that is how much coffee me and another elder went through as we camped out all night until 7 a.m. outside the home where suspected jw fornicators we're staying.
little did i know what a powerful contrast that would prove to be when as an elder i was faced with another case involving the allegation of severe child sexual abuse.
we disfellowshipped the couple based completely on circumstantial evidence of sexual wrongdoing because they simply "stayed the entire night".
Solzhenitsyn its all good. When we know better, we do better!
The posts here take me back. I have seen so much of this having grown up with a high control elder father who delighted in intrigues and spying.
I wonder what makes this so prevalent among JWs?
I guess it is never good to tell someone they are a stand-in for God.
amber recently published a book about her ex-jw experiences in china.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/31/opinion/sunday/life-after-death.html?action=click&module=opinion&pgtype=homepage.
I read the excerpt. She writes really well.
remember when we were jws and all loved to hear demon stories?
and then there was always that paranoid person that would shut us up "in case they're listening"?
and the resident crazy every congregation seems to have that claims to have been possessed at some point?.
Pale, I am sorry you feel such a failure at the demon summoning but your picture of the witch burning the Bible is a great photograph. Well done!
"everything we do in the truth is voluntary" ... something i heard many times.
does that include reporting ministry?.
https://youtu.be/chgdiof05bk.
Do they still turn in reports?
alyssa milano is saying that women have to go on a sex strike to take control of their bodies.
what do you think about this?.
I was trying to be kind?
i know i already created a post about this a week or so ago, but i have a little more to add to it.
i was watching it again and taking some notes this time.
the speaker lists these reasons for people having anxieties:.
Particularly I noticed #4 on Bournes list.
JWs are known (at least by me) for having terrible diets.
The leadership does nothing to educate them about how to pick a healthy diet nor does it encourage them to even consider it.
alyssa milano is saying that women have to go on a sex strike to take control of their bodies.
what do you think about this?.
She makes me want to go on a "Grade B actresses who think they know anything about social culture" strike.
witnesses brag about their brotherhood and incredible love that exists within the organization.
they say they are really the only true religion.
is the jw religion the closest thing to jesus christ himself?.
Worst thing?
The arrogance at the top.
The blind belief at the bottom.
why is it that all of the friends show happiness and excitement when a meeting is cancelled?.
no meetings week of memorial "what a blessing from jah!".
bad weather - oh it's so nice to have a night off.
Was it Rutherford who said, "keep them busy"?
When I was in, I always found the schedule grueling but felt guilty if I didn't attend everything, read everything, meet every goal and so on because I thought it was what Jehovah wanted.
I felt JUBILANT whenever anything was canceled or compressed (and then I would feel guilty about being happy).
I remember when they canceled the book study, thinking about all the years of effort to BE there for the book study and one casual wave of the hand and it simply didnt matter anymore.
i'm annie, rachael's daughter.
mom died yesterday.
i can't find a way to delete her account here.
Hi Annie,
Your mom was amazing and I admired her greatly. I am very sorry for your loss.
