well, i am bucking the general consensus here that everything went well on dateline.
i thought it was fine as far as it went but looking at it through the local jw eyes it will not get what you all and i hoped for.
the show didn't put proof on all the cases we all know about.
Who in the hell cares if any JWs quit.
What I care about... I HAVE TO GO TO WORK TOMORROW. They all damned well know that I am a dub. I am gonna hear about it.
I might call in sick.
As far as the dubb population goes, there were several at my hall moving real fast, because, as they said, they "want to get home to watch the Dateline tape"
MANY KNEW ABOUT IT. MANY.....
Now, they gotta go out in field service tomorrow. I will be at work hiding.
*** rbi8 isaiah 48:1-6 ***.
48 hear this, o house of jacob, you who are calling yourselves by the name of israel and who have come forth from the very waters of judah, you who are swearing by the name of jehovah and who make mention even of the god of israel, not in truth and not in righteousness.
2 for they have called themselves as being from the holy city, and upon the god of israel they have supported themselves, jehovah of armies being his name.. 3 the first things i have told even from that time, and out of my own mouth they went forth, and i kept making them heard.
How appropriate....
*** Rbi8 Isaiah 48:1-6 ***
48 Hear this, O house of Jacob, YOU who are calling yourselves by the name of Israel and who have come forth from the very waters of Judah, YOU who are swearing by the name of Jehovah and who make mention even of the God of Israel, not in truth and not in righteousness. 2 For they have called themselves as being from the holy city, and upon the God of Israel they have supported themselves, Jehovah of armies being his name.
3 “The first things I have told even from that time, and out of my own mouth they went forth, and I kept making them heard. Suddenly I acted, and the things proceeded to come in. 4 Due to my knowing that you are hard and that your neck is an iron sinew and your forehead is copper, 5 I also kept telling you from that time. Before it could come in, I caused you to hear [it], that you might not say, ‘My own idol has done them, and my own carved image and my own molten image have commanded them.’ 6 You have heard. Behold it all.
http://www.bergen.com .
the record in north jersey has an article on the front page about the sexual abuse issue facing the watchtower.
Molest a few children and get a HUGE REWARD!!
As some suggest, pedos should not be allowed to go door to door.
WHAT A BOON! You can get everlasting life and you don't have to work for it like the rest.
Sure, the pedos can go on vacation instead of working their ass to the bone like the rest of dubbland.
well, it seems that in many areas, the elders have been meeting alot more than usual this weekend.. abnormal times for elders to meet that is.
and long meetings.. i wonder what that's about?
ALAS.. So it's full steam ahead and damn the torpedos!!
if they did not know before this past friday's airing of dateline they do now.
dateline previewed this tuesday's show.
my jw mom calls me the next morning to tell me about it.
One thing is sure. The rest of Dubland will know about Dateline and all the newspapers etc THE DAY AFTER.
My take on the day after.
Return visits will take a nosedive.
Bible studies will take a nosedive.
Magazine placements will take a nosedive.
Field service activity will shrink off.
Meeting attendance will be adversely affected.
Got any more?
last night i printed out an announcement about the nbc dateline show, and a silentlambs tri-fold flyer off the website.. armed with these flyers, my motorcyle .
i went on my "mission" this morning, to hit as many windshields in the local lincoln, rhode island, and pawtucket, rhode island parking lot as possible.. i managed to hit about 20, before i noticed one of the elders driving up, i was on the street at this point, and i recognized him, and he kept taking double takes at me.
(it was norman barone, for those of you locals who might know him.
I sent a flyer to 60 chrches in my fair city. I mailed a very professional looking document to about half the 120 churches in town.
I mailed them last Tuesday so that it would be recieved by Friday last.
I encouraged all pastors to make mention to the flock "this Sunday sermon"... today that is.
So, now we wait.
the governing bs want so much to apply matthew 24:45-7 to themselves, so as to make themselves a messiah class, prophecied to come in the last days and offer salvation.. well, with the coming of dateline, during this time of clergy revelations of abuse, the next few verses of matthew 24 are so very appropriate.. 50 ... the master of that slave will... punish him with the greatest severity and will assign him his part with the hypocrites.
there is where [his] weeping and the gnashing of [his] teeth will be.".
yes, these fools wish to go to hospitals and wear the little lapel badges that say clergy, so be it!.
The Governing B’s want so much to apply Matthew 24:45-7 to themselves, so as to make themselves a “messiah class”, prophecied to come in the last days and offer salvation.
Well, with the coming of DATELINE, during this time of Clergy revelations of abuse, the next few verses of Matthew 24 are so very appropriate.
50 “… the master of that slave will… punish him with the greatest severity and will assign him his part with the hypocrites. There is where [his] weeping and the gnashing of [his] teeth will be."
Yes, these fools wish to go to hospitals and wear the little lapel badges that say “CLERGY”, so be it!
The can share in what the world will offer the hypocrites.
well, it seems that in many areas, the elders have been meeting alot more than usual this weekend.. abnormal times for elders to meet that is.
and long meetings.. i wonder what that's about?
Well, it seems that in many areas, the elders have been meeting alot more than usual this weekend.
Abnormal times for elders to meet that is. And long meetings.
I wonder what that's about?
yesterday i had the chance to visit with reborn and he graciously shared some of his research with me.
out of all the things that he presented one of the most shocking for me was the wts involvment with the un.. i had been previously aware that the wts was registered for 10 years as an ngo.
however they made the claim that they were not aware that one of the requirements of being an ngo was that they needed to publish information that cast a favorable light on the un.
Hey... have you been living under a rock?
I have heard of folks who spent the 60's medicated, and awoke in the 80's to the shock of their life.
But man, this is old news.
well we did it, 45 people were present for the first candle light vigil for silentlambs around the world.
holly and heather berry were there along with many other victims who told stories, sung songs, and recited poems that were self composed to help them deal with abuse issues.
there were many touching moments where you could feel the heartbreak and pain suffered by the expressions made.
Bill Bowen.... please note that most news investigators will provide you with a "wire" if you are willing to wear it.
Then we could all sit back and enjoy the JC (if it ever happens) in real-time
