Posts by RolRod

I was in 4 different congregations. First 2 in NYC, I got along with great. They were mostly Bethelites. The last 2 were in Jersey. The 3rd one the Presiding Overseer hated me with a passion . He ruled by fear, the other elders and Servants were afraid of him. I wasn't, I spoke my mind while the others were all "yes men". In the end he still hated me but he respected me, because he knew I would tell him to his face how I felt.

Rumors were circulating that I was an apostate. Someone was writing letters to everyone, and mailing out literature, Franz' book. I was like, "you think I'm gonna waste my money mailing out books to people who will just toss it away?"

One time we were having an elders meeting, and he just lost it, he charged at me, tried to get his hands around my throat, took 3 other elders to restrain him, I just sat there with a smirk on my face. In the end, I handed in my resignation from the body, kicked the bookstudy out of my house, and a month or so later I left the congregation, for another one, that lasted 6 months before I just disappeared, never went back. Before I stepped down, I went into the file cabinet and took my files. That was 30+ years ago.

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Old Literature

by RolRod in

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what did you do with your jw literature when you left?

kept it, sold it or dumped it?

RolRod

I began to sell off everything a few years ago. You name it, I had it. I still have every watctower from 1884 through 1994. Started selling those off recently.

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How Did You Discover This Site?

by minimus in

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i’ve been here a long time.

i saw this site jwd/jwn.

i thought it was very lively and interesting.

RolRod

I was locked out of my old account, but I was one of the "founding" members. Lots of fun over 20 years ago.

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Old Literature

by RolRod in

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what did you do with your jw literature when you left?

kept it, sold it or dumped it?

RolRod

What did you do with your JW literature when you left? Kept it, sold it or dumped it?

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Rolf Furuli Disfellowshipped Last Week

by Sea Breeze in

well known norway elder and watchtower doctrine apologist, (rolf furuli) was disfellowshipped a few days ago for the crime of expressing opinions contrary to some watchtower dictates.. like wt leadership in the past, they have no problem eating their own..

RolRod

So they just made one of their staunch supporter into an enemy, sounds good

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Are You Starting To Feel Bad About Being A Racist??

by minimus in

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you probably didn’t even realize you were a racist until you were enlightened by the “woke” group.

so do you feel the need to make amends and do the right thing??

?.

RolRod

Yeah, I get reminded all the time on social media how much of a racist I am. Boggles my mind how people can assume that without knowing me.

I remind them that I'm a minority, that I was married to a black woman for 25 years, and half 2 Haitian/Puerto Rican kids. That I'm currently married to a Native / Irish woman. But it don't matter. They'll believe what they want to believe.

RR

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Leaked WT Elder Training Video

by Vanderhoven7 in

https://youtu.be/2nacvosx8n0.

good to see the caring brothers help establish depth of guilt..

RolRod

Poor Robbie, he got busted and now he's a baby daddy

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Rolf Furuli New Book

by dozy in

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for those who haven't come across furuli before , he is a 77 year old norwegian professor and is ( or was ) one of the few "scholarly" jws used by the society and used as a source on various matters ( especially 607 bce ).. however recently he has fallen out with the gb and has published an interesting book - like many recent scholarly apologists , he seems to be going down the road of disagreeing with the authority of the gb but still holding that the jws is the one true religion.

kind of "lions led by donkeys".

whether this view will continue is anyones guess.

RolRod

Yep, he was DF'd. But what do you expect, they always alienate those most staunch supporters.