Posts by Missie Eff

There is something that has always puzzled both of us. Liane was "marked" a few years ago for having a relationship with a "Worldly" man (hardly "worldy", he was completely frigid by all acounts - much to my freind's disappointment).

Until this happened, I had never heard of this practice before. She was not disfellowshipped but the other members of the congregation were not allowed to talk to her apart from in the Kingdom Hall. My husband and I were regularly bugged by the elders because we refused to break our freindship with her - and as a consequence were threatened with disfellowshipping ourselves and lost all of our freinds within the congregation.

Even when the relationship finished (they were engaged at the time), she was still "marked" for some months afterwards. She was told that the elders could not "unmark" her because she had not been "marked" as such - the congregation were to just see her as someone not to associate socially with. A talk had been given about this over the platform and it was made pretty plain about who this applied to.

In order for Liane to be accepted back into the congregation, a sign was given, in the form of an elder and his wife inviting her around for lunch. But nothing was said over the platform.

Reasons for this course of action were given, naturally, from the Organize to Accomplish your Ministry book - but the explanation seemed a little shady at the time.

What we want to know is if anyone else has encountered the same experience - as far as we know it is relatively rare. Does this procedure happen outside of this area (Cornwall, UK)?

If only the elders really knew what she was up to......

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What is marking about?

by Missie Eff in

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i have a good freind here with me this evening.

(celtic, if you're around you know her - it's liane).

there is something that has always puzzled both of us.

Missie Eff

I have a good freind here with me this evening. (Celtic, if you're around you know her - it's Liane)

There is something that has always puzzled both of us. Liane was "marked" a few years ago for having a relationship with a "Worldly" man (hardly "worldy", he was completely frigid by all acounts - much to my freind's disappointment).

Until this happened, I had never heard of this practice before. She was not disfellowshipped but the other members of the congregation were not allowed to talk to her apart from in the Kingdom Hall. My husband and I were regularly bugged by the elders because we refused to break our freindship with her - and as a consequence were threatened with disfellowshipping ourselves and lost all of our freinds within the congregation.

Even when the relationship finished (they were engaged at the time), she was still "marked" for some months afterwards. She was told that the elders could not "unmark" her because she had not been "marked" as such - the congregation were to just see her as someone not to associate socially with. A talk had been given about this over the platform and it was made pretty plain about who this applied to.

In order for Liane to be accepted back into the congregation, a sign was given, in the form of an elder and his wife inviting her around for lunch. But nothing was said over the platform.

Reasons for this course of action were given, naturally, from the Organize to Accomplish your Ministry book - but the explanation seemed a little shady at the time.

What we want to know is if anyone else has encountered the same experience - as far as we know it is relatively rare. Does this procedure happen outside of this area (Cornwall, UK)?

If only the elders really knew what she was up to......

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A Tale Of 2 Witties, Part 1.

by Englishman in

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some years back i moved into a new house on a new estate, quite near to where my mother lives, and even closer to where radar lives now.. we were one of the first to move in, and, after several weeks, our first neighbours began to arrive.

they were a family comprising husband, wife, 1 son and 3 daughters.

we exchanged greetings and each family showed the other around our new houses which were of the linked to each other design.. a week or so later, i noticed my mother pulling up outside in her car, but, instead of coming to my home she got into a long conversation with my new neighbour who was tending to his front garden.

Missie Eff

No, no, no, don't stop there! Just getting into it and you leave me in suspense!
(the fella in the bed next to my granddad in hospital was a JW. I made a point of being really nice to him and chatting with him just for the devilment!! Ha, ha - if only he knew! My Granddad hates JWs so he was in on the joke too!!).

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Being Mislead and Deceived

by individuals wife in

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i think these quotes give a good insight into the minds of the societys publication writers - they are misleading people and are so deceitful and they know it.

its no wonder the org.

do not want you to read anything except for society books, if the jws did then they would be caught out.... taken from the book 'the jehovahs witnesses' by doug harris - if you read this doug - brilliant book!

Missie Eff

Translation of the scriptures is something that I've always had a problem with. The WT say that Jehovah himself oversaw the translation of the scriptures through the ages (especially the New World), which is probably the biggest and most amoral self-endorsement the WT could have ever given to their translation!

Digging out the "truth" behind a text would be difficult enough if we could read it in it's original form but trusting an interpretation of an interpretation of an interpretation (etc.) of a text, word for word (as is often done) is lunicy.

Yep, just another means of control used by the Society: "do what we say 'cause it's written here in God's word (well actually we wrote it but we're not going to tell you that).

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Army Turns on Intranet

by Satanus in

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http://www.wired.com/news/technology/.

'the united states army has flicked the switch on the world's largest intranet -- a giant computer network that will connect more than 1 million soldiers, support personnel and veterans all over the globe.'.

isn't this similar to what the wt should be doing if it really had all that truth.

Missie Eff

You are so right SS.

Chariot? More like a Robin Reliant these days!