Posts by Ignoranceisbliss

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baptism regional Convention

by antes8080 in

jw
friends

hello friends during the weekend i was in the san diego regional convention and the number of baptisim was way down.. there were 51 who got baptise thats the lowest number i ever seen, the attendance was 14,000 plus .

Ignoranceisbliss

Our RC

2200 attendance

13 baptized If you extrapolate the numbers you have 2 CAs and one RC a year. In our area they are all about the same size. The CAs usually have about 7 baptized I have been keeping track. That would equal about 27 newly baptized . Out of the 2200 I figure about 1500 are baptized. So 30 would allow for 1% dying and still give you a 1% growth. This doesn't account for losing some to disfellowshippong or the fact that dubs are older and may be dying faster than 1% a year. The growth is definitly not taking place in English speaking America

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New Thought About Active J.W.'s

by The Searcher in

from my own observations & conversations with selected active j.w.

's, here are my conclusions:.

's are very rapidly falling into two distinct camps -.

Ignoranceisbliss

Oppostate

i think u mostly nailed it There are tons of dubs like this They believe fully, but have no desire to be elders. This was me and now a few years later I am fully awake

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The JOYS of being an EX-JW

by nicolaou in

add to the list and let's see the weekend out on a positive note!

1. sunday mornings.

alarm not set, cuddles with the mrs, tunes in the bedroom, coffee, bacon, another lazy coffee in the garden .

Ignoranceisbliss

Knowing that I will never EVER shun my children.

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New Thought About Active J.W.'s

by The Searcher in

from my own observations & conversations with selected active j.w.

's, here are my conclusions:.

's are very rapidly falling into two distinct camps -.

Ignoranceisbliss

I just finished my RC and was thinking bout this very thing while sitting there. There were probably 30 movies played during the 3 days. I think that these movies were wildly successfull at deepening people's brainwashing. The vast majority are so deeply brainwashed and are showing no signs of waking up. When we see something like the money begging and are disgusted by it, they think " wow, what great counsel. I really need to get better about donating".

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Does The Governing Body Have Enemies At Bethel?

by Brokeback Watchtower in

i would think that a lot of resentment is building up for these for these guys at bethel even though it may not be discussed openly for fear of being abused by the gb in some way.. any way looking at their personality and the extreme phoniness of rubber mouth/face lett, and am#3, and the chicken shit coward leosch who won't even show up in court when subpoena'd to defend his faith or policies, and i'm sure they have many more undesirable traits that repel people instead of attract and that has to work its toll on relationships they have at bethel.. and this shunning thing i'm sure must really erk some at god's house and while they may not be free to voice their discontent i feel it must be building because these guys are complete nincompoops when it come to reality and the only way they know how to give direction is with fear and guilt which i'm sure is rubbing a lot of people the wrong way.. and let not forget the issues that are raise when they stole all the congregations savings and the pledge drive for more cash, ban on higher education, lawsuit pay out and etc.... what is this doing to the relation ship they have with legal and accounting i see trouble brewing right thier in the spiritual pair of dice..

Ignoranceisbliss

I hear that Johnny the bethelite is really really upset about it all!

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I need help with this one. What do you think I should do?

by Quarterback in

jw
friends

my wife is pleasant and easy to get along with.

she is also helpful to many.

lately, however, there is a jw sister who some are curious about has befreinded my wife.

Ignoranceisbliss

Is your wife possibly bi-curious? If not then don't worry about it.

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I'll be a Witness when I retire.

by adjusted knowledge in

jw
friends

i was around age 5 when my father allowed an elder and his wife into our home for a bible study.

my father never got baptized and left the religion completely when i was 12. he would tell the family that when he retires he would return to the religion.

he never went into absolutely why he left, but i think it has to do with the fact he reported an elder's daughter making out with a "worldly" guy, and it was my father that got lambasted.

Ignoranceisbliss

He sounds like a good man.

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WHEW! ! ! ! !

by brandnew in

jw
friends

even though i have a raging hangover today, and going on to tonight......... i wouldnt trade it for another sunday morning , in a kh, wearing a suit n tie, listening to garbage..

Ignoranceisbliss

I recommend an hour in a sauna while drinking a gallon of water. That will help with the bottle flu.

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Anybody have any experience with this?

by stillin in

an elderly sister passed away recently.

family came to her memorial service from all over the country.

some of them, including grown-up, disfellowshipped children of hers, also came.

Ignoranceisbliss

Depends on the family. I went to a funeral a few months ago and the DFed family was allowed to go to the after dinner. But they kept it to family only. Not everyone from the Congo was invited.

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WT is shorting literature orders by congregation with a problem contributing enough for literature $3500 just for mags

by oppostate in

at our meeting last night there was a talk about having run out of magazines for the last three months.

it's expected this will continue to happen.

the "branch" has not sent the requested number of magazines.

Ignoranceisbliss

Math is wrong. He added a zero. A hundred pups at seven sets per is 700 sets @ .50c per is $350. Not $3500