before anyone gives me the "bears/wood" similarities, this is a post based on insidethekh's reply on the mormon v jw thread.
(http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/287545/1/who-is-copying-who-jws-or-mormons) i like to see wt friendly posts on here as some of the wt bashing displays the same logical fallacies as levelled against the wts and it's followers so it's good to consider reasoned debate.. on the one hand i think itkh makes a fair point if you compare the worldwide success of mormons v jws but there is an overall context to the preaching work that is completely ignored by those fully "in" and has been a major factor in my move from being an active witness to one on the cusp of getting out.
from a statistical point of view there are great headline numbers presented by the wts but if you put them in the context of the number of witnesses, conversation ratios, ratio of new witnesses to birth rates, numbers that must be leaving, growth differentials across the globe, penetration in muslim nations and so on then these numbers become meaningless.
Yes, the preaching work as a preaching work is indeed a colossal waste of time.
But the preaching work as a keeping the "brainwashed drones busy and brainwashed, while flogging the wt brandname" is hugely successful.
After all there are 8 mill JWs doing it worldwide for them ....for free, voluntarily!
why is it that people who display self-righteous hypocritical behaviour are so blind as not to see what kind of people they really are?.
Because they only ever apply their own standard of righteousness to people other than themselves.
Perfect people have no need of a mirror.
ott wedding anniversary celebrations, what's that all about?.
i don't know about you, but the various congs i have been in there have.
been some seriously over the top wedding anniversaries that border on the obscene.
Oh the hypocrasy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8szhnltnkme.
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Tightarse is an aussie expression as well, meaning stingy with money.
"of course,a close relationship will not last if one person does all the talking.
(in this case it is me talking to god)just as friends enjoy two-way communication,(right on)we should allow god to speak to us(yes i have allowed him to speak but he says nothing)and we should listen to him when he does.
(iam still waiting for him to say something).
But, but God speaks to you everytime you see a rainbow or a lol cat or... or Brad Pitt (that is one fine looking man).
He's more of a show without the tell kind guy.
i remember hearing about this rumor around the time of the annual meeting.
did this really happen?
i haven't heard anything about it at my meeting yet.
Anyone who thinks witnessing for ten hours a month is pioneering is way too desperate for a title.
What would all the self respecting reg pioneers think.
Are these people so desperate for a title of some kind or do they just enjoy creating class systems
and heirarchies amongst the brothers. Subsets of a subset.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8szhnltnkme.
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Oh I don't know I have a feeling the whole tight-pants saga is just the beginning.
There will be tight-pants the movie: TIGHT-PANTS GATE
Then the sequel: The tight-pants that ate paris.
Oh YEAH, plenty more to come we ain't seen nothin yet.
once i loved the sound of your voice, butyour words have become meaningless.
as you venture into a state that leaves me,your companion, at a loss as to what to.
think, to do, if ever again i should link myheart and soul and body to one like you.. your honey words no longer melt in my earsthough, surely, they become fainter as you.
Beautiful and profound words Sir CoCo.
You always manage to touch my heart.
x
ott wedding anniversary celebrations, what's that all about?.
i don't know about you, but the various congs i have been in there have.
been some seriously over the top wedding anniversaries that border on the obscene.
That sounds like big fun misfit.
I love theme parties but we were counseled here about how inappropriate they were.
Bloody killjoys.
ott wedding anniversary celebrations, what's that all about?.
i don't know about you, but the various congs i have been in there have.
been some seriously over the top wedding anniversaries that border on the obscene.
Too true tal, such a shame all those missed opportunities to celebrate life.
I could never understand the no-birthday thing. I remember reading in Job
how his children would go to "a banquet at the house of each one on his own day"
and thought that sounds like a birthday celebration to me.
That sucks you were not a part of your parents big anniversary. This cult destroys family life.
zeb- you are right the sisters would revolt at the suggestion of toning down anniversary celebrations.
swn- no big city show-offs just an oversupply of wannabe JW celebrities.
