Posts by confusedjw

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Calling all Elders..

by Nadsam in

when you were an elder what sucked most....conducting the schoolconducting the book studyconducting the wt study (having to listen to sister know it all answer over and over...)giving public talks (trying to squeeze sense out of a one page summary of total crap)being an attendant at assembliesbeing food/cleaning/work overseer at assemblies & quickbuildsauditing the finances/paying in contributions at the banktaking the lead in unassigned territory serviceshepherding calls !!!!!

omg !!!!

!jc'sget togethers and having to pray !praying at the khserving the emblemsgiving counsel at the school/weaklings/youth(e.g young sisters wearing mini skirts & makeup)being always positive about the "new light" and the gb.training young msworking with the circuit overseer when he visited (on saturday afternoons)giving a "special needs talk"never being able to fart, swear or loose your tempercompelled to having missionary sex, not enjoy it and never discuss it..even with your wife, just incase it may be immoralnever seeing any good movieshaving one beer a fortnight .

confusedjw

And he keeps apologizing for it. I've long since forgiven and forgotten,

Well that's something that he apologizes and you've forgiven him. Take him to a ball game and have a hotdog and scream your lungs out - it's what fathers and sons should do.

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Prayer - did it work for you?

by confusedjw in

i could never get a handle on prayer - oh i prayed a lot.

i begged jehovah to help with certain things.

nothing.. and then i felt guilty.. and then i felt frustrated.

confusedjw

I could never get a handle on prayer - oh I prayed a lot. I begged Jehovah to help with certain things. NOTHING.

And then I felt guilty.

And then I felt frustrated

Then I felt guilty about being frustrated at God

Then I felt alone.

Then finally I felt that no matter what it alwasy is the publishers fault.

Thank God I was only a pioneer, MS then Elder giving Circuit Assembly parts or this could have hampered my career!

Does anyone on this board thinks prayer works now?

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Anyone Here of the Anointed?

by confusedjw in

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has or is anyone here of the anointed?.

i would like to know more about the abba father thing in which those of the anointed "know" for certain without a shadow of a doubt they are chosen as jesus brothers..

confusedjw

Has or is anyone here of the Anointed?

I would like to know more about the Abba Father thing in which those of the anointed "know" for certain without a shadow of a doubt they are chosen as Jesus brothers.

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How were you disfellowshiped????

by tcpmp in

i'm pretty new to this forum.

i thought it was pretty intresting so i thought i would share my experiences.

when i was 17 i was disfellowshiped and as i sat there looking at all of the elders i was remembering all of the things that their children had done.

confusedjw

One elders son was sleeping with an MS wife, another other elders son I smoked weed with, the third elders son was gay and his daughter, a pioneer was cheating on her husband and the last elders daughter was sexually molesting a young boy that she baby sat.

Let's not add gossip to your list of sins.

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Calling all Elders..

by Nadsam in

when you were an elder what sucked most....conducting the schoolconducting the book studyconducting the wt study (having to listen to sister know it all answer over and over...)giving public talks (trying to squeeze sense out of a one page summary of total crap)being an attendant at assembliesbeing food/cleaning/work overseer at assemblies & quickbuildsauditing the finances/paying in contributions at the banktaking the lead in unassigned territory serviceshepherding calls !!!!!

omg !!!!

!jc'sget togethers and having to pray !praying at the khserving the emblemsgiving counsel at the school/weaklings/youth(e.g young sisters wearing mini skirts & makeup)being always positive about the "new light" and the gb.training young msworking with the circuit overseer when he visited (on saturday afternoons)giving a "special needs talk"never being able to fart, swear or loose your tempercompelled to having missionary sex, not enjoy it and never discuss it..even with your wife, just incase it may be immoralnever seeing any good movieshaving one beer a fortnight .

confusedjw

Without question it was dealing with the other elders.

I would say........Body Unity is not a religion!!!!!!

