since this forum is for cleansing and healing through sharing, i want to share some confessions of an ex-elder.
how could i have allowed myself to be conned into becoming an elder?
and, after becoming an elder, why did it take me 3 years to finally figure out the hypocrisy of the organization?
If there were more Elders like you, the congregations would be a better place to be. Don't feel bad about the time you 'wasted', it sounds to me like you did alot of good during your time as an elder so be positive about it. Most of us were sucked in for various amounts of time, it took me 19 years to figure it all out!!
Welcome to the board.
i was just wondering how to go about downloading a tv show from the internet.
it's only because the show i want to watch is a season behind the u.s. and i can't wait for u.k.tv to catch up.. i have tried kazaa which does have the shows but i can never get a download, its all just remotely queing.
and they don't have much of a choice in downloads either, so i just give up!.
Thanks for the advice!
The problem I have with KaZaA is that all I ever get is remote queing, or it telling me that more sources are required etc.. If I do get a download going, its so sloooowwwww even though I have a broadband connection.
I will have a go with the other suggestions, I used to use Morpheus and always found it to be pretty good before it went pearshaped last year so I might try that again and also Imesh.
i am english, and live in england.
my parents were witnesses,so i was dragged along to the local.
kingdom hall twice a week back in the early sixties.because i was forced to sit there on a rock.
Hey! I know all those people too!
But what about Sister Middle Aged Elders Wife? She was the one who was basically 'in charge' of the entire congregation. If she happened to be the PO's wife, she was a step closer!
She'd be the one who knew every morsel of gossip within the cong. She would also be the one responsible for spreading the above mentioned gossip to all her allies (i.e., other Elders Wives) but all the time assuring them that it is 'confidential information' and only safe in the hands of the most loyal cong members, i.e., themselves.
She would be the one to choose the decor of the hall when it was refurbished. Yes, it was HER fault that you had to spend the next 15 years staring at a brown carpet and pink floral curtains. Not forgetting the plastic floral display on the platform.
She'd be the one who knew the exact reason why anyone else in the cong had been DF'd/reproved. And she would never forget to give the offending cong member a knowing look during the next local needs talk. Oh yes, she KNOWS they are talking about you. She probably helped her husband write the outline.
In all my years out of the borg, I will never know a more formidable person that Sister Middle Aged Elders Wife.
i was just wondering how to go about downloading a tv show from the internet.
it's only because the show i want to watch is a season behind the u.s. and i can't wait for u.k.tv to catch up.. i have tried kazaa which does have the shows but i can never get a download, its all just remotely queing.
and they don't have much of a choice in downloads either, so i just give up!.
I was just wondering how to go about downloading a tv show from the internet. It's only because the show I want to watch is a season behind the U.S. and I can't wait for U.K.TV to catch up.
I have tried KaZaA which does have the shows but I can never get a download, its all just remotely queing. And they don't have much of a choice in downloads either, so I just give up!
I heard someone somewhere say something about ftp sites, now excuse my stupidity, but can someone explain what that is?? I've only had net access for five years!!!
tired of telemarketers & junk mail?
here are some good ideas about getting rid of annoying calls and junk mail: three little words.... .
i suppose some degree of commerce would grind to a halt if telephone solicitors weren't able to call people at home during dinner hour, but that doesn't make it any more pleasant.. .
Great ideas!!!
Although not as much fun, if you live in the UK you could always register here: http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tpsr/html/default.asp
and here: http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/mpsR/html/default.asp to put a stop to telemarketers and junk mail.
I work for a mail order company and although we never 'cold call' customers, I found out that the company makes at least 1 million a year just by selling on details of our customers.
Just goes to show, you give your address or phone number to one company and it just opens the floodgates.
I haven't had any telemarketers call me since I registered with the MPS and my junk mail has gone down rapidly.
the itv documentary is airing in the uk tonight (feb. 3rd), and will be re-broadcast in america on abc television friday night february 7 as part of barbara walters' 20/20 program.. i wonder where he got this crazy idea of living forever??
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=638&ncid=762&e=1&u=/nm/20030203/en_nm/people_jackson_dc_1.
jacko unmasked in british documentarymon feb 3, 7:17 am etadd entertainment - reuters to my yahoo!.
Yes, it is the same show. I think it's the ABC network that bought the rights from ITV1 for something like 3 million.
The TV listings are showing it as being screened at 8pm on Thursday 6th.
previously, we considered what might go on at a judicial meeting.now, let's see what the reinstatement process entails.
let's use the example of fornication.
you have been disfellowshipped for this sin and now you want to seek reinstatement.
Country Girl and Minimus, No, I have not grown facial hair due to the stress of my dub days
My profile pic is is David Brent, UK comedy character played by Ricky Gervais in the UK comedy 'The Office'. The man is a genius and is more than worthy of the privelledge of being my profile pic!!
To see the man himself in action, follow this link and watch the 'dancer' clip. I rest my case!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/theoffice/renaissance/index.shtml
Besides, my real pic would scare the hell out of you.
when we were in the org, we had to watch our language, and speak correctly and never swear.
people knew we were jw's just by the way we dressed, but also by the way we talked.
do you still talk in the same polite way as before?edited by - jh on 4 february 2003 19:29:28.
I do swear quite a bit but NEVER in front of my kids. There's nothing worse than hearing a child swear when they are just copying their parents and then getting told off for it!
i am just wondering.
for those of you who were jehovah's witnesses back in the late 70s and early 80s, did any of you ever destroy your records/lps or cassette tapes after one of those talks at an assembly about 'demonic music', 'backwards masking' and so on?
i remember i had some records destroyed, but i couldn't do it.
One day, in an uncharacteristic fit of conscience, I threw aways 'Madonna's Erotica' CD. Come to think of it, I might have just thrown it away because it was pants.
I had plenty of 'questionable' music, but if it was music I loved it wasn't going anywhere and I was just discreet about it. Except for the time when I gave a couple of Pioneers a lift in my car and forgot that I had Salt 'n' Pepa's 'Let's talk about Sex' on my cassette in the car. Oops.
previously, we considered what might go on at a judicial meeting.now, let's see what the reinstatement process entails.
let's use the example of fornication.
you have been disfellowshipped for this sin and now you want to seek reinstatement.
Funnily enough, I did have a meeting with the CO during his next visit (I had completly forgotten about that!!)
One of the elders on my JC was present, along with my Elder father. I got highly commended by the CO for 'returning to the Truth' and the phrase 'Short, Sharp, Shock' was used many times to illustrate that my actions had really just been a blip on what had otherwise been an unblemished record.
It wouldn't surprise me if now, after being out for 9 years (I got my maths wrong, I was actually DF'd in 1991 so that was 11 years ago) if I chose to go back they would probably refer to my absence as a 'minor setback' LOL.
