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  Has anyone ever turn down being appointed an Elder or MS?

  by Davros in

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  has anyone turned it down or know of someone who did turn down being an elder or ms?.

  yes, it should be one of the biggest privileges a brother can get !!

  (how do i put the barfy icon in?

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  stan livedeath

  the first congregation i was in--as a child, with mom and dad, was Hockley cong, in Birmingham, UK. this was in the period 1958 to 66. At age 18 i then started to go a neighbouring cong, but in a different circuit, as a pioneer and then a MS, till 1971.

  Apparently, when the elders thing all got started, back in the first cong where dad and mom attended, there was a total rebellion about who would be elders. several would-be elders were d/f'd. my dad was the only one to be appointed, although he was very reluctant. he had a good idea what it would involve. a bro from a neighbouring cong was "parachuted in" to take over as presiding overseer.

  that cong was a hot bed of gossip, back stabbing, and other fine christian practices.
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  Resurrection, Reconstruction? What is it? It never made sense to me. Your opinion.

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. watchtower
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  i never had much faith in whatever resurrection was.

  what appealed to me about jw doctrines was the rejection of the "it's a mystery" defense of the indefensible.

  when i would ask how going into non existence could be reversed when all the atomic parts of who we are had been scattered for thousands of years, the answer was "jehovah can do anything".

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  stan livedeath

  i wonder if all those in the brave new world...when they become perfect...will they all look the same ?
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  Has anyone ever turn down being appointed an Elder or MS?

  by Davros in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  has anyone turned it down or know of someone who did turn down being an elder or ms?.

  yes, it should be one of the biggest privileges a brother can get !!

  (how do i put the barfy icon in?

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  stan livedeath

  in a way--i turned down the chance to be an elder. this was when the whole thing was just getting going..1971. i had been having serious thoughts about quitting altogether. i was due to give the public talk that afternoon. i just couldnt even look at the script sheet. i phoned the cong servant--and went to see him that morning. we had a friendly chat..he told me he had been about to recommend me as an elder, so he was glad i had come to see him.

  he went on to suggest i take a back seat for a while, and think things over. no prayers or looking at then bible together. what was more surprising was that this guy had at one stage been a branch servant !
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  That was quick!

  by BoogerMan in

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  the joke's on the dolts who have swallowed & defended all the covid 19 b.s.

  the chickens are coming home to roost even earlier than i expected.

  remember this from 12 days ago?:.

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  stan livedeath

  you are a little ray of sunshine today
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  Watchtower August 2020 Are they introducing new light?

  by Listener in

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  the latest watchtower is now out and they make this statement -.

  7 during the thousand year rule of christ, all of jehovah’s earthly children will have to make changes to please him.

  so all of them will have true fellow feeling as they help the resurrected ones to combat sinful tendencies and to live by jehovah’s standards.

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  stan livedeath

  why are you so concerned about this twaddle now you're out?
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  How do you feel about identifying roughly where you are from ? Country, Region,State ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  hi friends ,.

  is it just me or do others on this forum like to know where posters are from ?

  what country state or region you are from ?

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  stan livedeath

  i live on the Isle of Wight ( correct spelling )...an island off the south coast of England , UK.

  the local Kingdumb Hall--one of the first quick-builds, sold for about half a million pounds in recent years. the few dubs that were still going now share another hall ( a former church!!) with 2 other dwindling congregations.

  how is it right that the watchtower can hoof out the congregation--sell their hall from over their heads--and now make them attend a former church ? it stinks.
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  Why Do You Think People Become Jehovah’s Witnesses?

  by minimus in

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  besides growing up in the religion, why do you think people turn to jehovah’s witnesses?

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  what made you become a witness?

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  stan livedeath

  they think it will get them a visa to america--paradise on earth.
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  UK Civil Service Damns UK Government

  by cofty in

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  following the daily covid19 briefing, in which boris johnson defended his advisor dominic cummings for travelling to his family estate after showing symptoms of the virus, the civil service official twitter feed posted the following.. .

  the tweet was quickly deleted.

  i can't overstate how unthinkable it is that the service should publicly criticise the government of the day.. boris' defense of cummings is a huge error in judgement and will destroy its credibility.

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  stan livedeath

  the English consevative party can do whatever they like ! there's nothing anyone can do about it. They had a massive majority in the most recent election. there is no effective opposition to defeat them in any vote.
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  Anyone knows what happened to the jw united site?

  by JoenB75 in

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  was it df'ed?

  🤭.

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  stan livedeath

  Do you mean the UK exjw.reunited site?
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  Craziest thing you ever saw in a KH?

  by dubstepped in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i did this in my facebook group for my podcast and it was fun.. so what's the craziest thing you ever saw?.

  for me it was watching a brother have a heart attack during the meeting in the auditorium.

  i was a kid and noticed him shaking and acting strange.

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  stan livedeath

  Bro Walker was a lovely chap--from the Caribbean. Every body loved him. His only fault--he always overran his platform assignments. he was always getting counselled for it, but it made no difference.

  one evening--in the min school--he was well into his talk--when ding went the time up bell. He carried on regardless. Ding for a second time. There was no 3rd time...the min school servant--and another bro--walked up on stage---each took hold of one of Bro Walkers elbows--and marched him off the stage. Riotous laughter. Even Bro W saw the funny side.

  thats true--i was there--i saw it. i was Mag/terr servant and a reg pio at the time, about 1967.