stan livedeath

Joined

• started 133 topics
• posted 5,645 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by stan livedeath

• 
  20

  Share your Haysbridge, Surrey assembly hall memories

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  did you ever go to the haysbridge assembly hall in surrey?.

  post your experiences.

  the assembly hall i believe used to be a reformed school for boys and was completely renovated and dedicated in 1985.. it was the only assembly hall i knew of that sold souvenir pens, book marks and notepads.. .

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  stan livedeath

  thankfully i was long gone before the hayes bridge era--in fact i never heard the name at all till i joined this site.

  i do remember some names mentioned--bro Ellis--is that Peter?--i knew him as a circO in the West Midlands ( UK) in the 60s.

  Wilf Gooch--branch servant . I actually liked his talk manner at assemblies. He stayed at a friends house for holidays here on the Isle of Wight.

  Ken Richmond--CircO in the same circuit mentioned above--early 70's i think--stayed at my parents house several times on circ visits. ( Birmingham )
• 
  26

  Did Geoffrey Jackson lie under oath at the ARC?

  by Vanderhoven7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i understand he intimated that the faithful slave was not the only spokesman for jehovah god.

  he also intimated that corporal punishment was not advocated by the wts.

  we're these lies or deception or did they represent the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  stan livedeath

  

  
  
• 
  2

  Love will save the world

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  he tried to part the cold, white blanket with frozen fingers.. shivering now, his cold blue eyes focused on her pale, soft skin, her butterknife cheek.

  the city of lights in her eyes.. .

  their love saved them from disturbing fate.. .

  1. 
  2. 
• 

  stan livedeath

  maybe Terry will like this--hes into that sort of stuff.
• 
  3

  11/25/23 Daily Mail :"Former Jehovah's Witness lifts the lid on the brutal isolation he faced as a child

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  interesting read.

  while the daily news is not a high-brow paper, it does get a lot of views.

  (i have known jw families this extreme towards children).

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  stan livedeath

  It was a center page story in the Daily Mail (UK) about Rachel--who had started the internet forum Ex JW Reunited that led to me discovering this whole world of ex jw's. I went on to meet lots of others--some are / were members on here over the last 13 years.
• 
  124

  JWLITE

  by Teddnzo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  even elders can be part of the new jw lite brigade these days.

  they don’t need to go on door to door anymore and there is no requirement for anything really.. taking meeting parts is all dead easy you could turn up on the day with zero preparation because it’s all in the meeting workbook.. quarterly elders meetings are just old men having a good old natter just like old men do down the pub.. congregations could be likened to pubs or bars these days just without the drinks, those come at other times.. no need for territory maps, these almost went away with covid letter writing now they are extremely slow getting finished as those who still go door to door only do ten mins.. you could even voice your questions these days about things the gb say and then just say “we can’t be dogmatic we just don’t know”.

  i predict they will say this about 1914 soon..

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  stan livedeath

  so what do you answer to the question on a form when it asks what is your religion ?

  lapsed jw?

  rubber dub ?
• 
  18

  anniversary of JFK assassination

  by desbah in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is for all the ex-jw's on that dreadful day..... do you remember where you were when jfk was shot in dallas, tx?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  stan livedeath

  yes--i remember exactly where and how i heard:

  i was walking towards the entrance of the rented school hall that served as our kingdom hall--- one of my jw pals caught up with me and told me about it.

  I was 15, and would be leaving grammar school for good a few weeks later. A few months after that i was guilted into becoming a pioneer by listening to DO Drage grinding on about it at an assembly. My pio partner was the same lad who told me the news about JFK.
• 
  68

  Governing body

  by moley in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  are the governing body really in charge or are they just a figurehead with the real power being behind the curtain .

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  stan livedeath

  Mr Morris--its all gone very quiet about him--just what the watchtower wanted
• 
  40

  PIMI wife told to go against her husband and take the vaccines?

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if a pimi sister has been told by her unbelieving husband not to take these experimental vaccines then what is official jw policy in this situation?.

  should she go against her husband and tell him i will do what the men at my church tell me?.

  what on earth will the husband think then?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  stan livedeath

  Elmer3 months agoWell, according to your current “bio”, you are allegedly a seasoned elder from Bethel.
  You should be able to answer your own question. But since you’re a troll, it won’t happen.

  i must have missed this--was it ever established that exBpima was a troll--or not
• 
  23

  Jehovah's Witness Retirement Homes and Senior Care

  by Tahoe in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/jehovahs-witness-retirement-homes-and-senior-care/ar-aa1jrvoa.

  .

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  stan livedeath

  further thoughts about jw care homes in the UK.

  Where a resident has " no" money--their care is paid for through social services, a part of the local civic council--funded by the tax payer. How much is paid depends on the care needs of the individual claimant--there are several care bands. The lowest level of need costs £2200 PER MONTH.

  So--take a humble jw--having pioneered most of their lives--often living on $ocial $ecurity' is now elderly and depending on Funded care in their old age. What a loving provision from Jehovah.

  No wonder the Watchtower $ociety is keen to distance themselves from all these pioneers--not to mention all those lifetime Bethelites kicked out before they became a liability.

  How many JWs are there now in the UK ?--and how many of those are elderly? Do the sums !

  Imagine if laws were passed holding the Watchtower .liable for these costs of elderly care ? They would be shitting them selves!

  Make no mistake--these J Jireh care homes are NOT provided by the watchtower--they are a business--a cash machine.
• 
  23

  Jehovah's Witness Retirement Homes and Senior Care

  by Tahoe in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/jehovahs-witness-retirement-homes-and-senior-care/ar-aa1jrvoa.

  .

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  stan livedeath

  who pays for their care?

  
  

  here in the UK--anyone with no money is laughing--care home costs are paid for by the tax payer--ideal for most old dubs i would think, The retired person can have savings--up to about £25 ( i think) above that and they have to pay. Property also is taken in to consideration.
  At this point greedy relatives rise to the surface.

  My wife is the registered manager of a private 20 room care home.