Posts by jambon1

i saw the recent video that the borg put out about the trial in russia and how pleased the russian brothers were that a member of the gibbering booty, brother sanders, came to support them for six days.

well, there was a one-day delay in the trial which enabled the russian witnesses to have the memorial in their kingdom halls.

well, brother sanders was very quick to point out that it was very evident that jehovah intervened to enable the brothers to celebrate the memorial.

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Yes, he intervened in Russia so they could have their memorial.

He's just having more difficulty intervening in say, little girls praying to be spared sexual abuse. Also, having a little problem intervening in malaria or widespread poverty.

Really gets his priorities right does Jehovah.

Sicko.

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Are there 'ultra strict' congregations?

by jambon1 in

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when i studied as a young adult, it was in one of those congregations.

having viewed the religion as a quaint little band of christians it conpletely dumbfounded me when i was told about such rules as 1 - no beards.

2 - you must wear a suit to meetings and while giving a talk.

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:)

One really nice brother left our hall as he liked to wear a non matching jacket and trousers and was persecuted for it by the elders.

The guy looked smart and neat and clean and smelled fantastic. Unlike the pish stained suits the elders wore.

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Are there 'ultra strict' congregations?

by jambon1 in

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when i studied as a young adult, it was in one of those congregations.

having viewed the religion as a quaint little band of christians it conpletely dumbfounded me when i was told about such rules as 1 - no beards.

2 - you must wear a suit to meetings and while giving a talk.

jambon1

When I studied as a young adult, it was in one of those congregations.

Having viewed the religion as a quaint little band of christians it conpletely dumbfounded me when I was told about such rules as 1 - no beards. 2 - you MUST wear a suit to meetings and while giving a talk. I just didn't understand such an invasion on personal choice. To my shame I conformed. I wish I'd told them to ram it up their arse.

Our hall was absolutely famous in the area for an elder implemented rule that forbade a brother giving a talk while wearing a mis-matching jacket and trousers. Also, they had a white shirt in the cloak room for any visiting elders who showed up to give a public talk wearing a coloured shirt.

Needless to say, the place was filled with rampant hypocrisy, favouritism and nepotism among the elders and their families.

I moved from there to a more 'wishy-washy' congregation shortly after joining the religion

Madness.

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Marc & Cora on YouTube causing unnecessary divisions

by jambon1 in

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what is it with this pair?

why do they have to constantly have a bitch about guys like john cedars?

a very recent video of them shows them calling him a 'village idiot' and making other disparaging claims.

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On the topic where all the mud slinging was spotted (Russian ban) Lloyd doesn't half nail the issues in one of his latest short videos posted below.

In my opinion it shows approaches like Marc and Cora to be ill thought out and full of biterness and anger.

https://youtu.be/aq-OQHUnlZU

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Disfellowshipped people are dead people?

by snugglebunny in

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skimming though my iphone earlier today i came across a fb post - which i now can't find!.

basically it was a claim that a gb member had stated that associating with a disfellowshipped person was akin to sleeping next to a corpse.. so obviously i'm curious as to whether anyone else has come across this..

jambon1

Didn't that freak show Lett not say something similar in the March broadcast?

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Jehovah doesn't want anyone to die + draws people?!

by Isambard Crater in

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if the two scriptures i have in mind about him not desiring anyone to die, and drawing those he wants to be his people, how come he draws so very, very few, especially in the western world?

it's like he hardly wants anyone, judging by the one or two he "draws" into u.k congregations every couple of years.

#confused.

jambon1

India, China and Pakistan don't seem to be on his 'draw' list.

But you can add that to stopping malaria, river blindness, AIDS & starvation on his list of things he doesn't deal with.

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Was it just me or was something different about the memorial last night?

by kpop in

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this was the first memorial that i declined to do any work for the memorial.

i was assigned as a parking attendant after getting downgraded from doing the sound and had no intention of doing either task but i had to attend for my family and continuation of my fade.

i sat there last night listening to the talk and couldn't help but shake my head as my brain attempted to process the bs.

jambon1

I wonder if the governing body enjoyed throwing cream cakes at each other during theirs?

Naked, of course.

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UK Memorial attendances up this year?!

by Isambard Crater in

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my congregation had around 25 more people at the memorial last night than last year, and the two other congregations i have family in all experienced a similar increase in about 25 more people present.

umm, i'm surprised, having thought this year would see a memorial decline again.

and i'm kind of disappointed..

jambon1

What do you mean 'will keep saying', as if it's some kind of new phenomenon?

They've been saying it since the late 1800's along with hundreds of other faiths.

Try to seperate what they say with the reality of the situation. They've had a wee erection about what's happened in Russia. When that blows over they'll find some other form of persecution porn.

Its always the way with them. Repeatative, tedious, scaremongering bullshit.