Posts by orbison

taking a brief break from my 'deceptive jw elders' series, i thought about conventions and recalled the annual exhortation from the congregation service meetings and the kingdom ministry about not saving seats.. in the early 1970s, my wife was pregnant with our second child.

we were attending the disctrict convention at the oakland, california coliseum where the oakland raiders and oakland a's teams play.

the stadium hold about 70,000 give or take 5,000 with extra seats on the field.. during the summer in the bay area, sitting all day in the sun listening to speakers you can barely understand due to planes flying overhead, poor sound system, and crying babies, becomes a tortureous event.

orbison

because none of the brothers have ever been pregnant
simple

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DECEPTIVE JW ELDERS - CASE#2

by Amazing in

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deceptive jw elders case#2 .

appointing spiritually qualified men to take the lead and serve as elders and overseers has been a feature of watch tower congregational organization since about 1972. jws were told in talks at conventions, in literature, and finally in the two versions of the organization book that the biblical criteria is used when elders meet to consider some men for appointment as an elder.

jws are also told that these qualified men are already appointed first by holy spirit, and then as the congregation is lead by that spirit to recognize them, the elders meeting is a confirmation of what god has done.

orbison

when my x was made a ms,,,well nobody was more surprised than i,,he was an entertainer, i did all the studies with the children,,i took them out in service, and i underlined his watchtower so nobody would know he didnt do his,,,
one night, i was home with a sick baby, and he called just before meeting,,light chit chat
then he said guess who they are making a ms,,i said i have no idea
he said was himself,,i couldnt believe it
nobody was more surprised than i was,,,

wendy

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Missing The Target for 124 Years!

by JanH in

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missing the target for 124 years!

(and counting...).

the peace would be "very short-lived.

orbison

janh
greetings
out of curiosity, what is your personal experience with the witnesses
thank you
wendy

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My New Little Emily Granddaughter

by Undecided in

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a while back i mentioned how sick little emily was.

she is fine now, she got over her croup and is a happy little girl.

we kept her today so her mother could get some shopping done, she was so sweet.. .

orbison

ah yes precious, those were the exact words i felt also
guess that confirms it
SHE'S PRECIOUS

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My God, What HAVE I done?

by TR in

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i copied my reply from the "can you confirm this wt quote" thread because i wanted to highlight the need to be careful when talking to jw relatives.. it all started out as a joke for my jw brother.

for 7 years, since i left the wts, i've kept silent about what i've found out about the wts to prevent my losing contact with him and his family.. i sent him an email the other day jokingly wondering if he was going to stop preaching since the 20th century is over, included in the email was the wt quote from 1-1-89. he emailed me back, saying that he looked it up and it said "our generation".

i replied by saying that the quote was changed because of the screw up.

orbison

please, dont ever tell your children their grandmother is dead,,,she might come out of the org,,for them to find out how you lied to them and in their little minds that would be devestating to them and to your mother
just my 2 cents worth

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Hi

by heff in

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i have been lurking around here for quite some time now, posted a few short replies, and engaged in a little chat from time to time.

its almost hard to remember, just a few months back, feeling like i was the only one to live through a jw experience and not be sorry that i am no longer a part of it.

i am very happy to have found this site.. i would like to better introduce myself as i have seen several others do.. i was born in '78 to a fanatical jw mother and an unbelieving alcholic father.

orbison

greetings heff

nice to meet with you
hope you enjoy your stay

wendy

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A bad case of the clap

by expatbrit in

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back in the uk, i remember that at the baptisms, the audience were told not to applaud until the last candidate had been dunked.

this, we were informed, gave the occassion a proper sense of dignity and decorum.

in general, clapping was restrained at assemblies.

orbison

well when my x and i were new in the jw's, we proudly wore our badges out to dinner,,,never again,,,our pizza was spiked with extra hot spices,,,lol
wendy

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picture

by orbison in

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ok i am new to this, could someone pls tellme how to post pic .

thanks

orbison

thank you wendy you have been very kind, unlike janh

wendy