just to continue my theme about religious freedom and how we approach criticizing the wts, i've also been thinking about 'shunning'.. i think shunning is the most unifying complaint that most ex-members of religious groups that practice it have in common.
it is the layer that runs under every other complaint - whatever the reason for leaving it seems "... and i was shunned" can be added to it as the final rap on the charge sheet.. of course it seems like a no-brainer to many of us and we hardly ever stop to really think about it - shunning is bad, the watchtower believes in shunning therefore the watchtower is bad.
they need to stop it.
Isn't the real issue not that we don't agree or disagree with shunning per-se, but that we disagree with who should and shouldn't be shunned and why.
Of course, this is the core of the issue. Many people should be shunned and for many reasons. Society shuns people in many ways. Probably the most extreme is incarceration in solitary confinement.
how would immigrant communities be like jehovah's witnesses?.
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How would immigrant communities be like Jehovah's Witnesses?
Actually Hitler and the Nazi party were destroyed.
WT societies first prophecy to come true?
the definition of theft under the theft act 1968 is a person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with intention to permanently deprive the other of it.
(england & wales).
i was a cop (mainly a detective) for 30 years and thought of this after mentioning the sparlock video during the jw fs visit today.
And so, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I put it to you that the elements of the offence are satisfied and that Caleb's mother is - at least prima facie - guilty of theft.
Judge - What say you?
Jury - Guilty as charged and WE HATE CALEB'S MOTHER!
i pictured the governing body when i saw this.
[especially at :40].
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fscmehy7sck.
I pictured the Governing Body when I saw this. [especially at :40]
mrs. johnson, our team has been working on your case for a number of weeks.
the money disappearing from your bank account, the constant confusion about 'watchtower teachings', such as the shifting understanding of the 1914 generation, the jw.org logo that seems seems to appear in the strangest places, the singing cart song that you can't get out of your head.
our experts have finally come to the conclusion that.
Mrs. Johnson, our team has been working on your case for a number of weeks. The money disappearing from your bank account, the constant confusion about 'Watchtower teachings', such as the shifting understanding of the 1914 generation, the JW.org logo that seems seems to appear in the strangest places, the singing cart song that you can't get out of your head. Our experts have finally come to the conclusion that
You've got 'Governing Body'.
what misery hast thou thrust into my tortured night.
my sweated pillow is witness to the sleepless sight, .
that, dark and moonless sky, brings no reprieve from gloom, .
OH WITNESS CART
Oh Witness cart, Oh Witness cart.
What misery hast thou thrust into my tortured night.
My sweated pillow is witness to the sleepless sight,
That, dark and moonless sky, brings no reprieve from gloom,
Oh Witness cart, Oh Witness cart.
Pray yonder door open wide and end my gloom
Pray sun to rise and speed your
rolling flight,
Pray thine wheels roll straight to my street,
Pray you make my life complete,
Oh Witness cart, Oh Witness cart.
What boundless ecstasy this beating heart knows,
For joyous time, whence ends your track,
Once again I taste and drink from the
Blessed fruit of your shiny and tender rack.
Oh Witness cart, Oh Witness cart.
Why do I hover like bird of prey,
Cursing sun, speeding across yonder sky,
Why does bright sunlight give way to darkened clouds,
When your sacred wheels again to horizon roll,
Such a loss again suffers my tormented soul,
Oh Witness cart, Oh Witness cart.
A dagger through mine heart,
When again disappears your wheels and frame,
And each night brings pain, the same,
Oh Witness cart, Oh Witness cart.
which of these activities did you hate/bothered you the most?
rank them from 1-5 with the most hated to the least.. .
field service.
How about 'delightfully different' 7 day assemblies?
'...recording is not permited...'.
what makes this whole scenario so interesting is that anyone can view, download, review again, and as many times as they want.
ms's, publishers [is that term still used?
'...RECORDING is not permited...'
What makes this whole
scenario so interesting is that anyone can view, download, review again,
AND as many times as they want. MS's, publishers [is that term still
used?] brothers, sisters, children, your next door neighbor, Aunt
Tillie, Uncle Bernie, the clerk at 7-11, every long haul trucker from
here to El Salvador, every fisherman from Newfoundland to Alaska, every lumberjack from California to Brazil, every coal miner from Kentucky to China, etc. etc.
etc.
The amazing thing is that the only people that cannot download are elders, CO's, DO's, included. So the whole world can review this video and get every word straight EXCEPT the elders. At least they can never admit to it.
how thy racks are so shiny!
how thy racks are so shiny!
how thy racks are so shiny!.
O Witness Cart
O Witness cart, O Witness cart!
How thy racks are so shiny!
O Witness cart, O Witness cart!
How thy racks are so shiny!
Not only in the summertime,
But even in winter is thy prime.
O Witness cart, O Witness cart!
How thy racks are so shiny!
O Witness cart, O Witness cart!
Much pleasure doth thou bring me!
O Witness cart, O Witness cart!
Much pleasure doth thou bring me!
For every day the Witness cart,
Brings to us all both joy and glee.
O Witness cart, O Witness cart!
Much pleasure doth thou bring me!
O Witness cart, O Witness cart!
How thy racks are so shiny!
O Witness cart, O Witness cart!
How thy racks are so shiny!
Each rack doth hold its tiny mag,
That makes each wheel to sparkle bright.
O Witness cart, O Witness cart!
Thy racks shine out brightly!
