my whole life as a jw i've heard this refrain.
"too bad so-and-so wasn't here for that local needs talk.".
as an elder i would have a hard time putting my heart into writing up a local needs talk that was targeting one or two congregation members, knowing full well they probably wouldn't be there to hear it.. .
I remembered when I was getting disfellowshiped two years ago ( he was trying to convice me to stay in my parents home and not move out ). He said there would be a local needs talk about what I done, but would not name any names. I was like wtf!
Week 1 : Pitchess is no longer one of Jehovah's Witness
Week 3 : Local Needs on '' Dangers of Night Clubs and Sextexing ."
I was like now the whole congregation will know what I got disfellowshiped for anyway.
i've since returned to the meetings ( only the sunday ones ).
i realize that the talks seem less from the heart and more from scripted.
like i said in past posts the only reason i'm doing this is because my wife and i are having a son soon.
I've since returned to the meetings ( only the Sunday ones ). I realize that the talks seem less from the heart and more from scripted. Like I said in past posts the only reason I'm doing this is because my wife and I are having a son soon. I hate the cliques and backstabing that goes on in the religion also. ( Check my past post and comments ).
our do is a southerner- his drawl makes the.
scary things he says much easier to swallow.. some highlights of his talks:.
apostates are miserable.
Yeah, the CO asked an elder to reach out to my hubby and help him improve his ministry since that was all that was keeping him from getting appt. The elder liked this other brother better--he was really gregarious and popular--so he reached out to him instead and ignored my hubby who was more shy. The popular brother got appt at the next CO visit and my husband decided he was done reaching out and kissing ass. He stopped attending meetings and joined this community. I wrote a letter to the CO, trying to help him, and never heard a thing. It was like the letter was never received.
@Lunatic Faith- I seen this happen so many times and I hate to say this its all one big popularity contest . If they like you they will appointed you.
our do is a southerner- his drawl makes the.
scary things he says much easier to swallow.. some highlights of his talks:.
apostates are miserable.
On the needs of the circuit: for the past 2 years there have been only
6 Elders and 1 MS appointed. Every brother should be reaching out.
Dude I keep saying they need a program to turn the low performing brothers to Ministerial Servants and Elders. You be surprised how many low performing brother want a high ranking brother to mentor them, but most of these Elders and Ministerial Servants look at the low performing brothers as social pariahs .
last year my cousing got dfd.... he continued practicing his "sin" for 4 months... i spoke online with him during that year and since he was able to listen after our chats he opened his eyes regarding the cult, he lost faith in the bible and "thank god" he lost him.. however he needed to go back since his wife is still in and his children were shunning him a little.
he is extremely shy so he asked for helped.
i told him that if he needed to go back he could do it within a year, that those suckers all they needed was a good a$$ kissing.
I might do the samething
do you guy know any witnesses that married for privilege?
for example the lowly male publisher married the c.o.t.b.o.e daughter and quickly move up the ranks.
another example is that the witness girl that only date or marries up( only dates m.s,elders,ex-bethelites,or pioneers ).. .
...
i'd like to hear from anyone who was disfellowshipped but fully intended to go back as soon as possible and how that worked out or didn't.
i'd like to hear how soon you went back to meetings, how many letters requesting reinstatement you wrote, how you were treated, and how long it took you to get bitter and jaded.... or in the off chance you had a positive experience, what exactly happened.. really struggling here... thanks!.
Headisspinning,
Sorry that I've haven't P.M'ed you back been busy with a project at work. I PM you today. Just hang in there you and your husband are in my prayers.
my bother ( who i don't really talk too because of a different issue with him ) and i got disfellowshipped on the same day ( 2/28/09 ).
ive been pretty inconstant when it comes to meeting attendance ( i haven't been in more than six months ), while ever sence my brother and his wife had a baby he's been super regular at the meeting ( nine months straight without missing one meeting !).
when he turned in his reinstatement letter ( by the way he moved to a new congregation ).
My bother ( who I don't really talk too because of a different issue with him ) and I got disfellowshipped on the same day ( 2/28/09 ). Ive been pretty inconstant when it comes to meeting attendance ( I haven't been in more than six months ), while ever sence my brother and his wife had a baby he's been super regular at the meeting ( nine months straight without missing one meeting !). When he turned in his reinstatement letter ( by the way he moved to a new congregation ). The new congregation told him ( either that or the old congregation ) that he needs more time and we need to watch you more . Now my father told me this story so I don't have all the fact; after listening to what happened ( dispaite my differences with my brother ) I said to my father this is just one big "Dog & Pony show . Tell me what do you think?
my dad ticked me off the other night, to the point i had to hang up.
i didn't abruptly hang up, but rather i told him i had company.
we were discussing a sister at my hall who did something years ago.
Then when the CoBE realized that I had called the CO and he was involved he lied and said he never heard his wife say anything, he did no even know she was on the phone and he told the CO that his wife suffered from depression.
It's funny how Elders lie when "the ish is about to hit the fan" or if there in the wrong !. Kind of like the Elder who held my card for six months waiting to see if I was going to make a "mistake", so he could dissfellowshipp me .
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What happened to his other wife ?
