A four minute lesson on how to be ULTRA spiritual. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kDso5ElFRg&list=PLVqOKx7e2qhefIG5IEGOKQ4pCzFf8IScX
a four minute lesson on how to be ultra spiritual.
:).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kdso5elfrg&list=plvqokx7e2qhefig5iegokq4pczff8iscx.
A four minute lesson on how to be ULTRA spiritual. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kDso5ElFRg&list=PLVqOKx7e2qhefIG5IEGOKQ4pCzFf8IScX
i was expecting people who "identified" as jws to follow watchtower beliefs more closely than these pollsters report.. .
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/04/26/a-closer-look-at-jehovahs-witnesses-living-in-the-u-s/.
Here is the link to what the interviewers asked: http://www.pewforum.org/files/2015/11/201.11.03_RLS_II_questionnaire.pdf
i was expecting people who "identified" as jws to follow watchtower beliefs more closely than these pollsters report.. .
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/04/26/a-closer-look-at-jehovahs-witnesses-living-in-the-u-s/.
I found the racal demographic interesting. About 13% of the US is black. Within JWs that number is double.
The hispanic number is large, and I would expect that is were the US growth is. In the San Francisco Bay Area most of the new congregations were Spanish. A large number of english speaking hispanics attend Spanish cong., personal friends explained to me it was much more fun and family like. Based on spanish Congregation parties and gatherings I attended in times past, I would have to agree.
i was expecting people who "identified" as jws to follow watchtower beliefs more closely than these pollsters report.. .
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/04/26/a-closer-look-at-jehovahs-witnesses-living-in-the-u-s/.
I was expecting people who "identified" as JWs to follow Watchtower beliefs more closely than these pollsters report.
the 2016 january tv.jw.org broadcasting has a clear message: jw.org needs more money!.
the 2 months of donation increase is not enough: the thousands of projects are not a 2 month project.. so: thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you (heh heh heh) and send us more!
personal conclusion: if i had any doubts that the society is sincere, this openly money grabbing has made my perception complete.
Everytime Lett speaks I think of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" and start laughing. He sounds like RUPRECHT!! :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF8QAeQm3ZM
and money wasn't an issue, what would it be?
and money wasn't an issue, what would it be?
I would rent some pick-up trucks and vans for Sunday mornings to park outside Kingdom Halls and Assembly Halls and have a large 4'x8' A frame sign in the bed 4" lettering with blown up famous Watch tower and Awake magazines. Themost famous Magazine Covers : dead Children (no blood), Generations, and "1975 ". Perhaps an old Rutherford "Religion is a snare and a Racket sign" ?. Perhaps some big GB 2.0 head shots with Pope Hats? A big inflatable Golden Calf with a blue JW.ORG between the horns? A big paper mache' Molech in the truck bed?
Actually i just got a cell phone call from an awakening JW AT THIS MORNINGS MEETING (40+ yrs in) who is looking at apostate WEB sites DURING the meeting!!!!! lol. He told me the recent GB talks are more damaging to his "faith" than any appostate site. Tight pants Tony, constant begging for money, and the Societies "defense" during the Royal commision inquiry is really shaking him up.
http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/downloadfile.ashx?guid=7ba22716-556c-43c2-9fc6-76697afad440&type=exhibit&filename=wat.0001.004.0076&fileextension=pdf
The immediate response to this letter in Northern California was to appoint a man who had been involved in SIX Child molesting/kidde porn cases in the late 80s, early 90s in Central California.
Evidently changing congregations and counties and some "green handshakes" helped move the process along. He was shown off by having a part on the platform at the Sacramento Convention Center to the horror of some of his now adult victims.
due to the fact there are about 27,000 members of this religion that are known pedophiles, and the information about it is kept in a secret database file, i wonder how many lurking jw's as well as others are aware of the severity of this problem?
remember, it's 27,000 pedophiles that they know about.
what about the thousands that don't get caught?
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After sharing the ABC story about Candice with a number of inactive JWs THREE ex Jw sisters have contacted me and shared personal experiences about TWO Silicon Valley ELDERS who molested FOUR young pre-puberty JW children. Two of the children reported the abuse, but the children and parents were ordered to NOT contact police and drop the issue by the Elders (who still serve).
There seems to be no bottom to this cesspool Flipper.
whenever we visit the board we see a lot of angst among jehovah's witnesses who are just learning the tatt (the truth about the truth).
hey, don't feel bad, we had it at one time ourselves.
"angst means fear or anxiety (anguish is its latinate equivalent, and anxious, anxiety are of similar origin).
Whenever we visit the board we see a lot of Angst among Jehovah's Witnesses who are just learning the TATT (the truth about the truth). Hey, don't feel bad, we had it at one time ourselves.
"Angst means fear or anxiety (anguish is its Latinate equivalent, and anxious, anxiety are of similar origin). The word angst was introduced into English from the Danish, Norwegian and Dutch word angst and the German word Angst. It is attested since the 19th century in English translations of the works ofKierkegaard and Freud.[1][2][3] It is used in English to describe an intense feeling of apprehension, anxiety, or inner turmoil."
After 50+ years of toiling with the heavy loads of Watchtower land let me put your minds at rest.
It is a glorious spring SUNDAY here in California. I SLEPT in till 9:30am. (I did not rush around getting dressed checking my bookbag, shirt, or check to see my Watchtower was studied. I did not practice a talk or check notes. I did not check the car for litter, or the shine on my shoes). I shuffled into the kitchen and made a big pot of coffee and enjoyed the local paper and the NY Times. ahhh. Third Gen woke up at 10:30 AM to the smell of coffee and me LAUGHING on the phone with a JW Witness FRIEND (yes you heard that right- I still have JW friends (all secret "apostates"). I emailed other ex witness friends a joke. We then enjoyed BRUNCH and listened to the birds and our nice neighbors playing in the nearby park with their children (yes those horrible non-believers doomed to die at armageddon). Third Gen is outside now working on her rose garden with a big smile and chatting with the neighbors (those horrible worldly school teachers :) )
Last week we had a nice lunch with Mr and Mrs Flipper. The week before, dinner with another board member.
The friends we have now do not all share the SAME beliefs about everything. They don't have to.
The point is "The TRUTH will set you free" the real truth... TATT. Enjoy life. LIFE...It goes on AFTER Watchtower.