Posts by sparrowdown

I mean, come on, JW meetings would have to be up there with the most un-user friendly meetings out there. Especially for anyone who hasn't had any previous indoctrination they are incomprehensible.

The JW jargon, the "Jehovah this Jehovah that's" every five seconds, the bunch of unspoken rules of engagement and etiquette that is observed by the brainwashed majority that attend. It's a very strange, very exclusive social club of wanna be social and spiritual elites who's default setting with "interested ones" is one of snide condascension.

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You're fired!...Damage control in October broadcast

by ab.ortega in

this new broadcast features interviews with bethelites from south africa that were fired reassigned to the ministry field.

i almost feel sorry for these people who gave their all thinking they would be taken care of for who-knows how many years.

however they were let go in the blink of an eye.

sparrowdown

Because of the dog eat dog environment of most congs JWs are territorial. I imagine there will be some serious turf wars breaking out when the ex-bethelites come to town and expect to get a slice of the local pie.

Well - I hope there will be anyway may wake some more people up.

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CO visit... Circuit is not growing at all, he said during midweek meeting

by StarTrekAngel in

so that was a "shocker".

i was not able to attend the meeting.

i had a more important one with my other apostate friends in the area.

sparrowdown

134 attended the CO visit.

118 average attendance.

Wow! The cong I'm suposedly in was over 90 average attendance midweek and over 100 on Sunday 8yrs ago.

Now - Barely reaches 40 midweek and 50 on Sunday.

Never see thm doing D2D anymore either, only 3 or four years back groups were regularly seen.

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This may be a crazy question, but it popped in my head and won't leave. . So I gotta ask. . .

by Miss Worldly in

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ok, this probably applies to most faith systems that believe in any sort of afterlife, but i would like to know what sort of explanation the jw's would come up with for this little problem, you know, after armageddon on earthly paradise.

sorry if i sound dumb, but it's been nagging at me for a few weeks and have to ask.. so, what if a young married jw couple are living their life, waiting for the big a, knowing they will be together in the earthly paradise, then very sadly one of them dies.

from what i know, if a jw dies, that's it.

sparrowdown

Thanks for those scripture references James Brown "...when the crowd heard it, they were astonished at his teaching." It reminds me of The Life Of Brian and the crowds audibly gasping whenever Brian said anything.😄

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Is This Crap For Real? FREE SPEECH CRACKDOWN: EU orders British press NOT to reveal when terrorists are Muslims

by freemindfade in

how has offending become the worst crime of the 21st century?

actually, forget being offensive, just telling the truth that may be uncomfortable or offensive.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/717627/free-speech-crackdown-eu-report-british-press-hate-crime-violence-terror.

sparrowdown

How will the Governments get people on board to accept the target amount of Muslim refugees when the press go around calling out Islam when calling out Islam makes many people nervous about accepting large amounts of muslim refugees. Not saying calling out muslim terrorists is either good or bad -maybe yes maybe no, just wondering about the ulterior motives on the part of the Governments and the EU.

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Some real gems from the KH!

by DATA-DOG in

well, i went to the kh.... why?

i had my reasons, but i had a real nice cocktail before hand.

anyway, the talk was "why does god permit suffering?

sparrowdown

Too bad for any married JWs who got DFd for confessing to regularly engaging in some kind of sexual act WT had previously deemed as "perverted." It sucks to be a jw - pun intened.

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What if Jesus Christ was not put to death by the Romans but instead died a natural death?

by deegee in

according to christianity, the death of jesus was a miscarriage of justice.

so then, what if there was no so-called miscarriage of justice so that jesus was not put to death by the romans but he instead died a natural death?

would christians still receive the forgiveness of their sins and their hoped for salvation?.

sparrowdown

Death by cross was probly considered a "natural" death in the first century.😉

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Why cant Judicial Committees be taped?

by HereIgo in

i have never understood this.

was it because of legal reasons?

i cant think of any other reason why it wouldn't be allowed, but i know the elders ask you repeatedly that you are not taping.

sparrowdown

Makes you wonder why people who call their organization "the truth" would be so afraid of recording it.

What are they hiding by not allowing the recording of JCs? Their policies or elder's behavior and attitude?

Maybe they don't want a record of witness testimonies of the sorts of injustices that occur within the congs.

Probably all of the above.