my never a jw dad tol me that my kid brother (32) is an elder.
it bothered me, i genuinely thought he was just going through the motions for the sake of his wife and our mum.. interestingly, dad was annoyed that he doesn't see so much of my brother lately and that my mum (uber jw) always makes excuses for him.. what a surprise.
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It's interesting when these "men" become Elders. Some get a superiority complex. The Elder Body keeps the younger ones busy with the "rookie work." It's all of the crap the older ones don't want to do. We've seen this before. The rookie has to prove himself.
I watched my Brother become an elder early on. He became too good for the family and too busy taking care of the congregation. It's sad but it happens.
imagine boarding a bus with your family for a long anticipated vacation.
the destination is a place that is promised to be beautiful warm and sunny.
as you are boarding the bus you are given a ticket stub with several paragraph's of fine print.
Great post! Thanks for bumping it!!
hi guys.
i was an active member of this forum many years ago and it played an integral part of my awakening and making peace with my decision to leave.
it’s been a while since i posted here.
I'm sorry that you are going through this.
You sister is an as*hole! You should be happy that she is out of your life. I'm just sorry for what this is doing to you and your Dad and Mom. NO ONE should get involved with a medical decision like this. I'm with Sigfrid above, is there a HIPPA violation here?
i grew up with steve pare who is now an elder in southern california.
he sent me this note after i talked to him on the phone and sent him my book.. "the super-abundant blessings i have received in the advancing the earthly organization of jehovah have been fantastic !!!".
"jehovah is not behind in creating the paradise & his mighty of 9,000,000 will work with 20-50 billion to be resurrected & in 1,000 years the paradise will be done on time!!
Sparky1....I couldn't have said it better myself!! Spot on!!
in the org did anyone ever tell you that its not about the numbers...yet the reality was that it was all about the numbers?.
i ran into a pimi who asked why my family and i were awol.
i told him that it was private and personal and i wasn't at liberty to discuss it.
"I smiled and told him, "you keep telling yourself that," and walked away."
Great response! It's ALL about the numbers! They know that but just won't admit it!
If they keep saying it, they will keep believing it. I truly believe that this years RC was titled "Love Never Fails" because WT knows that the word on the street is they are a cult that shuns it's former members. Looking VERY unloving to non JW's.
They just can not see the hypocrisy in what they say! A narcissist will NEVER admit THEY are the problem. Never!!!
if you take a moment to look at the demographics of your congregation (if you’re pimo), i think you will notice that the youngest elders are in their late thirty’s and early 40’s.. that is the generation that i was part of when still in as an elder,.
we were last ones to work on all the quickbuilds and the big conventions.
we were the last ones to remember the original jw way of life with the gatherings all the time and the books studies in the homes.
As long as there are willing sheeples, there will be a WT. "There's a sucker born every minute." Like Sir 82 said, it will be a smaller group but they will still be around. Sadly!
"be bold" circuit assembly in conyers, ga (usa) today.. average attendance was 1220...5 baptized....mid aged or olders ones, no kids.
must be near the end...the "speeding up" is slowing down?
The International assembly in Atlanta was 2 weeks ago and the JW's have to sit through another day of this drivel? Torture!!!!
had to laugh at this.
this may be what the wbts end up doing in the future as they become televangelist.
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Rutherford once said..."religion is a snare and a racket." The only truth a JW has ever said!
As long as people keep giving money to these crooks, they will keep on keeping on!
it's always cool to see honest accounts of jehovah's witnesses in the news.
i got the opportunity to be interviewed locally and took it.
i put myself out there and here's part one.
Fantastic article Dub! Looking forward to Part 2! Great job!!!
