as a currently serving "awake" elder caught in the web of family, spouse, employer, etc.
etc..... i have often wondered why an elder cannot simply drop back to ministerial servant if he so desired (because of stress, circumstances, health).. on paper a currently serving elder in good standing more than qualifies to be a ms. that is obviously the case by their own hierarchy structure and definitions of qualification.. but...under their current arrangement....theoretically a man could give a district convention talk one week to 10,000 people, step down as an elder the following day due to stress, and not "qualify" to give a 5 min part on the next week's service meeting in front of 50 people.
doesn't make a lot of sense.. so my question is this.....why do you think the wt forces a man to drop all the way "down" to publisher if he no longer wants to serve as an elder?.
I always thought it would be nice to have a term eldership. Just like the president. So three years on....three years off. That way no one forgets what it is like to be a small person.
i know this idea is full of holes but eh...... Just throwing it out there
i talked to my brother today who is still a practicing jw (i've managed to fade) .
we were talking and suddenly he asked me if i thought satan could read my mind.
and he said "yeah i though the answer was yes and then i found out that satan cant read my mind".
Here is an interesting idea.
if we are giving satan all his ideas through our thoughts and spoken expressions....then are we not .....Satan!
oh my. Lions and tigers and bears.
i just got back from the district convention and watched the new video.
can't remember what it is called but the main family live in a million dollar home and there teenage daughter drives a red convertable sports car.
probably worth about 50000$.
For anyone interested in one of the main elders who works on this tripe please see my post... Video department.
i just got back from the district convention and watched the new video.
can't remember what it is called but the main family live in a million dollar home and there teenage daughter drives a red convertable sports car.
probably worth about 50000$.
I loved the way the Biotch JW girl broke up with her boy friend. My my my my. Rude. Also very unrealistic.
pretty sure he would slam the door in all the faces of witnesses to come to his door after that. it seemed as though she was letting her best friend get her walking papers too... right before he got there.
missing from this film:
Other witness kids to be their new friends.... Why? Because there aren't any, not unless they are home schooled and very weird or truly so double lived they are offering your kid mushrooms in their backyard. There are none.
those are my true experiences above.
i talked to my brother today who is still a practicing jw (i've managed to fade) .
we were talking and suddenly he asked me if i thought satan could read my mind.
and he said "yeah i though the answer was yes and then i found out that satan cant read my mind".
Once i was telling a friend about a worry of mine...she quickly hushed me with, "Stop don't let Satan hear you and use it against you"
I was pretty interested to know that Satan needed me for ideas. Maybe I should throw him off with false fears like my "fear" of living peacefully on the beach. I know I am very scared of someone else paying off all my bills....horrified!
If Satan wants to waste his time listening to me and reading my mind for ideas....well my goodness . Enjoy.
was wondering if anyone attended the seattle intl convention and what it was like?
saw some pics from instagram, seems like quite the.
big production for sure!
There were a lot of kids.....neck deep....literally.
don't mind the corrections i made with some of the quotes, the wt obviously doesn't proofread for accuracy.
under the article about "are you convinced you have the truth" they say this about disfellowshippings...... "thus, during the modern-day history of jehovahs witnesses, relatively few many have had to be been expelled from the christian fellowship because they would not conform to gods the governing body's standards.
this is a good one!....under an article about reaching out, (since they need to replace all those waking up, they give some tips on how to get promoted), my favorite quote..... "love all the work you are given to do in the congregation, including sweeping the floor.".
They meant sweeping under the rug....
on page 25 of the new release, "your family can be happy" the illustration of the young boy being baptized looks between the ages of 9-12.. thoughts?.
Well I can use the same warfare right back...
I said, "complaining and murmuring helped the vulnerable before....
Acts 6:1
But as the believers rapidly multiplied, there were rumblings of discontent. The Greek-speaking believers complained about the Hebrew-speaking believers, saying that their widows were being discriminated against in the daily distribution of food.
so complain away to shield the vulnerable .
needless to say I have always been what they call "weak" ha..
on page 25 of the new release, "your family can be happy" the illustration of the young boy being baptized looks between the ages of 9-12.. thoughts?.
I wish I could figure out how to upload all these photos from my ipad. Technology is not my friend.
My elder family member told me that they, as elders, are told to discourage children from baptism at young ages. I see and hear the very opposite.
He told me this a few years back when I was "murmuring" about it and he didn't have any good answers.
on page 25 of the new release, "your family can be happy" the illustration of the young boy being baptized looks between the ages of 9-12.. thoughts?.
On page 25 of the new release, "Your Family Can Be Happy" the illustration of the young boy being baptized looks between the ages of 9-12.
thoughts?
