Posts by stan livedeath

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Better off PIMA than POMA or POMO.

by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

the situation is many of us are pima and all putting on a front, sometimes saying something we don’t fully believe.

or at least are actually agnostic about but a hope that it’s true.. but it can be useful if someone is really going through a hard time or has something they are very worried about, to say things like well let’s hope there is not much longer of this old system.. this can be useful in an awkward situation where you just don’t know what to do or say.

it’s a little bit of hope that can help when there is nothing else.. my agnosticism just means i won’t look back over decades thinking i wasted my life.

stan livedeath

ExBethelitenowPIMA4 hours ago
ExBethelitenowPIMA I don't recall you ever mentioning on this site if you have JW (such as PIMI) relatives. Would you mind telling us if you do?
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Yes large family some in, some never been in and some now out.
The ones out we are not following direction and shunning them at all.
Of all of us still physically in we all tend to be agnostic.

so--youre not physically in because of fear of losing loved ones / relatives by being shunned...

...youre just hedging your bets.

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Betty Georges - The Female Helper to the Governing Body

by MillennialDawn in

jw
friends

betty georges is listed as a helper to the governing body service committee, according to this page on the website: https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/governing-body-jw-helpers/.

anybody know anything about her?.

stan livedeath

Surname;

Betty

Other names:

George S.

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there--fixed it.

45

Ramapo

by Mit123 in

how much is ramapo going to cost?

my daughter in africa meets in a cow shed for her meetings.

i wonder how many khs in africa they could build if they dropped ramapo?.

stan livedeath

i wonder who is the brains behind all this Ramapo developement business is?

I cant believe its any of these Governing Body goons--they are just the front men--the stooges of the JW religious cult.

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Christmas Decorations at the Kingdom hall

by Simon in

i can't remember if i've told this story before .... but back in the day, in irlam congregation (northwest england, uk, cheshire #1 circuit i think) we used to rent a kingdom hall for many years before we eventually built our own.. preston hall.

ah, the memories .... it was primarily used as a community hall for old folks, but we had it friday night and sunday morning.. there was a loft and fold-out ladder and we used to store the chairs up their.

every meeting, there would be an assembly line of all the "lads" to pass the chairs down and set them up, then collect them up and pass them back up at the end of the meeting.

stan livedeath

Irlam Congregation (Northwest England, UK, Cheshire #1 Circuit I think.

i think i mentioned this before: back in 1971 i moved from Brum down to the Isle of Wight, Some weeks before--there was another family moved down from Irlam. I got to know them well, even working for the bro one winter.

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Ramapo

by Mit123 in

how much is ramapo going to cost?

my daughter in africa meets in a cow shed for her meetings.

i wonder how many khs in africa they could build if they dropped ramapo?.

stan livedeath

are they building this Rompo place because jehovah told the GB to do it ?

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Ramapo

by Mit123 in

how much is ramapo going to cost?

my daughter in africa meets in a cow shed for her meetings.

i wonder how many khs in africa they could build if they dropped ramapo?.

stan livedeath

in my town--the purpose built kingdom hall sold for nearly ££ half a million---allegedly in order to build halls in africa.

i think that will pay for quite a lot of cow sheds.

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Is the ministry really taken seriously by most JWs?

by XBEHERE in

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what say you?.

stan livedeath

i'm surprised the ~~society~~ org didnt make field service a male only activity--and a privilege to be earned at that.

21

We're you regular at all the meetings?

by Hellothere in

we're you regular at the 3 meetings days watchtower hade?

i remember our was tuesday, thursdays and saturdays.

in reality it's crazy they hade so many meetings.

stan livedeath

In Sarf London we

the ancestral home of the triffic innit tribe.

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Almost got caught lying about listening in to yesterday's Memorial

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

i have not attended any kingdom hall meetings in 10 years.

the elders gave up on me a while ago.. the last 3 years i get phone calls to listen in to zoom meetings.

listened in several times... nothing has changed!

stan livedeath

, then as I delivered it, I looked at the audience and realised most were zoned out

i did quite a few public talks back in the day--both home and away. I could drive anyone to sleep.

the thought occurred to me: i could deliver half a talk--than stop--and start at the beginning again just to see if anyone had noticed.

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Would I be disfellowshiped for this?

by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

if a publisher openly told the elders that they thought the gb were wrong about some or a lot of things, but said they will not share these thoughts with anyone else then would this be a case of disassociation disgfellowship?.

my guess is lots of elders meetings and shepherding calls to try to get you to say something they could use against you.. but what would be the sin in which you are not repented?.

the only reason to be dissed is non repentance?.

stan livedeath

i resigned--verbally--to the 3 committee members who had asked me to attend to answer to some nonsense they had heard. After that i attended occasional meetings to keep er indoors happy,--purely as an unopposed husband--not a member of the congregation. This was in the early 70's

In 1980 i had an affair with one of the sisters--she was d/f for it--but apparently it was announced at the same time that i could not be disfellowshipped as i wasnt a jw. But i was now considered to be an apostate--and to be treated as if d/f.

Suited me fine--although er indoors divorced me. Win win all round i thought.