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Were YOU Gossiped About In The Congregation?
by minimus in
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2. friends
do you know who the worst offenders were??

the elders.

the elders, because they were "shepherds and overseers" believed they had the right to talk about you, your family, your job, your personality and so forth.....they pick apart any male in the hall under the guise of seeing whther someone "might qualify for privileges".
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Do you believe that Demons really Exist.
by MARTINLEYSHON in
1. jw
2. friends
the reason why i have asked such is question is that i served as a congregation elder for 12 years.

i served as the presiding overseer for 10 years, and as chairman and media spokes-person for a particular region.

during my time within the organisation that being almost 30 years, i have concluded that there is, as far as my own experience is concerned grave doubt in my mind as to the existence of the devil and his demonic hoard.
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Another poll: raised in or came in?
by under_believer in
1. jw
2. friends
someone asked a question in the "what generation are you" thread:.

were you "raised in the truth," or did you "come into the truth?".

i was raised..
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I found this and am in total agreement. Feel free to answer the Questions.
by jw in
1. jw
2. friends
regardless of how you feel about jehovah's organization--the true religion, one thing for sure, you will not escape the almighty jehovah's judgement right along with satan the devil and his destructive organization.

how will you save yourself and those who follow you...?

it's ashame that your energies could not be put to a more positive use.
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The Purpose and Meaning of Life
by streets76 in
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2. friends
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the purpose of life: is to procreate.. the meaining of life: is up to each of us to define for ourselves, individually.. i've just turned 48. i have not procreated.

i am struggling to define the meaning of or in my life.. is it just me?
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Double Standards with Liberal Witness Friends
by Fleshybirdfodder in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm sure this may have been covered, but many ex witnesses i know that have not been formally df'd or dissasociated thenselves still retain some friends among witnesses.

any friends i have for the most part that are still in the org are really congenial people, until it comes down to any discussion that might teeter on the edge of being remotely deep.

i've had one friend i hadn't seen in a while who came to visit me tell me right off the bat that we were not to "discuss religion", because i'm "too smart" and he "he won't be able to argue" with me.
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Will the elders listen to me even though i'm disfellowshiped
by Lehaa in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
he's refusing to pay maintenance.

hanging aroung with disfellowshiped people and just being a plain arse hole.

after enduring months of shit from him i'vce decided to call the elders in his congregation.
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How many here were mistreated by their "elder" fathers?
by hubert in
1. jw
2. friends
i am starting to notice some posts about ex-j.w.

's being mistreated, abused, by their fathers who were elders.. i wonder if this is quite common?.

hubert
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Update: New Governing Body Pics - Have fun!
by Neo in
1. jw
2. friends
the twelve men who exert control over the lives of 6,000,000 people and who could put a stop to all the harm caused to families if they wanted to:

as i said in another thread, most of them started partaking the emblems after 1935. that's a clear sign that there's a corrosion of the "remnant" doctrine, because now most of the governing body are considered "replacements" of 'anointed ones who have fallen away'.

i finally found out the new gb members' ages.
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Has Anyone Got Any Proof That The Society Monitors Apostate Web Sites?
by slimboyfat in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i am extremely skeptical about this, yet people on this forum seem to talk about it as though it were a fact.

so has anyone got any actual concrete proof?

here are the reasons why i don't think they do:.