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Separation of Powers
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DF'ed and Confused...
by Stumbeline inso i think the title pretty much says it all.
i have a tendancy to be long winded about things, so i'll just give a general introduction and maybe tell things as i go along.
i don't even really know what i want from this site (ironically i remember jehovahs-witness.net mentioned from the platform as a site not to go to).
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The REAL reason for the elder and ms appointment change......
by EndofMysteries inas seen in recent posts, beginning later this year appointments and deletions of elders and ms will only happen through the circuit overseer.
this means that individual congregations and elders have no say anymore.
if the gb want only certain people in or out, they tell the co and he makes it happen.
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Very good points all. The fact that this change is taking place now is very telling. For several years there have been rumours of changes in the wind. The deletion of the DO and conferring ALL this authority to the CO can only mean a couple of things and like DATA-DOG and Metatron have said, they are probably legal in nature.
Recognizing that it has been several months since the Candace Conti case went into appeal, this change is timely. Deliberations taking as long as this could only mean that the answer is not cut-and-dried. It is a perplexing legal case and neither side will be left with 100% of the verdict or outcome. If the ORG recognizes this, and I believe they do, then changes to distance the ORG from the clergy need to be made quickly.
Having served with some of the most pompous, arrogant, and self-absorbed CO's that this ORG has appointed leads me to believe that this change is a nightmare in the making. Jason, Freddy Kruger and the Child's Play kid will cease to be scary in comparison to the oligarchs that this change will bring into being. Yes men will be the norm and fear will reign. Fear of losing the position not simply of not being used in the assembly or recognized by the CO for some special purpose. Get ready.
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How do you get through the memorial?
by Gorbatchov infor family reasons, gorby and his wife and children has to visit the hall at april 14. our family accept that we are faders, but don't accept if we do not visit the memorial.. so, it seems a small investment: one evening love bombing for a year peace and rest.. but i hate the visit.
headache.
meeting the people knowing it's all fake love showing.. how do you get through it?.
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I usually provide the wine, but buy two bottles, one for me and one for the service.
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Did You Ever Feel Guilty Because You Deserted The JW Religion?
by minimus inonce i left, i never yearned for anything associated with the religion.
i didn't miss their doctrines, their erroneous thinking.
i never felt guilty because i abandoned the religion i was raised in.. i believe the reason for my not feeling guilty is pretty simple.
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It deserted me like some crackhead mother who left their child at WalMart. Clean up on aisle 6.
Get busy living or get busy dying. Waiting for the end is a lesson in futility. So fatalistic. So skewed the perspective. Now who can feel guilty about that?
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Watchtower Corporation Should Turn Into An Old Folks Care Center To Care For Those That Devoted Their Lives To Corporation Causes
by frankiespeakin inwhat do you think?
i mean isn't that what jesus their master want as a form of loveing your neighbor especially those that devote their life to them and their silly dream about being god's organization..
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Come on, that suggestion is just too loving! God helps those who help themselves.
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Atheists, here is a 'balls' question ---even for all---
by prologos init is very difficult to knock a ball into a hole (like golf), throw it into a receiver's hands (american football) intercept it and knock it over the fence (american cricket).
or to put a sattelite at the right time at the right speed in the right direction in the right place to have it orbit another body, so :.
what ingenious natural & process is it, than can get 9+ zillions bodies to get into the right orbit simultaniously or sequentially and have them remain there for billions of years?
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Here's a ballsier question, when did God decide to drop out of the equation? There is no issue with putting things in motion, but when did he leave the playing field?
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Attn faders/lurkers re donations
by Skinnedsheep inwhen you get your anonymous survey pledge an exorbitant amount.
the elders will make the resolution based on the fake pledge and it will create conflict between the branch and the cong....when the donations don't come in the branch be like "pay the man".
the local body will have to have several local needs parts which will highlight the branches focus on money.
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The God I worship isn't short of cash. He doesn't need a hall for meetings or a complex in Warwick to publish magazines and run the world.
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How do you get a word in edge-wise, when talking to a JW?
by Faithful Witness injust looking for some pointers, as i was never a jw.
i have an elderette coming over on friday, for another performance.. last week, i was under the impression that she was coming to answer some questions i had.
it quickly became clear that she came with a plan for the "conversation," and we went on an expedition from one passage of the bible to the next, while she made leaping claims, argued with herself and kept me confused and always with more than one question lingering in my mind, while she continued talking and talking.. when i have a conversation with someone, i tend to stop talking when they are speaking.
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I use a shoe horn. Oh wait, maybe it was a bull horn!
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Why do I bother to wake up in the morning?
by punkofnice ini'm not suicidal just fed up.. i did think of suicide (briefly), but as there is no painless way and it's not something i would willingly do just in case things would have been better the day after.
i do have a slight grain of hope.. money problems.....problems at home (that's another matter with a son up court for something he is adamant he didn't do.
first offence but the pigs police and the cps have got charges made.
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Because you are AWESOME!
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No refreshments.
by quellycatface inwhy is it that we never had coffee/tea after the meeting??
yet, nearly every kh has a kitchen??.
i do now i'm going to church.
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Cause people don't want to stay around and chat...they want to go home and see Dancing with the Stars or American Idol. The gossip is better left for service.