i haven't stopped laughing since i heard this.
a pimo in my last congregation told me that an elder has been removed from his elder position.
apparently he grabbed another elder by the throat, put him up against a wall in the back room and punched him in on the nose... during an elders meeting on thursday evening after the meeting.. the congregation were running round like headless chickens wondering what to do?
I sort of agree. PE some of your posts seem a bit contrived! Oh! and what is a 'prick'?
just saying!
It depends. If PE has a good memory, was maybe brought up in a PO's house and is a natural raconteur, then he'll have a whole bucketful of interesting tales and anecdotes. How do I know this? Well..... :-)
it's fun times for us spurs fans.
we're playing great football, are sensible at the back and are beating top teams in england and abroad - teams such as man united, liverpool and real madrid.
we're in the qfs of the fa cup, are progressing nicely in the champions league, and are competing for a top four finish in the premier league.
I've only ever seen Spurs play once. That was at the new Wembley in the 2010 FA Cup semi-final. Need I say more?
so this week's midweek meeting video about stumbling others has lett spouting and gurning rubbish again.. if you can't take the whole 9 minutes go from 5:50 to get the context and 6:45 for the "beard" mention.. https://youtu.be/ezv1ici5cwo.
oh, well - at least they shoot themselves in the foot with this doublespeak.
single.
I get so pissed off with these beard posts. Back in the hot summer of '76 I went 6 months without shaving and finished up with a face full of gingery bum-fluff. Eventually I shaved it off and my wife didn't even notice. So up yours, beard growers!
this is my very first post.
i wonder if there is anybody out there who lives in devon, england, where we now live.
would like to here from you.. jdubhub
Oh I know Southsea very well! Lived in Bramshott Road in my youth. And did my clubbing down Palmerston Road...
so this week's midweek meeting video about stumbling others has lett spouting and gurning rubbish again.. if you can't take the whole 9 minutes go from 5:50 to get the context and 6:45 for the "beard" mention.. https://youtu.be/ezv1ici5cwo.
oh, well - at least they shoot themselves in the foot with this doublespeak.
single.
Stumbled by a beard or alcohol? LOL. What a bunch of bloody snowflakes!
we all know waking up from the cult and trying to leave is a very scary and life changing experience.
for many it's traumatic and few find the transition easy.
we have to deal with families cutting us off entirely or keeping us at arms length at best, lies being told about us by the organization, ex members gossiping about us and finding ourselves in a world very different from what we're prepared for.. for this reason, i've decided to start writing a self-help book informing jws of what to expect when they leave the org.
Excellent idea, well done. Suggestions on creating a new friendship circle would be good. We're all sociable creatures; it's not natural to be isolated. Isolation is used as a punishment in some penal systems, over here we talk about sending someone to Coventry as a punishment. Enforced loneliness for breaking religious rules is cruel and heart breaking. Anything to help break out of that isolation is good. Apostafests are great for meeting fellow ex's. Joining a bowls club, darts team or similar can help rebuild social confidence. Just don't accept being alone and friendless as an option.
the oldest reference i can find is 2012, as follows:.
"think of that if you are ever tempted to violate god’s command not to associate with your disfellowshipped relatives.
" the watchtower 2012, 4/15/ p. 12 par.
DF'd in '72 and immediately shunned by my parents. They finally acknowledged my existence after the rescinding WT that came out in the late 70's and didn't go along with them when they rescinded their rescinding.
so we have all heard the worldwide reports about khalls being sold off and congregations being amalgamated etc.... of course, jws are being told that these actions are a sign of "just how much the work is progressing, and how jehovah is blessing the increase and expansion!".
i can share the following from my part of the world too!.
in perth, western australia the following has occurred.. three "new" congregations have been formed!
"Due to expansion we now require more commission-only salesmen. Own car essential."
question: if a jw married lady is accused of adultery and a judicial committee is formed to investigate the matter, is the lady's jw husband also invited to attend as the possibly injured party?.
Morph, I can see the young lady's dilemma. She would feel that she must tell everything to get forgiveness. As a teenager, I'd received a confession from another teen in our old congo. I advised her to confess all to our PO, who just happened to be my father. He was away at the time and I felt unable to handle my knowledge, so I telephoned him to warn him that a confession of fornication was on it's way. He advised me to to go and talk to the lady and tell her haste was everything and that he was returning on such and such a date. He then told me to tell her to hold nothing back when she confessed, otherwise her confession would be invalid.
question: if a jw married lady is accused of adultery and a judicial committee is formed to investigate the matter, is the lady's jw husband also invited to attend as the possibly injured party?.
Thanks Morpheus. My own experience was that my first wife, who had been something of a wanderer once, had engaged in a brief one-night affair just after I had been disfellowshipped for an apostasy matter. We decided to try to make our marriage work, but she felt that she needed to confess less she got the chop at the Big A. So she went to the JC and received an official reproof. However, I have to tell you that what was essentially a personal matter between the two of us now become a subject for discussion between her and the 3 men of the JC, which really pissed me off. Being DF'd meant I was not invited to attend the JC. This did not do anything to help our own situation at all. In fact, 3 months later, we both found the situation intolerable and parted and were subsequently divorced. In retrospect, being divorced was the best thing for both of us, but it could have been an easier process if there had been no input from the men of the JC.
