Posts by purrpurr

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Is wifi sensitivity the new chemical sensitivity?

by purrpurr in

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several of the jws i know have recently graduated/incorporated wifi sensitivity into their (self) diagnosis of chemical sensitivity.

they seem to be particularly terrified of the new 5g, with some even believing that it's the new 5g that's causing coronavirus in china.

the fact that even though they maybe able to turn off their own wifi but will still have all the other wifi signals around them doesn't seem to occur to these jws.

purrpurr

Several of the jws I know have recently graduated/incorporated wifi sensitivity into their (self) diagnosis of chemical sensitivity. They seem to be particularly terrified of the new 5g, with some even believing that it's the new 5g that's causing coronavirus in China.

The fact that even though they maybe able to turn off their own wifi but will still have all the other wifi signals around them doesn't seem to occur to these Jws. Many have outlandish gadgets and therapies to combat the wifi signals.

Most seem to think that 5g will bring about armageddon by killing everyone in its reach.

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Stupid armageddon false alarms

by purrpurr in

when i was 5/6 i remember being in the car with my jw mom and a jw sister.

they noticed a yellow ish glowing cloud in the sky which really freaked them out and they both declared that it must be a sign that armageddon was here!

they then spent the whole car trip declaring that the police and army were about to come and round up all of us.

purrpurr

Every assembly the local Jws say "we've never had counsel like this before! It proves armageddon is about to happen!"

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Stupid armageddon false alarms

by purrpurr in

when i was 5/6 i remember being in the car with my jw mom and a jw sister.

they noticed a yellow ish glowing cloud in the sky which really freaked them out and they both declared that it must be a sign that armageddon was here!

they then spent the whole car trip declaring that the police and army were about to come and round up all of us.

purrpurr

When I was 5/6 I remember being in the car with my jw mom and a jw sister. They noticed a yellow ish glowing cloud in the sky which really freaked them out and they both declared that it must be a sign that armageddon was here! They then spent the whole car trip declaring that the police and army were about to come and round up all of us. I was terrified.

Does anyone have any stories about crazy jw false alarms?

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Why are they still so obsessed with Dr Spock?

by purrpurr in

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comment in today's wt, was about dr spock, and his book "that every parent in the world read" apparently (!).

if it wasn't for the wt's obsessions with the guy i would have no idea who he was, neither i suspect would the vast majority of the congregation.

there has been a mass of parenting books written since and yet they keep harking back to this one.. do they have no idea how out of touch this makes them seem?.

purrpurr

Silmboyfat, it would be interesting to draw up that list of out of date sources the wt keep using.

What must the younger generation think of such antiquated references?

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Why are they still so obsessed with Dr Spock?

by purrpurr in

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friends

comment in today's wt, was about dr spock, and his book "that every parent in the world read" apparently (!).

if it wasn't for the wt's obsessions with the guy i would have no idea who he was, neither i suspect would the vast majority of the congregation.

there has been a mass of parenting books written since and yet they keep harking back to this one.. do they have no idea how out of touch this makes them seem?.

purrpurr

Comment in today's wt, Was about Dr Spock, and his book "that every parent in the world read" apparently (!)

If it wasn't for the wt's obsessions with the guy I would have no idea who he was, neither I suspect would the vast majority of the congregation. There has been a mass of parenting books written since and yet they keep harking back to this one.

Do they have no idea how out of touch this makes them seem?

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WTBTS/JW's Copyright Hypocrisy?

by The Fall Guy in

i remember one congregation's territory maps used to be copied from an ordnance survey map , which is crown copyrighted and requires a licence fee to do so.

naughty jw's.. https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/licensing/licences/paper-map-copying.html.

afaik, jw congregations don't employ professional map-makers, (cartographers) so how do all the uk congregations obtain such copyrighted items for their business?.

purrpurr

Every UK Cong I've been in has used os maps

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WT's ICO details have disappeared?

by purrpurr in

the wt used to have a long page on the ico website listing all the data they gathered and what they were going to do with it.

their basic contact listings are there but thats all??.

whats going on??

purrpurr

Did no-one see the info that used to be on those pages? It's all gone now

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WT's ICO details have disappeared?

by purrpurr in

the wt used to have a long page on the ico website listing all the data they gathered and what they were going to do with it.

their basic contact listings are there but thats all??.

whats going on??

purrpurr

The WT used to have a long page on the ICO website listing all the data they gathered and what they were going to do with it. this has now gone! their basic contact listings are there but thats all??

whats going on???

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Does anyone know how many kh's are/Have been sold?

by purrpurr in

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are we at least able to estimate?

and where are the funds from these sales going?

the official line is of course that it's to build halls in africa etcbut i don't believe it .

purrpurr

Are we at least able to estimate? And where are the funds from these sales going? The official line is of course that it's to build halls in Africa etcbut I don't believe it

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Only jw's .....

by carla in

"(14) arranging for elders to visit or write a letter to addresses of households that have asked that no further visits be made.—see 23:21.".

what is so hard for them to understand that someone is requesting to be a 'do not call'?.

how does that conversation go?.

purrpurr

Tbh most houses only get called on once a year in some territorys. So the yearly do not call is not missing anything