Sad but true...though I don't think the pope can get up to too much these days....
zenpunk
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Does power corrupt?
by sleepy in.
most of the people i knew as witnesses were nice people with genuine motives.. in fact those with obvious personnallity flaws, would not , in my congregation anyway , be made servants or elders.. but i wonder did the postion attained in the org actually change the people who were chosen?.
does the extra respect , power and aurthority over others cause changes in a person makeup they can not help?.
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zenpunk
That's exactly what I was thinking of HbH. It's true, you see this all the time in corporate America. The perfectly nice guy turns into an arrogant prick once he/she is boss. The same can be true in the congregation.
Edited because I can't spell.
Edited by - zenpunk on 23 July 2002 16:20:16
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Do Jws help disfellowshipped ones or apostates?
by haujobbz in.
do you think that, if say you fell over and and seriously injured yourself in the street, would a jw you knew passing by help you knowing that you were disfellowshipped or so called apostate.
maybe even come to see you at home if you were unwell or depressed,i mean how many witnesses have assisted or helped you when you needed it mostly,you see i thought they were supposed to encourage you to become so called spiritually stronger.but saying that when you were active as a jw do you think you were helped in times of distress or illness by your fellow jw,for instance i know a woman who's still a witness but hasnt been to meetings for say a year and thats because she has severe athritis and guess what only 1 j-dub has wrote to her so to her it seems like if your not a regular at meeting you may as well be classed as disfellowshipped.
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zenpunk
To be blunt, no one has ever come and asked me if I needed help - even at my darkest depression hours. I was told as a Witness that the world is where cruelty lies, but they were wrong.
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Anyone ever rub elbows with a Celebrity?
by RubyTuesday inwhen i was in the sixth grade in roswell n.m. i met this girl whos father had recently died.my father had also passed away recently.we were both very shy and haveing the lose of our fathers in common we stuck together that year.we never did anything outside of school however, not sure why,she never invited me over and now i think it was because of her horrible home life.but we ate lunch together everyday and chated in a class we shared.i never saw her again until..... when i was in my 20's my cousins wife told me that my friend demetria guynes was....... drum roll..plz.
demi moore.
please share simular stories.
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zenpunk
In the mid 90s I met Billy Bob Thorton just after his first famous movie came out.
A couple of weeks ago I was in Chelsea and bumped into Whoopie Goldberg. She looks exactly the same in real life and is real down to earth.
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TV character that describes you
by Crystal inthe other night i was watching "king of .
queens"with a friend and he said you are "carrie"!!!
i thought about it and he was right.. what character are you?
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zenpunk
People at work have told me that I'm like that red-headed girl on six-feet-under. Not the one that sleeps with everyone, the strange daughter character. I can't think of her name.
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The sound of one Dub clapping
by OUTLAW inas i was growing up,i noticed the dubs at assemblys would clap at the slightest provocation.it looked like a beach full of seals.as soon as a few started,the rest would join in.for some it looked like they just woke up and figured they should start clapping so no one would know they fell asleep.most just looked like seals clapping for a fish.kids notice funny things.did any of you notice dub mass behaviour you found funny...outlaw .
edited by - outlaw on 20 july 2002 2:51:40edited by - outlaw on 20 july 2002 2:59:1.
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zenpunk
That whole clapping thing is such Cult behavior - get the mass contageion rolling! The speaker would say, "isn't it wonderful how Jehovah provides bla bla bla" and everyone would just have to get clapping!
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"no blood" card prevents fatal beating!
by Incense_and_Peppermints infrom: http://groups.msn.com/jehovahswitnessesontheweb .
(original message)
subject: blood card
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zenpunk
Good point minimus! I hate these urban legends (though they're pretty funny too). I can't believe people think its true.
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What "SIN" do elders respond to fastest?
by Dismembered in.
maybe it's just me but, it seem like "elders" respond extremely quickly to "sexual misconduct" as long as it does not involve their own family members.
true or false?
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zenpunk
100% TRUE! Sex tops the list. And I swore they got off on it. If it wasn't for the fact that my parents were always sitting in the JCs with me, fighting tears over their poor waste of a daughter, I would have made up some good lesbian stories to really get the elders going.
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Most Complex JC issue
by Amazing inwhen i was still fairly new as a jw, we had a congregation servant (po) who got himself in a very difficult situation, and in fact his whole family became involved ... i rarely saw such awkwardness in the kingdom hall ... .
his wife was a reg.
pioneer.
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zenpunk
I think the evils of sex were emphasized so much in talks, etc., that it was always on their minds. They may criticize the "world" but, the behaviour is often far worse.
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International Conventions
by simplesally ini always wanted to go to one, then found out the cost.
then found out why they cost so much.
now the requirements this year are so extreme, i feel sorry for the newly baptized and the single sisters!
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zenpunk
I don't remember those rules - In fact, I had just hopped out of a committee meeting (in trouble again) to attend one in Hungary in 1991.