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steve2: in britain, growth of publishers is slowing down, if not stagnating.
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I’m still trying to get over that Stanny did 100 HOURS a month banging on doors!!
i'm afraid so. did it for 6 months when i was 16--then from 18 to 21. i was also a servant then. although i can say some of the hours i booked were actually spent in a snooker hall. or a bowling alley.
actually--when you think about it--those specials had it easier than us regulars--we had to earn a living as well.---they were paid ! ( not a lot )
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steve2: in britain, growth of publishers is slowing down, if not stagnating.
darkspilver: .
special pios were 150 hours a month in the 60's.
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steve2: in britain, growth of publishers is slowing down, if not stagnating.
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yep--i was a regular pi--100 hrs a month. late '60's
two elders have been deleted by watchtower for reporting an allegation of child sexual abuse to the police, contrary to watchtower orders (a jw paedophile with a history, apparently).
when the british branch discovered what the elders had done they arranged for 3 elders to fly over to ireland, at the congregations expense no less, to hold a special jc for the ' rogue' congregation elders.
one elder and the cobe were deleted, two were allowed to continue.
i think the irish branch closed
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steve2: in britain, growth of publishers is slowing down, if not stagnating.
darkspilver: .
by the way--in the 60's, in the UK the jw membership stood around 60,000....with a population ratio of 1 to 860ish. the british field was considered " dead" i heard.
how have you all coped with facing the reality of our mortality?.
most of us were raised to firmly believe we would never get old or die... so here we are now having to face the reality that are getting older... we are going to die.. sometimes it really pisses me off that we were never helped to comprehend this most basic of facts.
we were given a utopian dream as a "fact", and hence never taught how to face our inevitable futures.... thoughts?.
i had a heart attack at 48. i just knew i would pull through. i was right. i'm 69 now--and looking forward to another 21 years. ask me then.
my spies tell me that the attendance for hellaby this last sunday was only 600.. that's all i know.
i imagine some on here have perhaps some more insights into why.
however, it seems rather low, don't you think?.
i just googled it--assembly hall of jw is on the map . what a suitable place name for it.
i get very angry when i hear this claim being made by jws and get even angrier when i read the article they have on their faq section on jw.org which i’ll leave a link here:.
https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/families/.
i know that the majority of this article is written about having a spouse that isn’t a believer and how the bible encourages them to stay together but that’s one of the things that can cause division in a family, for an example if a son or daughter marry a nonbeliever or a worldly person the parents aren’t going to attend the wedding.. once i was told by an elder that if i continued with my behavior of wanting to seek worldly friends and worldly companionship that i would have to leave my home because the holy spirit would leave my house and that would have a huge impact on my family.
the watchtower cult doesnt break up families ?
oh...so how come my daughter has nothing to do with me ?--she lives 10 miles away. or my younger son--he lives about 150 miles away--but ive no idea where.
so how come my first wife--a fanatical born-in has nothing to do with our older son--who left the cult and started living with his wife to be--and was d/f';d for that ? fortunatley he and i have a very close relationship since i found him a few years ago--in fact i was with him and his wife yesterday---and my beautiful grandson--the only grandchild ive ever had any contact with.
i love to read about the decline of this vile cult. i just hope more people i knew many years back have managed to escape. i know a few that have.
i realize that jehovah’s witnesses have been dumbed down for long time now.
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still, i think there must be something that would make them really question their beliefs, even their life.. i think that if witnesses were told they could take blood or that disfellowshipping was unloving, they might stop and take a hard look at everything they have sacrificed their lives for.. i know the organization has muddled these subjects before but the i think even die hard witnesses might start to second guess the governing body..
i wonder how many remain simply because of fear of losing family and friends if they do leave.
this is just a general query, and am hoping someone can clarify.. a lot of web forums usually list the usernames of the admins & moderators.
i have not seen listed, unless someone can show me otherwise, the admins & moderators of this web forum.. from what i can gather, simon is the owner & admin of this web forum.
scully has just locked a discussion thread - so i'm guessing that s/he is either an admin or moderator.. who are the admins & moderators ?.
yep--your avatar is a dead giveaway.
was lady lee an admin on here ?
