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  Seriously considering stepping down as Elder

  by fader77 in

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  2. experiences

  i have been an elder for 6 years.

  it's been the last 2 years or so that i've really seen the hypocrisy, but the ability to know the shenanigans of the society through the body of elders letters has kind of kept me in there.

  i'm to the point now that i can't stand the hatred and bitterness that the body of elders has towards myself and my whole family.

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  happy@last

  Hi fader77, I know the feeling. I was there once and it was doing my health no good. Devise a plan for fading, say it's depression or burn out if you like. I stepped down the elders asked if I just wanted to take time out instead of resigning so be prepared for that. Also the CO wanted to see me, I used to give talks at assemblies and schools and had been given some to do.

  All the best, be true to yourself. You ask if anyone has resigned from the platform? Yes a few have, there is even a recording of one if you search on here for Little Toe.
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  Purple Wizard Strikes Back

  by WheelocksLatin in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i guess i shouldn't have buried this in the other place.

  ehem.

  the purple guy.

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  happy@last

  Haha, very funny and catchy music
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  A "follow up" meeting?!?!

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  well, now they want a follow up visit!

  when you tell the elders that you have doubts and they say " its okay, we have had our doubts.

  having doubts is not apostasy.

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  happy@last

  It sounds to me like they were sent originally to sound you out, they have reported back to the other elders and they have asked them to come back and shepherd beat you some more. Refuse refuse refuse. Tell them it makes you ill and say you'll get back to them if you need any more help
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  reading COC for the first time

  by This is my tigersuit in

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  happy@last

  I read it a few years ago and recognised so much of what was written it startled me also, it's almost like having a blindfold removed when you see the WTBS for what it really is. Never stop asking questions. Enjoy your journey.
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  why dont more elders leave?

  by Crazyguy in

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  2. beliefs

  you would think that what they are exposed to more would wake up and leave, why not?

  thoughts..

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  happy@last

  There could be a number of reasons, I was an elder for about 10 years. I felt I wasn't doing it right as I had doubts, thus the guilt trip. Then other times I was doing so much I had little time to think for myself. I would agree that for many its a power trip also, but there are some who genuinely believe they are there to serve and either are too busy or squash out the doubts until they can't do it anymore.
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  Interview video with former JW elder and 'mole'

  by RayPublisher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a great interview with native new yorker and longtime contributor to this board isaac carmignani (truthsetsonefree) is below:.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu8gxvudwgu.

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  happy@last

  It was a nice interview, he seems to be very busy helping lots escape different cults now, I think that is a great idea.
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  When Was Ancient Jerusalem Destroyed references

  by GoUnion in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this topic has been covered extensively but i just wanted relate what hapopenes with this subject and my elder father.

  he called me up one day to check in on me he always asks if i'm going to msettings and i always tell him no im not.

  well this time he wanted to know why i didn't trust the g.b.

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  happy@last

  I placed a simple one here on my site: http://www.x-j-w.org/read-the-bible/
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  I was 36 when I started posting here. This weekend I celebrated my 50th birthday!

  by nicolaou in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  and i mean celebrated!

  it was a cracking barbecue party for around 40 good friends and neighbours as well as my 'never jw' cousins and one of my brothers and his family.. .

  drank a bit too much, embarrassed my kids with some 'dad dancing' and laughed until 2 in the morning.

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  happy@last

  Many happy returns
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  Nugget's Scans (much better than the photos we took)

  by cantleave in

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  happy@last

  I love the detail, they are really nice
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  Raising Children in more than one language

  by SonoftheTrinity in

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  2. family

  i recently told my wife that i am speaking only in the jamaican dialect from now on in my house because she has failed to teach her children her native language because she has put religion first, manners and discipline second, their education third, and her native language somewhere at the bottom.

  while i am not jamaican, nor have i been to jamaica i lived in a jamaican rastafarian community as a rastafarian.

  i am now orthodox christian as are many rastafarians and i still consider myself culturally rastafarian but no longer identify with their heresies.

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  happy@last

  I think if they are aged 9 and 10 it might be too late to get them to pick up a second language that easily. Best if they were 4 and 5 or younger. No harm in trying, once they have mastered 2 languages it is easier to pick up others