijoe

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Wow! What a day...

by kairos in

had a pretty deep conversation with my 'still-in' wife.. came home from some business, read some more in c.of c.. then my wife is sick and will not make the meeting tonight.... .

so we're are both home listening in to the meeting on the phone together.. it's been about a year since i've been to/listened to anything.. .

so weird.. and i'm posting here with it on in the background.. .

Said from the platform: "You are not surviving Armaggedon if you are spiritually weak"

by Daniel1555 in

today i was at the meeting (i go there about once a month now).

in the service meeting they had a part where they interviewed the secretary of the congregation.. so one question was: "why are the service reports so important?".

our secretary explained that the reports are important, because the elders can see, who is spiritually weak.

ducatijoe

I am not certain about much... But I can say for sure that NO One can say who or who will not survive! NO ONE

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Who Really Profits from the WTBTS?

by Freedom77 in

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friends

like they say in the movies, "follow the money.

" the thought occurred to me the other day - the wt scam rakes in billions of dollars, and yeah some of that goes to operations and equipment.

but bethelites at farm and factory get only a bare little dorm room and a monthly pittance.

ducatijoe

You really call that living the American Dream?

Those of us who are out are living the American Dream!!!

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our last midweek meeting was going along as planed, then after the last talk, an elder was called up to say: member x is no longer a jw, please sing.... after the song it was silent (compared to todays were people started talk right away) and the father had his head down with someones hand on his back.

i didn't catch what they were saying, but the pose said: i'm sorry for your loss.. it was a weird night thinking how leaving a religion could couse such sadnness.. jw.org.

ducatijoe

I remember when I was anounced... I spent that night wandering around in a Walmart just so I would not blow my brains out!

After being reinstated 18 months later , I looked at it all differant.

I now have left on my own... What a wonderful freedom!

No more FEAR!

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The two elders want to visit my sister the next saturday (this is the third visit)

by opusdei1972 in

i phoned my sister and she told me that the elders called her to visit her again the next saturday morning.

you can read the issues discussed in the past two visits:.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/medical/281372/1/elders-answer-questions-about-the-changes-of-the-blood-ban#.u9e2dnlyops.

ducatijoe

Two Elders can not DF her. If she is done ... then just blow them off. Why bother.

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WTBTS continues to move to paperless

by pronomono in

during my last meeting i was approached to see if i would be willing to switch to the electronic version of the km/watchtower.

i thought to myself "i'm way ahead of you here, buddy.

been doing it for almost a year.

ducatijoe

Heads up... I left on my own.. Not DRed..

After being an Elder for so many years and my chosing to no longer be part of Jehovah's Wittnesses... they do not talk to me anyway!

I still love them and have willed my assets to them. I completely understand .. I raised them in the JWs.

But any who think they can fade away and start living a life outside the organinzation and all will be tne same with family and friends....Well, ,,,may not work out that way.

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Crazy things JW inlaws said

by Bye bye birdie in

here is one... my mil told me according to a co talk that she heard jehovah could strike you dead when he is executing judgement based on the clothing you are wearing.

she was mad at the moment of skirts that were above the knee on me and her friend.. i said to her two things:.

1) i hope i am not in the tub during this predicament.. 2) i thought jehovah read hearts?.

ducatijoe

Well if I can be struck dead for wearing the wrong cloths would one of you sent me a text when it the end comes

so I can be sure to undress first!

Makes sence.... we will all need to be naked like Adam and Eve!

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Weird crazy rules imposed by your local Elders.

by stuckinarut2 in

we all know the sort of thing..... in many congregations, specific "rules" creep in...introduced by the local elders that become set in stone.. years ago, i heard of a congregation that sat down during the first song of the evening but stood for all others (the co changed that very soon after).

then there were the older accounts of congs that had rules to make the public speakers wear only white shirts.... in one cong now, i heard that brothers can only be used for sound or microphones if they do a minimum of 5 hours per month in the ministry!.

another cong has ruled that all appointed men must pioneer for at least one month each year in order to remain qualified.. .