i haven’t been to a meeting in months.
just got a sympathy card in the mail from a “sister”.
i don’t know her beyond her face.
Send her a Christmas card? just kidding.
In her mind she is just trying to help. You could help her by finding an equally uplifting Christian card, you know, the ones that have scriptures that jw's don't seem to know and get the deer in the headlights look when you ask them about those particular scriptures.
Or leave it be and stay under the radar.
i have posted the full story on a fb site.
so my apologies to anyone who's already read it.
some of what i've written is what was told to me by my father.
Love a happy ending! You have a lovely family, all the best to you and yours.
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i dunno about you, but if i walked up to this display at an expo i'd be a little creeped out..
What is with the blue bow ties and blue ties for the men? why are they all dressed alike? is this a new thing? or just for this particular photo/event?
this is the first of many posts from me.
i'm pimo, an overseer, somewhere in africa.
i'll hold of giving further details until i've executed my plan to leave the organization.
Welcome!
a recent printable kids activity asks kids to describe their feelings when marketing various jwdotorg products:.
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meanwhile, here's a recent public post from harvest inn's social media profile:.
Poor kid, looks miserable. Pictures of my grandkids are pure joy, laughter and childish shenanigans! as it should be.
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/thefreethinker/2019/10/op-ed-intruders/.
here are some excerpts of a man who was called on by 2 young female jws, received a not-at-home letter as well, and what he thought about them.
i encourage you to read the whole thing, it is worth the laugh.. "it wasn’t pompeo knocking but he would have beamed approval on the two young women on the doorstep.
"But it really isn't. It's opportunistic and predatory." - YES!!!!!
How jw's do not see themselves as just plain weird is beyond me. It is one thing to say, "you are in my prayers" and quite another to get a personal note from a complete stranger after a loved one has died. One that the jw has no clue about and has never met attempting to tell you what to believe about the afterlife and that of your loved one.
I think part of the problem is that jw's do not grieve in the same way others do. I don't know, that's all I can think of. "Yep, they are dead so sad, now let's get out in service so we can get over it and not think of such unpleasantness."
Makes 'em sound rather like cold callous s.o.b.'s doesn't it?
they come uninvited to your door step and try to discuss bible/wt doctrines with you, and many times or on occasion you do so.. you may even exchange first names with each other , and that is fine if you are happy with that but do you know where they live ?.
but they have an advantage over you .they know your name and where you live .!.
you may know there first name but you don`t know where they live .that is the advantage they have over you.. does it really matter ?
In the US they still keep all the records and comments about the doors.
I agree, they should have to supply name, etc...
Looks interesting, thanks for posting.
omg!
this has to be more of "keeping the flock busy and excited" so as not to notice whats going on.. how did i miss this?????
the jehovah's witnesses announced plans to build a 1.5 million-square-foot audio-visual production center in upstate new york, two miles away from the witnesses' headquarters in warwick.
I wish I had video of my jw when he used to complain about tele-evangelists! Boy! could he go on and on about how God would not like it at all and was not a good way to preach the Word.
during the first talk tonight, the brother giving the talk indicated that now comments were to include sisters!
previously mostly only brothers were mentioned in most prayers or comments - has anyone else heard this tonight?.
the meeting seemed to be positioned directly to and about sisters.
Thanks to everybody for clearing it up for me. Some things I had forgotten.
Amazing what you can put out of your mind when you try!
