If you were an Elder you should have understood all those things, I can! and i have only been studying a few months (but i believed the same things long before i came into the congregation), I understand more than an ex-Elder could?? damn i must be smart! how did you become an elder?!?!
Why do some of you still go to meetings?? maybe its because you know its the truth and although you don't want to change your worldly ways (thats why you are here as apostates) you still want favour from God? something like that but, it's not going to happen.
going to ring in the new year at church. taking snacks, drinks, and games (sorry, dominos, checkers, uno, and whatever other game we can find). a few othersare bringing video games for the kids. a good time should be had by all.
Hated it. Hated it with such a passion that it was avoided at all cost. Honestly thought others liked it. Good to know I am not alone in my dislike of field service.
i've read a few very interesting stories about people's experiences when they decided to purchase coc.i'd like to share mine and read yours also.. in 1999,not long after we purchased our first computer i started reading material about jw's.before long,i got really interested in the ray franz story because even up here in northern ontario,i had heard about the apostasy of 1980.in the fall of '99 my wife decide to take a college course(bucking the jw trend),and she would stay at her sister's place during the week.one day i called a christian book store to see if they could get me this book.i was very nervous,changed my name and i wouldn't give them my phone number.i told them i'd call back in a few weeks to make sure they had it before i went in to pick it up.. when the day came,i picked up my courage by two hands and took off for my 40 mile drive to get my book.the book store is located in a small shopping mall,which had me really nervous that another jw might see me going in or out of the store.i walked in the mall looking around,making sure there was nobody in sight that i knew.when i walked in the store,i had cash ready in my hands,walked up to the counter,gave my fake name and the book i was purchasing.now i just had to walk and make it to the car and i was home free.. i know buying a book isn't that hard,i do it all the time,but at that time the implicationsof having this book in my possesion was tremendous.. anyways,it's been 5 1/2 years and still nobody here knows.the book has really opened my eyes and mind to the realities of the wts.i would definitely recommend this book to everyone here who has yet to read it.it's worth the effort to acquire it and will take away your fear of the watchdollar.
I think it was 1988 or 1989, I was living at my parents' house and going to design school. I had gotten a free newspaper from the east bay (berkeley) called the Eastbay Expresss. I was looking in the ads at the back of the paper and found an ad that said something like "if you want to find out the real truth about the Jehovah's witnesses call this number". I called the number and listened to the message which told me how to get the C & C book which I had heard about a few years before. A few days later I went to a Christain book store as the message directed and ordered the book.
