Posts by DwainBowman

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Paranoia at Britain Branch?

by The Fall Guy in

i just 'phoned britain branch and asked to speak to someone in the public information department.

it looks like the days of questioning the branch over the 'phone are a thing of the past.. here is the substance of my conversation with the sister who answered the telephone:.

operator: "what sort of information, please - is it a legal question or an accounting or construction question?".

21 years ago, I called the "branch" while holding a gun to my head, begging though the tears to talked to someone that might give me some words of encouragement, nope if any thing, they only pushed the final button!!!

After a last desperate prayer, I pulled the trigger. A split second before it fired a hand jerked my hand and gun away from my head!!!

For fifteen years, I believed an angel had sent someone to stop me, I so wanted to believe it!

I know now that it truly was someone that just cared, and had watch me going down the dark pit!!

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Evolution of a congregation 1978- 2018

by joey jojo in

our whole congregation was excited as we stood in front of our brand new kh and smiled for the photographer from the local newspaper.. for years we had been travelling 30 mins each way to attend the meetings and now, after a big effort of donations and hard work we finally had our own kh in our own town.

in the picture, there were 45 smiling faces of all ages, from the newborn to the old brother that had turned 100 and everyone in between.

the year was 1978.. the congregation grew and shrank over the years, probably hitting its peak during the 80's and 90's, there was even a renovation in the early 90's that the local brothers donated towards, for the benefit of the local town to hear the good news about the imminent arrival of the end.

DwainBowman

Local's elders know a few month's before the cong get the talk!!!

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elder bags.

by blownaway in

not sure if this was every where or just our area, but you could always tell who was big shit top dog in the hall elders by the size of their bag.

my dad used to call them elder bags.

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DwainBowman

You always could spot the MS's that were really sucking up to be elders, they would start using the elder bag's.

I also thought it was funny, how someone, just appointed as an elder, would have an elder bag, within a week or two!!!

There was a real fruit loop of a servant, in one cong, I was in. He had the biggest catalog "elder" bag made. He would get to every meeting 30 minutes early, and take up half the front row, with all of his book's and papers. spread on the seats on either side of him!! If he had only known what the elders thought of him!!!

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Stupid sign in's

by DwainBowman in

jw
friends

my eye site and all the stupid pictures make it a real pain to sign in!!!!

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DwainBowman

My eye site and all the stupid pictures make it a real pain to sign in!!!!!

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Jehovah`s Witnesses Do Not Have a Clergy Class.

by smiddy3 in

no , they have the governing body { some would say the popes of the religion }.

and you do not under any circumstance go against what they say./ .

they also have branch overseers , district overseers .circuit overseers , and elders in a congregation .. they are all up and above the rank and file of the average ordinary jehovah`s witness and they are looked upon as such by the rank and file member as equivalent to a clergy class.. oh and lets not forget the legal department that has a lot to say in how the jehovah`s witness organization responds to allegations of child sexual abuse around the world.. and when an allegation arises about child sexual abuse the w.t.

DwainBowman

No PAID clergy class.

Even as a lowly so called servant, it's very easy to see the endless system of classes in the borg.

So many classes, and sub classes!!!

I had stopped saying they had no Clergy class a long time ago!!!!!

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2018-04-11-E-BOE--Speaker's Monitor!

by Atlantis in

2018-04-11-e-boespeaker's monitorhttps://we.tl/em7bxi5o4oatlantis!.

DwainBowman

OH HOW STUPID!!!!!!!

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I'm getting disfellowshipped

by Letty in

hi everyone i'm 19 year old and i've been a jehovahs witness for 3 years now.

i've followed the rules and i'm even a pioneer.

but i've hid the secret of a boyfriend i had from india.

DwainBowman

I hope thing's work out well for you!!!

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CRISIS OF CONSCIENCE

by Newly Enlightened in

https://youtu.be/dpq7j8lkc98.

DwainBowman

As I understand it, Ray and his wife both joined the Baptist Church, at some point near the last year or so of his life!!!

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The property money: confront them with it

by Gorbatchov in

jw
friends

dear friends,.

with all the jevanka story's at the moment, i got this morning the bad perception that jw.org is playing nice guy with al this maffia money that they got selling their property in brooklyn.. money earned by the buyers with bad deals, political tricks and maffia connected asshole's.. this money is funding all the nice multimedia at conventions and broadcasting.. maybe a nice topic to discuss at the jw chart at the streets on our towns.. follow the money.

it's all about money.. confronting them with this dirty money laundry is a strong argument.. what do you think about this???.

DwainBowman

Their response to that, would be, that the bible say's not to inquire at the market, as to rather some thing has been offered to idols, and that the same principal applies!!! They would most likely use that as to owing stock funds, that may or may not from time to time own stuff that's not right.

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What if ... a GB member announced he was no longer anointed??

by msecodo in

what if a gb member all-of-a-sudden thought he was no longer anointed??.

what could possibly happen?

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DwainBowman

If they truly believe what they claim, he would most likely step down for some other reason, and quietly leave, or maybe stay on as a non active GB member in name only, so as not to have to explain it!!

I know two that after 30+ years announced that they had been mistaken. Some month's after a talk at the DC/RC, about how some had decided they were because of how seemly extra devoted to study of the bible, and prayer, also being deeply involved in everything service related!!!