Posts by James Jack

2 Corn. 5:10 has become my favorite scripture, "We will all appear before the judgement seat of the Christ...be repaid according to things he has practiced... whether good or the bad"...

Was under the influence last night and the quotation wrong. It's correct now.

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Physically In, Mentally Out

by James Jack in

7 years ago i was this "ultra spiritual elder".

you name it, i was visible all over the region.

i was the coordinator, on the convention committee, rbc, had a talk at every convention and assembly, regular pioneer, etc.

James Jack

scratchme 1010

I don't know what my next move is. That's scares me. How can some things I was shown from the Bible be so wrong? Maybe we all have to work out our own salvation.

1 Corn. 5:10 has become my favorite scripture, "We will be now for the good or the bad we do now"...

Maybe, just take a long break and focus on helping those in my community, like the Methodist's Do.

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Physically In, Mentally Out

by James Jack in

7 years ago i was this "ultra spiritual elder".

you name it, i was visible all over the region.

i was the coordinator, on the convention committee, rbc, had a talk at every convention and assembly, regular pioneer, etc.

James Jack

jp1692

I read whole the post of "Wake me up" and your comments too were excellent. I'm planning my exit strategy.

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Physically In, Mentally Out

by James Jack in

7 years ago i was this "ultra spiritual elder".

you name it, i was visible all over the region.

i was the coordinator, on the convention committee, rbc, had a talk at every convention and assembly, regular pioneer, etc.

James Jack

Is this life all there is?

The Watchtower has a publication named that!

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Physically In, Mentally Out

by James Jack in

7 years ago i was this "ultra spiritual elder".

you name it, i was visible all over the region.

i was the coordinator, on the convention committee, rbc, had a talk at every convention and assembly, regular pioneer, etc.

7 years ago I was this "Ultra Spiritual Elder". You name it, I was visible all over the Region. I was the Coordinator, On the Convention Committee, RBC, had a Talk at every Convention and Assembly, Regular Pioneer, etc. Then my 19 year old decides to Fornicate in his apartment(It's joined to the House) while we were away on a RBC project. Then the Elder Body decided to delete me(although an Elder in a nearby congregation, his son living in his home, 25 years old did the same thing as my son, he gets to keep his position, double standard and I kick my boy out of house immediately, the other Elder let his son stay).

Fast forward to today, 7 years later. I'm physically in a Congregation, mentally out. It's all crazy how I have evolved. When I was an Elder, I read every piece of JW literature, read my Bible every day, the whole JW routine. Now, basically nothing. The only time I read the Bible is at the Meetings. What's worse, Back when I was Serving, to me, Jehovah was my Best Friend, always there, I felt "empowered with Holy Spirit", now, I feel nothing!

After reading the experience of the former DO(Joe) from Australia, he doesn't believe in the Bible, and how he is now an atheist, I am even more messed up! I can't get the Scripture out of my mind, Rev. 22: 12,20 "Look, I am coming quickly..." Those words were written some 2000 years ago! If I was alive back then, I would assume Jesus would come back in my lifetime. After all, Quickly means quickly!!!! Now, someone may reason, "It's according to Jehovah's view of time". My reply is: "Supposedly, the Bible was written for Men, not God", our timetable, not his. Even Jesus back in 33CE said :" this generation will by no means pass away until all these things occur", and it did 37 years later in 70CE ( there's another argument, the Generation teaching).

The Watchtower Organization is making itself harder with each passing day, to buying into their doctrines... What's there to believe in anymore? I'm not feeling it!

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Does anyone remember a district overseer Joe Slaiman?

by stuckinarut2 in

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joe slaiman and his wife jean were in the travelling work in australia throughout the 90's... ( i may have spelt the name incorrectly).

anyone remember them?

they were very well liked by many of the brothers and sisters.. i wonder what happened to him?

James Jack

This was a really good thread! I wish Joe would continue to post!

It amazes me how different ones can read the same thing I am reading and come up with a whole different conclusion. I believe most people here that post, if not all of them, are honest individuals, just trying to sort out this game of life and dealing with the fact we have been let down by an Organization that promised us so much! It does hurt deeply and makes us more suspicious of the things we read or hear to not "get fooled again". Nobody here has had a "Bad Experience" with Joe. Please with hold the negative comments, unless you have the facts, not just some speculation or a suspicion.

JJ