A matter of Conscience
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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)...
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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...
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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...
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