i googled my childhood best friend that i grew up with in the cult.
he's my age and has shunned me for the past 4 years despite my efforts to reach out to him.today, i noticed a listing online that states he is a director of his congregation.
i suppose only elders can fill this position (he wasn't an elder when i was a jw).
Yes. Congregations' Elders do have titles to which certain ones are assigned. Like the ''treasure'', I believe the guy who pays the bills, looks after financing etc. for the congregation. Or the ''secretary'', if I'm not mistaken he's the guy who looks after all the records, service reports and such.
Titles and positions do look good. Nothing more than that shallow appearance, which speaks volumes in the Borg.
i war reading an interesting research article about charles taze russell and all of his financial dealings.
this caught my eye:.
charles taze russell and the watchtower society were in deep business distress after the "busted" october 1914 prophecy failure, and particularly after the "busted" october 1915 prophecy failure.
Yikes, Lett and Morris, cringe worthy to think what may be on their minds.
Herd and Loesch, just two guys who will go with the crowd.
http://nerdinthebrain.com/2015/01/25/why-i-spent-my-morning-in-a-kingdom-hall-partying-with-jehovahs-witnesses/.
he seems to have quite a positive view of jw's.. bangalore.
Like I've said a few times before about ''fading''. It can take years to successfully ''fade''. Even decades, yes decades. Everyone's ''fading'' situation is different.. It depends on your local gestapo elders' group too, of how persistant they are.
However, those who have a ''clean break'', like that of being df'd(disfellowshipped) or whatever, no more looking over one's shoulder, Birthday parties, Christmas trees. More so real friends, living common-law and all the freedoms people have which out countries fought for!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmbpbb5k_mc
from my own personal feelings about the jws when i was involved and i was brought up in the is religious practice from birth, was one of feeling of being lied to, exploited and manipulated to a certain extent.
reflectively though i could see some wholesome social behavior direction being propagated not surprising nevertheless since this faith is based from christianity at its core.. where and how the wts/jws got bit corrupted i believe is that this organization has always had a publishing house and its core operation and supporting finances were mostly from that endeavoring operation.
this also included creating doctrines which were to support and enhance the proliferation of those published works.
a new montra that was recently adopted by the wife and i is this:.
dont give them more power than they deserve.. here's why i say that, and i point this to those of you still in the congregation, still trying to decide what you want to do.. recently, our family had a little family reunion gathering of sorts, and we were in the company of some extended family that were either df or da, to varying degrees.
we made it very clear, to any and all in attendance, that we wanted to be respectful and kind, despite any previous perceptions about our "status".... and that our feelings on a lot of things had "softened", and "changed" over the last 2 years.. i am being purposefully slightly vague, but i think you get the point.
Exactly!!! Ignoring them and not answering your phone or door to them is the way to go. But then again, what do you do if you get a letter in the mail asking you to a J.C.??
You have no choice but to either meet with them or they have to come and tell you that you've been ''kicked to the curb''. That is the ''ticket to freedom'', for a lack of better words. Just think, to do anything you want whenever. I mean ''whatever you want'' under the ''Law of the Land'' that is, living free!!!
has there been any discussion about why jehovah would guide his people to a polluted property to build their world headquarters?
blondies highlights from the 11-22-2015 wt study (september 15, 2015) (jehovah love us).
excellent general website: www.jwfacts.com .
bible translations www.biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible .
i war reading an interesting research article about charles taze russell and all of his financial dealings.
this caught my eye:.
charles taze russell and the watchtower society were in deep business distress after the "busted" october 1914 prophecy failure, and particularly after the "busted" october 1915 prophecy failure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmbpbb5k_mc
