a young man in somerset in england, under massive pressure from financial and relationship issues lapsed into mental illness.
he was unlucky enough to have as his support system the local congregation of jehovah's witnesses.
one of the symptoms of his illness was the use of tobacco.
it is very difficult--long winded and expensive to " import" a "foreign" spouse into the UK.
i'm in the process--and we are now 4 years in to the 5 years settlement route, which will have cost me about 10,000 pounds overall. there are conditions to meet--including a minimum income or other financial means. like many other Brits--i knew nothing of all this when we first met and started a relationship.
i was wondering two things, 1: how long in total are the zoom meetings, i presume the sunday one is the longest ?.
and 2: if you use zoom for free, the session only lasts 40 minutes, so do they have an intermission so people can log back in, or are all jw's expected to pay for the "privilege" ?.
have this playing in the background--but not too quietly.
i don't have the hanging down parts to do it (and my wife would probably divorce me), but i just got my beevis and butthead shirts from walmart.
i bought two with beevis doing his alter ego thing as cornholio.
she told me not to even wear them outside of the house.. https://www.walmart.com/search/?query=cornholio.
get a tee shirt printed especially for these zoomers...like--"far queue"
look at the new york post online today and watch the videos of mayhem and destruction to the city with fires all over manhattan.
the police vehicles are being destroyed and torched and the rioting just goes on and on.. i regularly went to nyc sometimes once a month for years.
now, who on earth would want to go to this hellhole??.
so they smash up and burn their own neighbourhood. then tomorrow moan about all the wreckage and empty shops.
i was wondering two things, 1: how long in total are the zoom meetings, i presume the sunday one is the longest ?.
and 2: if you use zoom for free, the session only lasts 40 minutes, so do they have an intermission so people can log back in, or are all jw's expected to pay for the "privilege" ?.
hmm
zoom meetings. no more kh. no more door knocking.
getting more attractive all the while.
maybe time i got my everlasting life card stamped.
i often times wonder what happened to certain bethelites that i ran around with during my 1990s tenure there.
while there are still a few left there, the greater majority of them aren't there for various reasons (marriage, disillusionment, left the borg, etc).
a couple of cats i wonder about - there was one brother who i believe was from kansas, who got his fingers cut off in a printing press.
Anyone heard of Ron Drage or Ron Rage at London Bethel?
it was listening to Ron Drage --district servant--in my mid teens 1964 made me give up my job to go pioneering. its been downhill all the way since.
His name crops up on here from time to time. Last mention of him he was seriously ill, so i dont know if he's still alive.
now today this is of course a non-issue.
the wt has embraced the big bang/old earth etc just not evolution.
in fact the creator book has some decent info.. however i have a good copy of the 1958 paradise book.
but--seriously--does anyone believe the adam and eve story ?
i was six, not given any choice.
i remember being in the old kh, and my dad told me the brothers wanted to talk to me in the back...i was terrified.
i actually thought they knew i didn’t want to be a dub, my dad told them to just add me as a publisher, so no back room meeting.
i was about 12 when i started going "on the doors". often on my own--especially tuesday evenings before the book study.
imagine...a 12 year old kid..out door knocking..tuesday evening...in the dark..in HANDSWORTH.....!
but that was 60 years ago..things have changed.
i might have missed this but blondie was always one of the best posters here.
her analysis and commentary was spot on.. is everything ok with her?
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@One post Wonder
welcome to the site
they still have a hold of you in some way if you spend too much of your time even thinking about them.
exactly what ive thought for years.
i hope you will stay awhile and contribute some more.
i have a niece who is trying to get pregnant.
she was telling me her husband had to go to a room with porn in it and masturbate into a cup to get tested.
i never thought of this before but but how would a jw handle this.
Ever come up before ?
