i still do not understand the new structure at this point.. there has to be something between thousands of co's and the gb.
i know there were zone overseers that the do's reported to.. i have spoken to a couple of elders i can talk to frankly and they both said they have no idea.. rub a dub.
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I am glad that I am so far away from involvment that I don't know the diff between a district and a circuit or what those guys actually are supposed to do.
I remember some kind of visits from my youth. They usually involved a invitation only lunch (never got the invite) and meetings being rearranged. We had big assemblies and little ones.
still missing the semi frozen pudding. . . I'm getting old. Vaguely recall sunstroke in Phil. assembly/convention, but that day is a little fuzzy.
hye folks-just wanted some info.
is wearing a wire to a jc or any other meeting an easy-to-do thing.
how do you go about trying to find to an agency that hires out equipment?
not to be a killjoy, but aren't there laws against that in a lot of states?
Not sure if it matters to you, but I'd hate to give them any actual ammo against you.
who else thinks something is afoot with this?
is the gb deciding to go back to pre-1971 times with perhaps the cobe as the man in charge and the rest just ministerial servants.
so for this reason they want younger men in those postitions?
soon it will be like "Logans Run" and all JWs over the age of 30 will be required to immolate themselves on a pile of old literature:) They know too much about the "ancient history" (over 3 years of stuff) and might go rogue.
islam /muslims today are what christianity was centuries ago , the two beleif systems are like oil and water , not to be mixed .
christians are not tolerated spreading their infectious disease amongst muslims, in islamic countrys , and harsh penalties apply for them doing so in muslim countries , including the death penalty.
stonings , whippings etc.. on the other hand christian nations are very tolerant of muslim extremists who incite hatred and violence on their own territory , and they get a slap on the wrist and say dont do it again .
Having just gotten back from Pakistan, I can say that the women I saw were treated beautifully. Few womn covered their hair in Sindh/Karachi (major city). It is a totally different life, but those who are provincial can never appreciate that not everyone lives like the people in their zip code.
please check out this you tube video on the "new donation" arrangement update.
its pretty interesting.. see link below.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsodgtx6d58.
ll.
I like them, but I don't know that I have finished many(one for sure). There is a lot of stuff to do out there and they can get a bit time consuming. OTOH, I like the folks doing it. They take a long time to get where they are going and I'm only semi-retired now. Maybe in 20 years when I get SS (hah).
islam /muslims today are what christianity was centuries ago , the two beleif systems are like oil and water , not to be mixed .
christians are not tolerated spreading their infectious disease amongst muslims, in islamic countrys , and harsh penalties apply for them doing so in muslim countries , including the death penalty.
stonings , whippings etc.. on the other hand christian nations are very tolerant of muslim extremists who incite hatred and violence on their own territory , and they get a slap on the wrist and say dont do it again .
Hadith is NOT Quran.
If you think being a merchant required one to be literate, you are naive. They didn't have spreadsheets. And EVEN if he could read, you think he had access to a whole bunch of scriptures that mmost Jews and Christians had never seen? Books that most people could not afford, and many had never so much as seen? How naive are you? Think he went to the local drugstore and picked up the NIV scrolls or something?
Look up successful illiterate businessmen on google. Get a grip. If you can do it in the 21st century, you think literacy was required in 7th cntury desert Arabia where the main form of transportation was FEET and camels?
islam /muslims today are what christianity was centuries ago , the two beleif systems are like oil and water , not to be mixed .
christians are not tolerated spreading their infectious disease amongst muslims, in islamic countrys , and harsh penalties apply for them doing so in muslim countries , including the death penalty.
stonings , whippings etc.. on the other hand christian nations are very tolerant of muslim extremists who incite hatred and violence on their own territory , and they get a slap on the wrist and say dont do it again .
Villiagegirl,
Last night, I was just lectured by my ex husbands Catholic live in GF that I was not practicing Islam right since I wasn't wearing a headcovering. It seems can't please any Christians. I guess I should just cover so I don't upset any of your beliefs.
I am pretty dang sick of non Muslims who read hate sites telling me what my religion is. I can read the Quran in context as apparently some here are not capable of. I have lived and worked in Muslim nations. I have visited them. So, don't tell me what it is as if you have a clue. You simply don't. Ignorance is forgivable, but if you are judging others based on it, then you have to examine your own conscience.
As JWs we learned to search out proof texts to serve our purposes of propaganda. Far right/left extremists (of both Muslim and Christian and Jewish and Buddhist persuasions) do the same thing to prove whatever point they are trying to make. I see you following the pattern
You fault me for choosing Islam as a vehicle of my repression resulting from my association with JWs (which I left at 15, unbaptised and with only my mom in the religion). I see that you have chosen Islam as the new focus of your oppression just as JWs focus on "christendom" or Catholics. You had to find someone to pick on.
Maybe you all ought to get a new hobby?
confidential letter child abuse http://adf.ly/auxbu.
to all bodies of elders.
the congregation secretary should arrange for this letter to be retained in the congregation permanent file of policy letters.
CC, I am glad that they are encouraging the rapid reporting. I wish they would put calling the police first in the case of ANY form of child abuse and worry about the legal department secondarily or not at all (which would seem logical if they let the law take care of things as they should.)
I'm glad you have support, and that the employees are being called on their rudeness.
Funny story with my JW mom that I will post again: She was telling me how my DIL's mom is kind of nuts because she wouldn't talk to her daughter for months when she became pregnant out of wedlock. she was mad and told her she disapproved. She took awhile to warm up to her, but she did-she would have had a cow if she aborted. Anyway, to my mom, her behavior was nuts. AND she doesn't like my son (I adore my son,but I fully see why a MIL be upset about his behavior. I often am too, but that's a diff story)
So this woman did what mom thinks is appropriate to do to a JW who strays but for a non JW, it indicates mental illness. The mom cooled down, daughter was sorry (but couldn't change it!)and they are close again and she loves the baby like we all do.
Most JWs would still be shunning unless she dumped the baby's dad and groveled before a JC or married the father and sat at the backof the hall for a year or two.
a poster who joined this site some five years ago , luo bou to , and offered his two cents worth , so to speak , about his experinces , and spiralling downfall to his marriage and faith and how it had left him , posted a number of posts ?
about his journey ?
and gained a great deal of satisfaction and solidarity from this site.. use the search engine for his previous posts .
Lou Bou To, good to see you are doing ok. I hope your well being increases and your difficulties decrease. I hope you have been enjoying this beautiful June weekend! I am in Puget Sound and I think this weekend was perfection-no paradise could be better. Enjoy every bit of good that comes your way!!!
