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A matter of Conscience

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I have been reading the 'they just know' thread on this board, and it made me think of all those ambiguous situations where I was percieved to be doing something unspiritual, but there was no scripture to actualy cover the perceived wrong doing, e.g. I de...
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I was never an elder's wife, but I am an elder's daughter. As a young adult I got called into a few elders mtgs. One mtg was called with me and a few others that had seen the same movie together. A newly baptized sister had gone with us to the movie and ...
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It wasn't a total bust.  You obviously must have "evaluated where you were in the truth".  

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I remember one ludicrous prohibition mentioned from the platform. I think it was at the CO’s visit and one bro was illustrating the need to have a clear conscience. It was approaching Christmas and he asked if you worked in a store would it be alright t...
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We had the elders wives collective plus the elders ... look down their noses at any type of activity that involved 'physical contact'. This meant the only form of permissible dancing at 'get togethers' (don't you just loathe that phrase!) was of course...
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=1emSitting next to a single male without first seeking permission to marry him ... big no no. This struck me really funny!  

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Oh and yes, I always hated the term "get together". Heaven forbid you actually have a "party"!

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There was even a pecking order at 'get togethers'. Some people in the congregation I went to never got invited to get togethers, or weddings or anything else! And the ones that did make it weren't any luckier. There was always the outcasts who spent all e...
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Figuringitout20 wrote:Oh and yes, I always hated the term "get together". Heaven forbid you actually have a "party"!Yeah, Fig...but I hated the word "gathering" even more.  It sets my teeth on edge because it always reminded me of a group of animals herd...
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Cangie, Yes, "gathering" is even lamer than "get together". I don't think that term was in common use in my area. I probably would have laughed if someone said "Let's have a gathering" Makes me think of gathering fruit in crops. Hugo, I was in the elder...
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The term "gathering" was used here. There were definite cliques in the congregation I was in. It was sad to see how some people were just left out of things, and those were usually the people that could have used a little extra kindness. Figuring, it's f...
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Your  lyrics are far more accurate Woohoo... there could be a whole apostate song book waiting to be written!

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Figgy ..... I remember throwing caution to the wind and NOT sitting next to someone with a view to marrying him (also a phrase I hate ... 'a view to marrying ...' what IS that? haha) ...................... so I walked right up the front with my male frie...
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I remember an elder's wife who used to say that she views a male and female who sit together as being engaged.

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Cacky wrote:I remember an elder's wife who used to say that she views a male and female who sit together as being engaged.Geez. I remember that the hall was packed during one CO visit. I found a seat and made myself at home. An elder came in later and sat...
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Ah yes, the ever so obnoxious "Elderettes"... Such privileges based on their husbands' rank, and their own "submissive" appearances in public. (Nothing like what went on when they were with other sisters.) Here are a few examples in my life: One, who neve...
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