figured i'd give them a shot to explain why i was expelled from the congregation 23 years ago without counsel or a jc.
dear sirs:.
i attended the xxxx congregation in the mid-1980s as a teenaged unbaptized publisher.
Wow. I hope they respond and that you share with us. So very sorry that you have had to endure such unwarranted unkindness from your own family. Disfellowshipping is terrible in and of itself. Disfellowshipping of teenagers is abhorent and should be criminal.
-Aude.
it has been nice talking with you.but i seem to upset a few because of my faith.. so have a great christmas.... & be good, i wont be here to send you to your rooms .
i have grown close to many of you.... if i have ever said anything to hurt you sorry!!!!.
when i kick the bucket i am sure "mary" who ssometimes post will let you know.. mouthy grace gough.
a friend, former jw like me, wants me to ask you a question.
she remembers as a child that her jw parents believed that satan could come up through any perfectly round hole and cause you to sin.
for instance, if her father built a fire ring at the beach, he purposely put a corner on it so satan couldn't catch them.
I never heard the Satan coming up thru a circle/ring from anywhere. It's a completely new concept to me. And I was the kid who went with my dad almost *every* time he gave his out-talk 'Deliver Us From the Wicked One' to congs all over the circuit. It was a popular talk for many years and I loved it. No talk of circles, though.
-Aude.
jws don't waste time talking today.
she knocked on door, husband answered, she said were doing a world wide work and shoved a pamplet in his hand and left.
i remember the days when we actually try to get the householders in a conversation.
Bruja-del-Sol asked: And why the hell did they put an ENGLISH tract at our house???
Sorry, but I do not know your details or situation. If your primary language is English and you are currently living in a non-english area, someone in your neighborhood may have pointed you out to them. In my area, several years ago, there were Spanish-speaking JWs that went door simply asking if anyone in the house spoke spanish. If the answer was 'no', they they asked if I knew anyone in the area who *does* speak spanish.
Simply another marketing/prospecting tactic.
-Aude.
does anyone remember what year the word "servant" was replaced with "overseer" as in circuit servant overseer, district servant overseer ... and up the hierarchal lineage of the jws?.
much appreciated,.
satinka.
I think it was early- to mid-'70's.
-Aude.
jws don't waste time talking today.
she knocked on door, husband answered, she said were doing a world wide work and shoved a pamplet in his hand and left.
i remember the days when we actually try to get the householders in a conversation.
Special Tract Work was done in a 'blitzing' style.
I remember from the platform our entire presentation was suggested to be: "Good Morning, I'm taking part in the worldwide distribution of this tract. This is your free copy. Thank you. Good-bye!"
I think we had 10 days to get rid of place 50 tracts.
Maybe there is s blitz-type promotion happening now?
I don't know, just guessing. It *has* been one of their promotional strategies.
-Aude.
we've discussed this on lots of threads, but i've noticed a few things lately.
they seem to be talking about the early days on a very regular basis, almost constantly.
the change to fds happens and this involved a dive into early history and a few knocks on russell.
wearewatchingyouman wrote: Did anybody notice the usage of "about" in regards to 1914 in the"Silver Sword"?
QUESTION: What is the 'Silver Sword'? Is this something that a JWN poster came up with or is it a real JW phrase?
-Aude.
how do i deactivate my account and.
erase all mail and messages get out of here ?.
i see no option to deactivate or to trash messages.
Wow. VillageGirl - what happened??
I've enjoyed your posts and hope things are OK with you. If you need to remove something specific from your post(s), send a copy of the link to Simon or Angharad. To remove your entire account, it's not usually done. Best to send a pm to Simon if that's what you really need.
I hope you decide to stay. But if not, it's been nice having you here with us.
-Aude.
there are rumors out, that the italy (rome) bethel is being shut down and putting out to pasture a large portion of the bethel staff.. has anyone heard anything... ?.
the word is that everyone but the most senior members will be let go.
the senior bethel family members will be reassigned.
LaFrancia asked: what is MARKED and MARKING ?
It is a personal note to myself (and apparently another poster) that we find the thread interesting and want to be able come back to it later on. Either there is information already presented or we expect more content and it's a way to remind ourselves to come back at a later time.
By 'marking' it, we can quickly and easily find it when we click on our own personal profile and select 'Topics Posted On'.
For me, I have nothing to add to the conversation so did not want to interrupt the discussion. But I wanted to leave my 'mark' for later.
Thank you for your efforts and contributions to this forum and the other site.
-AudeSapere (meaning: Dare to Know; Dare to Have Wisdom/Understanding)
there are rumors out, that the italy (rome) bethel is being shut down and putting out to pasture a large portion of the bethel staff.. has anyone heard anything... ?.
the word is that everyone but the most senior members will be let go.
the senior bethel family members will be reassigned.
(marking)
