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  The most condescending thing said to you by the (sm)elders.

  by diamondblue1974 in

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  i wasnt the most academic of children although i had some capability but i could read quite well by the time i was 4 years old at least for my age; i have always read as a child and still read now as an adult both professionally (research) and for pleasure.

  i have always been able to write too...and pretty much advanced as well as my peers did in school...perhaps i am lucky, i certainly feel like i am when illiteracy amongst adults and children is rife at present...however.. i remember when i was 16 the wts in the uk were pushing through a scheme teaching those who were not as able to read and write...and an elder in the hall made a point of coming to me and suggesting that i should actually attend the training!!

  !....i explained that i could read and write well enough and didnt need to be taught basic literacy... he said that i might learn something new and should respect jehovahs order of things and show appreciation...i did decline his kind offer rather abruptly....but wtf??

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  When my exhusband left me for a younger women in the congr. he had admitted to me and the elders that he commited adultery 4 times in our marriage. Since he was a MS in the congr. they removed him from his position and put him on public reproof.

  I asked one of the elders on the judical commitee, 'why wasn't he disfellowshipped?' The elder told me 'Dee, you need to except the decision made from heaven, through the body of elders.' huh? The decision from Heaven? What, does God talk to the elders?

  I can gladly tell you brothers and sisters, that he is now serving faithfully as an Elder in Pennsylvania. The only thing that he has been known to do lately, is drink to much and was caught poaching deer by the authorities. lol

  Dee
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  Elder w/ bad child or wife, u must step down

  by sandy in

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  i was just reading tyler's (new member)bio.

  he was baptized at 11 years old.

  jesus christ!

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  Only certain elders get this treatment. I have seen others who have lots of money or influence with prominent JWs manage not to be removed.

  Blondie is so right with this statement. With the KH that I went to, the family that I was married into are very wealth. Their sons and daughters got a way with everything. Money talks!

  Dee
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  Do You Shine on Your Job?

  by prophecor in

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  have you noticed that some people just have that certain star appeal on the job?

  some folks have an almost celebrity status while others prefer to stay quietly in the background.

  many just are naturally popular where they work.

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  tweety

  At my last job, I was a IT supervisor for a large company. I came into the company and tried to shine the brightest and I succeeded very

  successfully. However, I will NEVER do that again. You have no time for anything except meetings after meetings after phone calls. Then there is the 50 emails a day that you have to read and respond to. People who come to you complaining and whinning about every little thing. Co-workers not getting along.

  At the end of the day, you pay the price for standing in the spot light. If I every work in a large company again, I would be so quiet that no one would know who I was.

  Dee
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  20 years ago..a talk concerning field service..sisters crying..eyes opened

  by confusedjw in

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  well i can't recall now which public talks it was - one of my first - and it dealt with field service / preaching.

  so i thought i would interview several people in the congregation about service and their thoughts and feelings on the subject, expecting something very different than what i got.

  to my shock (i was an over zealous young buck who thought the sun rose and set on the wt) three sisters burst into tears as they told about their feelings of inadequacy and guilt over field service.

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  No problem with field service...was a aux pioneer off and on and then did the full time reg pioneer for a couple years. Till this day, I have no problem talking, or meeting people or talking on the phone. haaa My problem is writing skills. I hate writing my thoughts out.

  Give me a phone or put me in a group of people and I have no problem....Put a peice of paper in front of me or typing on these posts and I go blank.

  Weird huh?
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  Please share your Quick Build Experiences here...

  by jeanniebeanz in

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  many of us have shared in these projects, and honestly, some of my best and worst memories of the 'friends' were had at these crazy events.

  will you please share some of your experiences at quick builds?.

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  I was apart of only two quick builds, it was ok!

  But my ex-husband and his family was asked to go to Nicaragua in the 80's to build some building. Since my ex was inactive at the time, his father (who was the service overseer elder) fudged his service time so that he was excepted to go for the special assignment. oops that was a secret and I wasn't suppose to tell that elders lie to protect their sons.

  Dee
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  Do U Drive @ 55?

  by prophecor in

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  who among us here, when on the freeway does the standard speed of 55mph.

  i'd like to say that i'm a law abiding citizen, however......

  it's a wonderful thing that many folks wish to follow the rules of the road but you people who don't keep it rolling with the rest of the crowd at 65-70mph are risking a catastrophe.

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  I use to speed....but since the last judge told me that I am on Probation for the next 3 years and she doesn't want to see me in her courtroom again. I have been a good little girl on the highways!

  Dee
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  GIVE AN EXAMPLE of the best writing you've ever read

  by Terry in

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  is there one line of prose or poetry that stopped you dead in your tracks and haunted your mind for days on end?

  is there a line, a paragraph or a book that feeds your soul and there is no end to its craving?

  share it with all of us.

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  This story is so profound to me, because the words that we speak or the words of others can be harmful.

  'Words Spoken are like Feathers in the Wind

  You can never get them back'

  There is a 19th century folktale about a man who went about town slandering the town's wise man. One day, he went to the wise man's home and asked for forgiveness. The wise man, realizing that this man had not internalized the gravity of his transgressions, told him that he would forgive him on one condition: that he go home, take a feather pillow from his house, cut it up, and scatter the feathers to the wind. After he had done so, he should then return to the wise man's house.

  Though puzzled by this strange request, the man was happy to be let off with so easy a penance. He quickly cut up the pillow, scattered the feathers, and returned to the house.

  "Am I now forgiven?" he asked.

  "Just one more thing," the wise man said. "Go now and gather up all the feathers."

  "But that's impossible. The wind has already scattered them."

  "Precisely," he answered. "And though you may truly wish to correct the evil you have done, it is as impossible to repair the damage done by your words as it is to recover the feathers. Your words are out there in the marketplace, spreading hate, even as we speak."

  Dee
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  Can it be true?

  by WA Boy in

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  i had to stop crying so i could write this and if you saw me you wouldn't think i would be the type to cry!

  i am a 35 year old man from western australia....i should be tough....or so they say.

  i have never posted anything before so excuse my fractured writing.

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  Welcome WA boy, what a sad story...it probably took a lot out of you to write everything that you have been through. Thanks for sharing your story!

  Dee
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  POLL----

  by minimus in

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  how many here have been a jw since the 70's or before?......80's on?

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  tweety

  Studied in 1979

  Baptized in 1980

  Walked away in 1994

  Df'd in 1996

  (My mom was baptized and tried to raise all us kids as JW's. I say 'tried' because my mom had a problem with smoking and she couldn't get rid of some of her Catholic upbringing.

  So I was kind of born around the 'truth', but it wasn't until 1979 when I started to study.)

  Dee
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  Hello all! New (In)Active Member!

  by technics1200 in

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  nice to meet u. i have been a lurker on this forum for as far back as i can remember.. i was brought up as a fairly devout jehovahs witness since the age of 5.

  (im now in 20s).

  i started questioning the religion heavily last year.

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  Welcome T12 - I hope you find this forum as enjoyable as I do.

  Dee