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  Leaked 2018 Elders Training Video RE: Elders Reviewing Pionieers

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhq5viughny&feature=youtu.be.

  quite frankly im disturbed at the lack of love and compassion.

  especially for the first sister they talk about!.

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  Stuck: Is this one of those videos where they show what NOT to do?

  LOL. You might be right. The trouble is that—unless they tell us which it is—it’s impossible to tell them apart!

  It’s the WT version of Poe’s Law turning on them. Oh the irony.
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  Leaked 2018 Elders Training Video RE: Elders Reviewing Pionieers

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhq5viughny&feature=youtu.be.

  quite frankly im disturbed at the lack of love and compassion.

  especially for the first sister they talk about!.

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  Ugh, couldn't watch past the two minute mark.

  I'm so glad I'm no longer part of this fucking cult!
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  Leaked 2018 Elders Training Video RE: Elders Reviewing Pionieers

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhq5viughny&feature=youtu.be.

  quite frankly im disturbed at the lack of love and compassion.

  especially for the first sister they talk about!.

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  How weird that it begins with two of the "elders" admitting they hadn't read all the directions!

  That's a real WTF moment?!?

  The WTBTS always takes every possible opportunity to make everyone of its members--EVERYONE--feel like no matter what you do, or how much you do, it's never enough!

  This "You're a pathetic piece of shit" moment has been brought to you with "warm Christian love" from the Governing Body, Inc.
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  They have to step down

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with all the leaked information, it has to be a one way direction to the exit for the watchtower leadership and gb.. they can not stay.. it can take time, but this is the only scenario.. g..

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  I’ll quote CoCo and complete the thought as I understand it: [If] “an elder ... lost the confidence of the congregation” he would no longer be qualified to serve.

  That is correct in the congregations.

  However, the problem is this: in cults “the rules” do NOT apply to the cult leaders.
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  Oprah For President!

  by minimus in

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  i hope hollywood helps make her the democratic nominee.

  she sounds like she’s testing out the waters.

  good luck ms. winfrey.

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  Replacing one unqualified person with another unqualified person is not a solution.
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  Tuxedo

  by Phoebe in

  1. watchtower
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  do you think the gb live in big, posh houses??.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4diruxmqh4.

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  Jesus said to him: “Foxes have dens and birds of heaven have nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay down his head.” - Luke 9:58
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  Do You Know Any “Gay” Jehovah’s Witnesses?

  by minimus in

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  of course the religion condemns homosexuality but did you know any gay witnesses?

  i knew some bethelites that were very effeminate and i remember 4 women who were suspected of being lesbians by many in the congregation.

  they eventually moved away and were very vocal against males, especially elders..

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  Stan, thanks for explaining your view.
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  Do You Know Any “Gay” Jehovah’s Witnesses?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  of course the religion condemns homosexuality but did you know any gay witnesses?

  i knew some bethelites that were very effeminate and i remember 4 women who were suspected of being lesbians by many in the congregation.

  they eventually moved away and were very vocal against males, especially elders..

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  Stan,

  I’m curious why you’d say that.

  It may be different in other places, but where I live (Southern California) gay is the preferred term for self-identification by all the homosexual people I know.

  What’s “in yer face” about it? Please explain.
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  Do You Know Any “Gay” Jehovah’s Witnesses?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  of course the religion condemns homosexuality but did you know any gay witnesses?

  i knew some bethelites that were very effeminate and i remember 4 women who were suspected of being lesbians by many in the congregation.

  they eventually moved away and were very vocal against males, especially elders..

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  Minimus, why did you put gay in “scare quotes” in the OP thread title?
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  Were visits to the library an important part of your childhood?

  by compound complex in

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  greetings, fellow bibliophiles:.

  i remember how sad i was, as a little child, when our beloved carnegie library was razed (unsafe, structurally).

  the same tragedy occurred when we moved to a new town and that similar architectural treasure was demolished to put up a new and gleaming building of steel and glass.

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  They were and still are.

  My love of reading began as a child.

  My older sister, a teacher, has oft commented that I read more than anyone else she knows.