really??? that old? I'm trying to see if I could concusively confirm that it is in fact Sam Herd. I dont want to spread this and then have it turn out that its a hoax.
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Samuel Herd misogyny ... Does anyone know the background of this video?
by Letts Party inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqzc2m8_mba.
samuel herd saying things i never thought possible from a gb member.. does anyone know the background?
who was this talk directed to?
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Samuel Herd misogyny ... Does anyone know the background of this video?
by Letts Party inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqzc2m8_mba.
samuel herd saying things i never thought possible from a gb member.. does anyone know the background?
who was this talk directed to?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqzc2M8_MBA
Samuel Herd saying things I never thought possible from a GB member.
Does anyone know the background? Who was this talk directed to? I just happened to find it after one of you referred to it in a previous post. It knocked my socks off!
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Any elders out there? How to Local needs talks work?
by Letts Party inso a local needs talk was lovingly given at our hall last week that i'm positive targeted me specifically.
it had to do with missing meetings for work.
they even had a demo on what we should do if our boss asks us to stay overtime on a meeting night (basically say "no" and risk losing your great job which you have no desire whatsoever to lose)... so i'm aware that there's a sort of protocol the elders follow when someone in the hall needs to work on something.
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Thank you and everyone else for your answers. I really don't think this local needs talk was a "marking talk" of the kind Paralipomenon mentioned. I'm an MS and someone seemed fazed even one bit by this and everyone, including the elders greeted me warmaly both before and after the meeting as they normally do. I'm not sure that its well known that I was the subject of the talk, but I know it is because the elders had mentioned the issue to me in private in the past.
I wouldn't mind stepping down at all truthfully but I think it might be a little too soon for that.
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Any elders out there? How to Local needs talks work?
by Letts Party inso a local needs talk was lovingly given at our hall last week that i'm positive targeted me specifically.
it had to do with missing meetings for work.
they even had a demo on what we should do if our boss asks us to stay overtime on a meeting night (basically say "no" and risk losing your great job which you have no desire whatsoever to lose)... so i'm aware that there's a sort of protocol the elders follow when someone in the hall needs to work on something.
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So a local needs talk was lovingly given at our hall last week that I'm positive targeted me specifically. It had to do with missing meetings for work. They even had a demo on what we should do if our boss asks us to stay overtime on a meeting night (basically say "no" and risk losing your great job which you have no desire whatsoever to lose)... So I'm aware that there's a sort of protocol the elders follow when someone in the hall needs to work on something. First they mention it in the local needs and they go from there. But what happens next if I don't shape up? Will they begin to approach me personally? Would it be good enough for them if I say I go to a different hall to make up the meetings I miss? It doesn't even happen often. Perhaps once or 2x per month on either Thrusdays or Sundays when we have meeting.
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10 hour basic pioneer provision question
by Letts Party ini remember hearing about this rumor around the time of the annual meeting.
did this really happen?
i haven't heard anything about it at my meeting yet.
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thanks Sir82 for the clarification.
I just read your bio. I'm in the same predicament but i'm an MS. My wife luckily has been pretty accepting of my doubts but she won't leave without her parents and that'll never happen. We have frequent discussions about the asinine things we hear at convention and meetings but that's where it stops.
Anyway, I was asking because i know another elder that mentioned he heard about the 10 hour basic pioneer provision. If it was just a rumor, could that potentially mean he's also a lurker here? that'd be awesome! I know he's intelligent and him lurking about here would make sense but that would still be incredible!
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10 hour basic pioneer provision question
by Letts Party ini remember hearing about this rumor around the time of the annual meeting.
did this really happen?
i haven't heard anything about it at my meeting yet.
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I remember hearing about this rumor around the time of the annual meeting. Did this really happen? I haven't heard anything about it at my meeting yet. Any clarification will be much appreciated.
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It is official they're selling off Kingdom Halls in Britain
by raymond frantz ini posted here a week ago some disturbing news for congregations being consolidated in britain.
my goodness that was nothing !
a letter was read today from bethel addressed to all congregations in britain that can only be described as the biggest news for years.the main points:.
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My congregation which is constantly in a deficit for its own expenses recently sent over $10,000 to the branch in New York. This was all the money our congregation had saved for the LA Building Fund. Several months back, an announcement was made for the starting of this fund since several kingdom Halls need to be built in the LA area to meet the growth. Contributions to the local KH diminished to meet demand for the LAKH building fund and then it was all sent over in one lump sum never to be seen again. $10,000 may not sound like a lot, but it is to us! (we're barely paying our bills each month).
Imagine how many iPads we could have bought for poor old Sister Appleseed who is saving all her pennies to purchase one.
(EDIT: by LA I mean Los Angeles)
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What song or line from a song bests describes your time as a JW?????
by karter inwaisted days and waisted nites.. freddy fender..
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Not sure if this was mentioned already, but a song that always spoke to me and even planted some of my first seeds of doubt was Bad Religion's "Live Again"...
One of the lines was ... "What good is something if you can't have it until you die? Live Again, Live Again... would you give it all up to live again?"
Rumor had it that Greg Graffin (the lead singer) is an ex-jw aside from being a UCLA professor of life science. He was awesome!
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The Assembly Experiences - Standard Format
by sd-7 inmatthew 6:1: "take good care not to practice your righteousness in front of men in order to be observed by them; otherwise you will have no reward with your father who is in the heavens.".
"now we'd like to call to the platform brother so-and-so, a [let's face it, capital letters should be used] regular pioneer and elder in the blah-blah-blah congregation.
brother so-and-so, what helped you to put kingdom interests first?".
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oh my god!! this made me crack up so hard!!! love it! lol
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my first post! (long read sorry in advance)
by Letts Party inlong time lurker, first time poster here finally looking to get some things off my chest.
i've always been a very curious person with tons of questions about everything, and i also care deeply particularly about societal issues like social injustice, racism, and homophobia.
that, coupled with how boneheaded all the elders in my congregation are (except for one), led me to ask even more questions that led me to find ttatt.. .
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Thanks everyone for your kind words!
Oubliette its nice to know that it's been done successfully. For the time being I just want to make sure no one gets hurt in the process.
Make Lemonade thank you so much, that means a lot to me.
Finkelstein That is so true! and me starting my own religion if I had the resources is something I specifically mentioned to my wife to prove that point! Its really logical!
AlphaMan Thank you sir! good point!
disposable hero of hypocrisy its been a year? I'm afraid of that happening. Is it working out or are you interested in bringing it up again? I'm experiencing what I've seen other posters experience in the past where I would want to yell it from the roof tops and bring the whole thng down. Too bad it's impossible.
DNCall thanks for that! I wasn't sure if everyone was going to catch the name. I was trying to up load a photo of him as my avatar but couldn't figure out how. How has your journey been so far? I'll look at your other posts.
Dagney Thank you!
sd-7 I'm so sorry to hear about this going down so badly. I'll look for your story. Thanks for your kind words.
yadda yadda 2 Thanks for your message and words of encouragement!
Remember, it's a cult illusion. Just humour it. It's better to be happy than right sometimes.
Yes for the time being, I think I'll just be stuck humoring it. Its just sickening to think I have to play by their rules. Very sad. Is your screename a Seinfeld reference btw? huge fan!
clarity thank you so much!! that sounds a lot like me right now!!! I'm really looking forward to interacting with you all more often!