desperate for elders?....that's for sure....here in southwest uk a longtime ms has been appointed an elder...this is a man who 20 years ago killed four others in a road crash when he was travelling too fast and hit a car crossing a junction....he received £1.2 million as compensation...and has lived off it ever since...not able to work but can drive, garden ,paint, build etc etc....he has a family and his eldest son was made a ms two years ago......his late father ( a very well loved elder) always said that his son was not elder material, but now a year after he died his son has been made an elder. Whenever I asked his son and daughter in law how his elderly father was I'd get the shocking reply :'We don't know and we don't care' (!) He is an egotististical self centred person who although capable of walking the walk and talking the talk is very much money orientated. So much so that I can recall another local (modest) ms brother telling me how this man complained that he had to 'lose' £20,000 to avoid paying tax..! He even drives a new range rover with personalised/surnamed number plates.....when we had hall cleaning evenings he would be the brother who'd occupy himself fiddling unecessarily with the sound system while sisters got their hands dirty cleaning the toilets etc etc.......I'd love to publish his name as I'm sure he's well known locally in devon/cornwall/somerset.........his appointment as elder has shown me that nepotism is rife within congregations.....very much a case of 'jobs for the boys'...
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Do you think it will be easier or harder to be appointed elder under the new arrangment?
by toto555 inwill it be easier or harder to be made an elder without all the nepotism and favortism under the new 'co appointing elder arrangment'?
what are your thoughts?
how do you think this arrangement is going to work?
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CoC
by XBEHERE ini decided to give crisis of conscience another read (its been about 11 yrs).
this interesting quote stood out.
the scriptural arrangement.
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westiebilly11
..back in stock now...
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CoC
by XBEHERE ini decided to give crisis of conscience another read (its been about 11 yrs).
this interesting quote stood out.
the scriptural arrangement.
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westiebilly11
amazon (uk) have no copies of Coc for sale..out of print..?.....
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This new donation direction and true selfishness!
by stuckinarut2 inso we all know about this new donation arrangement.?.
every cong is supposed to send in all their savings to the society for them to allocate or use however they see fit worldwide.. but here is where true "selfishness" has become apparent!
(remember just this last weekend the wt study was all about not being "selfish" or self willed??!!).
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westiebilly11
outlaw..I just love your stuff...hits the target everytime...!!
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Additional BOE Letter: Please Be Advised that Further Direction Will Soon be Sent to the Bodies of Elders...
by TTATTelder indear brothers:.
we are writing as a follow-up to the letters dated january 24, 2014, and march 29, 2014,. to all congregations regarding the adjustments now underway to accelerate construction of king-.
dom halls and assembly halls.. .
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westiebilly11
Don't ever remember jesus asking for funding....The whole wbts company seems to be based on money grabbing....to what end?...
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Don't you hate it when they just comment from the paragraph?
by toto555 inisn't that just annoying?
can people even comment in their own words anymore?
how bad is it where you're at?
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westiebilly11
...and then there are the wives of elders who seem to love the sound of their own voices....much to say with little genuine substance.....yawn...
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CO is chasing me . Meeting him tomorrow.
by Ancientofdays inthis week is the "special week", co is back.. he phone called me this morning asking to meet together.. i replied "i don't refuse people who want talking to me, but my condition is that you must be alone, and we meet in public space.".
he agreed and we will meet tomorrow in a cafe.. .
this week he already met with my wife in the kh, and he told her "i believe your housband is apostate !!
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westiebilly11
don't meet. his sole aim is to establish grounds for a JC. why feed him ammunition?. you'll never change his mindstance anyway. you are an apostate...you will be outed...you will be named ...and shamed...make better use of your time.....watch paint dry..!
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How to become an MS in no time
by Batman89 inthe method i used lol.
1) be a good servant and make sure your wt and pub are always underlined every meeting(great for appearances).
2) comment every meeting(a "sure way" to know someones "spiritually qualified").
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westiebilly11
so many born ins are stay ins....unable to decide/think for themselves.....I've seen so many groomed to stay in from infancy.....so glad i wasn't a born in...i walked in...and I walked out after 30 years....and as for spiritually mature MS....they seemed more interested in discussing their next car or drooling at unavailable sisters.... than genuinely caring for others....oh yes..they wanted to be seen to care..but off screen many were dead inside...with all the warmth and charisma of fresh fish.....
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Why did God/Jehovah/Jesus create Viruses and bacteria that can kill humans and animals?
by Jon Preston ini know this topic has been spoken about but i havent seen an official thead about it.
so theists why did god create these and why does he co tinue to allow them?
are they from the talking snake, satan?.
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westiebilly11
..and why animals that kill and eat other animals....and why sharks...and why venemous snakes etc....and piranhas?...etc etc....all killing machines...designed by a ..loving god...whose creations reflect his loving personality..? really?...
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The reason the Society keeps everyone busy with "campaigns"
by stuckinarut2 inim sure that many have had an experience where we try and keep little kids "occupied" while on a boring trip, such as a car ride or plane flight.. we come up with "games" like..."lets see how many green cars we can count", or "lets try and see who can sit still for the longest time".
"the winner gets a prize!".
obviously, until they are wise enough to cotton on, all we are doing is keeping them occupied to prevent them asking things like "are we there yet?!".
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..spending their entire lives...waiting for the world to end......pointless..