i need some advice.
actually my friend needs some advice.
a few years ago i moved about 50 km (30 miles) away from the nearest congo and have since tried to live a normal life.
If there are two elders involved it is most likely an investigation committee. If he hasn't shown his face for sometime perhaps they are going on gossip of wrongdoing.
I also know an elder who looks at the inactive cards and hunts the people down to get them to either come back or DA themselves. It looks better when the circuit overseer comes around if the cards are all in order.
I would tell your friend to not meet with them. Sounds like they are on a witch hunt.
i've been lurking here for a while now, and i guess you could call me a fader.
i don't have hate in my heart for the organization that i spent most of my life in, but i have had an awakening.
luckily, so has my wife, and that way i don't feel so alone.
i've been invited to go to central america for a week on a global village project.
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are there any possible issues that the congregation might have with me doing this?.
Vidiot:
The internal conflict will be readily apparent on their face (and hugely satisfying to watch), and if it all goes down in front of a group of people, so much the better.
I might just do that.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/sa-court-told-brett-darren-mardon-poisoned-the-milk-of-jehovahs-witness-elder-after-he-was-excommunicated-from-the-faith/story-fni6uo1m-1227238876533.
a disgruntled jehovahs witness was caught on camera poisoning his elders milk with weed killer after being excommunicated over an extramarital affair, a court has heard.. .
for the first time, the advertiser can name and show brett darren mardon, who is standing trial accused of attempting to put three lives at risk the elder, his wife and their young child.. he has denied injecting milk, apple juice and other liquids in the refrigerator of ben anthanysz with glyphosate a weed killer that causes health problems if consumed in large quantities.. mardon has maintained his innocence of the charges despite being recorded by a cctv camera mounted in the anthanyszs kitchen.. opening the trial, prosecutor nick healy said mardons actions were a vengeful response to his church peers ignoring his existence, as required by their faith.. he said mr anthanysz had been part of a three-person jehovahs witness committee that censured mardon for having sex with someone while married.. .
glyphosate the active ingredient of round up. I thought it was safe. It is sprayed on 50% of the food we eat.
i've been invited to go to central america for a week on a global village project.
.
are there any possible issues that the congregation might have with me doing this?.
i've been invited to go to central america for a week on a global village project.
.
are there any possible issues that the congregation might have with me doing this?.
i've been invited to go to central america for a week on a global village project.
.
are there any possible issues that the congregation might have with me doing this?.
I've been invited to go to Central America for a week on a global village project.
Are there any possible issues that the congregation might have with me doing this?
i am starting this topic because i was wondering, i see many who leave "the truth" are glad because they can finally have a beard.
is having a beard really a no go in congregations?
how is / was it in your congregation?.
I was hauled into the back room and pretty well ordered to trim, thin, and shorten my mustache, or else.
Onefingersalute:
You should have come to the next meeting with a hitler stash and see what those bozos would say.
i just read about this on the ex-jw subreddit.
link to the video (10m06s).. skip to 7:35 where he says: "another way we can contribute to the oneness - rejecting false stories that are designed to separate us from jehovah's organization.
as an example, think about the apostate-driven lies and 'dishonesties' that jehovah's organization is permissive toward pedophiles.
when elders want to meet with an inactive person to encourage them, what does this really mean?
encouragement is a term thrown around by the organisation.
does this encouragement usually consist of prying into the inactive one's lifestyle?.
Encouragement (n) -
1. Passive-aggressive social pressure intended to get you to become more involved with the cult.
Yep
