after reading on the way out's thread about his mom explaining the generation overlap to him it kicked this idea into my head to make this thread .
i thought it would be helpful to see if anybody here has had jw relatives or friends try to explain this " generation overlap " theory to you as a faded or inactive witness and what happened in the conversations.
so please feel free to post your experiences.
conversation with JW.
Me: How did you understand the new generation teaching at the convention?
Her: I understood it the way you did.
Me: and how do you think I understood it.
Her: The way you wrote in your notes.
Me: So what did you get out of that
Her: The same that everyone else got out of it.
I kid you not this was an actual conversation with some one at my home. LOL
apologies if this is old news.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giol10a6fvw&feature=related.
SOOOOOOOO! when the youngest governing body member dies.....then the end will be. Can't believe this crap is believed.
also don't know if this has been mentioned previously.. our speaker yesterday, gb member br.
pierce, tied the overlap theory directly to fred franz's lifetime.. did anyone else catch this?.
evidently (and i'm paraphrasing), anyone anointed after franz's death in 1992 is not of the 'generation'.. 5th.
OHHHHHHHHHHHH Bane!!!!! You crack me up!!!!!! You need to start thinking outside the box, my friend!!!!!!!!!
the theocratic life and times of theodore jaracz .
by barbara anderson.
[we are doing a special focus on the dark side of brooklyn bethel for a couple of weeks over at freeminds.org].
WOOOW! Teddy is right in line with the madmen that have ruled watchtower. Thanks for the article......
theodore ("ted") jaracz1925-2010.
about 7:30, june 9, 2010, theodore ("ted") jaracz, one of the members of the governing body ruling over jehovah's witnesses, died.
previously, on may 19, 2009, he had had a serious stroke, but recently seemed to have made a big recovery, giving some assembly talks.
ALICE AKA RENIAA
just setting the record straight.
there is another thread that notes a claim on wiki that said that ray has died.. he had a stroke yesterday, and is in the hospital.
he is still alive.
Flipper, as you I feel Ray also touched my life. After I read his books in 2002------Everything made sense. I cried on and off for days. I cried for the years of waste and I cried for the liberated inner me.
I spoke with him on several occasion. Today I was very saddend to hear of his passing. What will I remember Ray for? He was a wonderful christian role model. One thing in particular that I appreciated from Ray was his love for the brothers and sisters. He never spoke abusively about others in the organization----not even the ones that did him so much harm. He was focused in his quest for truth and a better understanding of the Christ.
His legacy will go on even after watchtower is gone. Rest in Peace my dear dear friend!!!!
do you get tired of rehashing the same things over and over with us "newbies"?
if not, what is your favorite topic to discuss?.
The Jw experience runs deep for a lot of us....so the rehash does not bother me. But I have to admit that in the early years of my "awakening" I read everything on this board over and over. But now the further detached I get from watchtower the less time I spend reading posts such as 607 and 1914 doctines.
But I still visit often....this board is like a comfortable old shoe.
i thought i'd heard it all after spending a life time in this organization.
but for me the following statement uttered at the weekend circuit assembly takes the prize.. during the "pioneer talk"......the speaker said that pioneering enhanced jesus's spirituality.. to imagine that a made up thing like pioneering would enhance the spirituality of the christ.
to those who still believe in christ ....this is so presumptious and proposterous........i just fell off my seat.. it tells me how this organization and its governing body have set themselves up so high .....that they could tell the christ how to live..
I thought I'd heard it all after spending a life time in this organization. But for me the following statement uttered at the weekend circuit assembly takes the prize.
During the "pioneer talk"......the speaker said that PIONEERING ENHANCED JESUS's SPIRITUALITY.
To imagine that a made up thing like pioneering would enhance the spirituality of the Christ. To those who still believe in Christ ....this is so presumptious and proposterous........I just fell off my seat.
It tells me how this organization and its governing body have set themselves up so high .....that they could tell the christ how to live.
i just realized we can change our avatar at gravatar.com duh!
i am happy now!.
That's great!!! those little munchkin avatars are a little creepy.
i am a support worker for adults with profound disabilities and some with autism and i love caring for people ..
school media specialist.
