i actually had a neighbor ask me that the other day (she knows i'm an "ex" jw) and i didn't really know the answer.
i know there's a bit of cart witnessing going on (small town) and a lot of driving around to return visits.. but are they actually doing territory, not-at-homes, all of that?
the neighbor said that eight years ago, when she bought her house, the jws were by "all the time".
working the doors (to death) and keeping all the records had gone away.
How many thousands of times did I walk away from a 'Not at Home' and stand on the sidewalk, in front of the house, look back at the number and write it down, all official and professional like. That must have been a sight from peoples living room window.
it's my first time on this site though i am no stranger in the ex-jw community.
i come to you now asking for your assistance in what to present to the dean of students at my university.. why am i meeting with dean of students, you may ask?
because today, while innocently finishing an assignment in the school library, i happened to look out the window and see the jws with their stupid little cart.
"Fight any black bear regardless of circumstances."
Understood.
Any advice on grizzlies?
i have a super uber jdub relative who lives several states away.
he is always trying to encourage me since he knows that i stopped going to the kingdom haul.
anyhow, he sends me a copy of the program for the summer regional convention and pointed out the sunday morning talks.
Send him the outlines. Tell him that being as he was so excited about the coming talks, you interpreted it as a request for the outlines. Send the outlines to all of your 'in' relatives. Tell them so and so requested the outlines and you thought they all would like copies. Wish them a very happy convention.
this is my 15th year without going to the memorial.
based on comments, it seems i did not miss anything.
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25 years
simple physics.. the timber that was used to execute jesus had to be substantial.
thus, its weight could not have been carried entirely, but rather it had to be dragged.. get a log with no crosspiece, one substantial enough to nail a man to, and try to drag it through town.
try to get a hold of it without it sliding out of your grip.
Give me a simple piece of rope and I would quickly make the log easy to drag. A cross indeed. As for the weight and distance, who knows?
look at the picture for yesterday's watchtower study.
see the good jw folks sitting around the campfire..... zoooom in on that campfire.
have a good look..
Looks like a fire to me. A funny looking fire, but then, the people look funny also. Those are people, right?
w5 on now in canada.
taking about the arc.
and other things.
Wow.
WOW.
WOW!!!!
Thumbs up to W-5.
Who - What - Where - When and Why?
Proud to be a Canadian.
A faded Jw?
Not so proud.
what splain does in his talk and chart illustration is make the leap that a generation can have two groups.
and in this case the two groups span more than 108 years.
but no where in scripture is there ever a notion that a generation has two groups.
I noticed that Splane when he was attempting to splane things kept using the phrases like, we just don't know-for the sake of argument- and suppose. I don't know about others but I sure as the sun coming up n the East will not base any amount of belief in a argument based on supposition and we just don't know!
If Splane was giving testimony in a court room and kept making the 'suppose' and 'for the sake of' arguments, the presiding judge would warn him to speak only the facts. After a couple of warnings he would be charged with contempt of court. Any testimony he gave would be ignored as valueless and he would be labeled as a witness lacking credibility. If not ushered out the front door he would be removed, in handcuffs, out the back door.
this was announced a couple of weeks ago on the clam.
you can now donate to any congregation, the worldwide work, and assemblies online.
further they have implemented recurring payments "because the hard part about donating is remembering to donate," they actually said that!
they have implemented recurring payments "because the hard part about donating is remembering to donate," they actually said that! I thought the hard part was giving away your money and getting less than zero in return LOL
Giving it away is easy. The really hard part is making the money.
what do you think would happen to jehovah's witnesses as a religion and as a people?.
It will never go bust as long as the internet is up and running.
They don't need buildings.They would spin it that they had to go underground. It could be run out of someones basement, however, it would be given the appearance of still being a going concern.
The only contact with the Society would be by means of e-mail. No phone contact. [Much like now.]
Everyone advised to keep on meeting in their homes. Keep strong, maintain your faith. Praised for keeping the faith and carrying on in face of persecution.
Instructions would be given on how to send money to their accounts. [offshore] Patreon type account method where monthly sums regularly donated.
Many, if not all of the brass, still there, any where [home, vacationing, etc.] to live off the money as it is passed on to them. A very difficult thing for a 50, 60,70 year old to be sent out to pasture to support themselves. Frantically and creatively thinking how to still live off the sheeple.
