so, i've got the assembly tomorrow, or so the wife says.
i should have bought this in preparation..... .
http://cdn.blessthisstuff.com/imagens/stuff/gentlemans-survival-kit-2.jpg.
Song, Blaaaa, Blaaaaa, Blaaaaaa, Applause.........Another Sip
Talk, Blaaaa, Blaaaaa, Blaaaaaa, Applause.........Another Sip
Talk, Blaaaa, Blaaaaa, Blaaaaaa, Applause.........Another Sip
Lunch, A lot of sipping,,,,,
Song, Blaaaa, Blaaaaa, Blaaaaaa, Applause.........Another Sip
Talk, Blaaaa, Blaaaaa, Blaaaaaa, Applause.........Another Sip
Talk, Blaaaa, Blaaaaa, Blaaaaaa, Applause.........Another Sip, Long Concluding Prayer with many Sips
so, i've got the assembly tomorrow, or so the wife says.
i should have bought this in preparation..... .
http://cdn.blessthisstuff.com/imagens/stuff/gentlemans-survival-kit-2.jpg.
Now this is a Convention Survival Kit.
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/17/7c/dd/177cddf3ca695c893c626f10749698d5.jpg
so, i've got the assembly tomorrow, or so the wife says.
i should have bought this in preparation..... .
http://cdn.blessthisstuff.com/imagens/stuff/gentlemans-survival-kit-2.jpg.
so, i've got the assembly tomorrow, or so the wife says.
i should have bought this in preparation..... .
http://cdn.blessthisstuff.com/imagens/stuff/gentlemans-survival-kit-2.jpg.
the new ldc / rbc.
requirements.
there are many requirements, but when you get to the end of the form.
DucatieJoe,
Yep, I remember the first time I worked at Wallkill Watchtower Farms a brother that had a very successful business was in the sheet metal shop building a mechanic's parts washing tub that you can buy at Northern Tool or Granger Supply for around $200. He was so upset, he was spitting nails. Temporary workers were always disposable trash to Watchtower. Oh, well, really all the workers are.
When I worked at some of the foreign branches, we did the same thing for the Branch Committee because they couldn't read a plan and visualize. I can understand having an artist do a rendering but build a mock up?? Total Waste of time.
the new ldc / rbc.
requirements.
there are many requirements, but when you get to the end of the form.
DwainBowman,
Interesting developments. I'm wondering if they have these new requirements because they are realizing that they have many more mature witnesses waking up to their BS, including a list of elders that will continue to post the Letters to the Elders before they are even available to most elders, etc?
If they make it more demanding to participate in the LDC then only the most devoted hypnotised will participate. They mentioned in their original talk, introducing the LDC, that they were going to eliminate people like Gideon did down to 300 men, "to show that Jehovah is behind their work".
Another thing is, maybe they realize that the majority of their RBC workers are aging and the younger ones are not replacing them. So drastically cut the participants and lean out the workers make the die off of workers seem less.
I know this,... I have relatives working on the Warwick project that are in their mid 60's, if the WTBTS needs your skills it doesn't matter how old you are, they will roll out the red carpet and do whatever they need to love bomb you so that you will stay to build their retirement home. If your wife is elderly and can't work a full week, then she can work two days. Remember they said that anyone over 50? could not work at Warwick? Well, evidently that is not set in stone orrrrrr, the whole truth.
i would have to say i've seen more wicked elder-ettes and jw women than men, the women can hold grudges forever and they can't forgive even the smallest sin their fellow jw commit-ed against them!.
i wish i could share the details about my aunt and how evil she is and why all her brothers and sisters hate her with a vengeance.
the kingdom hall she attend's is the world's worst kingdom hall, it's created a poison that's killed off dozens of good witnesses who left the organization because the elder-ettes and their kiss-ass coat-tail riding followers treated everyone outside of their clique like shit!
i've been dating a jw girl for about 4 years and we've recently had a lot of issues with the fact that her family doesn't like that i'm not a jw.
i've been looking into the religion and am interested in it.
but is it wrong to join just so i don't lose her?
"I know I sound mildly insane here."
Yep, you sound insane. She's got her hooks into you doesn't she.
i've been dating a jw girl for about 4 years and we've recently had a lot of issues with the fact that her family doesn't like that i'm not a jw.
i've been looking into the religion and am interested in it.
but is it wrong to join just so i don't lose her?
DanielC,
It is not a quick process to "join" the Jehovah's Witness religion and is even more difficult to leave the religion. You have to have a personal bible study that last for months, attend meetings every week, comment, "mature spiritually" to the point of baptism, and then after that, your motives would be questioned about your interest. I'm not saying it hasn't been done before, I know of some sisters that put the engagement ring on the day their worldly boy friends got baptised.
I would pursue other romantic interests if I were you, that were not associated with Jehovah's Witnesses. But, unfortunately, what I have seen is just telling someone that it's going to be a very painful experience if you pursue dating x person, and they will do it anyway and then when they are hurt they will come back to me and try to put the pieces together of how it all happened. We drink a lot of Scotch to help ease the pain.
i would have to say i've seen more wicked elder-ettes and jw women than men, the women can hold grudges forever and they can't forgive even the smallest sin their fellow jw commit-ed against them!.
i wish i could share the details about my aunt and how evil she is and why all her brothers and sisters hate her with a vengeance.
the kingdom hall she attend's is the world's worst kingdom hall, it's created a poison that's killed off dozens of good witnesses who left the organization because the elder-ettes and their kiss-ass coat-tail riding followers treated everyone outside of their clique like shit!
I hope we are just sharing opinions and not arguing. The elders do have more given authority as pointed out by Wildthing, no doubt. The sisters can have control over the social aspect of a JW's life just like an elder that votes to disfellowship, but their authority is conferred by their husbands appointment and is a "taken" authority because of their social status in the congregation. For instance, one elderette would have a "get together" for all the young ones, and invite all the "youths" but the families that she didn't like. Not because they were bad association or reproved etc. She just didn't like them.
The uninvited families found out about it and many times they were crushed emotionally, asking themselves why they were not invited. Just cruel high school mean girl maneuvers that are so silly.
The social aspect of the congregation is where people are accepted by the rest of the congregation. So, then if you have control over this aspect, whether you are an elder with the authority to disfellowship or not, the Jezebel sisters could maneuver a shunning of your family that was accepted and enforced by the rest of the congregation. The reverse of the love bombing, the shun bombing is very effective, because the families would just fade away and then the elderette would say, "see, I told you they weren't good association".
If you have ever tried to harness a Jezebel influence in the congregation it is quite a ride. They can cry at the drop of a hat, make their defense out that they are the victims, and then they will take one elder at a time and coerce him to see things their way. It's just amazing.
