is it ok to talk about the ongoing post about 'he who must not ne named"?.
my perspective: im a neutral observer.
i dont know lloyd evans, im not an active member of any ex-jw group (except this one i guess).
i hardly ever read cedars when he was a member here--and that AAWA business went over my head. I dont think ive read more than half a dozen replies to the mega thread. Is it the longest there has ever been on here ?
Dont forget--there's no such thing as bad publicity.
i chose world events as a topic because it was the only one that seemed fitting enough.
i left work early (if you can call 445-3 early) so i could get some shopping done, fill up, grab a scratcher for the wife and be on my way home.
after i filled the tank i strolled into the tiny room of the gas station, to find myself behind an argument just started.
wow--youre in America--and you called a total stranger an assole ! Where did the bullet enter your corpse ?
i’ve always had a personal relationship with god that is not affected by any issues or controversies i have with anybody..
prayer--oh--you mean a one way conversation with your imaginary friend in the sky?
https://youtu.be/bbgovnly3vy.
There are rumours the elders are getting ready to impose draconian measures to force people back to in-person and door to door.
good--hopefully a fair few will quit completely.
here is a practice i only recently learned about and am actually interested in learning more details...some of you may have experience on the subject.
i always thought it marvelous, loving, and kind how the brothers would go in ( at their own expense) after disasters and repair homes of the witnesses who had been adversely effected.
i personally have worked freely helping to clean and repair after flooding.
before covid--i discovered my house had a problem with the ground floor--the laminate flooring was bulging and lifting--it turned out the underfloor was soaking wet. I contacted my insurers who sent in 2 surveyors: 1 to assess the extent of the damage, 2 to find the source of the water.
It turned out the ground floor shower was leaking waste water under the floor--so the whole lot had to come up and be replaced. Estimates were from £18 to 22,000. As soon as the insurance company got the quotes--they approved the lowest ( From my neighbour, a builder )...and settled the claim in full---STRAIGHT AWAY ! At no point was any inspection carried out--either during the work--or afterwards. My new engineered oak floor looks very nice.
i have a family member who had been df'ed for 15 years or so...recently they reinstated as a jw.
when i asked what motivated them to make that decision, the response was to be able to see family and old friends.
they insisted that things were different now.
if i apply to be reinstated--will i have to give up atheism ? Its kinda easy that way. Like being one of Jehovah.s Unwitnesses.
another biography will be published on 18th august 2022 - without warning & only sometimes by kit de waal who writes about her childhood in a mixed-race family in 1960's birmingham (uk).
it is not only about jws but her "descriptions of church meetings are deliciously evocative" (the guardian 08/12/22) :.
“time does not pass.
/\ /\--i grew up near that area--Balsall Heath.
There was a cong in Sparkhill at that time.
i remember when i was still a teenage kid back in the 60's----the cong i was in organised a coach at very short notice to attend a mini one evening assembly at a stadium in London UK. Brother Knorr was coming to give a talk !. That prick was treated like god itself! His talk punch line was " you must not forget"...ive never forgotten that . ( I cant remember what his talk was about though )
These brain washed dubs treat their cult leaders like rock stars. They would buy their turds if some smart operator could market them.
i decided to do this posting because of some comments in the post about pensions.
in the mid to late 1980's there was a flood and the local kingom hall was damaged and many of the friends homes were damaged...groups came in to help repair.
my then mother-in-law literally lost everything-she had no home to repair...she had been renting a small trailer and it washed away.
When my ( late ) JW dad went into a care home--in 2013, i applied for and got Power of Attorney to look after all his finances etc. I soon discovered he had been paying £100 each and every month into the congregation funds. I stopped that immediately.
Then i found proof he had also paid £5000 towards the Kingdom Hall purchase fund--although when i found out that hall had already been sold for site redevelopment. ( I wonder where THAT money went ).
When he went into the care home--it was in a different KH area--but one of his former elder friends used to visit him--but that soon stopped. A local elderly sister also visited him a few times--but then she died. The only other visitor he had was a sister who came to the care home to do the residents hair styling. I paid her to do my dads--although she avoided actually ever talking to me!!
what happened in bonham, texas?
: the body of elders and the majority of the congregation decided to leave the watch tower organization.
and with that, they took the kingdom hall.
/\ /\ spot on. In fact--why not sell all the KHs--and make the dubs use the assembly halls instead--for a whopping weekend rental charge obviously.
