The elders got very nervous when I went through EMT school. They had some uninformed idea I was going to be in a hugh, long drawn out program. I wondered why they got so nervous about a 9 month course, taught at the local fire station. I wasn't a pioneer, I barely made my regular hour quota, and when approached, they wanted to know, "how much time this would consume", and "why would I want to pursue this course"? I looked them in the eye and told them, "Because I don't like cleaning toilets, and it doesn't pay the bills". They left me alone. There were no threats of 'marking' or anything else. I guess they sensed I didn't really care much what they thought, or did, for that matter. I was pretty much sick of their pious, demeaning attitude toward the people who had to put up with them.
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CRAZINESS!!! I'M BEING 'MARKED' FOR GOING TO COLLEGE!!!
by MsGrowingGirl20 inohmygosh!!!
one of my friends who is a ms told me today that the elders have 'marked' me because i'm a reg.pioneer and i've decided to go to college next semester???!
he said he can't tell me anymore but to be careful---what the hell does 'mark' mean?
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I read it on YouTube. It was very enlightening. And enraging. Well worth the read. It let's the regular peple in the congregation know just where they rate in the grand scheme of things in the Borg.
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Attended a JW funeral the other day
by uk_ex_jw ini had an account on here sometime ago but forgot the login, but i often read the site.. a long-term friend of mine, a jw, asked me to go to his grandmothers jw funeral a few weeks ago.. i was hesitant obviously.
i haven't been to a kh in over 5 years.. i am not df/da.
i decided to quit in 2007 following my failed marriage to a jw.. the person who died was a very well-respected jw pioneer.
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When my grandmother died, she was quite elderly, I went to the funeral. While I was still associated with a hall in another state, I did not agree with the way the funeral was handled. It was the typical canned speaches. On top of the discourse from a can, the elders (2-3) talked about the warm, kind, loving, selfless, woman. She was just exactly the opposite. All of the non JW family in the front row, was asking if we were at the right funeral. They couldn't be talking about the woman we all knew. My aunt tapped me on the shoulder, and asked, "did they even know her?" The whole family was laughing by the end of the canned part of the discourse. When the funeral was over, and as I was leaving, a woman who used to be our neighbor come up and said, "I know you are going to miss her." At that point, I had enough, and told her straight up. "No, I'm not!" and went out with everyone for a beer. The funeral was total fiasco. Between the sales pitch, and inaccuracies I couldn't get out fast enough.