Feeling like I had to join every JC to be sure the sheep didn't get beat.

Running around a patching up the problems caused by one or two other elders

Feeling the fear of taking things too far and having priviledges removed - this would come up when I would jump on them for their stupidity.

Even though I'm inactive friends still tell me how much they liked me as an elder which I appreciate so much, but it burned me out.

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Just Clearing The Air A Little..

by Englishman in

jw
friends

i'm not caspian.

i don't have any access to pm's / im's, whatever you call them, other than the pm's / im's that are sent to me personally.

i have no knowledge whatsoever of a pm / im being interfered with.

confusedjw

Hey what family or congregation or group or friends don't have some ups and downs. The real outcome to avoid is people withdrawing.

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Mad at God

by confusedjw in

from the e-watchman guest book: does everyone realize that the gb has readily admitted in the publications that they are not inspired of jehovah and do not have the gift of prophecy?

find this on your watchtower library cd: march 22, 1993 awake p.4 footnotes/ february 15 1981 p. 19/ je p.26 paragraph 4.

mad at god: (my response reformatted for this board).

confusedjw

From the e-watchman Guest book:

Does everyone realize that the GB has readily admitted in the publications that they are NOT inspired of Jehovah and do NOT have the gift of prophecy? Find this on your Watchtower Library CD: March 22, 1993 Awake p.4 footnotes/ February 15 1981 p. 19/ Je p.26 paragraph 4

Mad at God: (My response reformatted for this Board)

I guess I should be mad at Jehovah for telling them to teach for 40 years that Jesus arrived invisibly in 1874 and as the WT said this was ?an undeniable fact?.

And I guess I am mad at God for telling the WT to write that the faithful of old were going to rise in 1925 and that the 1925 date was more sure than that of the 1914 date.

And I am definitely mad at God for having me preach that the end was going to come before the generation that saw 1914 passes away and that after 120 years of teaching this He told the WT he didn?t mean it and had them publish that in 1995. (Which as far as I can see invalidates Jesus words in Matt about the generation that sees the beginning, 1914, will see the end [pre 1995])

And I?m mad at God for allowing the WT to be an NGO, while we ran out a boy who joined the YMCA to have therapy on his shoulder in the swimming pool.

I?m mad because the WT is God?s Channel, as they tell us over and over and over and over and over, and yet when they are wrong they say they are just imperfect men.

So it must be God who is telling them to say these things which prove to be wrong. Because the answer just couldn?t be that they aren?t God?s Channel. Right?

And finally I think I can be mad at God and not be disfellowshipped, but if I were to think that the WT might not be God?s Channel then I can?t live in the new system. And I want to live in the New System.

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Mood Ring

by confusedjw in

dear abby,

my husband is not happy with my mood swings..

the other day, he bought me a mood ring so he would.

confusedjw

Dear Abby,

My husband is not happy with my mood swings. The other day, he bought me a mood ring so he would be able to monitor my moods. When I'm in a good mood it turns green. When I'm in a bad mood it leaves a big red mark on his forehead. Maybe next time he'll buy me a diamond.

Sincerely, Bitchy in Boston

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Sports and JW's (allowing kids to play)

by confusedjw in

what are people's experiences here of jw's who let their kids play sports and the consequences for them?.

for instance did you know any kids who played little league or high school football or basketball?.

any canadiens who allowed their children to play hockey at any of the levels?.

confusedjw

Where did you play college ball?

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Sports and JW's (allowing kids to play)

by confusedjw in

what are people's experiences here of jw's who let their kids play sports and the consequences for them?.

for instance did you know any kids who played little league or high school football or basketball?.

any canadiens who allowed their children to play hockey at any of the levels?.

confusedjw

What are people's experiences here of JW's who let their kids play sports and the consequences for them?

For instance did you know any kids who played Little League or High School Football or Basketball?

Any Canadiens who allowed their children to play hockey at any of the levels?

What happened to the kids or parents if anything?

Confused