Topics Started by Truth and Justice

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How Old are You ?
by flipper in
1. jw
2. friends
i know- you aren't used to seeing me ask a simple question like this.

so- i'll start .

i am 49 years old, will be 50 in october .
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Searching for names of elders?
by Truth and Justice in
1. jw
2. friends
i don't know if anyone can help me on this, but my question is this- is there a website in which there is a list of kingdom halls with the names of elders from that congregation in a particular state?

i don't want anyone to go thru too much trouble for me, but i sure wonder if there is.. the reason i ask is because 2 of my brothers in the family are po and elder located in a sothern state that i know.

my curiousity is to know which hall there in, maybe it would give some sort of clues as to whether there on this site.
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Local Needs Parts.....
by AK - Jeff in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have not set foot inside a kh for over 5 years now.

i suspect that i have been the 'subject' of the lnp's more than once.

i suppose every time someone gets a face to face with me in the local shops, and the elders hear of it, i get another dishonorable mention on thursday night.
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Hello to all, can I have a moment of your time? Thanks!! from Truth and Justice
by Truth and Justice in
1. jw
2. friends
thought i would properly introduce myself, being that i have posted here about 6 or 7 times since march of 2008. i do not want to create any sense of insecurity among the guests.. my name is truth and justice.

i have been reading this website since march of 2008 with great interest.

many times i have wanted to write and kept putting it off, because i just did not know how to put my thoughts on paper, especially when millions of people will read what i have written.
44
"The Elders"
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
when i think back of how the elders were viewed, even when i was a kid, i recognize that many people were deathly afraid of the elders.

my brother had been appointed in the 70s shortly after the elder arrangement was put into effect.

so my family always had an "in" because of our theocratic connections----not that my brother was very forceful.
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Needs of the Congregation......"Raise Your Hands Higher!"
by bronzefist in
1. jw
2. friends
"friends" have lost their jobs......so what.

"friends" are depressed.....so what.

"friends" are being kicked to the curb, because they're not in the clique...so what.. the local needs talk was, raise your hands higher for the wt conductor who will not call on those with names he forgets.
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How to fade quickly and get off the JW "radar screen"
by sir82 in
1. jw
2. friends
so you want to fade quickly, and keep the elders off your back?

here's an easy way to do it:.

1) recruit a sympathetic friend - doesn't have to be an elder, heck, doesn't even have to be a jw - to pose as the secretary for the "xyz" congregation.. 2) tell your congregation secretary you are moving to the "xyz" congregation.
28
Thankful Not To Be An Elder Anymore ( KM)
by metatron in
1. jw
2. friends
i count my blessings.

i picked up a kingdom ministry for february and saw, once again, the mindless horror that the organization has evolved into.

there's the grade school reading level.
36
LURKING JW: Thinking of leaving? Learn from my experience.
by SnakesInTheTower in
1. jw
2. friends
"mental wondering in the wilderness"... uh oh.... it's a long post from snakes.... lol.

yep... i think that is the best way to describe where i am at in life right now.

if you have read my past posts (mostly in the private section) you know some of my history as a life-long (now former) witness.. i have been away from the jw religion, for all intents and purposes, since dec. 06, though it was not until sept 07 that i stopped attending meetings.
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The Watchtower Society Shows Their True Colors Again
by TooBad TooSad in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
in the new may awake magazine there is an article "is philanthropy the answer?

i knew what the answer.

was going to be before i even read it.