Posts by sparrowdown

with all these problems going on, layoffs, child abuse, money issues, building halts etc... what better way to have your average jw ignore it than to completely change up the meeting.

sparrowdown

Nothing happens overnight with this org.

These kinds of changes are likely planned at the very least a couple of years in advance. What you see is definitely all there is with this religion and where it's all leading has yet to be revealed. IMO

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Right everyone watch this video its insane!

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i'm just watching this video.

now bare in mind this guy has never been a jehovah's witness so he has no investment in this cult.. https://youtu.be/_ry-onhbkya.

sparrowdown

I don't have time to watch the whole thing now, but defintely will make the time later. From what I did watch it looks like it's an interesting one.

I can't get enough of these f.u Wt videos at the moment. Thanks for posting it.

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Any thoughts on the real reasons for droppng the 'school"

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my thoughts are.

1. they want to avoid being made to comply with any laws that come with anything classed as a "school" especially a school with children enrolled.. 2. the mid-week meeting has been dying in the ass for years and needs a revival.

i predict happy -clappy-sing-a-longs to be included in the program.. anyone else have any thoughts ??

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I'd say you are spot on with qualified brothers being thin on the ground LisaRose. The School Overseer was one of the most loathed assignments to draw the short straw on I gather from the harried sighs of the brothers who spent before and after meetings chasing down the students and trying to find last minute replacements for the cancellations.

The novelty of the new meeting will wear off pretty quick too I expect, because as you say just rearranging the deck chairs.....

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The bridge burning has begun.

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i was feeling particularly hopeless about the whole jws being assholes thing and sick to death of pretending so ....

i rang my sister and told her that i no longer believe jws have the truth and the phone went silent, when i asked her to say something she just said if that was the case then she would have to hang up on me and then proceeded to indeed hang up..

so i texted her back immediately with fu..

sparrowdown

I love that quote OC, thanks for posting it!

Cultbgone - I agree, no news is good news as far I 'm concerned.

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Any thoughts on the real reasons for droppng the 'school"

by sparrowdown in

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friends

my thoughts are.

1. they want to avoid being made to comply with any laws that come with anything classed as a "school" especially a school with children enrolled.. 2. the mid-week meeting has been dying in the ass for years and needs a revival.

i predict happy -clappy-sing-a-longs to be included in the program.. anyone else have any thoughts ??

sparrowdown

Stillin - the meeting itself isn't going anywhere but it won't called the TMS anymore and will be unrecognizable as the school we all are familiar with. There has been a letter leaked clearly outlining these changes.

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Imitating Jesus with a goatee vs Elders

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ok.....ya gotta hear this ......pops, who is 80 + , slightly nacisistic, slight case of alzheimers, and a stubborn good ol man.. decided to grow a pretty nice lookin goatee this week..... elders swooped on him so quick, it was crazy....... pops looked like he was diggin the whole show of testosterone being flung in his face , but he stood his ground and smiled.... when the dust settled, and pops had his say..... he replied......"im imitating jesus, and jehovah "....!!!!.

omg...the smile on my face, and the one on my dads was priceless......along with the frowns on theirs... thats all....just wanted to share that..

sparrowdown

Good for you, bn's dad! Tell them young whipper-snappers to shove it!

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Any thoughts on the real reasons for droppng the 'school"

by sparrowdown in

jw
friends

my thoughts are.

1. they want to avoid being made to comply with any laws that come with anything classed as a "school" especially a school with children enrolled.. 2. the mid-week meeting has been dying in the ass for years and needs a revival.

i predict happy -clappy-sing-a-longs to be included in the program.. anyone else have any thoughts ??

sparrowdown

The fave setting the sister's used for their talks in our hall was ...wait for it "encouraging (counseling)another sister"

So it wasn't even relevant for field ministry. Many of the sisters that gave these fine talks only turned up for the mid-week meeting when they had a talk assignment and left straight after the school.

Oh what a giver of joy the school was - not!

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The bridge burning has begun.

by sparrowdown in

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i was feeling particularly hopeless about the whole jws being assholes thing and sick to death of pretending so ....

i rang my sister and told her that i no longer believe jws have the truth and the phone went silent, when i asked her to say something she just said if that was the case then she would have to hang up on me and then proceeded to indeed hang up..

so i texted her back immediately with fu..

sparrowdown

To me it has always seemed so arbitrary and capricious how they decide who to hunt down and who to ignore.

I've seen some who were stalked and hounded until they either formally DA or were DF, and others the elders didn't chase no matter what the reports of sin and debauchery.