The unwritted rule from the elders down was....dont do business with brothers. "Oh, of course they are honest and upright but it just prevents problems and complications" they would say.
tazmaniac
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WITNESS BUSINESS PARTNERS FROM HELL
by Mary inhow many horror stories have we all heard about brothers at the hall who decide to go in to business together, only to have it end up in disaster?
my brother-in-law, bill did this with a reeeeeal good christian brother i'll call max, a couple of years ago.
my brother-in-law works in construction, and does the actual work.
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Stereotypical ELDERS
by tazmaniac ina while back we had a fairly sucessful posting history on stereotypical witnesses.
how about stereotypical elders.
i will start the ball rolling with two:.
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tazmaniac
How about Brother Neverknowhowhegotappointed : He is slovenly. His parts are very generic. You wonder how he ever got appointed. Then you remember he has a business and it provides a service that many of the elders would like to get cheap or free.
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carl kunde dies at silverdome
by kilroy2 inmy old partner daryl kunde's father died at the silverdome assembly last week.
it seem's kind of ironic but about 11 years ago when i was still going to the assemblys, we were at the silver dome and 8 old people collapsed from the heat.
[there is not air in the dome] this made me mad and i vented to daryl the monday after the assembly.
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tazmaniac
I remember being at an assembly at the civic center in Providence RI. One year the AC broke down. It was horrible. People were fainting. I wonder how many got baptized just to cool down. LOL !!
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Has anyone ever met a JW Prophet? (slave class)
by badolputtytat induring my... adventure, with these people, i have raised a question with them.
who writes the articles?
makes the rules?
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tazmaniac
I met many of the GB since our PO had many bethel ties. We had Carey Barber give our memorial talk one year. Karl Klein was with us at least twice a year. Schroeder, Gangas, Henshel, Barry and many others visited. I met Jararcz a few times. Most of them had booming voices. Many years ago one of the GB was on a tour in Italy. He spoke to a few brothers and I and mentioned when he toured the vatican....we thought it strange that he actually visited a "babylonian temple" but he said it was no different than the apostle paul giving talks in religious buildings of both jews and greeks. But while visiting the vatican he asked the brothers and sisters with him to huddle in the corner as he was going to offer a prayer. Part way thru his prayer he says "God, please Damn this place soon". I was shocked first off that a member of the GB actually said the word damn. And secondly that he used this word during a prayer. I mentioned this to a few people after he told the story to us. They looked at me like I was an apostate. The said I must have misheard or something. Strange indeed.
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How do you want to 'go'?
by dmouse in.
of course, nobody really wants to die, but if you had a choice about how...how would you like to go?.
some people i know would like to pop their clogs after a game of golf, some in the pub with friends.. personally, i want to be shot in bed by a jealous husband when i'm 96.
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tazmaniac
I dont know how I would go, but many years ago I worked in a aircraft factory. I used to go bowling with the guys one night a week. The elders never knew since it was 1 to 3 am on a Thursday night. But on with the story.....one guy was a fantastic bowler. His average was only what someone would dream to attain. One night we bowled against his team. It was his turn to bowl. He got up.....rolled the ball....crack...it was a strike. He turned around....took one step...fell flat on his face...died of a massive heart attack. I guess that would be the ideal way for a bowler to die. If it were me...I would have tripped on the way to the red line...the ball would have fallen in the gutter...everyone would laugh thinking I did it on purpose...then after a few minutes the would realize something was wrong.
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How did you do?
by lisavegas420 inthe following is the philosophy of charles schultz, the creator of the peanuts comic strip.
you dont have to actually answer the questions.
just read straight through, and youll get the point.
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Man that one really make one think. Think of all the adoration those that we forget recieve but how fleeting it really is. I will always remember my kindergarten teacher who show up at the state spelling bee finals that I was in...just cause I was there. But ask me who the president was back then....or what was the hit movie...all forgotten.
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Stereotypical ELDERS
by tazmaniac ina while back we had a fairly sucessful posting history on stereotypical witnesses.
how about stereotypical elders.
i will start the ball rolling with two:.
