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  Charles the Third and the Two-Headed Beast

  by Anony Mous in

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  i was reading an article about the pomp and circumstance around the first coronation in nearly a century.. made me think of the revelation book (the red one, not the bible) and the picture of the two headed beast with a sword and if i have some time today i will see if i can’t find it and age it a bit, it seems the sword is a bit dull and the two heads are now both octogenarians with severe dementia, kind of funny to see that instead of “swift judgment” we’ve come to internal decay.. what do you canadians, english, scots, irish and australians think about your new leadership?.

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  By Irish I assume you mean Northern Irish? The Republic of Ireland has been around for 100 years, nothing to do with the British monarchy!
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  New blood card

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

  1. watchtower
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  all elders just got letters about this new blood card system .

  “language-coordinating congregations will receive separate parcel(s) containing the revised durable power of attorney for health care (dpa-e) for all congregation(s) in their literature group.“.

  my questions are - why the revision and what has been revised?.

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  Guys, can you stop the references to janitors, as if they were some lower life form? There is nothing wrong with being a janitor. I was one in a previous life. I now work in education but I despair at the cheap shots at people who do this type of work. I get the fact that the inference is that people who work as janitors are apparently not in a position to decide on medical matters for others but the constant jibes at this form of work just make you seem somehow prejudiced and narrow minded.
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  No Private Beliefs Allowed!

  by BereanThinker7 in

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  2. beliefs

  looking for references that talk about witnesses not being able to hold any private interpretation or belief that isn't in line with official doctrine.

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  i know i've seen them before but of course now i can't find any of the more in your face statements..

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  BereanThinker7a day ago

  Can people not read?

  Please be grateful that people post replies to your requests. Saying “Can people not read?” is very rude!
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  Breaking News: Anthony Morris III no longer serving on the Governing Body

  by WingCommander in

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  2. friends

  this has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.

  this is not a joke.

  anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!

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  Fisherman, you’ve got a right to your opinion and so do I. I was really an elder and I am relating my own experience. You are brilliant at insulting people on this board. You question my honesty by questioning whether I was ever an elder or JW.. You also infer that people I “slighted” would now get their own back by making comments about me now that I am on the same level. Insults all round. Well done!
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  Stress of Going to a Summer Convention

  by LostintheFog1999 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  spotted this picture on a friend's page, he was highlighting the mental health issue.

  however,we thought the magazine on stress was deliberately placed in the summer months because for any jw going to a convention, paying high season hotel rates for themselves or their whole family to stay near the convention centre, fighting coworkers and managers to get the time off work, travelling expenses, buying their own meals for the family, buying new shiny suits and dresses to impress (particularly if you have teenage girls who are looking for their prince), and more.... by the time they come home again and straight away back to work, their nerves will be so frazzled that their stress levels will have sky rocketed!.

  as brother elder says to them, "don't worry.

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  Where I live we always got a better deal by ignoring the places that the bros had done a deal with. Some thought this was disloyal to the “arrangement”, but shouldn’t the rooming department have been getting us the best deal? Unless somebody was profiting from it.? Shock, horror! Surely not?
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  Breaking News: Anthony Morris III no longer serving on the Governing Body

  by WingCommander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.

  this is not a joke.

  anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!

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  Fisherman, don’t assume that you know everything. I did give family responsibilities as a reason and I was believed. I was still going to meetings etc. I was not pressurized to step down. Let people think what they like. That’s up to them. You have a very negative attitude. Lighten up a bit! How do you know what people think of me? You know nothing about me, my life, the congregations I have been in, and yet you assume you know how people in my life and area feel about me. Don’t make generalizations. I work in education and I always tell my students not to make sweeping statements as they are often incorrect.
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  Breaking News: Anthony Morris III no longer serving on the Governing Body

  by WingCommander in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.

  this is not a joke.

  anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!

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  Fisherman.

  You said. “Obviously, no one stops serving unless they no longer qualify. Everybody knows this unless they are “new in the truth”.

  That does not apply in every instance. I served as an elder for many years and took a breather and stopped serving for a few years about twenty years ago. I had my own reasons for this, nothing to do with no longer being qualified. I served as an elder again later until finally I found out about all the money-grabbing the GB were putting in place (I was doing congregation accounts at the time), and all the other dodgy stuff like the generation teaching and other doctrinal gymnastics. I resigned again despite the desperate attempts by the coordinator of the body of elders to get me to change my mind and stay on. They made the normal announcement and maybe some were wondering why and suspected I had been up to no good. If anyone asked I quoted family responsibilities, which was actually part of the reason for my departure. Most accepted this and didn’t treat me as if I had done anything wrong. Even now I get asked to do stuff on the meeting and so on, in the hopes of getting me to serve again. So you can stop serving without everyone thinking you no longer qualify.
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  How did it come to this?

  by New day in

  1. watchtower
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  i am now in my early 60’s.

  i was baptized in 1980. i served as a ministerial servant and an elder.

  i gave my all for many years but about eight years ago i started to question many things.

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  Thank you everyone for the encouraging replies. Some of you may have thought that when I said I am now a non entity that I meant that was how I feel about myself. I meant that is how I am probably viewed in JW circles. Personally I think I have a good take on self worth. I work in education and see results for my efforts in those I teach. This reinforces my self confidence and tells me that I don’t need a controlling organization to tell me how I should feel about myself.
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  How did it come to this?

  by New day in

  1. watchtower
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  i am now in my early 60’s.

  i was baptized in 1980. i served as a ministerial servant and an elder.

  i gave my all for many years but about eight years ago i started to question many things.

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  QI probably differ from you in the feelings I have towards the cult and those still in. I wish JWdom were what I thought it was in the 1980's. I miss the feelings of security, the hope for the future, etc. However, I detest the org now, and I have little sympathy for any who support it.

  Actually, Magnum, I kind of have the same feelings as you on this. I also miss the security, the hope for the future and also the apparent sense of having a purpose in the field ministry and at the meetings. I loved giving talks, it was my favorite thing. But like you, I have less and less respect for the org these days, especially with all the “suggested contributions” aka tithing that goes on, with the bros and sis either unaware that this what it really is, or they don’t mind as long as they can stay in the bubble.
  
  
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  How did it come to this?

  by New day in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am now in my early 60’s.

  i was baptized in 1980. i served as a ministerial servant and an elder.

  i gave my all for many years but about eight years ago i started to question many things.

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  I am now in my early 60’s. I was baptized in 1980. I served as a ministerial servant and an elder. I gave my all for many years but about eight years ago I started to question many things. The generation teaching, amongst many others. Now, I find that my faith has been shattered by all the CSA revelations, the Kingdom Hall sell-offs, and the money-grab of congregation funds. It is with profound sadness that I look back on my life as a Witness and now I am basically a non-entity ,as I resigned as an elder, and the main reason why elders contact me is to get me to “do things again”’, such as meeting parts. These brothers mean well, but the bottom line is always the same, “what can you do for the congregation? “ So depressing and discouraging! I don’t let this get to me and I been able to rise above this and protect myself and my loved ones from the well-meaning but misguided attempts to “reactivate” us back onto the treadmill.