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Anna Marina
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Why do CO's refuse to strip Elders of their position?
by Tenacious inin several congregations i attended many elders were downright evil and flat out drunk with power.. many times i personally knew of things done by them that would have been a disfellowshipping offense had they not been elders.
and even though many times these issues and spiritual atrocities were reported to the co's and hq they would many times (if not all the time), get off with a mere slap on the wrist or a forced apology.. why do you believe elders are so protected?.
my theory is the authority integrity within the congregation.
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Anna Marina
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Kids being disfellowshipped
by Nikki collins inso some ex-jws and i were at dinner last night talking about how some of the ones baptized this year were so young.
a few under the age of 10!!
can you imagine if a kid got dfd at that age.... would the congregation shun them?
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Anna Marina
Hi Diogenesister - yes you got it. That's what I mean.
Add in that the law is there, not to bring about justice but maintain the status quo - wait for the status quo to change, ie child abuse gets legalised and no more problems for WBTS. They might even start causing problem for those who took them to court.
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Why do CO's refuse to strip Elders of their position?
by Tenacious inin several congregations i attended many elders were downright evil and flat out drunk with power.. many times i personally knew of things done by them that would have been a disfellowshipping offense had they not been elders.
and even though many times these issues and spiritual atrocities were reported to the co's and hq they would many times (if not all the time), get off with a mere slap on the wrist or a forced apology.. why do you believe elders are so protected?.
my theory is the authority integrity within the congregation.
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Anna Marina
Green handshakes?
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Kids being disfellowshipped
by Nikki collins inso some ex-jws and i were at dinner last night talking about how some of the ones baptized this year were so young.
a few under the age of 10!!
can you imagine if a kid got dfd at that age.... would the congregation shun them?
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Anna Marina
Hi Nikki
If you get a child to behave in a way its parents would disapprove of, then tell it to keep secrets or else - its a way to manipulate children. Add baptism into that equation...
Its a sad lesson to have to learn but all things in WBTS apprear to be designed to make everyone stumble and nuke the powers of reason. Its quite an education, one reason not to go to Uni - why bother? You get one heck of an education at the hands of the GB.
Why be a mere doctor or lawyer when you can be Oppenheimer?
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Why do CO's refuse to strip Elders of their position?
by Tenacious inin several congregations i attended many elders were downright evil and flat out drunk with power.. many times i personally knew of things done by them that would have been a disfellowshipping offense had they not been elders.
and even though many times these issues and spiritual atrocities were reported to the co's and hq they would many times (if not all the time), get off with a mere slap on the wrist or a forced apology.. why do you believe elders are so protected?.
my theory is the authority integrity within the congregation.
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Anna Marina
Hi Tenacious
Take a look at this Marc Cora video - go to 1:15:01 and listen to what happened to Paul. His account is only a few minutes long. He was totally stitched up by another elder who duped him into identifying those who would stand up for him.
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Rutherford Exposed: The Story of Berta and Bonnie
by Farkel init was made by a women who in later years wore crotchless panties and bras which had holes in the nipple areas.
he not only knew the woman in question (she's now deceased), he has met her numerous times.
up until recently this secret of her year's long sexual affair with rutherford was kept by the family.
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Anna Marina
DNCall - thank you for that information. Can't help wondering why he wanted to return.
Dropoffyourkeylee - I didn't notice an eye shape, do you mean the triangle shape the people make as the camera pans out - like an upside down pyramid?
Diogenesister - I remember the sentiment in the 70s. The decade started off with hippies who were love-in types. Some wanted to legalise LSD and call it the Holy Sacrament.
Dropoffyourkeylee - there's an eye on Sammy Davis Jnr's hand in this video from 1969 which reflects the Age of Aquarius feel at the time. I remember when Neil Armstrong walked on the moom, the Age of Aquarius got played like a theme to the moon landing.
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Jesus in a Super Hero Cape
by iloowy.goowy inhave you see the latest fashion for jesus in the wt?.
he's sporting a cape, just like superman!maybe caleb can get a t-shirt with a j logo instead of an s.. .
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Anna Marina
His chest looks significantly bigger in an odd way. Its really puffed out.
Interesting about the cape though - very Superman also a bit Arthurian.
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Walter F. Salter
by OrionLoki inhello everyone, this is my first strictly historical theme:.
walter f. salter was the overseer of the branch office in canada in years 1918-1936. in 1936 he was dismissed from that function, and in 1937 he was disfellowshipped from the organization.. does anybody know his further history?
did he join any christian denomination?
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Anna Marina
Walter Salter = Judas?
And this is said by a man who declared that cream separators the Panama Canal were proof that Jesus Christ had returned invisibly?
I remember a pioneer telling me about the existence of 'evil slave' in the congregation. It was back in the 60s or 70s I imagine. But when she said 'we had evil slave,' it sounded like they had an uncomfortable health problem. Maybe they needed some Epsom Salters.
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bullying
by Hendrixgrip ini should preface my comments by pointing out that i have no aversion to being disfellowshipped.
i fully expect that to happen.
all of my immediate family and a great deal of my extended family have moved on with me and we all enjoy a full and satisfying life.
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Anna Marina
Hi Finkelstein - yes and they'd march Jesus right out of the Kingdom Hall. Wouldn't give him any privileges or allow him on the platform and no answering up unless he was consesus ad idem with the paragraph in the Watchtower.
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Rutherford Exposed: The Story of Berta and Bonnie
by Farkel init was made by a women who in later years wore crotchless panties and bras which had holes in the nipple areas.
he not only knew the woman in question (she's now deceased), he has met her numerous times.
up until recently this secret of her year's long sexual affair with rutherford was kept by the family.
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Anna Marina
Wonder if the historic WBTS association with Coke influenced the making of this commercial in 1971? With slightly changed lyrics you could imagine it being a Kingdom Melody.