if you were a leader of a small group that should survive a worldwide disaster and will be left on their own, not being able to use now common services would you:.
a) encourage your members to learn all possible skills and to get all possible today available education, maybe even organized "who will learn what" to cover really every aspect of future life and to be really prepared ..... or.
b) discurage your members from education, letting them just sit home or at meetings and keep repeating: "the end is comming, the end is comming ... be ready, the end is comming...".
Umm... Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the demons are supposed to be bound with Satan.
Also, the assumption behind this line of reasoning is that they would live the way we live today... I always imagined a much simpler, more sustainable existance when I was a dub. One that could happen without a lot of edufication. LoL
what things about elders do only elders know and the rest of us dont?
i never knew they had a hand book till i came on here.
unsure why they dont mention it because surely its not meant to be a secret?.
GG - Yeah, that makes sense. I think the the bureaucracy is stupid, but the individual JWs are for the most part okay, if having difficulties because of the mind control they're under. I had a sheparding call when I stopped going to the meetings... At the time I was very confused, but I remember one elder that was just a hair (about six years, young elder) older than me broke down and cried because he was concerned for me. Unfortunately, I think that type of brother is more the exception than the rule, but for the most part I think/hope their intentions are good.
what things about elders do only elders know and the rest of us dont?
i never knew they had a hand book till i came on here.
unsure why they dont mention it because surely its not meant to be a secret?.
GG - Do you blame the organization as a whole, or the GB? I've come to think of "Jehovah's Witnesses" as a separate entity with a mind of its own independant of the individuals that make up it. LoL.
what things about elders do only elders know and the rest of us dont?
i never knew they had a hand book till i came on here.
unsure why they dont mention it because surely its not meant to be a secret?.
Double Post...
what things about elders do only elders know and the rest of us dont?
i never knew they had a hand book till i came on here.
unsure why they dont mention it because surely its not meant to be a secret?.
Oh well... *saves for later edufication*
And lets not forget that they don't always follow the law about reporting pedophiles.
what things about elders do only elders know and the rest of us dont?
i never knew they had a hand book till i came on here.
unsure why they dont mention it because surely its not meant to be a secret?.
*gawks at 164 page monstrousity*
Can anyone point out some of the more interesting tidbits? Between Hassan, Franz, and textbooks, I have plenty of reading for this weekend. LoL
what things about elders do only elders know and the rest of us dont?
i never knew they had a hand book till i came on here.
unsure why they dont mention it because surely its not meant to be a secret?.
Quite a few pedofiles are still in the congregation. Thats the reason why I decided not to go back, as one in my congregation was "reproved within the congregation", and no one was warned who it was, ESPECIALLY the police. They just said watch out for your kids.
I have a suspicion its one of the elders I know... But that parts is just heresay and speculation.
what things about elders do only elders know and the rest of us dont?
i never knew they had a hand book till i came on here.
unsure why they dont mention it because surely its not meant to be a secret?.
so she claims ... but just a claim isn't proof ...
Yeah, but we don't really have any reason to disbelieve her, and its no skin off my nose whether they know or not, so I choose to believe her. Just sayin'.
BTW: I'd like to see the elder book as well... I seem to remember it floating around in PDF, but lost the link.
what things about elders do only elders know and the rest of us dont?
i never knew they had a hand book till i came on here.
unsure why they dont mention it because surely its not meant to be a secret?.
Yes thats what he means. LoL. And cheerios, her elders already know that she's here.
you might be a jehovah's witness if you have never.
blown out birthday candles.. you might be a jehovah's witness if when you think.
about your summer vacation you think of the swimming.
I had never actually seen a two door car (with a back seat... I had seen a convertable) till a couple months ago. My reaction? "They actually MAKE those?"
