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  if a married elder "came on " to a worldly lady

  by looloo in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  what would happen ?

  if he was really sorry about it would he get a telling off by his fellow elders or what ?

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  It really all depends on the evidence. Assuming this elder is not so virtuous--and assuming he really did "come on" to her, we might also assume that he's not going to be honest about what happened. And if not--and if there was no corroborating evidence--it becomes one person's word against another's. He could flatly deny he did it, or could just say that she misinterpreted it, which (let's face it) does happen sometimes.

  If there is corroborating evidence--or he confesses to it--he will very possibly lose his position as elder, especially so if this information becomes known to others in the congregation. There might even be further action taken toward reproving him.
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  Its a shame to see you throw your life away at Armegedon...

  by darth frosty in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  well that what my mil told my wife.

  since she is not going to the hall, she will die at armegedon.

  you have to love these loony a$$ witnesses.

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  Hey Darth... How is your wife doing? I mean, in addition to staying away from meetings, how does she presently regard the WTS? Still think it's The Truth? (If you don't mind my asking...)

  Best,

  Confession

  PS: I'm in Miami this weekend, and will smoke a 99'er for you.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses: Disassociation and Lawsuits, I have a question!!

  by isnrblog in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  many of you who have or had been jehovahs witnesses for sometime will remember that back before say 1980 or so, the congregation could disassociate an unbaptized person and that person was treated as disfellowshipped.

  that happened a lot, pre 1980.. .

  for example, as a teenager in the 60s, several of the teenagers in my cong were disassociated and treated as disfellowshipped .

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  Right... He was 'a good for nothing slave. What he's done is what he ought to have done.'
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  That Voice...My Story

  by Confession in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  why doesnt he just talk to me later?

  i dont really talk about this much, but i just dont get it.

  he seems confident that eventually ill understand him.

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  Hey, OM... Thanks for the Kudos. My daughter is doing very well, thanks. I'd have to say that the letter you mentioned really began to open up our relationship considerably.

  Here's the link to it, for anyone who feels like a good, strong cry. :o) http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/18/140161/1.ashx

  She's still in student housing at ASU. She'd been working at Starbucks for some time, but recently took a job as a teller at Wells-Fargo--just part time while she takes all her classes. She's a Political Science major, and is very involved in her Mock Trial team at ASU. She intends to go to law school after college, and become an attorney.

  I'm glad a few more of you got to read my story. It really has been a fascinating experience, hasn't it? That's my word for it: fascinating. Born into a kind of a bubble where, in the end, very little was real...then finally figuring it out. Others out here can't really understand it. I'm glad to have all of you.
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  That Voice...My Story

  by Confession in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  why doesnt he just talk to me later?

  i dont really talk about this much, but i just dont get it.

  he seems confident that eventually ill understand him.

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  I've been meeting new friends here lately. A little "bump" for those who never read my story. (And who like long stories!)

  Best,

  Confession
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  Tropic of Cancer

  by Sparkplug in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  1/2 way through it and i must say wow!.

  have any of you read henry millers works.... now that is a thing to remember...and sleep on.

  lol (or not sleep on).

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  Look, Henry Miller did NOT have cancer. Nor was he whatsoever "tropical." What are you trying to pull?! And when you say that you should "sleep on" it, and then you say, "or not sleep on" it, don't you see the clear, glaring and obvious inconsistency?!?!

  (Sorry... I think I"m catching whatever's going around in this forum. Please disregard. )
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  My First Witness to a Witness

  by Cold Creek Swimmer in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so, i don't start many topics here, but i felt this needed to be shared.

  i had just landed at the airport and was walking out of the concourse when i noticed a stand that had been set up by an obviously married older witness couple.

  they were very patiently waiting behind their counter covered with the latest publications.

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  Way to go, CCS!
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  Letter of Disassociation

  by freydi in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  june 16th, 1994 .

  dear friends, .

  this letter is the most difficult i have ever had to write.

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  Excellent, Freydi. Really enjoyed reading that. Way back in '94, huh?
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  Tom Cruise has PR video for Scientology.

  by moshe in

  1. social
  2. current

  well, using his terminology ex-jw's would be called supressive persons- sp's .

  hurry before it gets blocked by the lawyers.. http://gawker.com/5002269/the-cruise-indoctrination-video-scientology-tried-to-suppress.

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  1) I've always thought Tom Cruise was a riveting actor.

  2) I too was surprised at how challenged he was to get his point across articulately.

  3) I don't know enough about Scientology to comment intelligently on it.

  4) Other than his occasional spooky laughter, I don't find that video much more disturbing than one that might be made by a zealot from any other religion.
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  Can we PLEASE stop calling bs on people unless we KNOW them?

  by avishai in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  someone just called "bull$h*t" on a sick poster.

  i'm getting really, really fed up with the petty witch hunts and hall monitoring.

  fed up, i almost don't want to be on here anymore.

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  Confession

  In my observation of people (and study of temperament,) it's become clear to me that there exists a particlar disposition that--perhaps above all other things--is worried that someone is going to get over on them.

  Now none of us wants to be fooled. But some of us seem preoccupied with it. To these people the worst possible thing in the world is the thought that someone might be trying to pull the wool over their eyes--and they are compelled by some raging need to let the ones in question know that they are not going to get away with it!!

  It's true that such "watchpersons" think they're looking out--not just for themselves--but for others as well, and their motivation can often be a good one. But in my opinion this sort of zeal can short-circuit their judgment. They may be perfectly intelligent otherwise, but, when faced with the scent of a possible fraud, their eyes squint, their jaw juts forward, their heart races, their finger points, and their tone deepens... While the rest of us say...

  "Hey, relax. Maybe they're telling the truth; maybe they're not. You don't know either way for sure. It doesn't really matter anyway, does it?"

  ...they say...

  "Fools! He's making fun of all of you! We can't let this happen! Argghhhhh! No, no, no! We must show him he's not going to get away with this!!!"

  We're just different people...y'know?