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  why dont more elders leave?

  by Crazyguy in

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  2. beliefs

  you would think that what they are exposed to more would wake up and leave, why not?

  thoughts..

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  Bye bye birdie

  When you become an elder I imagine you become very invested in the "cause"
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  Fading, Stopping Meetings, DA or DF'ing, Thoughts on Getting the Hell Out Of There

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i read some threads about why someone remains a ministerial servant or elder, or why they are still active jw's.

  others are telling stories about how they cut back slowly, and some of them got removed as ms/elder/pioneer or whatever.

  yet others tell of how they just up and stopped going one day.

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  Bye bye birdie

  I stay for now. The only thing that is good about me staying is that my family knows how I feel about certain subjects and they can't disagree. When I am at the meetings they are forced to listen through my ears. I have seen my mom get very upset when she expected a CO she admired give a talk and instead building up the hall he ripped it a new one.

  i had to make a pros and cons list and staying and being "weak" was best for now. Almost everyone knows that I was publicly reproved for defending the teens from perverts and unfair treatment. So whenever they see me it must bring up the way the elders martyred me. I am a reminder of their embarrassment and policy.
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  The hardship of being a gay Jehovahs witness.

  by truthwillsetyoufree in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  please spare a moment to consider the difiiculties faced by gay jehovahs witnesses.

  i was raised and baptised as a very serious jw.

  every waking moment of my day was lived for jehovahs and his organization and for nothing else.

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  Bye bye birdie

  I am a born in JW. I promise that I read everything you wtote and I couldn't be more sad for you. Also no matter what I ever have heard from the platform I took my kids aside and told them never ever to judge anyone that is gay and they better be nice to everyone. My daughter has gay friends at school and she adores them as peers and people.

  I try very hard to talk to everyone about the point of view you expressed and I find that the younger generation of witness kids are far more mouthy and offended with the kind of hateful speech about homosexuality. I see a light in the youth.

  i personally would like to hear talks on incest and pedophiles in the organization. To me this is the poison in the water hole of this religion.

  Sodom and Gommorah were not destroyed because they were gay. They were destroyed because they were sociopaths.

  i just came back for convention and I told a brother that the minute all the gay people surround my house and demand to rape my guests.....well then we can talk.

  again I am very sorry for your pain and all I can offer is that I try to persuade love wherever I can about your persecution.
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  Most absurd thing I heard at the convention yesterday!

  by Batman89 in

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  brother lett was giving the last talk of the day about what they supposedly accomplished in 100 years.

  i was just waking up so im paraphrasing alittle(i was dosing off all day) anyways in his introduction he said.

  "there is more evidence to prove gods kingdom on the earth is a reality than wind,electricity and gravity is a reality on the earth".

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  Bye bye birdie

  And the seventh heaven is where your pets go
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  Most absurd thing I heard at the convention yesterday!

  by Batman89 in

  1. social
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  brother lett was giving the last talk of the day about what they supposedly accomplished in 100 years.

  i was just waking up so im paraphrasing alittle(i was dosing off all day) anyways in his introduction he said.

  "there is more evidence to prove gods kingdom on the earth is a reality than wind,electricity and gravity is a reality on the earth".

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  Bye bye birdie

  holy cow. They actually put it in print too? Where is the scripture for that?
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  Most absurd thing I heard at the convention yesterday!

  by Batman89 in

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  brother lett was giving the last talk of the day about what they supposedly accomplished in 100 years.

  i was just waking up so im paraphrasing alittle(i was dosing off all day) anyways in his introduction he said.

  "there is more evidence to prove gods kingdom on the earth is a reality than wind,electricity and gravity is a reality on the earth".

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  Bye bye birdie

  There was also quite a bit said about having favorite sport teams and rooting for them. It was under the guise of nationalism.

  I enjoyed it since all my crazy in laws are very picky about the things that they don't enjoy....but they do enjoy their sports teams.

  also there were some cute college boys standing with a sign outside the stadium. The sign had a sripture about not boasting under the Christ. The elders made sure everyone crossed the sidewalk so no one went near them. They had the boys surrounded.

  i smiled at them from across the street. They said, "good morning" I heartedly returned the good morning.

  then I went into the stadium to hear all the boasting.
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  If you had the audience of the GB, what is your #1 question you would ask them?

  by Darth Fader The Sequel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there are a million of them and mine is by no means the most important question to ask them if i only had one shot at it.

  but, i have always wondered what kind of bs excuse they would give as an answer to this question: "brother goober bum, given that there are both male and female partakers here on earth who claim to be of the 'anointed' and plan on being of the 144,000 ruling with christ in heaven for eternity........ why are the female 'anointed' treated as submissive, second class citizens and why is their opinion on doctrinal matters, matters of teaching and reproving, anything at all.... why are they not recognized while here on earth even though you claim that jesus has selected them to become angels to rule with him?

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  Bye bye birdie

  I would ask when they plan on humbly apologizing for all the ppl they killed with the vaccine ban and the organ transplant ban.

  Also I would ask why we allow anyone under 18 to become baptized when they themselves wrote an article regarding the science of teenage brains and the development of said brains.

  So is it fair to judge, disfellowship, label, and publicly humiliate a child?
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  Most absurd thing I heard at the convention yesterday!

  by Batman89 in

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  2. physical

  brother lett was giving the last talk of the day about what they supposedly accomplished in 100 years.

  i was just waking up so im paraphrasing alittle(i was dosing off all day) anyways in his introduction he said.

  "there is more evidence to prove gods kingdom on the earth is a reality than wind,electricity and gravity is a reality on the earth".

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  Bye bye birdie

  When Steven Lett speaks his upper lip goes into spasms that hypnotize....
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  How long have you known TTATT and continued to participate?

  by LostGeneration in

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  2. friends

  i continue to be stunned by posters reporting on the convention, lamenting the convention, complaining about going in serve-us and meetings, and yet continuing to participate in these activities.. a simple question.

  how long have you done these things, fully knowing it is absolute bullshit?.

  i couldn't handle it for more than six months before i basically outed myself.

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  Bye bye birdie

  @lost generation I couldn't agree with you more. I am not there to make friends. I stood up in my congregation for a sexually abused girl and I was publicly reproved for it.

  we lost all our friends and I learned the lesson of a lifetime. since then I know what I am about and what they are about.

  I show my face only to keep peace in my family and not let them steal anymore from me.
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  Most absurd thing I heard at the convention yesterday!

  by Batman89 in

  1. social
  2. physical

  brother lett was giving the last talk of the day about what they supposedly accomplished in 100 years.

  i was just waking up so im paraphrasing alittle(i was dosing off all day) anyways in his introduction he said.

  "there is more evidence to prove gods kingdom on the earth is a reality than wind,electricity and gravity is a reality on the earth".

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  Bye bye birdie

  Well I just told people innocently that it was too bad for Jesus that his prayers were not heard as much all the way until he was 30.

  but I am a brat like that.