hmmmm and I always thought they were selected by Jehovah and guided by holy spirit....not exactly volunteers. But if it gets you a good defence in court, then call it whatever you like *insert cynical smiley here*
outbackaussie
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What REALLY Happens During A Judicial Meeting
by minimus inyou're in front of 3 elders and are being asked all types of questions.
you are afraid that you might get disfellowshipped.
the elders tell you that you must speak the truth, since jehovah hears all and since jehovah hates a liar.
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What REALLY Happens During A Judicial Meeting
by minimus inyou're in front of 3 elders and are being asked all types of questions.
you are afraid that you might get disfellowshipped.
the elders tell you that you must speak the truth, since jehovah hears all and since jehovah hates a liar.
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outbackaussie
It is a rather intense experience, isn't it? And quite alot for a 17 year old to cope with. With hindsight I still can't believe such young people as I was were subject to such unloving and accusatorial behaviour...by people who have been considered your father figures and dearest friends.
And the reinstatement meeting isn't much better...months of feeling isolated and worthless whittle your self esteem to zero. Then you have to show at the same time how you have repented of your earlier sin (if indeed there was one) and still are humble yet eager to rejoin the flock. And have 3 middle aged men grill you repeatedly over details of your sexlife "do you engage in unclean acts with your husband?" "have you indulged in oral sex? anal sex? partner sharing?". OMG I was 18 and newlywed, having been raised in the borg...I was a prude! But still they wanted to hear me say it "no Bro X, I dont perform fellatio on my husband, I have a stop sign tattooed on my butt, and I don't engage in menage-a-tois (at least I dont think so, I am blindfolded and handcuffed to the bed LMAO). Seriously, it is sad that even when trying to return to your family and friends you are cheapened and vilified before you even get to first base. Then when you finally get the nod and your return to the fold is announced, you get to endure all the false smiles and hypocritical welcome-backs from sisters who gossiped that you fell pregnant (not) and brothers who knew they had tried to hit on you and were scared that you'd dobbed them in so never spoke to you again.
Ahhhh what a loving, upbuilding, wholesome place to be....wish I was there NOT.
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Ozzie's Weekend Poll #35
by ozziepost inahh, poll number 35 today!
sounds like middle age doesn't it?
so how's your weekend going?
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outbackaussie
Poor me, I was a (b). Definitely the overzealous teen pioneer wannabe. Got accepted to aux when I was 16. Did about 6 months. It was just what I thought I was supposed to do.
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Are you in your ideal religion? *fluff*
by outbackaussie in.
i did this survey from a link on another parenting website i visit...and have been lmao since.
my ideal religion is no surprise to me but i am lmao at my least suited:.
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outbackaussie
I did this survey from a link on another parenting website I visit...and have been LMAO since. My ideal religion is no surprise to me but I am LMAO at my least suited:
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Warm and fuzzy
by outbackaussie intoday i was blessed with the joy of having a person ring me to see how i was doing....purely because i hadn't been posting and they were worried about me.
kelpie, that was just the nicest thing and i spent the rest of the day feeling fantastic.
yep our very own kelps took the time to look up my listed number and give me a call :) it was great to talk to a net buddy and hear her voice (and it is a very sweet voice indeed) and i just wish i'd had more time to chat.
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outbackaussie
Today I was blessed with the joy of having a person ring me to see how I was doing....purely because I hadn't been posting and they were worried about me. Kelpie, that was just the nicest thing and I spent the rest of the day feeling fantastic. Yep our very own Kelps took the time to look up my listed number and give me a call :) It was great to talk to a net buddy and hear her voice (and it is a very sweet voice indeed) and I just wish I'd had more time to chat.
So Kelpie...thankyou for thinking of me today and making my day just that bit brighter for having had you be a part of it.
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Trying to look up ex elder Jack London
by outbackaussie inafter a catch up phone call with a friend who left the wt around the same time as me, i learned that an elder from my old cong has since left as well and considered apostate.
i would like to catch up with jack london and his wife nacy, so if any of you aussies know him or his whereabouts please email me at [email protected] it would be greatly appreciated.
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After a catch up phone call with a friend who left the WT around the same time as me, I learned that an elder from my old cong has since left as well and considered apostate. I would like to catch up with Jack London and his wife Nacy, so if any of you Aussies know him or his whereabouts please email me at [email protected] it would be greatly appreciated.
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Just be disfellowshipped - need to chat
by CraigSA inhey all - new here.. well i have now just bee shut off from my family and branded disfeloowshipped and an apostate.
sheesh anyway - for those of you who have been through simular - let me know.. craig.
jhb south africa
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outbackaussie
Welcome Craig :)
It is getting to be like a Tri-nations in here, rugger anyone?!
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Life, death and other musings
by outbackaussie ini have been absent from here for afew days.
on thursday my hubby got a phonecall from his dearest and best friend's partner that the tumour in his brain had agressively spread and it was looking like time is just about up.
we have known that this was coming for about 2 years since he was diagnosed with the cancer but even now it is a shock and very numbing to know you will lose a dear friend soon.
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outbackaussie
I have been absent from here for afew days. On Thursday my hubby got a phonecall from his dearest and best friend's partner that the tumour in his brain had agressively spread and it was looking like time is just about up. We have known that this was coming for about 2 years since he was diagnosed with the cancer but even now it is a shock and very numbing to know you will lose a dear friend soon. Hubby left on Friday to be with him. A 7 hour drive. I think he would have walked over hot coals to support his friend at such an emotional time. Naturally all the family are beside themselves with the bad news of the activity of the cancer. It was originally hoped that he would be able to spend xmas with his 4 year old son. It doesn't look likely now. Our friend is only 32. So young, so strong, so loved. Please spare a kind thought for my hubby as he helps his school yard mate deal with what is the last days of his life, the last times he will hold his sweet boy and look into his partner's eyes. Each minute will be cherished and committed to memory to be recalled, painfully at first, but as time passes, with fondness and love. Please go hold close someone you love, our time together is already brief enough. **tears**
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Screwing up folks lives
by JT inthis is an amplification and adjustment in understanding of what appears in the watchtower of november 15, 1974, pages 703-704, and of february 15, 1978, pages 30-32. those who acted on the basis of the knowledge they had at the time are not to be criticized.
nor would this affect the standing of a person who in the past believed that a mates perverted sexual conduct within marriage amounted to porneia and, hence, obtained a divorce and is now remarried.
with this one little footnote in the wt it wiped out folks very lives- notice they refer to such a major doctrinal shift as an "amplification and adjustment in understanding".
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outbackaussie
Mind you, if she waits just a little while longer, there will be more "new light" and the rules will do another flip-flop and then she will be back on the good side again. **aarrgghhhh** if you don't laugh you cry it seems.
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Ozzie's Wine of the Month - December
by ozziepost inwe've missed posting our wine of choice for the past couple of months because.....well......we've stuck to our favoured labels of shiraz.
tonight, however, we've just returned from the apostates restaurant and old ozzie decided to take something new for the meal.
i selected an italian wine this time.
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outbackaussie
Hey Ozzie,
You will have to look out for wine by Andrew Peace, they were originally an export label only, but now supply domestic as well. They are a Swan Hill Vic., maker. I used to work with the winemaker's wife. The wines I tasted from them were all quite scrummy *licks lips* so worth checking your local cellar for them.