the co is at my husbands hall this week so i tied in to the meeting he was going on and on about how there are 140 elders in the circuit and only 80 something ms's.
of the elders 25 are over 75 years old.
of the ms's it was about 20 are over 75 years old.
Lets face it atleast 60% of young ones are leaving the Jw's so the pool to pick from is getting smaller.
Of the 40% or less leaft how many of those are up for being appointed to anything?
I'm guessing not alot.
So they will just keep lowering the bar and age.
My last congro had a guy made an Elder who's mind was so scrambled by drugs his talks were all over the place..he and his wife were Brown noseing SSSSOOOO badly it made me sick.
He was delited after a few months thankfully.
in one of the new pieces of information in the new elders manual - section 5:18 - it shows how elders are instructed to keep all judicial committee information private from media or attorneys.
keeping in mind how secretive the wt society has been in hiding child abuse within the jehovah's witnesses notice these instructions to elders now.. it states, " if a member of the media or an attorney representing the accused ( or possibly victims ) contacts the elders , they should not give him any information about the case or verify there is a jc.
rather, they should give the following explanation, " the spiritual and physical welfare of jehovah's witnesses is of paramount concern to the elders, who have been appointed to " shepherd the flock ".
Flipper,
I had an interesting conversation with an Elder in my old congro Re child molesters going from door to door.
There is a child molester in my old congro.
I told the elder that if i saw him regualy going to a persons house i would fell obliged to say something to the householder.
The elder said to me "he has had councling and taken steps to rite his wrong doing"
My reply "We know that and can make our own minds up about if we want him in our house or not....the person he is calling on dosen't know that...in effect you and the rest of the Elders have made the householders mind up for them"
He gave me the standard cureall....leave it in Jehovah's hands.
i was talking with flipper on the phone the other day and i mentioned that the cobe formally the po told me that.
i have been told so many stupid things in this religion when it comes to pedophiles that i never truly thought about it before and i just said it to flipper in my conversation.
that is the stupidest thing i have heard.. so i thought i would do a thread about it.
In my old congro there was an Elder who had had sex with his sister when she was 15!!!!!!
one of the most controversial practices of jehovah's witnesses is the operation of judicial committees.
these specially-assigned inquisitory boards are manned by at least 3 elders and interrogate, investigate and finally prosecute a person believed to be guilty of any number of offenses.
these offenses can be anything from heavy drinking, masturbation, swearing to infidelity, apostacy even issues of bloodguilt.
Mr Falcon,
I forgot they can always use the other cureall.
"Leave in Jehovah's hands"
none of my three marriages lasted that long!
today is the tenth anniversary of my being disfellowshipped.
apparently i am much better at being disfellowshipped than being married.. i might end up getting married again someday, but i will definitely not return to the cult.. say amen!.
JRK,
Congratulations what a coinsodince Mc Laren wone today as well!!!!
one of the most controversial practices of jehovah's witnesses is the operation of judicial committees.
these specially-assigned inquisitory boards are manned by at least 3 elders and interrogate, investigate and finally prosecute a person believed to be guilty of any number of offenses.
these offenses can be anything from heavy drinking, masturbation, swearing to infidelity, apostacy even issues of bloodguilt.
MR Falcon.
The imperfect Man excuse covers all....nuff said.
one of the most controversial practices of jehovah's witnesses is the operation of judicial committees.
these specially-assigned inquisitory boards are manned by at least 3 elders and interrogate, investigate and finally prosecute a person believed to be guilty of any number of offenses.
these offenses can be anything from heavy drinking, masturbation, swearing to infidelity, apostacy even issues of bloodguilt.
MR Falcon.
Yes the Elder had been haveing an affair for sometime at the time of the JC.
one of the most controversial practices of jehovah's witnesses is the operation of judicial committees.
these specially-assigned inquisitory boards are manned by at least 3 elders and interrogate, investigate and finally prosecute a person believed to be guilty of any number of offenses.
these offenses can be anything from heavy drinking, masturbation, swearing to infidelity, apostacy even issues of bloodguilt.
My Brother was DF'ed and it turns out 1 of the Elders(married) on the JC was haveing an affair with another married sister.
So how can they possabley say the ''Holy spirit" was with them???
But they can always use the cureall ''Imperfect man" excuse.
i wake up thinking: what if my boyfriend and i die a terrifying death during armageddon?
with no hope of any life afterwards?.
do any of you ever feel that way?.
If the WTBTS is so convinced they are rite about everything why don't they come on here and have an open debate?
Ive tryed debating with them they just walk away...not interested in anything they are not told to listen to.
this is my very first post to this forum.
i am begging for some much needed encouragment and support by those who are kind hearted and know exactly the pain shunning causes.
i am a 30 year old former jehovah's witness and a mother of two beautiful girls.
Hello wounder women and a BIG WELCOME.
Fell free to share your story as you will have a listening ear around here.
Karter.
