Posts by stuckinarut2

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Kingdom Hall Closures In Canada.

by Lost in the fog in

one of our friends in canada posted the following message to their circle of friends.

"in our meeting last night, the coordinator read a letter from the canadian branch about the reorganized territories.

all the territories in the fraser valley from hope to vancouver, about a hundred miles in all, have been reorganized to create larger congregations and improve the use of kingdom halls.

stuckinarut2

'wondrous contraction is now taking place!"

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Just a thought

by moley in

just a hypothetical question.

if the society was right and armageddon came a knocking would you want to live in a society run by the org and bully elders.. would rather die at armageddon.

i would.

stuckinarut2

Would you want to live in a dictatorship where you would be expected to conform without question to the authority of a being who masacred billions of people because they didnt praise him every day??

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BS stories in the publications

by Billzfan23 in

this is an example of a story that just strikes me as funny from their publications:.

"wilson, a christian from ghana, was notified that in a few days, he would be fired from his job.

on his final day at work, he was assigned to wash the private car of the managing director of the company.

stuckinarut2

Sounds just like an "experience" that happened to a mormon friend of a friend's cousin's mother in utah

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What changes would stabilize JW membership?

by StarryNight9 in

i've seen many topics about how things are changing or might be changing in jw doctrine/culture.

some have extrapolated how those changes would result in declining jw membership.

i'm curious to know what changes others think would stabilize those numbers.

stuckinarut2

Great suggestions above!

The best way for them to "stabilize" the numbers, is to encourage more births!

The only way they will get more numbers is from the Born-ins.

It is a "revolving door" religion. Many leave...and the numbers are propped up by new born-ins getting baptised.

12

Letter to elders: Say what brothers?

by pixel in

to all bodies of elders .

re: audio at sign-language meetings .

dear brothers: .

"New Kingdom Halls Being Built Around the World.........."

by The Fall Guy in

that's what a very elderly jw sister said to me this afternoon, in response to all the sell-offs.

i didn't contradict her - she's far too close to the end, but if it had been a younger jw i'd have suggested this:.

"isn't it a pity that the society doesn't have a section on its web site where it could post photographs of all the new kingdom halls that are getting built every week/month?

stuckinarut2

Oh dear...the level of cognitive dissonance is appalling!

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I'm Going to Regular Meetups at LDS Church!

by Simon in

jw
friends

yeah, i know ... who would want to step foot anywhere near a new-age religious church after being brought up a jw, right?.

i know some will already be judging me, but hold-on - it maybe even worse than you imagine!.

the group i meet-up with ... don't go inside, we never pray, we, erm, we just hang out in the car-park.. you're thinking "wtf?

stuckinarut2

Why dont churches want people playing pokemon go inside?

Because they dont want people chasing after make-believe beings!.....

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Study Watchtower confirms shunning spiritually weak. How nice!

by Isambard Crater in

it really hurt to hear brothers and sisters commenting about this at the meeting yesterday.. "as in solomon’s case, one of the greatest threats to spirituality is friendship with those who do not understand or respect jehovah’s standards.

some may be associated with the congregation but may be spiritually weak.

others could be relatives, neighbors, coworkers, or schoolmates who are not worshippers of jehovah.

stuckinarut2

Yes!

That study article last weekend has to be one of the most direct and disgusting forms of cult manipulation ever!

I am sure she will post a separate thread on it soon, but my wife and I had her father directly say that he "has to give careful and prayerful thought to cut association with us" based on coming home from that article!

I hope he does! After all, he is just a leach on our time and money anyway....

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HYMNS you will never hear at the Kingdom Hall

by Vanderhoven7 in

do you have examples of hymns you will never hear in kingdom halls in any country.. here are a few of my favorites:.

https://youtu.be/cjivdc-_njs.

https://youtu.be/7gfvl0ef-be .

stuckinarut2

Well, when they have amazing songs like those on JWBroadcasting instead....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AejyTm7yyN4

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wt and charitable works.

by zeb in

my wife (uber) mentioned today an elderly man who comes to the kh and he suffers from a sever stomach complaint which needs surgery and that there is a 'waiting list' at the local hospital.. so i says, "why dont the elders put the $$ together to get his op done privately.

" (ie out of the govt system and 'waiting lists').

her answer was telling.

stuckinarut2

Great thread Zeb!

Many years back, there was a young teenager in the cong with a rare form of cancer. His family was doing it tough, and so I wanted to arrange a collection to help the family out towards all the expenses.

I asked why we couldnt make it an official Congregation activity to help them out.

What was the Elders response? I was also told "this is not what we do".

So I took up a private collection amongst any who felt inclined to help out. I was told "not to do it while at the KHall!"

Things like this make me so angry when the Society has "charitable tax-free status" in most countries, and yet they wouldnt know the meaning of the word "charity"!