they started out with a $3,500 carry-over but by the end of the day they were short $25,000.
the speaker eloquently beseeched the audience to go the atm machines and give their generous contribution or at least their widow's mite.
after the sessions were over, our friend who attended walked from one end of the assembly hall and then to the other end and noticed long lines up to both machines with people who couldn't wait to run up their credit cards.
Hey, they need the money to cover all those lawsuit settlements.
I know my relatives contribute heavily. Me...?! No so much anymore.
No f'ing way am I financing the wrong doing of this Org and the lavish living of their upper echelon in Warwick and all over the world.
DY
jw special conventions.
who's going?.
are you "special" enough to be chosen?.
I HAVE to go. My immediate beloved relatives are heavy into it: Regular Pioneers, Elders very heavily involved in the WTBTS inner workings. I'm seriously trapped in this Org.
To keep my sanity, I accentuate the 'community', hanging out with the people I care about; also, it's nice once it's all over daily, the dinner hangouts and resting comfortably at this nice hotel.
Heck, look at all the nasty crap going on in other places around the world. Life could be so much worse, so... whatever.
DY
i have been following the jw chatter online about the letter writing that has been furiously undertaken by the jws around the world.
a global effort done on the command of the gb in ny.. several jws have mentioned the cost of mailing letters (and packages of letters, where allowed) to russia and the cost is substantial.
some jws have mailed dozens of letters.. the jw boast is that the russian postal system will be overwhelmed with letters.
0.00 from me!
I want to see the almighty violate the Russians' free will and thus protect His people there.
DY
msoneone of fb sent me this.
looks like they know they're being exposed as the frauds they are.
this plus the theme of the next convention "don't give up" just reeks of desperation.. stash: /intesoft-inc.appspot.com/post/b21fe47ca2644a0ea2f6e28fe6401145.html
Hi,
And this month's broadcast urging young ones to get baptized also is a sign of fear; fear of not showing growth numbers, and they're forcing this growth on the backs of children that cannot at all know what kind of contract they're getting into.
Why would the leadership of this Org refuse to follow the example of Jesus on this regard has me so upset.
DY
"sorry, what's disgusting?
", i replied.
"that thing we've just called on", the sister said in response.
In the Spanish JW congs, only the older JWs have this ignorant attitude. The younger generation is different, more accepting of the fact that these are individuals like any other.
I'm glad the younger JW generation has progressed to understanding the LGBTQ community.
DY
anyone watching these interesting reports on several world religions?
on its third episode now.
places my particular situation as a skeptic jw in a much nicer shade in comparison to these others beliefs around the world.
Humans want to 'believe' in something; in the absence of religion, other causes receive the same attention and effort.
We are wired to worship... even if it is the 'self, such as some celebrities do. Amazing!
DY
anyone watching these interesting reports on several world religions?
on its third episode now.
places my particular situation as a skeptic jw in a much nicer shade in comparison to these others beliefs around the world.
Anyone watching these interesting reports on several world religions? On its third episode now.
Places my particular situation as a skeptic JW in a much nicer shade in comparison to these others beliefs around the world. Gosh, people have some crazy ass ideas of God(s) and religion!!!
Hooked on watching these weekly series. Please give me your viewpoint.
DY
i am just curious.. i have a cousin who is a baptist and his church streams their sunday services and i've been checking them out before i go to meeting with my jw wife.. i haven’t been to a church except for the occasional funeral and wedding and the only sermons i had heard were the tel-evangelist type.
anyway, all the church bashing by jws over the years made me unsure what to expect and i was pleasantly surprised.
they do use the bible and they don't spend the whole time begging for money.
Still a JW, but personally contribute $$$ to humanist causes.
DY
i was raised in the religion and for the most part believed that my religion was truth.
i recognized some mistakes were occasionally made but felt that nobody is perfect.
then i smartened up and realized how dumb so many of the beliefs are....was there ever a time that you truly believed you had the "truth"?.
Yes, I was a true believer once, all the way until the great 'overlapping generation' rectum derived doctrine.
It's been downhill from there; and since one cannot unring a bell, I don't think my faith in the WTBTS can ever be restored.
Any day now I will make it publicly known that I can no longer support this Org.
DY
(i wanted to put this in the child abuse section of the forum!).
we have seen that during the march 2017 broadcast, m stephen lett has openly praised children who get baptised as young as 10!.
so lets summarize why it is wrong to push child baptism (not far off "infant baptism" that jws condemn other churches for).
This is one of my pet peeves about the Org.
Why do they refuse to follow on Jesus' footsteps regarding baptism?! This is only so that they could increase their numbers in the yearbook, oh, and a contro tool.
The WTBTS has no moral ground in criticizing any religion about infant baptism. No difference whatsoever!
God this practice makes me so angry! 😡
A control tool for sure. Then they could hold over the young person's head anything with threats of withholding privileges for whatever stupid reason.
STOP THIS UNCHRISTIAN PRACTICE ALREADY!!!
DY
