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  Now Brothers........

  by geevee in

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  how many times did the chairman at the meetings address the whole cong as "brothers" where you are?

  one [note... one of many] of my peeves was this one guy in particular would always address everyone there as brothers, whether the wore skirts of not.

  now brothers, yes that includes the brothers in skirts with long hair and earings..... .

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  geevee

  How many times did the chairman at the meetings address the whole cong as "brothers" where you are? One [note... one of many] of my peeves was this one guy in particular would always address everyone there as BROTHERS, whether the wore skirts of not.
  
  
  Now brothers, yes that includes the brothers in skirts with long hair and earings.....
  
  
  ARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHH.......
  
  
  I went up to him and said that there are sisters here too you know!! He looked at me like I was stupid, smartened up for about one minute then went back to calling the women brothers too. Maybe some of them has stuff we didn't know about......you know...external, dangling genitalia.
  
  
  The ways some elders wives behave, maybe it is true?
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  YOUR LAST MEETING.........................

  by vitty in

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  ........................at my last meeting, the elder was talking about 1975 and said "it never happened, it is appostates using a time when (some) brothers took the info in the wt wrong"...................i just blinked and finally woke up.. i had been on this site lurking for a couple of weeks, and realized thing werent right, but to have some creep say on the platform " it didnt happen"............when this ruined my and my siblings childhood, just made me snap.

  on the way home, i told my hubby "that was the last meeting im going to"................boy was he pleased.. .

  so if you didnt get df ......................what happened at your last meeting.?.

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  geevee

  Just over a year ago. Went to the BS and had to endure the conductor saying that all the people who were in a tv program about child abuse/pedo's in the dubs were apostates and liars.
  I disagreed with him in front of the whole group. Got up, spat out a bit more and left!!!!!
  I love my "free" time. About One and a half days a week.
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  What's Your Favorite Brand of Beer?

  by tfsm in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i know this is slightly off-topic but i find alot of the discussion here somewhat depressing and most of it is far too cerebral for me.

  i (obviously) live in america and i'm a big fan of beer.

  light, dark, lager, ale, whatever.

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  geevee

  bud
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  New fundraising methods for the WTBTS!

  by Gill in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  young people ask ' how can i help those in need?

  awake aug 2006

  now i remember when we were jws and raising funds for a new kh, the money had to come from publishers pockets.

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  geevee

  We had yard sales.....to raise funds for the kh. Nothing wrong with it so long as the cong officially didnt sanction it. ALL the elders were involved and they raised heaps!!
  Some of the stricter pharasees need to get a life. If you dont raise some outside funds, it all has to come from the R&F.....poor little sheep...baaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh
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  Are the majority of remnant, women?

  by headmath in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have heard this is so.

  i'd like to aks your observations here.

  as an ex jw or a spy jw how many remnant did you know in your congregation?.

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  geevee

  Where I live over many years, there have been 3 men and 1 woman. They are all now dead......I think?
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  Governing Body member Gerrit Lösch spoke at my District Convention

  by under_believer in

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  gerrit losch (it's pronounced kinda like "lirsh") did two things at our dc (portland, or june 30-july 2).

  he released the new book about the minor prophets, and he gave the closing talk, the one with the resolution in it.

  first of all, losch was not promoted to the governing body because of his speaking ability.

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  geevee

  Wasn't it the GB's resolution that they were telling the R & F about? Like they are setting an example for all. Why does the audience have to say "aye" when they [gb] are supposed to be the ones to say "aye"? [that "aye" thing was and is and always will be very corney]
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  "Oh that I should have to go thru this..."

  by Hellrider in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when my mother was on her deathbed, she mumbled these words: "oh, that i should have to go thru this...".

  i was the one sitting there when she said that, half-way into a coma, and she sounded kind of surprised when she said that.

  she was fanatic in her belief in jw-doctrine (although she was inactive the last few years of her life), and she fully believed that armageddon was coming "any day now".

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  geevee

  We had a sister, who lived her whole life for "the truth" and pioneered, didn't get married or have children, in fact i'd sya she was still a virgin when she died at about 55 years of age.
  She got the cancer and it took her out. Funny thing was that she got REAL angry. Wouldn't see anyone except her brother who had given up the dubs years ago.
  Do you think she saw the absolute futility of her life? A life wasted? Promises unkept?
  She could have married and had a family, there were plenty of offers when she was younger.
  Yep a real waste. We understand how she felt.....totally.
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  Updating the status of brothers on the Regional Building Committee

  by truthseeker in

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  anyone here who was removed from volunteering on the rbc?.

  or did you remove someone yourself?.

  a recent km announcement said that everyone on the rbc list of volunteers had to be updated.

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  geevee

  Yep, secretary keeps these lists, copies of the application, and supposed to keep them up to date, only spiritual people please. Funny how if someone has a special ability, rules can bend to allow them to help with kh constructions.
  The co gets a copy every time he comes to visit of the list, obviously the rbc have the major database.
  Occasionally someone doesn't play ball properly and they have to be "removed".......sad sad sad...just enjoy all your free weekends and if you do work, GET PAID!!!
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  New Pioneer School Service Book

  by battman in

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  2. bible

  good morning to all,

  i have a copy of the new pssb on word.doc.

  has this been posted by anyone else?

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  geevee

  Actually you should do as IP Support suggests, but change the name of the author to some one you dont like or fred franz or ted jaracz or............
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  The Watchtower and Mind Control

  by AliveinChrist in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  greetings group .

  looking back at my experience as a jw, i can now see all the things that are similar to other organizations that i thought were cultic, although i justified such activities in my own organization, as we were programmed to think by the organization.

  what amazes me is that there are so many otherwise intelligent, rational, and cogent men and women in these religious organizations that can point to cultic corruption and mind and behavior control in other organizations, yet cannot see the very same exact tactics being used upon them.

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  Welcome! It should be no surprise to you that JW's dont see the forest for the trees, you have been there too. How long had you been "in"? I had been almost raised in it. Had plenty of upsets over time as had my parents, but this was God's organization, the GB were spirit directed...not inspired as you mention [isn't that the same?]
  But it takes quite a few kicks in the guts before you realize something is wrong. Why is it that you cant rationally sit down and discuss your research with any jw? Surely the "truth" will stand on it's own and it will always be crysrtal clear, it wont or shouldn't matter what you throw at it, truth is truth.....isn't it?
  But, when and if you get a chance to talk about what you learn, they just go al starey eyed and look off into the distance and only say hmm uhhuh...hmmm uhhuh..... and then change the subject.
  They need their own "crisis of conscience" before they may be ready to consider something contrary.
  IMO