Posts by sparrowdown

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The December Broadcast... OMG- what the heck was that?

by Sliced in

"of course not- we want to eat from clean dishes!

dishes that have been cleaned thoroughly inside and out.

" we have to be sure the things entering our minds are clean... rejecting exciting fun stuff that features sex.

sparrowdown

Clean "dishes" ?

They don't have "pizza" parties at bethel do they? I know they hate "garlic bread."

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WELL BEARDS ARE STILL A NO NO!!!!!!

by DwainBowman in

well beards are still a no no!!!!!!.

in a new letter from the branch/gb nut's, beards are not acceptable in the us branch area!!!!!!.

my eldub brother in law, shared this today.

Oh, How to Choose What to Follow in the Mosaic Law...

by Sorry in

my sarcasm will get me df'd one day.

after being disgusted by the bs of the sunday meeting, i chatted with one inactive brother came back for that one meeting.

i can't exactly remember how it came up, but he told me and a sister whose a close friend of mine that she shouldn't be so uptight, we're no longer under the mosaic law.

sparrowdown

Well said steve.

People that go to meetings and come here to vent is what happens when WT forces people to choose between their family and their religion and their freedom of thought and speech.

If these people were allowed to be themselves at the meeting and with their families they wouldn't need to come here to air their real thoughts and feelings.

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"You Wouldn't Believe How Many Have Crawled Back To The Meetings"

by minimus in

jw
friends

that's a comment i heard from an elder i haven't seen in over a decade, yesterday.

i mentioned it all on my other thread.

i responded that i knew of no one that was crawling back to the meetings and gave him an incredulous hearty chuckle.

Whenever JWs make claims like this I get the impression that they are trying to convince themselves that a mass "crawling back" is occurring because that feels better that a mass "fading away" which would be the more likely scenario.

When I was still in and going to meetings the elephant in the room for our cong (and surrounding) was that were several people "drifting away" "slowing down" in the ministry and the meetings this was ignored while we all banged on about the amount of "interest" (non existant) there was and "how exciting" (not) the times were etc etc.

What deludinoids!

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Do You Remember When JWs Relished Explaining Their Beliefs?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i bet most witnesses could not explain their blood policy, their understanding of the slave, and even simple biblical doctrines....they are an embarrassment to any old timer..

sparrowdown

It actually works better for the borg to NOT have the dubs trying to splain stuff.

If you have teachings and policies that make no logical or moral sense you would do well to avoid explaining them in detail. Politicians and conmen know this also.

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Meeting Attendance levels

by freddo in

jw
friends

i attended a sunday meeting today after missing a couple due to a bout of chronic apathy.

out of 74 publishers we had a grand total of 33. wonderful.

for those that attend, how are you finding the numbers?.

sparrowdown

I think A Believer might have meant to say "Those in attendance at the KH were high."

That's the only thing that makes sense out of that statement.

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Let me get this straight I can greet a stranger who may be ax murderer

by poopie in

jw
friends

bit i can't greet or say hello to a poor soul at the kh that's df please help me with this..

sparrowdown

That's right, you got it. If you are a baptized witness you can greet and talk to anyone on earth including axe murderers and pedophiles but you cannot talk to disfellowshipped JWs.

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"We Had No Idea How Manipulative He Can Be!"

by pale.emperor in

very stressfull and upsetting evening was had last night.

i dropped my 2yo daughter off to my ex-wifes home.

all seemed good until i got home.

sparrowdown

I hate the way JWs expect everyone else to dance to their bullets. Everyone else is supposed to just tiptoe around their beliefs like no one else is entitled to have any without being spawns of satan.

They blow every little thing up into a federal case when it 's just life.

Stand your ground you have rights too they're being petty, intolerant, and judgemental.

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Meeting Attendance levels

by freddo in

jw
friends

i attended a sunday meeting today after missing a couple due to a bout of chronic apathy.

out of 74 publishers we had a grand total of 33. wonderful.

for those that attend, how are you finding the numbers?.

sparrowdown

I have felt for some time that the org is letting individual congregations die a natural death so they can continue selling off halls.

By introducing cartwork, a website to direct people to and videos slowly, slowly replacing talks by local brothers I think they have sent the message that " kingdom workers" are not needed anymore and when people feel not needed except to be constantly berated over who they associate with and what they wear it's only natural that attendance would drop off thus creating a problem.

The answer to the "problem" is clear merge congregations and sell KHs which only adds to the problem by creating logistical issues for those attending a KH that is farther away causing more discouragement resulting in further shrinkage and drop-offs and so on and so forth it goes until ........ until.....endgame unknown at this point.

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If You Could Ask the GB Or One Of Its Members...

by Cold Steel in

...one question about anything and get a straight answer, what would it be?

historical, philosophical, theological, eschatological, anything.

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sparrowdown

Even if I could ask them anything I wouldn't waste my time I've seen the way they dance around questions.