this is obviously a question for the older generation.
i'm really curious what it was like to be a witness in the 60's and 70's?.
was the society as strict as it is today?.
Up until the early 1970s, the WTS used to set specific goals for "Regular Publishers" , which included 10 hours per month, 12 magazines , so many "back calls" (now "return visits"), and at least one bible study. Those failing to meet these goals were classed as "Irregular Publishers", and would have received some "encouragement" in the form of a cattle prod!
I'd up my hours by putting leaflets through doors as I walked to work.
this is obviously a question for the older generation.
i'm really curious what it was like to be a witness in the 60's and 70's?.
was the society as strict as it is today?.
Actually there were 5 meetings, 1 hour weekday, book study; 2 on another weekday, school and service meeting, and 2 on Sunday, public talk and WT study.
I wonder if the abandoning of the book study was all to do with stopping unsupervised association amongst the JW's? Same thing with reducing the gaps between assembly sessions and the doing away with assembly food lines so as to reduce unsupervised association? If you look at old pics or video of the food queues everyone seemed to know everyone else. I think that has all gone now.
this is obviously a question for the older generation.
i'm really curious what it was like to be a witness in the 60's and 70's?.
was the society as strict as it is today?.
Assemblies were very different with lots of breaks between sessions. Plus everyone was encouraged to use the cafeteria facilities as a source of association, which could sometimes be fun.
when i was in, during the 1970s, i would see circuit overseers twice a year.
i think there were two occasions when i saw a district overseer give a talk at the hall.
were eliminated as part of a streamlining process but who the hades has taken on their responsibilities?
The DO always gave the public talk at Circuit assemblies. We had one humorous CO - John Wyatt - who would announce the DO as his "big brother".
i read a fantastic quote that applies to the way the society treats those who choose to leave...:.
"when a toxic person can no longer control you, they will try and control how others see you".
just wanted to share....
I think this quote originates on a web article dealing with narcissists.
please show them this.... easter 2017, christians ‘most persecuted group in the world’.
during the last calendar year, some 90,000 christians were killed for their faith across the globe, making christians by far the most persecuted group in the world, according to a study from the turin-based center for studies on new religions (cesnur).. while tens of thousands of christians are killed for their faith, introvigne said, they are just the tip of the iceberg and much persecution takes place on a daily basis that never makes news.. http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/04/16/easter-2017-christians-most-persecuted-group-in-the-world/.
dear jw's, it's all about being a christian that is important, not being a jw!!.
JW's lack of popularity is totally self-inflicted. You gonna let people die through lack of blood, not assist abused children, split up families with shunning, you are not going to be flavour of the month!
Simples....(sorry meerkat)
theresa may the british p.m. has called for an election.. the house of commons has to vote tomorrow and have a two-thirds majority to agree and the main opposition parties want it to happen too so it looks pretty certain to go ahead..
From an emotional point of view I would love to see an Independent Scotland, it would go some way to redressing the evil perpetrated in the past by the English upon the Scots, but from a pragmatic point of view I do not see how this can be achieved.
I think we've managed to perpetrate evil around most of the globe over the centuries, so Scotland aren't alone.
BTW, we've never declared war on Portugal.
theresa may the british p.m. has called for an election.. the house of commons has to vote tomorrow and have a two-thirds majority to agree and the main opposition parties want it to happen too so it looks pretty certain to go ahead..
If the majority of Scots vote to remain within the UK again, will the SNP get the hint and drop this issue?
No. Independence is all that drives Nicola Sturgeon, some say at the expense of other important issues.
theresa may the british p.m. has called for an election.. the house of commons has to vote tomorrow and have a two-thirds majority to agree and the main opposition parties want it to happen too so it looks pretty certain to go ahead..
I think the UK is lucky to have her - she seems pretty awesome right now, definitely Thatcheresque.
She ain't Mother Theresa, that's fer sure.
theresa may the british p.m. has called for an election.. the house of commons has to vote tomorrow and have a two-thirds majority to agree and the main opposition parties want it to happen too so it looks pretty certain to go ahead..
Sadly there is no alternative to anyone but the Tories - led by Theresa May - to take us out of the EU in style. All the other parties want a wishy-washy exit or none at all. Now Theresa May is being castigated for changing her mind about holding a snap election. Others say that she's being adaptable to a changing situation.
