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  Are Today's Elders The Same As The Elders of the Last Century?

  by minimus in

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  i was 24 when i was first appointed as an elder.

  i very much respected the old timers, the elders that were basically good guys, family men and who tried to be good examples, although they knew they were far from perfect.

  i haven't been to a meeting in about a decade and i wonder if the elders of today are that much different than those of yesteryear.

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  freddo

  Those appointed in the 1970's and 80's are a different breed to those appointed in the 21st Century.
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  Why do "Awake" vloumes only start at 1970 on computer disk?...interesting!

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  yet watchtowers go way back to 1950's....i picked up three awake volumes 1967-1969 i was struck by the poor science {aluminium is posion}, demon articles and anti-organ transplant articles.

  also much was said about 1975 being the end of the system and "the generation.

  " it feels like fred franz was writting alot of these which now is plain embarrasing and better left un-published.. .

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  freddo

  Nice post, neverendingjourney ...
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  Jehovah's Witnesses child abuse and judical comittees, YLE TV1 News 11/1/2014

  by tunnistaja.ee in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnoslbdatzc.

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  freddo

  It's got to happen in the USA before anything like a policy change will happen - the GB live there and will only react if they feel threatened there. The rest of the world's abused jaydubs can go hang.
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  New requirement to become an Elder or Ministerial Servant!

  by hardtobeme in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it has been a few months since i hear this from an elder.

  he said that the c/o told them this new requirement.. "men that wanna be an elder or ministerial servant has to go out to field service on sundays.

  if there is an elder or ministerial servant that is not going out to field service on sunday can lose the priviledge".

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  freddo

  I heard from a relative (MS) who lives in Wales (UK) that in this round of CO visits they are pushing Sunday ministry. CO is in my cong next week and I will see if it filters through to us rank and file. I'll ask one of the Mini series that I get on with if it is brought up at their Friday meeting - is it still Fridays now the CO only has to turn up for two meetings instead of three?
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  "REGIONAL" conventions for 2015 - anyone been assigned yet?

  by freddo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  usually by this time in the year we are getting km's through telling jw's what to wear, where to eat, where to sleep, how much to tip (and not to take all the breakfast food to the assembly as your packed lunch) and how to get to their summer conventions - nothing coming through here in good old england - how about where you are?.

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  freddo

  Usually by this time in the year we are getting KM's through telling jw's what to wear, where to eat, where to sleep, how much to tip (and not to take all the breakfast food to the assembly as your packed lunch) and how to get to their summer conventions - nothing coming through here in good old England - how about where you are?
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  The Regional visit, better than Seinfeld!

  by Separation of Powers in

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  2. friends

  seinfeld was a show about "nothing.

  " it had no plot.

  no twists.

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  freddo

  Once GB members become a figure of ridicule to the rank and file the jig is up. They might not be yet (tho' Lett and Morris seem to be heading that way) but they are certainly an embarrassment at times. Jw.org gives jw's much more opportunity to see these guys in full flow.

  Gotta love the internet.
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  How does forum moderation work?

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  we've had a few comments lately that show that people don't seem to fully comprehend the way moderation works or the point of it.. if someone point something that other people don't like or agree with then that is a difference of opinion.

  live with it.. if someone posts something that is crude, insulting, contains bad language etc.

  then it violates the posting guildelines and can and should be removed.. now, sometimes we won't immediately notice a post that should be removed.

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  freddo

  It makes me grin to myself.
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  Mental Disorders among JW's

  by Blackfalcon98 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi everyone, im begining to notice patterns of mental issues in the congregations and among the witnesses as a group.

  do you think this is a trend in the entire world or is it exagerated in this organization?.

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  freddo

  Loadsa whackjobs in the congs and circuits I've been in ... just sayin'
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  Slip Sliding Away :I went to a 1 day assembly-Why?

  by MissFit in

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  i have not attended anything jw related for over a year.... until last week when i went to our one day convention.. why you ask?.

  i can do what i want i'm a grown adult.. ok...ok...so my jw childhood friend who i have not seen forever, came by for a visit.. i mentally went through the check list:.

  is she pioneering and need extra time?.

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  freddo

  So now I die and my wife remarries and I can get resurrected and go live with her and her new hubby and at night when all is quiet I can listen to them having sex in the next room. When the new scrolls are opened, will I be allowed a wank from time to time? Thought not. Perhaps I can go to the shore and find a resurrected pirate and explain to him how he needs to shave off his beard.

  Or I die and my wife can have another thirty years or so giving up the opportunity to remarry in the guilt-ridden hope we can be reunited in the new system.

  Gotta love the WT writers and their thoughtless drivel which has millons hanging on every word ...
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  Awful WTBTS " infomercial " funeral service talk

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  w77 6/1 pp.

  346-347 mourning and funeralsfor whom?

  a funeral or memorial service?

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  freddo

  I went to a funeral about 15 years ago at the city crematorium given by a doddery jw elder who stuck to the outline.

  The woman was a widow who had never been a jw but her only daughter was and she wanted a jw funeral for her mother. The crematorium had seats for about 100 people and there were about 50 there including about 25 from the congregation and some "worldly" neighbours and friends of the deceased. I sat towards the back and there were two old women who were a bit deaf sat across the aisle from me.

  One of them says to the other in a loud enough voice for me to hear across the aisle "It's a good job she (the deceased) can't hear what he's saying! She'd be out that box and give him (the speaker) what for!"