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  What Was Your General Impression of Elders?

  by minimus in

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  did you like them?

  hate them?

  fear them?

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  Min. that was one of the things that bothered me when I was an elder. I knew damned well that I was not spirit directed or led in any way shape or form.

  I still was the same slightly licentious, horney, easily pissed off man. With all the foibles, problems, doubts and fears that any normal "worldly" MAN has.

  Then at the elder co/do meetings it was like a bunch of timid or rabid uneducated men with no manners or respect for others.

  My worldly corporate meetings were way more civilized considerate and intelligent.

  Spirit directed my but.

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  What Was Your General Impression of Elders?

  by minimus in

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  did you like them?

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  fear them?

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  You think that's rediculous Insomaniac??

  Try being a good elder and not believing or doubting most of what you printed as no/no's.

  Ya get really conflicted.

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  Hilarious rumours!!!

  by gerbils in

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  when my father stepped down from being an elder in the congregation, due to him wanting to spend more time with the family, a lot of people were very curious as to why he did.

  the shocking rumour started going around as to the reason why- my dad had been caught having gay sex in a car with another brother, and they were caught in the act by a pioneer sister in the congregation!.

  on hearing the gossip dad actually couldn't speak for a whole 1/2 hour!

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  WELL I GOT ANOTHER TWIST FOR YA.

  I just spent the morning with one of my daughters. She is married to a jw who is mentally impaired. His mother is also impaired and my daughter is mildly impaired. All members of the jw detention facility jw's.

  Now isn't that a fine mix?? She is having some problems. Gee I wonder why.

  Anyway, the subject of elders came up and she commented that an elder and one of the sisters had commented "that they missed me" and that I was one of the few good elders. That I was the only one who helped them with problems.

  Should I be insulted or pleased? Cognitive dissonance here. I've been df'd 13 yrs. now.

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  How do you feel about death?

  by 3rdEye in

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  hi all, forgive me and my n00bness if this has been discussed, or if i started this thread in the wrong place.

  how does everyone feel about death,and what happens to you afterward?

  do you still believe what the wts teaches?

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  Well I just turned 69 yrs. and I find myself thinking about death.
  

  I have decided I don't like it. It is not fair and I intend to give God a piece of my mind on this issue.

  We come into this world wrinkled and confused and we leave this world wrinkled and confused.

  That sucks big time.

  We start out physically and mentally weak. Then physically we get stronger while our mental awareness seems to lag behind. We tend to do foolish things. Then we get older and we have learned to use common sense and think things through. Get our head on straight finally.

  When we get out head on straight, our body starts to fall apart, damn it anyway!

  That again sucks big time.

  It is plain to me that God set this all up to be this way. Maybe that was the best he had time for.

  Well he damned well better have something for me after I die. To make up for all the crap, confusion and bull shit I had to deal with in this life.

  I am gonna tell him this in no uncertain terms. God deserves a good tongue lashing! He could have done much better than this. I give him a D on this assignment.

  Outoftheorg. yeah God I'm really pissed.

  Sorry about your loss Roski/3rdeye. I didn't notice you had lost family members until after I posted this.

  I hope you don't find this insulting. I don't intend it to be that way. I tend to lean toward the belief that there is life of some sort after death. Obviously I also don't think God will be insulted.
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  If God did have a new system..would you want to be there?

  by happehanna in

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  i was a witness for over forty years and for most of that time the "new world" "paradise" was not a place i ever wanted to live in.. there are many aspects of life in the 21st century that are great and i wouldn't want to give up.

  tv, internet, blues/jazz clubs etc etc.. i may be shallow.

  but there were other better reasons millions of people would have gone, wiped out by god: this never sat easy with me.. i told my elder father that i wouldn't want to live five minutes in god's new system, knowing that people i loved, had been killed by god because they didn't love him in the way he wanted.. just telling my father that has made me really wake up to how i really feel about my ex religion.. does a paradise earth as jw's depict appeal to you?

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  I would like to live in a world where only true justice, fairness, good health, no death, "freedom" exist.

  However the wbts loudly proclaims that they are the only organization that God does and will work through.

  In other words the wbts will rule/govern the earth and all its inhabitants.

  Based on their record so far, none of the required conditions will be there for me/us. They have been so dishonest, hateful, unloving, uncaring, power and money hungry, living with them as rulers would be a sentence worth than death.

  I am not aware of any other group that preaches everlasting life on earth or that the bible even supports it, so I think it was just another sham/fraud.

  So screw them.

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  Worldwide Growth At 2% - the new service report

  by slimboyfat in

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  i have the feb magazine with the new report in it.

  if anyone is interested to know any of the figures then let me know and i will post it over the next half hour or so....

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  YA those old buggers who claim to be of the anointed class "partakers" just don't die I guess.

  Every year they stay the same or grow a little.

  They have been doing this for how long now? Around a hundred years??

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  OLD FOLKS-ASSISTED LIVING HOME OR CRUISE SHIP

  by outoftheorg in

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  what are us old folks to do?

  use up our money living in an "assisted living" old folks home or spend the money on a cruise ship??.

  sounds like a ridiculous question, doesn't it??

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  Hey JTP, just cabana boys?? What about cabana - girls - I'd much prefer that.

  Dog on gender prejudice anyway.

  Ah yes, sitting by the pool with a pinya sp? colada. Maybe don't need the cabana girls after all. Outoftheorg
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  News of Englishman

  by Belmont in

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  englishman had his op today and all is going according to plan.

  he's feeling woozy and sore tonight, but hopefully that will pass in a day or so.

  chris says he will probably have to stay in for about a week, but no doubt he will be posting if he can get hold of a laptop.

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  Best wishes to you and the misses.

  I am sure you'l be here posting for us all to see.

  Crusty old brits like you always survive.

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  OLD FOLKS-ASSISTED LIVING HOME OR CRUISE SHIP

  by outoftheorg in

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  what are us old folks to do?

  use up our money living in an "assisted living" old folks home or spend the money on a cruise ship??.

  sounds like a ridiculous question, doesn't it??

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  outoftheorg

  What are us old folks to do? Use up our money living in an "assisted living" old folks home or spend the money on a cruise ship??

  Sounds like a ridiculous question, doesn't it?? Maybe not. I found this in an AARP publication.

  SERVICES PROVIDED ASSISTED LIVING CRUISE SHIPS

  MEALS PROVIDED? OPTIONAL YES

  HOUSEKEEPING? OPTIONAL YES

  24/7 MEDICAL CARE? NO YES

  ESCORTS TO MEALS? OPTIONAL YES

  STAFF TO CLIENT RATIO? 1 TO 10--40 1 TO 2--3 !!!!!!!!!!!

  AVERAGE COST / MONTH ? $3000.00 $3000.00 !!!!!!

  WELL WHADA YA THINK???

  I BET IF ALL OF US OLDER POSTATES GOT TOGETHER AND NEGOTIATED THIS WITH THE CRUISE LINES, WE COULD DO EVEN BETTER.

  Outoftheorg of the "I get sea sick" group" oh well.
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  'We will be able to live to 1,000' (at the hands of man no less!)

  by candidlynuts in

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  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4003063.stm

  we will be able to live to 1,000' by dr aubrey de grey .

  university of cambridge .

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  If this is achieved, what will be the population on this earth in say, another 100 years??

  Along with extending life, a good thing at first glance, imagine all the problems from a sudden huge increase of inhabitants of this earth.

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