The elders at my congregation are pretty OK. One has two adult children who never got baptized and one of them is gay. Two elders have d/f'd adult sons and one of them has an adult d/f'd step-daughter but they bring her daughter because she so far, likes learning and giving talks. One elder served in Bethel a long time ago, and now has a 20 yr. old son there, along with a daughter and her husband. This elder is a great teacher and asks a lot of thought provoking questions when he conducts the WT study which isn't very often....another elder did have a daughter who was publically reproved, but now she is a pioneer...another elder has no children and his wife is a regular pioneer--but they are pretty cool, and the last elder has only one child who is in middle school and it will be interesting to see how he turns out. This elder I don't think has an original, spiritual thought of his own when he gives talks--and his wife isn't much better. But ask them all about the books they have read from Star Wars (which talk about Princess Leia and Hans Solo getting married and having children) or Disneyworld--and you have walking/talking encylcopedias!!
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Were Most Of The Elders "On The Ball" In Your Congregation?
by minimus ini think most of the elders relied on the "smart ones" to help them out.
my experience was that there was probably 2 or 3 "sharp ones".
the rest were dopey!
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you know what
by U.2.K. Tha Greate$t injust sitting here thinking it's possible that the end could infact come in our life time.
serious now i have had many dreams from god or jesus christ where i did infact survive the time & hour of armageddon and it was good.
what yall think, are you giving up hope or are you praying that it would come?
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U2:
When i said i think that armageddon is coming before the year 3000, im saying that cause i have alot of faith and it's always good to have positive thoughts on this subject. To not say it's coming sounds like you are short on faith. And for the last time im not a witness, i told yall i dont wanna be one because of personal reasons. I listen to them and they told me alot of things and when people tell me something that comes from the bible, i always go back and read the king james bible and study on my own!
What if Armageddon is not at all going to be like we think or were taught it is?
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What is more important to understand...
by Siddhashunyata inmoral principles, doctrine , prophecy , ourselves ?
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ourselves
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The Feb1st WT article minimus was talking about - scans
by dmouse inthey're saying the prophecy is possibly fulfilled of "peace and security and then sudden destruction" in the year 1986 when world leaders dubbed that year as the "year of peace".
the feb.1st watchtower mentions that just as a pregnant woman over 9 months gradually has signs of a baby's growth in the womb, so too, we may have a fulfillment of bible prophecy without knowing it fully beforehand until the effects and results become obvious.
my mother read excerpts of the wt.
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What do they mean in paragraph 4 that Christians don't overly concern themselves with the identity of the performers when that is exactly what the society does?
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Does anyone know who BARON M FRANZ was?
by imallgrowedup ini found this guy associated with the wt.
is this a relative of fred's, or is it another name that fred used?
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Wish I could help but I never heard of this name before.
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Are not Jehovahs Witness's Apostates them selfs?
by Singing Man inare not jehovahs witness's apostates them selfs, they came from a few religions them selfs.
apostateing one self in and of its self is not a bad thing to do from any group is not ment to be a disgusting thing, why do they make it such a boogie man word?
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Yep!!! My mom was an apostate from the Catholic religion.
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you know what
by U.2.K. Tha Greate$t injust sitting here thinking it's possible that the end could infact come in our life time.
serious now i have had many dreams from god or jesus christ where i did infact survive the time & hour of armageddon and it was good.
what yall think, are you giving up hope or are you praying that it would come?
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u.t.
Here's a link to some Bible translations so you can always have your "Bible" near you:
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you know what
by U.2.K. Tha Greate$t injust sitting here thinking it's possible that the end could infact come in our life time.
serious now i have had many dreams from god or jesus christ where i did infact survive the time & hour of armageddon and it was good.
what yall think, are you giving up hope or are you praying that it would come?
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I don't think God or Jesus sends anybody any dreams.
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New Here!
by pc ini have been reading the different topics listed here for a few months.
i will apologize at this point because i am basically illiterate when it comes to this posting stuff.
i am an exjw.
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Welcome pc!
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How Mormons deal with "apostate literature"
by Dogpatch intips to keep your testimony from toppling.
by joni hilton
?the reason people fall out of the church is the same reason they fall out of bed: they?re not in properly!?
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Flowerpetal
Somebody is copying from somebody. Seems like I remember a WT article stating that anti-WT literature is pornography as well.