You'd have a high tolerance for B/S too if the alternative was listening to your brainwahsed, all be it, misguided wife asking you constantly to reach out again everyday. No WoW, play Fight Night, Vindictus (MMORPG).
XBEHERE
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Wow this board is still quite active!
by XBEHERE ini was an anemic poster but avid reader of this forum back when it was jehovahs-witness.com.
i stopped a few years back due to certain circumstances in my life.
one good thing that benefited me is that i had a break from being an elder (which was awesome) but i foolishly gave in to peer pressure from my wife and others to accept re-appointment, i know what an idiot!
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Wow this board is still quite active!
by XBEHERE ini was an anemic poster but avid reader of this forum back when it was jehovahs-witness.com.
i stopped a few years back due to certain circumstances in my life.
one good thing that benefited me is that i had a break from being an elder (which was awesome) but i foolishly gave in to peer pressure from my wife and others to accept re-appointment, i know what an idiot!
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XBEHERE
Havent even bothered to read it yet, been too busy playing violent video games. We have elders school coming up at the end of December so I can post some notes on that if anything juicy comes up.
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Wow this board is still quite active!
by XBEHERE ini was an anemic poster but avid reader of this forum back when it was jehovahs-witness.com.
i stopped a few years back due to certain circumstances in my life.
one good thing that benefited me is that i had a break from being an elder (which was awesome) but i foolishly gave in to peer pressure from my wife and others to accept re-appointment, i know what an idiot!
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XBEHERE
I was an anemic poster but avid reader of this forum back when it was jehovahs-witness.com. I stopped a few years back due to certain circumstances in my life. One good thing that benefited me is that I had a break from being an elder (which was awesome) but I foolishly gave in to peer pressure from my wife and others to accept re-appointment, I know what an IDIOT! Looking to drop out again soon. Anyways hello ewveryone.
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Special PO School
by XBEHERE inanyone attend?
what was disscussed?
i am not an elder anymore much less a po but i am still curious.
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XBEHERE
Well its still a Km school but for some inexplicable reason the PO's are being invited first then the rest of the "regular" elders. So much for class distinctions being non-existent in the org. My current PO showed me his invitation to it. Apparently they have to go to Paterson, NY and live there for a week while attending it.
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Special PO School
by XBEHERE inanyone attend?
what was disscussed?
i am not an elder anymore much less a po but i am still curious.
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Anyone attend? What was disscussed? I am not an elder anymore much less a PO but I am still curious.
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How the Circuit Overseer Manipulates the Body of Elders
by TMS inthe relationship between local elders and the circuit overseer has fluctuated over the years.
in the sixties, .
the circuit overseer simply appointed all the servants.
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OnTheWayOut,
What you described is how it is most of the time with appointments. Our unanimous reccomendations were talked down by the CO all the time and yes the "kiss asses" usually said something like "... you know now that I reason on it, it is too soon" or some B.S. like that. Holy spirit plays no role in appointments of MS's and elders.
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What Did You Actually Do At Meetings?
by minimus inwere you a note taker?
did you truly listen??
were you a daydreamer?
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currently, if I go, I daydream or pretend to look at the information board several times. I also go to the bathroom multiple times.
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As A Witness, What Were Your Aspirations?
by minimus inhaving been raised a witness, i was taught to never refuse an assignment.
view everything as a "privilege from jehovah".
so naturally, wanting to be an elder was very important to me and to my family.
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XBEHERE
I wanted to be a CO. Life took over and both wife and I stopped pioneering after I was appointed an elder because we were tired of it. So that dream was gone... oh well
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What does it require to be a Saved Christian
by Undecided infirst you must have faith in something you can't prove is real.
assured expectation of something you can't see.
must talk to some god you can't see or hear.
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XBEHERE
According to the bible if that is what you base your beliefs on its knowing the only true god and the one he sent forth Jesus Christ.
According to the JWs its going to 5 boring mtgs a week, commenting, reaching out, going out knocking on mostly empty homes, cutting off almost every single non-witness in your life, giving up holidays that they clearly have no reason to...etc, etc, blah blah BLAH!
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Do you know any staunch "Trinitarians" that quit believing in the Trinity?
by booker-t inan elder once told me that to make a trinitarian stop believing in the trinity doctrine is almost like walking against an escalator.
he said it is next to impossible to change their way of thinking no matter what scriptures you show them.
it seems that they are "jesus" franatics and what ever scripture they show you trying to prove jesus is god they totally do a backpedal when a scripture applying to another that can prove godship is always disregarded.
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the Trinity seeks to solve the pesky problem of having apparently two Gods, God the son as well as God the Father. Christians were in danger of getting accused of believing in two Gods.
I think the bible actually teaches that they are the same. He was YHVH for the Israelites then he became Jesus (YHVH is salvation) for the 1st Century Jews and gentiles. This is the reason that YHVH isnt found nearly as much as it is in the old testament because the name is in Jesus. The NWT actually replaces Kurios with Jehovah when the verses are actually referring to Jesus.