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A while back we had a fairly sucessful posting history on stereotypical witnesses. How about stereotypical ELDERS. I will start the ball rolling with two:
1) Brother Oldentimer - He has been an elder for as long as the arrangement has been around. He will interchange return visit with "back calls" on his service meeting parts. His faux london fog overcoat is older than your mother. He collects old toy electric trains. He is always one of the brothers offering one of the prayers at the Memorial. Many young ones ask him if he is one of the "annointed".
2) Brother Walking Bible - He knows every scriptural reference the society has ever used. He knows the "new light" before anyone else in the congregation. His bible automatically opened to the book and chapter of the bible that he wants while at a door in field service. He many times will have no children of his own but offers an abudance of advice on how to successfully raise them. He has a penchant for wearing weird hats out in field service.
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The Watchtower Society and the Bulgarian connection - hypocrisy in action?
by joe_from_kokomo infriends: .
i was shocked to learn yet again of more hypocrisy on the part of the wts with regard to human rights agreements in bulgaria.
from what i have learned from a july 2000 article on the uk guardian newspaper web site and from subsequent info found on the association of jws for reform on blood web site, .
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tazmaniac
Alternative service issues affected many brothers for years. I know of one brother in my old congregation who was practically shunned for ages for opting to perform alternative service during the vietnam war. He was practically shoved out of the congregation. He was eventually DF'ed for immorality many years later but the attitude was....well thats what ya get for doing alternative service. During his reinstatement the issue of alternative service was brought up. I always felt bad about the harsh treatment he recieved for years and years. If it happened now it would be "no problem". I wonder how many more were subjected to this and more.
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Have you ever tried to pay a compliment and got blasted
by larrynbabies ini know us men aren't the most clever people on earth but sometimes we say things that are meant to be a compliment and we get slammed.. my ex-wife was saying once, that she thought her hair was getting thicker and i, in my logical way was trying to figure out if this could really be true.
i then thought about the fact that she had recently lost wieght and without thinking any further i blurted out.... "your hair is not getting thicker your head is not as fat.".
this is a true story.
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tazmaniac
I know of a brother who greeted someone at the hall by saying "how goes the battle". Well unbeknownst to him, this fella and his wife were going thru a difficult time. He thought when the brother greeted him that he was asking..."how is the big battle between you and your wife going"?.
And probably the most common foot in your mouth comment by elders and other......drum roll please...
"Oh, Hi sister, I didnt know you are pregnant. How far along are you ?" ....red faced or angry sister says..."I'm not pregnant" !!!!!
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Suicide and JW'S
by obiwan ini have personally had experience with this.
a long time friend committed suicide because of her husband and the problems they were having.
he abused her and ended up leaving her, the elders wouldn't help out much stating that it was a marital problem.. she couldn't cope with him leaving, she was extremely dependant on him, she felt the only way out was suicide.
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For everyone who posted losses on here.....HUGS..... ! This is a rampant problem in the organization. One sister in a nearby congregation was an elders wife for many years. She had some emotional problems but always tried her best. She ended up committing suicide in 1982. My ex has tried to commit suicide on more than 8 occasions. In many many cases, I feel, witnesses have that feeling that they can never do enough. My ex would be far from spiritually uplifted when the circuit overseer came. When he did come....the pioneers are put on a high pedestal and everyone else is considered weak or whatever. She would nosedive into a major depression right after his visit. Some, I believe, feel deep down, or even subcounsciously that they will never make it to the "new system". Another subconscious theme is the repressing of anguish over the "eventuality" of armageddon. Billions slaughtered, children, babies, the elderly, along with rest of the non-witness world. This certainly makes for a frame of mind that is conducive to depression, hopelessness etc. So many that hve committed suicide because they slipped up in their conduct and couldnt face a judicial committee. The one elders wife that I mentioned in the begining had her name besmirched. They said..."oh the apostates must have gotten a hold of her". Nothing about the years of selfless service. Nothing about the years and years of being a wonderful mother. It is amazing how this is so prevalent and yet they advertise that they are the happiest people on the fast of the earth. If that is happiness...give me the opposite. ......................................Taz