Posts by sparrowdown

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"Please consider contributing" -- is this for real?

by Nathan Natas in

i have started seeing requests for contributions at the bottom of the screen.. why the change?

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sparrowdown

Oh, so we're all lab rats, I feel so violated.lol.

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Why a drop of over 3,700 publishers in the Democratic Republic of Congo?

by freddo in

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looking at the figures for 2014 to 2015 the numbers have dropped from 180,343 to 176,585.. any idea why?.

sparrowdown

The evil social control study experiment known as WT has reached it's limits and found it's half-life and we are beginning to see the effects wearing off worldwide ? ?

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i know this is an old topic, but it came to mind again.... yes it is appropriate for people to dress neatly and respectfully for a dignified religious gathering, but why does it have to be a full suit with collared shirt and tie?.

why does it have to be a full dress or skirt and jacket?.

sure, we would find it distasteful for a person to arrive in swimwear or work overalls or other inappropriate attire, but why does it have to conform to strict standards?.

sparrowdown

Hahaha..me at a meeting...yeah good one😉

Don't worry stuck, I have absolutely no intention of going to a meeting I was merely envisioning a hypothetical scenario to make the point that the WT has no real power.

Thanks for your kindly advice though. ☺

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Dress and grooming

by stuckinarut2 in

i know this is an old topic, but it came to mind again.... yes it is appropriate for people to dress neatly and respectfully for a dignified religious gathering, but why does it have to be a full suit with collared shirt and tie?.

why does it have to be a full dress or skirt and jacket?.

sure, we would find it distasteful for a person to arrive in swimwear or work overalls or other inappropriate attire, but why does it have to conform to strict standards?.

sparrowdown

That's the point, that's the worst they could do, but, how they view me doesn't scare me anymore.

Also, if alot of people started pushing the envelope on these rules what could they do- put out a sternly worded WT.

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Dress and grooming

by stuckinarut2 in

i know this is an old topic, but it came to mind again.... yes it is appropriate for people to dress neatly and respectfully for a dignified religious gathering, but why does it have to be a full suit with collared shirt and tie?.

why does it have to be a full dress or skirt and jacket?.

sure, we would find it distasteful for a person to arrive in swimwear or work overalls or other inappropriate attire, but why does it have to conform to strict standards?.

sparrowdown

I actually thought this the other day and wondered what would happen if I went back to meetings but wore jeans or pants everytime I went and see what would happen. If they told me to change into a skirt and I said something like "no thanks I'm fine in what I'm wearing."

I mean what could they do? Would they really push it or just let it go?

It would be an interesting test case, would they post a dress code sign at the entrance to the K H?

I doubt they would have the nads to do anything.

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Just called into the Kingdom Hall, Speaker said he couldn't tell if anyone was listening to his talk... Well I was and what a joke

by Greybeard in

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just called into the kingdom hall, speaker said he couldn't tell if anyone was listening to his talk now that everyone uses electronic devices and nobody laughed... well i did!.

he also mentioned when everyone used the bible he could hear the pages flipping and he knew they were following along.

this was really funny to me.

sparrowdown

Last time I attended I could hear the sound of doctrine flipping.

That's a good point, we used to be guilted into sitting up straight looking at the speaker, taking the goldilocks amount of notes etc etc how can they tell now if you're paying attention.

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Dress and grooming

by stuckinarut2 in

i know this is an old topic, but it came to mind again.... yes it is appropriate for people to dress neatly and respectfully for a dignified religious gathering, but why does it have to be a full suit with collared shirt and tie?.

why does it have to be a full dress or skirt and jacket?.

sure, we would find it distasteful for a person to arrive in swimwear or work overalls or other inappropriate attire, but why does it have to conform to strict standards?.

sparrowdown

WT's dress code isn't about dressing "appropriately" it's about every other petty rule of theirs it's about power and control. They enjoy getting people to jump through hoops just because they can.

There are certainly enough examples in the bible where Jesus broke the social rules of the day to heal, speak or hangout with someone on the do not heal, speak or hangout with list that indicate that Jesus didn't give a rat's ass about what a person looked like.

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How long can this cult remain with only kids becoming members?

by Crazyguy in

it's become clear that very few from outside the religion are joining anymore.

if only the kids of the people that are already in are the one replacing the members as they die off and 50% let's say of the kids leave then how long can they realistically last before the downturn becomes obvious?.

sparrowdown

I think they realize their mistake at not providing child specific indoctrination before now claiming that children need to listen along with their parents to the same material whether it was age appropriate or not - hence, the birth of the Caleb and Sophia characters but it's all too little too late.

Not that I think it bothers them they are busy prepping for the GT anyway, they have assets to liquidate, bunkers to build, hot-tubs to install and cases of champagne to buy.

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Major fail on last convention video

by ILoveTTATT2 in

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as noted on reddit,.

the last convention video,.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d43eygztxl4plagiarized the sound from this album:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2udtlqwtjd4 .

sparrowdown

The music in that video is from the boutique production company known as Audio Machine.

They produce music for movies and tv etc.

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Can a Person Resign From Being One of Jehovah’s Witnesses? (JW.org FAQ)

by Da.Furious in

found this in my rss feed of, as new faq on jw.org:.

the answer was .

a person can resign from our organization in two ways:.

sparrowdown

What they fail to mention is the unofficial shunning that goes on.

I have not DA'd nor have been DF'd (oh my, sounds like some kind of kinky fantasy confession when you say it like that) but anyway I digress.

My point is I am shunned by everyone that sees me now and yet my only WT "crime" (that they know of) is not being at the meetings. No one has enquired after my health or well being. No one has enquired as to why I am not at the meetings and if I need some help in some way to get back there it's just shun first and ask no questions, yet according to their official statement oh noooo that does not happen.

Yeah right, they know damn well what really happens unofficially. That's what happens when seven men have all the power but no care or responsibility.