i was listening to a radio show about a jw women who had been disfellowshiped , her daughter cut off all contact ,must admit at the time i thought so what.. then this man phoned up and explained he was disfellowshiped for asking about jws being ngo in the united nations during 90s till early 2000s when a newspaper exposed them , i still thought he's a apostate but looked it up found the article then found this forum and even more info..
4 months of preparing to give the 2017 Memorial Talk. Through all the bible only research I discovered a very different Jesus than I was raised to know. Strike one.
Covering over child sex abuse due to not having 2 witnesses. Strike two.
Overlapping Generations. Strike three, I'm out.
when i served as an elder i never heard of this scenario presenting itself - giving blood.. has anyone heard of a judicial case where a person donated and was disfellowshipped?
are there any references to this in the jw publications, manuals, handbooks?.
not so hiddenpimo :-).
Giving blood for medical reasons (blood testing, dna testing, allergy testing, glucose monitor testing, high iron counts, ect....) is a non issue within the JW cong.
Thou shalt not waste ones semen on the ground either but its necessary to test for a successful vasectomy. + 97.3% of JW males wank it regularly and 97.1% of the 97.3% of them do so without repercussion.
Just sayin...
it looks like joe biden might be the next president of united states!
your thoughts?
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I don't care either way because all the politicking just doesn't matter.
That said, Trump will be be president for 4 more years.
what happens when an elder learns the tatt.. https://youtu.be/tkyujamfziq.
If only I had the circumstance (and nads) to of done that....what amazing closure I would have found earlier.
i was thinking how the jw's are no doubt going to point to this as a show of jehovah's hand in the matter.. however i think it may also have a negative impact and lead others to learn the truth about the truth.. this ruling does nothing to remove the fact that child abusers were among 'god's people' and the elders did nothing to protect the flock.
regardless of the fine, i think any publicity is good publicity for helping others wake up.
that's just my 2 cents.... and i could be totally wrong as well, but that is what this board is for right :-).
I'm not a betting man but if I were I'd bet that:
There have been countless meetings at Warwick to decide wether or not to capitalize on the verdict and the decision is NOT to post it to the breaking news or anywhere on JW.org. They know they would look like D-bags either way.
Unless of course the WT Spin Team pulls something pretty amazing out of the hat.
this is from a recent article about malawi, and the caption calls the man "brother welosi mbendera".. .
"...why even some elders have beards..."
have you ever reinstate somebody even if they are not that repentant?.
My old standby was to ask, "if you had it to do all over again, what would you do differently." Their answer usually sealed the deal one way or the other for me. As a young elder though I was more into the dog and pony show combined with if i liked them or not to produce the decision.
it has happened somewhere i know.
what is it and what does it mean.
There is no HQ provision for this and the times it has happened without BOE repercussions could probably be counted on zero fingers.
as jw elders what were the biggest frustrations we personally had?.
i hated rank and file members who i couldn't humble..
As JW Elders what were the biggest frustrations we personally had?
I hated rank and file members who I couldn't humble.
some people on this forum have said that they never really believed any aspect of wt teaching, that they couldn't wait to get free of it all.. others seems to have been really gung ho, believing it all until something happened that got you questioning "the truth.".
i would say my own high water mark was about 50%, which put me squarely on the fence, trying to decide if i should be in or out.. how about you?.
Multi Generational Born In = Believed Everything. Lock, stock, & barrel.
