Posts by Village Idiot

i would pay a highly rated, very expensive advertising company to run a 1 minute ad that ran nationwide primetime every night of the week until i spent $75 million of it telling how the wt was covering over pedophiles and for people to go to jwfacts.com for the truth about the truth.

it would be done in very good taste, way better than political ads.

i would spare no expense.

Village Idiot

Two houses, two cars and one village.

Then I would contribute a few million dollars to certain charities and organizations. A small amount to a little church that gave me free food when I needed it a large amount to a website dedicated to educating the public about global warming.

Then I would invest in stocks from companies that are at the cutting edge of advanced technology.

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My Personal Invitation to the Celebration of the Lord's Evening Meal

by TMS in

by no means is this a heartwarming "experience" illustrating how an ex-jw skillfully "reached the heart" of a current jw, moving them to re-examine their belief system.

that won't be my take on my half hour visit with an elder's wife last sunday.

no one scored points here as is almost always the case in these interactions.. we live at the extreme southern tip of texas, on the u.s.-mexico border in a city of about 200,000. twenty years ago there were 20 spanish language congregations, 2 english.

Village Idiot

The title of this thread just made me think of something. Their phrase "The Lord's evening meal" is the only time that the JWs refer to Jesus as their Lord.

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New ways of Witnessing a bit creepy I think

by Leela1 in

so i started a new job and take the train everyday into the downtown core to my office.i have noticed everyday right when you leave the station there is a display case with watchtower pamphlets and magazines for the public to take.

at first i didnt see the witnesses standing close by monitoring the display case but one day as i looked over a few feet away i saw a man and a woman dressed in their best field service attire chatting away.

i found this a bit odd as when i was a witness we always went door to door.

Village Idiot

Leela1:
So for any of you have left recently is this form of witnessing a new thing? Do they still go Door to Door as often or is there new and improved ways of witnessing ?
..

I think that the cart work is their new and improved way of witnessing. It's sure more peaceful than the bull horns on top of cars that they once used during Rutherford's reign.

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"Don't make mountains out of molehills"

by stephanie61092 in

during the talk today, the speaker said, in reference to apostates, "don't make mountains out of molehills" and "all those who are do good to look up isaiah 43:18.

" to save you trouble, it says: "do not remember the former things, and do not dwell on the past.".

i'd like to see him read that scripture to the victims of the hundreds and hundreds of abuse cases the arc has unveiled from over the past 50 years.

Village Idiot

...victims of the hundreds and hundreds of abuse cases the ARC has unveiled from over the past 50 years. Is that a molehill?

More like an abysmal pit.

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The people are mobilizing Mr Drumpf

by Simon in

protesters shut down a trump rally.

massive numbers of people are out in chicago and have shut his event down.

there were scuffles inside the event.. despite his lame attempt to pretend the violence he instigates is nothing to do with him it's clear that it is as the cnn quotes during the last event showed only too well.. this doesn't happen at anyone else's events - candidates have even given up the stage to protesters, not called for them to be beaten and punched.. trump is an ugly person and this is just a small taste of what a future under his rule would be like.. shame on the gop for not kicking his ass out.

Village Idiot

Protesters shut down a highway

Demonstrator dressed as Trump

Taken into custody

In Columbus Circle

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Which delusion will you choose?

by JW_Rogue in

it occurred to me while at today's wt study that over 100 people were wasting an hour of their life studiously examining the differences between two delusions, paradise earth and the heavenly hope.

everyone made it sound so serious when in reality it means nothing at all.

either choice is wrong and foolish nonsense.. it was mentioned that mark sanderson found his heavenly calling at very young age.

Village Idiot

Heaven or Earth? How about in between. I'll live in the clouds above us and below Heaven. Silly me.

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Don't Accept the Blame for Being Shunned

by cofty in

our family and friends blame us for the fact that they shun us.

imagine an abusive husband who threatened his wife that if she leaves him he will hunt her down and kill her.

eventually she finds the courage to leave and he carries out his threat.

Village Idiot

I run into Witnesses every day but I usually keep quiet because of my introverted nature. When they're open to talking I just share some niceties but afterwards I get suspicious and wonder why they even spoke to me knowing that I was disfellowshipped. Usually I just nod my head as I pass them.