Posts by sparky1

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What is it like at Warwick Bethel?

by nevermind in

from reading about people's first and second hand experiences about working at wt world headquarters back in the 70s and 80s era, the hypocrisy and lovelessness caused many bethelites to quit even before their term ended, some even leaving to never again return to a kingdom hall.

that, coupled with open access back then at bethel to the literature of watchtower's early days can easily open the eyes of any rank and file jw to the society's occultish beginnings.

fast forward to the warwick bethel today.

sparky1

NEW ADDRESS: Same Attitude!

"Wherever you go, there you are."

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Shunning - Are Mothers Most Fanatical?

by Lostandfound in

on many posts by those with experience of df or da shunning, it look to me that the most fanatical observers of the shunning practise are mothers, and when a person approached parents about their own doubts or intentions, approaching the mother the most daunting prospect .

odd that visiting warwick leaflet has a picture of a meeting of some sort with a room comprising men only, given the subordinate role given to women, one might think they would be more liberal over shunning close ones, but not so.. what drives this, is it grabbing an opportunity to be more visible by their loyalty, or low level of education of a lot of dubs so that the sisters blindly accept direction or authority.

i might have expected some kick back against the shunning practise by sisters giving evidence to their independence of thought.. our real thinkers here will be able to explain this fanaticism of loyalty better.

sparky1

Shunning a disfellowshipped child is a very odd and extremely dysfunctional family dynamic: "I will deny my earthly, fleshly child real, warm human love so that I can gain the spiritual love of my heavenly, invisible father." That is one twisted way to look at life!

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When Our Calendars Were Something Else

by compound complex in

jw
friends

remember this?

it was one of my first assignments, at bethel:.

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sparky1

My all time favorite 'Theocratic Calendar'! Sam Van Sipma told me that Rutherford finally got disgusted with the time taken away from editing the Golden Age magazine by C.J. Woodworth. Sam told me that Rutherford finally told Woodworth: 'Stop wasting time on that god damned calendar and get back to doing your job!' C.C., do you remember Sam?

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Best statement a householder made to get you to leave them alone.

by Esse quam videri in

knocked on a door on a saturday morning.

a window opened on the floor above me.

a grizzled old man stuck his head out and said, " we're all heathens here!

sparky1

I am not interested and apparently my dog isn't either. Good luck getting off my porch.

And then they closed the door on me and left me trapped on their porch.

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new strategy to turn in your time in Japan

by yoko N in

jw.org stickers are passed around among publishers.one brother says "hey you can just turn in your time just driving around streets with this sticker on your car.

" the other side of this car ,(photo) there is a qr code sticker on it.. .

sparky1

"Everything old is new again!" Except the JW.Org stickers are a little less obvious.

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I Saw 2 JWs Doing Nothing With Their Cart Today

by minimus in

jw
friends

my girlfriend and i were walking along a seaside boulevard and lo and behold!

2 jws were standing by the pathway.

they made eye contact and said hello.

sparky1

"I saw 2 JWs doing nothing with their cart today" - minimus

In other words, BUSINESS AS USUAL!

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Didn't G. Jackson tell the ARC that JW's don't smack their kids?

by Splash in

the wt book "family life" (1978) had something to say on this topic:.

*** fl chap.

10 pp.

sparky1

Dr. James Dobson, author of The Strong Willed Child is an Evangelical Christian. At one time, the New York Times called him: 'the nation's most influential evangelical leader." You are in good company, Governing Body (tm) of Jehovah's Witnesses. Keep making asses of yourselves by quoting on the one hand and then condemning with the other hand members of mainstream Christianity.

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Fun with anagrams!

by Captain Schmideo2 in

jw
friends

after running the name "reince priebus" through an anagram creator (my favorite?

be prices urine),i wondered what appropriate anagrams could i get out of certain names or terms associated with jw'shere are a few good ones:watchtower society - theocratic stew yow.

charles taze russel - research zeal sluts.