whilst i--in no way--think this thread is genuine--
it would be sensible to delete the OPs photograph JUST IN CASE IT is GENUINE==before too many PIMOs in her circuit get to read this thread and see that photo.
hi, my name is leacy and i am 41 years old.
i live in california.
i attend the rancho santa margarita congregation.
whilst i--in no way--think this thread is genuine--
it would be sensible to delete the OPs photograph JUST IN CASE IT is GENUINE==before too many PIMOs in her circuit get to read this thread and see that photo.
w93 6/1 p. 15 par.
6 be sound in mind - the end is close - "of course, well-meaning, faithful christians in the past have sincerely tried to predict when the end would come.".
more than 140 years of a sincere & well-meaning "it's coming soon" from the org, can be swept under the carpet - nothing to see here!.
I was in it prior to 1975
well.. 50 years later….
the jws haven't been to my door for a while, but i don't doubt that they'll turn up eventually*.
(i saw easter eggs in the supermarket yesterday, so "memorial" season is fast approaching 🙄).
what's a good question to ask, to get the ball rolling?.
Where is Tony Morris????
Actually i did raise that subject last time 2 young chaps called. One hadnt a clue what i meant--the other was flustered--then they made a hasty escape
https://youtu.be/2rovtysbopm?si=gqazzq-lowyk3js0.
with islam being one of the fastest-growing religions in the uk, there’s more need for mosques.
so when an old church goes up for sale, it’s not exactly surprising that someone might want to turn it into a mosque.
There was a series of programmes on TV recently--about the London underground train and bus bombings. I think lots of folk have forgotten all that.
https://youtu.be/2rovtysbopm?si=gqazzq-lowyk3js0.
with islam being one of the fastest-growing religions in the uk, there’s more need for mosques.
so when an old church goes up for sale, it’s not exactly surprising that someone might want to turn it into a mosque.
Wingco--spot on. and its getting even worse. Soon be running the country--thank dog i will be gone by then.
the jws haven't been to my door for a while, but i don't doubt that they'll turn up eventually*.
(i saw easter eggs in the supermarket yesterday, so "memorial" season is fast approaching 🙄).
what's a good question to ask, to get the ball rolling?.
i rarely see any in the street now--used to be every few weeks--often several together. I dont ask them anything--but i sometimes say i used to be one--and wait for their response.
that aged well lol.
since then 4 younger gb members appointed.
What’s the great GT?
speaking to an old elder friend recently about his decision to home school his high school aged kids.. he claims that here in australia, about 30% of the students that log into online classrooms are jw's.
the others are disabled kids - who cant physically attend class and the rest are long distance students.. another generation of under-educated jw kids on the way..
Home schooling = no schooling
https://youtu.be/3yylzu0bi_k?si=kku6r9szfenj3h9i.
whatever happened to those who came back to jehovah?
due to slow growth and the constant scrutiny from governments like norway in relation to their harsh disfellowshipping practices,last year in a move that no one expected the watchtower for the first time extended an olive branch to all those who left the organization or were disfellowshipped in the past.considering this practice was introduced over 60 years ago and with a rough estimate that around 100,000 leave jehovah’s witnesses every year the total number is in the several millions.so we should have expected millions to have accepted this invitation and rejoined the organization, the result though was an abysmal few thousands according to a recent jw update.. so now, for the first time, the latest watchtower study magazine for april 2025 gives us an inside view on how this reintegration is coming along, and it doesn't look good!.
i had wondered if i did show my face in the last congregation i attended whether my daughter would speak to me!
i know back in the day, that was taught, that if the parents were going to be destroyed, so would the children.
i just can't easily find reference to anything.
this thinking has been used to justify some egregious behavior towards children and their parents such as exclusion of children from jw family - why worry, the end is near, all will work itself out then - the end didn't come though.
another popular JW cult thing to really scare young kids --DEMUNZ !