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  "Annoited Class meetings", do they exist ??? Why not ???

  by run dont walk in

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  you know, think about the last 30 years, annoited class of anywhere from 8,000 - 10,000, is there ever a meeting when they all get together, and discuss what jehovah has told them.

  if these are the last days, why wouldn't they all be together at least once a year, can they even communicate with each other if they are form different countries.

  i have heard of governing body meetings, special meetings, special arrangement elders meetings, assembly days for a select few etc.. but has there ever been a meeting for all the so called annoited to get together in one place, ever ????

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  Anointed class meetings could never happen since there are so many "separate classes" of the anointed class.Do you really think for a moment that head office wants to talk to all those women that are anointed.Let's face it,it's only after death that they will be rulers with Jesus.Right now they better keep their place if they know what's good for them.The males in any congregation have more "clout" than any mere female anointed one.

  Next we have the "new anointed" They are viewed with suspicion since they didn't come up the hard way and are not known to the power brokers in Brooklyn.In fact I doubt if there is a list of names with all the anointed listed for the information of the governing body.It wouldn't be needed since the GB. know none of these people have any importance in reality.

  Another group of anointed may have been serving at a local level for 30,40 50 years or more.Do you think head office really wants to see them in Brooklyn to talk over how things are going and give a little imput on how to run things.It makes you laugh just to think about it.It would NEVER happen.If one of these anointed happened to walk into Brooklyn looking to help out he would be assigned toilet duty for at least the first 10 years.I made this exact point with a relative who's father claims to be anointed.He could not deny that even though his father was going to be an important part after the "really soon,imminent,fast aproaching,on the threshhold,only weeks or months at the most"battle of Armageddon he was NOTHING now.

  The real power now lies with the corporations and the presidents of them.I believe less and less will be heard of the GB. and the power will revert to the corporate heads.Remember it was not that long ago when the GB. was created(late60's early 70's)More and more non anointed will fill these spots in the printing press company and the power will shift to them.The GB.will be obsolete but no one will notice as they will just be spoken of less and less and the collective memory of the average JW. will remember them no more. R.I.P. G.B.
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  Did you recieve help?

  by shamus in

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  did you ask or recieve help from the elders?.

  if so, were they helpful?

  i did once... they're help was more troubling than not.

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  Help from elders only comes in two forms.

  1. Encouragement to do more,study more,give more and think less.

  2.Help to kick you out the door if #1 isn't working.
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  Now this is what I call a miracle

  by WildHorses in

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  toddler thought dead makes recovery

  fullerton, calif. (nov. 8) - a 20-month-old girl was pronounced dead at a hospital after being found face-down in a swimming pool, but a police investigator later noticed her breathing and she was revived.. the toddler's mother discovered her in the family pool friday morning and she was taken to anaheim memorial medical center, where she was pronounced dead about an hour later, said fullerton police sgt.

  ron gillett.. a police investigator alone in the hospital room taking photographs of the girl's body saw some movement and noticed her breathing, gillett said.

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  Sounds to me like some one was a little hasty at the hospital in pronouncing her dead.I would like to see them investigate how that happened.
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  how about polls?

  by BooleanX in

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  hey simon, .

  just wanted to say what great site this is, how do you pull it off?.

  apart from that just wanted to make a suggestion, how about introducing a poll section to the site?

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  WHAT!!!!! Put Ozzie out of a job???? NEVER!!!!
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  Them annual visits

  by tazmaniac in

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  i just had my first "annual" visit since leaving over 3 years ago.

  someone in my family told me elder so and so stopped to see me.

  so i knew they were on my trail.

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  I expect that sooner or later those nice little annual visits will turn nasty.I think a few years down the line they will have instructions from head office to DA anyone who doesn't want to come back.It won't matter if you are stirring up a fus or just want to be quietly left alone.You will be booted out.This will help to tidy up their book work and put a final closure to you, want it or not.
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  Hello.....I'm new to this forum.....

  by ScoobySnax in

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  hello is this a forum for jws?

  i'm new here.. i never said i was going from here just yet, whats with all the "do what you like, and good luck stuff".......i was only "musing" about my position..... i'm still very much here.

  and very much still dithering, when i decide to go, i'll post a goodbye, and see-ya thread and a big thankyou to some good people i've met here, and maybe a couple of f offs to some others...... besides, i'd miss some of you all too much to just go like that.

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  Poztate

  Hey Scoob,

  Welcome to the forum.I hope you stay a long time.
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  JW Supervisor... To Eat or Not to Eat... that is the question!

  by Elsewhere in

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  i have noticed that ever since he found out that i'm an xjw, my supervisor has declined all invitations to go eat where i would be included.

  hmmmmm... .

  it's no hair off my ass... he is the one imposing rules on himself.

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  I think what you should do is to crash in on a lunch break uninvited and arrange to sit right next to him.

  Next you get someone to take your picture together.When the picture is developed get it enlarged and put a copy on your desk at work.

  If when he sees the picture his lip starts to quiver and he breaks out in a cold sweat you will know he is being a good JW and shunning you.

  Mention casually that your brother,a CO is coming in to chat with you with you with the hope that you will come back into the fold.Invite him to sit in on the conversation since you regard him as not only your boss but a good "friend." Watch the look of panic come over him.ENJOY.

  POZ
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  How Long Will You Stay Here?

  by Stacy Smith in

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  when will you be done with this forum?

  a year?

  will leaving be a sign of moving on?.

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  I would at least want to hit Jedi before I bail out.At the rate I post that should be about 10 years.
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  Giving the JWs one more chance.....

  by ScoobySnax in

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  i'm prompted to make a post on this subject following a previous post from stace..... i really think i need to go back to the meetings just one more time, i think it'd be a make or break scenario for me.

  i reckon i'll either go back and become full time like i was before, or just slink away thinking "i can't live up to this anymore" i envy both witnesses who are full time, for their faithfulness, and those that have made a clean break, for their honesty to themselves, its sort of not right to be living in some sort of limbo state.. dithering dithering dithering, thats all i've done since i first got here i think, like some fart in a storm, posting fluffy stuff and avoiding the hard stuff.... i hear what some of you say, and it does irritate me as well to be just a hanger-on.

  i don't think i'll ever be a hardcore anti-jw no more than i'll make circuit overseer, but well, i guess i need to go some way or the other.. and, well thats it really.

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  Poztate

  Hi Scoob,

  I have only posted here for a short time but I have lurked for over a year. Believe me when I tell you that you will be missed by many persons on this board.Your being here, in my opinion added a lot to the board. I hope you will drop in now and again just to let us know how things are working out for you.

  Going back to try again must be your decision alone.I am sure you struggled with this decision for a long time.None of us can tell you what is right for you.No matter what the final outcome is I wish you all the best in what you decide.

  Poz.
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  Black and White Thinking

  by Lady Lee in

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  one of the characteristics of mind control, whether it exists within an abusive relationship between two people or in a cultic group, is "black and white thinking".. .

  black and white thinking means seeing the world only in terms of extremes, with no middle ground.

  things are portrayed as either perfect or terrible, right or wrong, good or evil.

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  Poztate

  Excellent post Lady Lee,

  The use of black @white thinking with JW's is very annoying.Try to raise any issues or discuss any point and you run into a mental roadblock.

  The simple black@ white answer comes automatically to mind and all further thought processes cease.They indeed have the mindset of a small child.To them this is a comfort that insulates them from reality and the real world.I think many of them would have trouble functioning in the real world if this simplistic view was taken away from them.