Posts by tijkmo

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Favorite TV show

by Pwned in

seinfeld, simpsons, sopranos and the wire (i cant wait for season 3 on dvd)

An Elder Told Me.... Many To Be Disfellowshipped Soon...

by Doubtfully Yours in

an elder told me the book is jehovah's latest provision to cleanse his organization.. he said soon all people that have drifted, inactives, and others baptized and not complying with the biblical mandates for a jw, will be visited and given an option to shape up or ship out.. he said that if the person refuses the help offered by the congregation they'll be notified of the date of disfellowshipping and given time to appeal the decision.. he was so happy stating that this way jehovah's organization was preparing for the final clean-up before armageddon.

he sounded so convincing that it almost made perfect sense what he was saying.

i got goose bumps listening to his reasoning.. dy

tijkmo

interesting point by garybuss...the problem is not all elders are power hungry judgemental disciplinarians....but even those that arent will have to apply the rules....the really sad thing here is that when the gb were preparing the new book as they must have been doing for a couple of years now it cant have escaped their notice that the disfellowshipping policy is subject to abuse by untrained elders..as an elder i went to several elders schools..twice yearly (then yearly) circuit elders meetings..twice yearly co's visits and quarterly (at least) congregation elders meetings...i cannot ever remember seeing demonstrated a judicial commitee....this may surprise any jws viewing this board but will certainly be verified by plenty ex-elders now they come to think of it...we have demonstrated every other kind of theocratic activity...shepherding-meeting parts-fs arrangements- door to door-informal witnessing and we got practical help on our to deal with evey kind of scenario..but the one thing that has the biggest effect on a person is a jc and we were never shown how to handle one....

the cong accepts the decisions of jc because they presume that elders are trained and therfore qualified to handle them..but they arent...which is why i would recommend that any jw that makes a mistake would be better off suffering a guilty conscience for however long it takes rather than suffer at the hand of inept elders who will only prolong the agony if not do even more serious damage.

the gb could have addressed this situation..its not as if they dont know that it is going on...plenty of people have told them...they could have arranged for elders to get specific training..they could emphasize their accountability both legally and scripturally..they could even have set up a judicial arrangement similar to the hosp liaison commitee where not all elders would be deemed qualified to serve on j.c s...but no instead they choose only to change the wording of the announcement thus covering themselves legally...

this to me is an indication that holy spirit is not operational on them....and this is further disillusionment for me...so i through with them...if j. wants me back he knows what he needs to do..tijkmo

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Bend over buddy... here it comes....

by Elsewhere in

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http://www.cnn.com/2005/law/03/25/divorce.settlement.ap/index.html

cheating wife gets millions in divorce.

bridgeport, connecticut (ap) -- a judge has awarded the former wife of a multimillionaire businessman a divorce settlement worth more than $40 million even though she admitted having affairs with her rock-climbing guide and a man she met on a flight to china.. in addition to a $24 million payment, susan sosin will keep the couple's $3.6 million manhattan apartment, $2 million utah ski house and $800,000 home in wallkill, new york.

tijkmo

And why if you want to leave do you think you have a right to anything...if you want out then go...if you want stuff..then stay............

and what the hell is the deal with husbands who have affairs and then get jealous and violent with wives who do or who threaten to.....desparate housewives-rescue me etc etc etc etc etc etc etc..sorry dont get it

tijkmo...of the left and took nothing with me and wished my wife had found someone else class

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Strange Burger King Commercial... What the.....?

by pseudoxristos in

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this has nothing to do with witnesses, but it's driving me nuts.

the new burger king commercial has to be the strangest commercial i've ever seen.

i can't help but watch it every time just trying to figure it out.

tijkmo

do you guys still have the pepsi sugar free advert where a gang of guys are in a window cleaning cradle high up a skyscraper and one of them has got suckers on his hands and feet and is stuck to a window......scares me every time i see it

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jonathon kellerman

by tijkmo in

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hes my favourite fiction author...is he anyone elses...one of his books was about religious fanatics who wouldnt allow their child medical treatment..twas called blood test...the hero in his books is a psychiatrist called alex delaware....how come no movies have been made of his books...or are there tv movies or series in usa that havnt reached uk yet

tijkmo

yes you might have a point there...there is a lot of thinking that goes on which doesnt translate well on the big screen or the tv..still you'd think someone might have tried....you might like an authoress called elizabeth george...tv series in uk is ok but doesnt do the books justice

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soccer

by tijkmo in

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all the best to all your countries football teams who have world cup qualifying games tomorrow....unless you are northern irish..(england to win that one)

tijkmo

all the best to all your countries football teams who have world cup qualifying games tomorrow....unless you are northern irish..(england to win that one)........or german

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jonathon kellerman

by tijkmo in

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hes my favourite fiction author...is he anyone elses...one of his books was about religious fanatics who wouldnt allow their child medical treatment..twas called blood test...the hero in his books is a psychiatrist called alex delaware....how come no movies have been made of his books...or are there tv movies or series in usa that havnt reached uk yet

tijkmo

hes my favourite fiction author...is he anyone elses...one of his books was about religious fanatics who wouldnt allow their child medical treatment..twas called blood test...the hero in his books is a psychiatrist called alex delaware....how come no movies have been made of his books...or are there tv movies or series in usa that havnt reached uk yet

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Chapter 14 - Dread Unabridged Details from the new OD Book

by ezekiel3 in

this is the complete text from chapter 14 of organized to do jehovah's will.

prepare to hear more about "sifting" from the org.... .

chapter 14. maintaining the peace and cleanness of the congregation.

tijkmo

yeah mamochan they did the same to me...added time cos i dared to request reinstatement too early in their opinion...even though the girl i was involved with was reinstated within 5 months..just in time for one of the commitees sons wedding...

heres a good one...in the sister cong that uses our hall a young bro applied for reinstatement and this was granted...but because the next service meeting was on the c.o.s visit (no cong announcements made anymore on a co visit) they told him that they would make the announcement the following week..but that he could tell immediate family and friends but not to go overboard (not an unreasonable request)..he also got together with his girlfriend who had never been df and her family to start making wedding plans...so after the co's visit they tell him it hasnt been long enough and the df stood and to reapply sometime in the future......tijkmo of the 'you cant make this stuff up..no-one would believe you' class

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Memorial experiences 2005 thread

by Jez in

lets put all of our memorial stories/thoughts on one thread.

mine: 45 mins.

quick and boring.

tijkmo

hey bebu cool...thanx a bunch..funny i was going to click on that earlier today but got sidetracked...

think ive found how to box in quotes aswell...............what the hell is that sheep doing there

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Memorial experiences 2005 thread

by Jez in

lets put all of our memorial stories/thoughts on one thread.

mine: 45 mins.

quick and boring.

tijkmo

hey o leological one..i woulda used funny faces and stuff if i had them but i dont...where can i get them..tijkmo of the feeling left out because i dont have funny faces and jumping stuff and stuff class