I had a wife who always tried to boss me around, so I left. Now I have a bird.
Nothing's changed.
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~How did/do you personally feel about the headship arrangement?~
by FlyingHighNow ini feel that headship is one of the most damaging doctrines taught in the wtbts as well as other fundy religions.
it is promoted as a way to have happier, healthier marriages and families.
in theory, maybe so.
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What silly rules did your congregation make up?
by weinermcgee inelders were famous for making up stupid rules with no bible base at all as an ego trip i guess, what were some of yours?
i am not talking about the stupid rules that we all had to follow, just the congregation specific silly ones.. 1. having to button your jacket while on stage (this was later changed due to all the elders having a beer gut).
2. suits only or no privledges.
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Welcome to the board!
and when i was 14 the elder's told me not to wear my archie (from the archie comic book series) tie to meetings.
I knew a brother™ who wore a golf tie to meetings and got counselled for it. They said he was "glorifying leisure instead of glorifying Jehovah". Next meeting I saw this elder that gave him the counsel wearing a tie with sailboats on it. I couldn't resist the temptation, so I asked him, in front of others, if he was "glorifying sailboats instead of glorifying Jehovah". It was fun to watch him sputter until he could come up with a nonsensical reply.
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What silly rules did your congregation make up?
by weinermcgee inelders were famous for making up stupid rules with no bible base at all as an ego trip i guess, what were some of yours?
i am not talking about the stupid rules that we all had to follow, just the congregation specific silly ones.. 1. having to button your jacket while on stage (this was later changed due to all the elders having a beer gut).
2. suits only or no privledges.
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How many times I've seen the curtains close on the platform and some poor soul have to be baptised again because the CO or DO saw that their nose remained visible just above the waterline!
It makes me wonder about the stories we heard of "bathtub baptisms" in countries where they were under ban. I haven't seen too many bathtubs large enough to completely immerse an average sized male.
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What silly rules did your congregation make up?
by weinermcgee inelders were famous for making up stupid rules with no bible base at all as an ego trip i guess, what were some of yours?
i am not talking about the stupid rules that we all had to follow, just the congregation specific silly ones.. 1. having to button your jacket while on stage (this was later changed due to all the elders having a beer gut).
2. suits only or no privledges.
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Wow. Our congregation violated all those rules! All the elders had moustaches and there was a baby shower just about every weekend! And about #3........the 2 sisters had sex with each other??
All the elders in my neighbouring hall had moustaches, and I mentioned that once when I was being counselled for having one. The elder's reply was, "Yes, but no elders in this congregation have one." This irritated me so I decided to grow it right down to my chin.
Yes, the 2 sisters had sex with each other. They weren't even df'd, just privately reproved, even though most of the congregation was aware of it.
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What silly rules did your congregation make up?
by weinermcgee inelders were famous for making up stupid rules with no bible base at all as an ego trip i guess, what were some of yours?
i am not talking about the stupid rules that we all had to follow, just the congregation specific silly ones.. 1. having to button your jacket while on stage (this was later changed due to all the elders having a beer gut).
2. suits only or no privledges.
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The one that always gets me in trouble: No showing of the bra straps!
There's an easy solution for that. Don't wear a bra.
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So you used to be...
by onacruse inwhen i stubbed my toe last night and characterized a long-time poster here as still being an elder (for which i apologize), and then this morning, reflecting on the meaning of that, the question came to me:.
what does it matter?.
there have been so many "persons of authority"-- ministerial servants, elders, bethelites, even district overseers (as i've heard)-- who have posted, and continue to post, on this discussion board.
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In some ways, do we tend to show them the same kind of deference we showed them when we were JWs?
The only people I show any deference to are those who can fire or imprison me. I've always been that way. It's probably the reason I never made "progress" in the congregation.
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saturday morning
by hallowedbethyname inwoke up saturday morning, after a nice night of drinking with buddies.
had to get ready for my bookstudy---yeccch.. drag my ass to the arrangement, bo (bookstudy overseer) asks if i can read today.
bahhhhh.
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In all sincerity, why do you attend the meetings if you loathe them so much?
Probably has to keep up appearances to avoid losing family. It's very reprehensible that the Watchtower Society has created such an environment where a person must give up his constitutional rights because of the possibility of cult sanctions.
I got up early, had pancakes, eggs, and bacon for breakfast, along with the compulsory pot of coffee. Waited for my new freezer to be delivered. Played with my bird.
Life is good.
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What silly rules did your congregation make up?
by weinermcgee inelders were famous for making up stupid rules with no bible base at all as an ego trip i guess, what were some of yours?
i am not talking about the stupid rules that we all had to follow, just the congregation specific silly ones.. 1. having to button your jacket while on stage (this was later changed due to all the elders having a beer gut).
2. suits only or no privledges.
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- No moustaches.
- No baby showers.
- "Personal" bridal showers were banned after 2 sisters™ had sex after one. Those HOT teddies will do it every time.
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Doesn't It Suck That You Got Scammed By The Witnesses?
by minimus inthink about everything you could have been doing while you were an active jw.
and even if you weren't a "true believer", think of all the wasted time you put into the "truth"-----for nothing!
sucks, doesn't it?
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But that isn't really true, is it? At the time you believed it was true, so the telling of it was not wilful lying, surely?
I believed it was true, but I told lies as well.
"I'm not here to convert you" comes to mind. I'm sure there were others.
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How precisely will god save the JWs at armageddon?
by kid-A inhave you ever wondered, based upon the artists conception below, how it is jehovah will supposedly "save" the witnesses during his "great day of vengeance(tm)".
i mean, will he transport all 6 million of them into waiting cruise ships while he is throwing fireballs onto the earth?
how will all the dubs avoid falling into those giant crevasses as he starts the continental earthquakes?
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Why go to all this trouble of fireballs, earthquakes, and storms?
It's all for show. He wants everyone to see he's a tough guy. That way the survivors will think twice before stealing his fruit from the tree of knowledge.
As for being saved, the JW's just assume they're being saved for some good reason. The reality is that Jehover knows he's gonna make a big mess on this earth at armageddon. He also knows the JWs have a lot of experience in the cleaning business. Who is more qualified to clean this mess than the JW's?
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