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  Help from the resourceful members of this site

  by never a jw in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for a while i have been curious about the specific contents of the pages that the wt (bible students) were ordered to remove from the "finished mystery" by the u.s. government.. anyone knows where i can get those pages?.

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  Newly Enlightened

  1926 pdf version:

  http://www.strictlygenteel.co.uk/finishedmystery/fmtitles.html
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  Girl scout cookies are demonized

  by Gojira_101 in

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  2. friends

  okay so i think it might be the concussion making me go on this rant...not too sure.. the girl scouts started selling their cookies yesterday and for the first time in my life i will be ordering cookies.....i mean wtf is so wrong with ordering cookies from them?

  i love the thin mint's and guess what?

  you can only buy them from girl scouts!!!!!!.

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  You are all hilarious! My stomach hurts from laughing so hard.

  Thanks alot, now I have to go get some minty, fudge cookies!!!
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  Did YOU Feel Abused By The Elders?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i know some here have said they pretty much hated the elders.

  did you personally feel the elders were abusive men?.

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  Oh HELL yeah!

  Here's an earlier post that my family & I experienced and this only 1 of many:

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/experiences/244665/1/One-experience-in-our-old-Kingdom-Hall-that-still-HAUNTS-me
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  Discussion with family member who is an Elder in our congregation

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so about a week ago, i showed my cousin & her husband [an elder in our congregation] the picture on pg 29 of our 4/15/2013 study wt and asked, "if jesus is head of the congregation then where is he?".

  after several minutes of searching, dead silence.. i then asked if they had heard the part on the 2012 summer district conv the part about "our spiritual mother, where the c.o said that "the bible by itself does not shine thru as life-giving truths just by itself.

  " they were shocked and said that i must have misheard it because that would be apostasy.

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  Newly Enlightened

  Exactly Truthlover:

  They just don't see that the GB is elevating themselves above Christ. ALL authority was given him ,are they just trying to get some of that power for themselves?

  But JWdubs or Elders don't want to hear that it's wrong and goes against the bible. They just want to believe it and no one is suppose to dare to question it.
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  Who is the worst GB member?

  by Nostromo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i mean the most arrogant, jaracz-like tyrant who could stone to death anyone who dares to question gbs authority etc?

  pierce?.

  otoh, who is the most tolerable one?

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  Newly Enlightened

  I know that Morris III is the most ridiculously hilarious one. Right up there with ex-pres George Bush
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  Rumor : Elders' meeting about pedophilia issues

  by yalbmert99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  hi everyone, there is a rumor on a french speaking forum saying that the elders were to assist to a 9 h meeting,yesterday or today depending on availability, about pedophilia exclusively.

  meeting directed by an circuit overseer.

  more infos to come.

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  Newly Enlightened

  Yeah, don't they trust their own elders anymore not to post BOE letters on line?

  Keep us posted this may be interesting....
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  Discussion with family member who is an Elder in our congregation

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so about a week ago, i showed my cousin & her husband [an elder in our congregation] the picture on pg 29 of our 4/15/2013 study wt and asked, "if jesus is head of the congregation then where is he?".

  after several minutes of searching, dead silence.. i then asked if they had heard the part on the 2012 summer district conv the part about "our spiritual mother, where the c.o said that "the bible by itself does not shine thru as life-giving truths just by itself.

  " they were shocked and said that i must have misheard it because that would be apostasy.

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  Newly Enlightened

  Exactly. They have NO authority over me anymore!!!
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  Discussion with family member who is an Elder in our congregation

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so about a week ago, i showed my cousin & her husband [an elder in our congregation] the picture on pg 29 of our 4/15/2013 study wt and asked, "if jesus is head of the congregation then where is he?".

  after several minutes of searching, dead silence.. i then asked if they had heard the part on the 2012 summer district conv the part about "our spiritual mother, where the c.o said that "the bible by itself does not shine thru as life-giving truths just by itself.

  " they were shocked and said that i must have misheard it because that would be apostasy.

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  Newly Enlightened

  Question, and I would like some advice. So if they call back and they will, should I happen to bring up an incident as to why i have Elder issues with Cousin Elder?

  Condensed version.

  When my daughter was going to get married, the kids asked Cousin Elder to marry them. When I mentioned that my daughter was back East meeting the family and would bring future Hubby home with her and he was going to stay here. CE pitched a royal fit and said that he could not stay here will all of us.He was nice enough to let future Hubby stay with him, but for the next 2 weeks made us jump thru hoops to comply with their 'Chaparone rule' It was a hardship on our family because CE lives 20 miles away, so it was 40 miles round trip, EVERYDAY, which at the time gas was $4 a gallon, so besides paying for a wedding we're trying to keep gas in our truck and since we had to let him use one of our trucks, I"M STUCK at home without transportation.

  Just a few months later, he starts dating Hubby's cousin, who is living with us at the time, I chaparone them their first date, then CE sits here in my living room and makes the statement "Chaparones at our age is ridiculous!" They then proceed to date for the next few months ALONE. We even know they would go park up on the mountain to watch the city lights until midnight. Now, I don't care what they were doing, that's their personal business.

  But the point is: How can you possibly counsel my kids & I about chaparones then turn around and totally blow it off?

  SO, here's the question to all my friends out there....Should I bring it up and make it their fault as to why I'm going inactive? Or just forget about it?

  That's why I've had it with Stormtrooper Elders!!! I'm done!
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  DUI Defendant Tries to Place Awake With My Prosecutor Daughter

  by Justitia Themis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yep.

  you read the title correctly.. my daughter is a prosecutor who right this moment is prosecuting a dui crash with major injuries.

  the defendant--the drunk driver--just tried to place an awake magazine with her while both of them were in the courtroom.. .

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  Newly Enlightened

  How stupid! I would have been ashamed for anyone to know that i was a JW!!! I guess he was drunk when he went to court too!!
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  Discussion with family member who is an Elder in our congregation

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so about a week ago, i showed my cousin & her husband [an elder in our congregation] the picture on pg 29 of our 4/15/2013 study wt and asked, "if jesus is head of the congregation then where is he?".

  after several minutes of searching, dead silence.. i then asked if they had heard the part on the 2012 summer district conv the part about "our spiritual mother, where the c.o said that "the bible by itself does not shine thru as life-giving truths just by itself.

  " they were shocked and said that i must have misheard it because that would be apostasy.

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  Newly Enlightened

  Thank you all, they just make me so darn angry sometimes. My big mouth is what gets me in trouble all the time.