I filled it out. But in the boxes I checked I may be willing to accept certain treatments, and that I will have to be consulted with prior to making any decisions. I figure that if I am conscious I can tell the doctors anything that I want and say that I am to be left alone .
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How did you handle the medical directive this year
by Billzfan23 inif you are a "fader" like me, how did you handle the medical directive this year?
we have a book study overseer (i am a fader) who insisted that everyone be present together and display their own completed medical directive.
did you faders out there not even fill one out, did you fill it out and throw it away, or do you carry yours and hope you never have to use it?
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Time grows shorter not Longer, what are some things that you miss?
by avidbiblereader inname some things that you miss from when you were younger, lets take a walk down a different path, called memory lane!!!!!.
it ought to be interesting reading everyones posts and see the age difference and what comes from different parts of the world and usa.. i miss--a time when the world wasn't as dangerous.
i miss--a time of innocense.. i miss--a time when kids could be kid.
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I miss the 70's because it was a time when I had the opportunity to decide if I wanted to be a JW or not. Obviously I made the decision to become one. I regret that decision now but it is too late in my life all family is firmly entrenched and looks like most will never turn away. Anyway I would not have met my lovely wife had I not been a JWthat is a good point. On the other hand I never raised a family because of the Watchtower and my decision to pioneer and wait until the new system! How I regret that decision now. All of the ones that I know in raised their families while we sat by thinking that we were so righteous. What a crock! Sorry to sound so bitter I really am not but it would have been nice to have had the opportunity. Anyway I will make the best of what life I have left. By the way
Watchtower I hate you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Cracking elders comments on platform. Post them here....
by jambon1 inwhat is the most offensive thing that you have heard an elder say on the platform and was there any reaction?
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Really nice men to have leading an organization on the local level. How would he feel if it were one of his children he was so Fippant about. What a jerk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What I have come to see is that there are all types of individuals on this earth. That is just the kind of leader I would not be like and was sick of and stepped down because of.
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Did you ever hear of stealing from the contributions box?
by jambon1 indid anyone ever hear about bros/sis`s stealing 'dedicated money' from the box?
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Yes. I have heard of young ones cleaning out the box while everyone else was praying.
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Revelation Book Conductors
by Alligator Wisdom inany of you elders or ministerial servants conducting the revelation (it's grand climax at hand!
) book at the weekly book studies?.
if so, are you maneuvering thru with ease?.
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I just could not do it. I recently resigned as an elder. But that is not the only reason. There is much more to it. Lurker
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If you are here because you have doubts..Then you MUST read this!!!
by Lady Liberty indear friends,.
i tried to copy and paste for you the information, but the server won't allow it.
so please click on this link.
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This persons website was what got me thinking. I had searched and searched to try and prove 607 when I saw this material and the letters from the Watchtower I knew that they were wrong. I am still trying to get my wife to research it but so far she is totally against it. She beleives that if the society/ GB are wrong they will pay with their lives at armageddon. I really think that like so many others she is afraid of learning the truth and will lose everything that she has known. I am trying to patiently wait but beleive me it is agonizing. As for me I will continue to help her but I will never again be held captive to man. I only hope that the issues in the courts will do signifigant damage to the society. Lurker
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Ron Frye's book on Elder Confidentiality
by Confession ini'm still making my way through what is an excellent book by ron frye, former jw and c.o.
i found one of his comments interesting.
on page 68 he speaks affectionately of his wife mavis.... "i especially depended on her because she was observant and discerning.
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All elders know what is going on in the congregation. They are gathered together when there is a problem to discuss who will handle the matter. So it is very easy for anything to get out. I myself rarely told my wife any real confidential matters except for the last couple of years, she knew I was fed up and stressed out and would ask what she could do to help. Now that is not a problem Free at last!
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Convention Feedback
by slimboyfat inhas anyone been involved in convention feedback for the society?
apparently the society does actually seek a response from 'focus group' (if you will) after each convention to see how various aspects were received.
from what i heard many of the comments can be quite frank: i.e.
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Having been in oversight at District Conventions I have had to fill out forms describing the work habits of the other department heads. I know that this is done at every district convention. There are also other focus groups if you will that are used in the congregations that most do not know about.
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Has anyone seen this research on 607 and the Watchtower?
by lurker ini was recently searching the web for information on 607 to discuss with my wife and i came up with this.
http://www.jehovahsjudgment.co.uk/607/default.html these people say that they are proving the watchtowers 607 date correct.
i am convinced that the watchtower is wrong because of all the other things that i have researched but i would welcome any feedback.
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I was recently searching the web for information on 607 to discuss with my wife and I came up with this.
http://www.jehovahsjudgment.co.uk/607/default.html These people say that they are proving the Watchtowers 607 date correct. What do you think? I am convinced that the Watchtower is wrong because of all the other things that I have researched but I would welcome any feedback.
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What Ever Possessed You To Become A Jehovah's Witness?
by minimus ini was "born into it".
that's my excuse.
what's yours?
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Like so many of you I was born into it, third generation. Now at nearly 60 I am seeing them for what they really are. Wrong about most everything! But as a kid you want to please your parents and make them happy with you. So you comment at the meetings, you pioneer after high school, then you marry a witness girl. Then you get made an elder, then you spend 35 years as one and before you know it your life is almost over and you have no children because armageddon is right around the corner. What a life! I have promised myself that I will not live the rest of my life in slavery to man. Oh well I feel better just had to rant for a little while.