I was put on Double Secret Probation once.
What the hell is that?
as a jw, were you ever put on restrictions?
how did you feel when you were told that a certain "privilege" was being taken from you?
were you given any warning by the elders in charge that what you did merited a removal of some sort?
I was put on Double Secret Probation once.
What the hell is that?
just thought id share with you.
any tips on dealing with them would be greatly appreciated..thanks!
yesterday, i had two lovely young men at my door - they were mormons.
NO
well, for some reason i was up extra early today, understand i am night person and usually sleep to 11 or so today i was up at 9 and decided to take the dogs out before it got to hot outside.
i hadn't been gone 3 minutes and as i came out of my street onto another i bumped into 2 jw's (females) getting out of their suv.
they asked do you have a couple of minutes.
Maybe it was'nt the best "Reverse Witness" in the world, but given the pompasity of the average witness that anybody who does'nt accept their "gift" of a free Bible study is deemed to be a lesser human (and they DO think that way generally) I can understand the reason RDW gave the "Witness" he did. One thing....My Mother goes out in service every day, and I'd hate to think she would be getting lambasted all the time, for those kind of things serve to only strengthen her resolve that it's the 'truth". Which is not good. But I'm sure the satisfaction of being able to "strike back" at the Org in this instance feels good, and is understandable.
Integ.
as a jw, were you ever put on restrictions?
how did you feel when you were told that a certain "privilege" was being taken from you?
were you given any warning by the elders in charge that what you did merited a removal of some sort?
I had the "privilage" of doing the mic's taken away from me because of lackluster service time.
it wasn' so long ago that i found out about the genealogy of america's past and present leaders.
genealogical sources, like the new england historical genealogical society and burkes peerage, have shown that 34 of the 43 presidents to g.w.
bush are related to charlemagne and 19 are related to england's edward iii.. the bush-windsor bloodline easily goes back to alexander the great, and beyond as far as ramesses ii.. .
I am the reincarnation of Charles Taze Russell.....I can't believe you guys took me seriously. I still like pyramids though.
C.T.
sunday's talk on avoiding satan's snares brought out an interesting point that the human government's very soon will be turning all their military and political might on god's people here on earth, because of the fact jehovah's witnesses would be perceived as such a dangerous threat to the governments of the world because of their christian neutrality.
which begs the question.....when the hell were the witnesses ever a dangerous threat to anything besides logic?
they really are so freaking full of themselves.
I understand your point Euph, but as Minimus mentioned, I don't see how they would be perceived as a threat due to their non-violent pacifist stance. The Witnesses merely refuse to worship or pay homage to these leaders and governments, they are instructed to pay to caesar what is due to him, so i don't see how any Government would feel such hatred and venom towards them as much as the Jw's think they would. And the Jw's say this is sure to happen VERY SOON. I just don't see that occuring.
Integ.
for those of you who know ... or know of ernie ricketts, he was disfellowshipped a weerk ago, a long time prominent jehovah's witness, who represented the watchtower in jersey city, he was the care taker of the stanley theater.
there are a few post in the archivs that make mention of him.
i knew him personally, from what i was able to gather, the society wanted to get rid of him, apparently as someone told me "he was too black for the society," so they found a 17 year old "sin" and used that to get rid of him.
Whoops___I mean 1/4.
for those of you who know ... or know of ernie ricketts, he was disfellowshipped a weerk ago, a long time prominent jehovah's witness, who represented the watchtower in jersey city, he was the care taker of the stanley theater.
there are a few post in the archivs that make mention of him.
i knew him personally, from what i was able to gather, the society wanted to get rid of him, apparently as someone told me "he was too black for the society," so they found a 17 year old "sin" and used that to get rid of him.
he was too black for the Society
Isn't about 3/4's of the Rank and file black? Where's the love?
Scooby Bio update:
Male 27
6-8 240 lbs.
Loves pets
Stopped masturbating after reading "Young People Ask" book.
Hairdo similar to Mike Ditka.
Likes macaroni and cheese.
Digs Morman chicks.
Is getting fed up with Integs' ridiculous Bio updates.
sunday's talk on avoiding satan's snares brought out an interesting point that the human government's very soon will be turning all their military and political might on god's people here on earth, because of the fact jehovah's witnesses would be perceived as such a dangerous threat to the governments of the world because of their christian neutrality.
which begs the question.....when the hell were the witnesses ever a dangerous threat to anything besides logic?
they really are so freaking full of themselves.
Euph,
I understand what you were trying to say in your thread, and I appreciate your wanting to engage in a fair and impartial discussion. Sorry if I came off kind of harsh, I just don't feel that the Witnesses are the international force of fear inspiring divine justice that they perceive themselves to be.
Peace,
Integ.