i'm sure alot of you have noticed, the influx of new jwn members with "postitions within the cong" this is amazing, i myself am still an m.s.
working to get removed.
lol my wife (who has been really supportive throughout my fade) asked my why i am doing i decided to fade?.
I was an active MS when I 1st started coming to the board. They were trying hard to push me into eldership but my average of 6-7 hrs in the "ministry" discouraged them. ;-)
Now I am a irregular "publisher." --- I turn in some phantom hrs and ride around and do RVs every now and then and drink some coffee. I try very hard not to waste my own gas.
hahahaha...... .
2013-01-09 (wednesday).
dear brothers:.
How are they "nested" ???...I am not quite picturing that...Does thay mean they are tucked one inside the other.
hello everyone, just wanted to say hi and introduce myself.. i am a mid 30's just stepped aside elder, who just couldn't handle it anymore.. i am a 3rd generation born-in and former pioneer and bethelite.
it has been a log somewhat confusing ride for me, but i am finally settling in to realizing that i need to really look at what me and my family are doing.. .
its funny though what really got me here... it wasn't the 40 year old men telling me they were looking at boobies on the computer and hoping not to get in trouble, it wasn't the watching young people bail left and right, it wasn't the ever changing new light etc... but a simple thought.. .
Welcome..
LOL
".. it wasn't the 40 year old men telling me they were looking at boobies on the computer and hoping not to get in trouble..."
hello, i am new and i feel soooo wrong about being here.
anyway i am an m.s and have been disillusioned ever since the new understanding that came out in october.
i have read many things on this board that i have and also have not thought about.
I remember feeling exactly the same way you did...exactly. Read my first post and you'll see...MS too, disolusioned etc. I feel for you, this is a good place sometimes just to type...and give a few insane experiences. Theraputic. Did I spell that right?! ;-)
Take care
the round of "international" conventions that started in the middle of last year in the states "wrapped" up last weekend in new zealand.
there was some media converage (from which i derived the information that follows).
(someone who knows how to copy links may be able to provide the relevant media links?).
I'll never forget a circuit Ass. I went to about 2008, First time ever ZERO Baptisms out of a 800+ assembly. I remember the gasps
were you a sought after associate?.
were you often invisible?.
did other witnesses view you as "exemplary"?.
I was a "undercover lazy" MS! Barely made 8-9 hrs in FS sometime 5-7 hrs. My average was not a pretty sight, Was considered a "good teacher" from the pulpit/platform. Gave good talks "I guess" from what I was told. Guess that meant I was just a good parrot with decent eye contact and gestures. I was friendly with everybody....I liked the bros and sis, A certain few elders really wanted me to become an elder...all I had to do was raise my hours a bit, and that would do it...how ridiculously simple.
I started surfing this site while an MS....I planned a MS fade and stepped down cause of stress/depression/family issues. Worked great. I am still an active witnoid (1-5 hr pub) miss 60% of meetings.
last night all us servants were called to an important and critical meeting next week.
no one would give me a heads up on it.
our boe went to their secret squirrel school on boxing day last week so i can only assume its related to that.
I miss the meetings about meetings, where meetings will be discussed. What a Joke. I was an MS assistant to the guy in charge of sound...a goofy Elder (who took this job way too seriously) He would email me a copy of the Microphone meeting outline. 1nce a year...no joke.
I. Opening Prayer
A. The piveledge of Mic. Holding
1. bla bla bla (eph 5:22)
2. bla bla bla
You can't make this stuff up.!?! Even when I was a full believer I laughed my ass off. I hope the F$%knuts at brooklyn see what a crazy ass culture they have created. Unf*^*&%believable.
Keep us posted on your "impo-tant meeting" Kon..99 Curious to find out what happens.
TD...over and out and hittin the bottle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be2ltdktyhe.
be careful with color printers, if you're planning anything naughty or illegal.
most contain secret codes that identify your laser printer.. .
https://www.eff.org/pages/list-printers-which-do-or-do-not-display-tracking-dots.
Who checks the secret codes that are on random sheets of paper that come off my printer....Is there a FBI division that handles this?
first off, i owe this site a tremendous debt of gratitude.
i have been an inactive witness for 4 glorious years, and the spark that began my fade out of the organziation was this site and paul's jwfacts.com.
it opened my eyes to a whole new world of insight, and i discovered that there were so many people out there like me - still a "spiritual" individual, but completely disgusted with the jw organization.
First off...Welcome! Thanks for taking the leap and posting. The more the merrier! Second, you Avatar is now, hands down my favorite ever. Very creative, and funny. Aptly shows the absurdity of the Org. You first paragraph described the way I feel....ya just wonder how many of us poor people that feel this way are stuck in, that feel the same.
