Posts by Gayle

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Zealous Witnesses who never had children and regret it now.

by MsGrowingGirl20 in

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i had two close friends in the org.

one is in her early thirties and got married last year and the other one is single and in her late twenties.

after reading coc, i couldn't help but feel sad at how ray and his wife felt regret at putting the religion first and not having any children.

Gayle

I suspect it's more the husbands not wanting children anyway by their own personal nature, but they hide behind that to come off as very "spiritual" and sacrificing, till after Armageddon. Though some wives are that way also, many of the wives are put off to wait also.

Too, if they are already in full-time work of special pioneers, Bethelites, missionaries, CO, or DO, they would have to leave and get a real job to support their family.

Unfortunately, many would see "parenthood" as a demotion in their 'position' of their world/life.

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Greetings from an anonymous convention city.

by ctrwtf in

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Gayle

GB then weren't concerned for the rank and file's health or well-being, and they aren't now.

But they may be concerned about lawsuits now, thus smaller crowds, indoors, no meals or refreshment foods available, fewer days, fewer hours, etc.

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NYT Breaking News-Internet Disrupts Mormon Church

by Band on the Run in

excuse tyoos.

i am breaking in a new smart phone keyp.

yesterday or today s mobile breaking news summary included a piece that ranked with the syrian civil war, the zimmemsn trial aftermath, business newd , etc.

Gayle

Interesting, thx, I suppose the Mormon Church could excommunicate him now but now thankfully due to Internet and media, that puts that Church in a bind. Years ago without Internet, a person like him would be excommunicated and no one would probably know the facts about why. Now with Internet people can know the inside facts.

I think if Ray Franz had Internet, his facts would have shaken the organization much more. Like, now, if a GB left the org. due to doctrinal and policy issues it would have a tremendous impact. But I don't have any hope about this present GB bunch.

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30 JWs baptized every hour

by Calebs Airplane in

i just came across this gem on "the chatanoogan"... it was an ad/article about the 2013 dc at the nw georgia trade & convention center arena .... what i found most interesting was the fluff at the end of the article.... fast facts - jehovah's witnesses worldwide.

6 - new congregations formed each day30 - people baptized each hour on average239 - lands where jehovah's witnesses currently preach595 - languages in which they publish bibles and bible-based literature111,719 congregations worldwide7,538,994 - ministers who teach the bible19,000,000 - people who attend their meetings or conventions179,000,000 - bibles published by jehovah's witnesses in 116 languages20,000,000,000 - pieces of bible-based literature published by jehovah's witnesses over the past 10 yearsare you kidding me?

6 congos formed each day?

Gayle

Avg. of baptisms per cong ones getting baptized is 2.4 worldwide annually. Each cong avg. of 67 active reg. pubs. only worldwide. For meeting(s), it is really only the Memorial, once a year, that 19M attend, which the last couple years indicate a decrease since a couple years ago.

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Former Longtime Elder - Reflections

by James Jackson in

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the meetings are getting more boring to me.

some of the elders during their parts just talk and talk and talk about uninteresting things.

boring, boring.

Gayle

In the U.S. apparently the total number of Elders is 88,500+ as opposed to M Ss 65,000. http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/child-abuse/203961/1/WTBTS-Elder-Ministerial-Servant-Problems (posted a couple yrs ago) Wonder if there's any updates on that.

Sounds like your cong. is in the avg.

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Hilarious Jehovah's Witness rap video

by cedars in

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just incase there are those like me who hadn't seen this before.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qepcakqoljg.

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cedars.

Gayle

http://www.cinemablend.com/television/12-Things-Troy-Wouldn-t-Do-Community-Actually-Jehovah-Witness-37613.html

Wow, Donald Glover was raised JW. Obviously, he has gone on with his productive arts abilities, music, acting, etc.

Background information
Birth name	Donald McKinley Glover
Also known as	Childish Gambino
Born	( 1983-09-25 ) September 25, 1983 (age 29) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Origin	Stone Mountain, Georgia, U.S.
Genres	Alternative hip hop
Occupations	Actor, rapper, songwriter, writer, comedian, music producer
Instruments	Bass, drums, guitar, synthesizer, sequencer, sampler, vocals
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Glassnote Records
Associated acts	Ludwig Göransson , Nipsey Hussle, Flux Pavillion, Kilo Kish, Heems
Website	http://www.iamdonald.com/

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4 grandsons and a nephew...about twenty years ago

by Glander in

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the nephew is on the far right, this is berengaria's son.

great kid.

the two musclemen to the left of him are now both fathers of 2 daughters each (our 4 great-grandaughters) the other two on the far left are still single and frisky.

Gayle

So glad the WTS didn't get these adorable "muscle men."

My two sisters and 2 brothers are in this picture (at left) here. We had 15 kids altogether. They, also, have had to listen at our many, many 'get-togethers and listen to our WT 'war' stories. Also fortunately, we've had many celebrations of life, birthdays, weddings, and holidays, now grandchildren and normal!!

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Interesting news paper article about LDS church and the parallels with WTBTS

by joe134cd in

i thought the below link would be interesting to see how the problems facing the wtbts can be paralled with the mormon church.. www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/31/us-mormonchurch-idustre80ticm20120131.

Gayle

Interesting. I live a block from a LDS Church. Their parking lot 12 years ago was over-full always. Now there is a lot of unfilled parking.

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JWStruggle post: Bethel Layoffs Reveal a Kingdom without Clothes

by Londo111 in

http://www.jwstruggle.com/2013/07/bethel-layoffs-reveal-a-kingdom-without-clothes/.

despite everything, i still have a lingering admiration toward those who serve or have served in bethel.

it is not that i believe it is gods organization in any way, shape, or form.

Gayle

I wonder:

if the Bethel Layoffs were the reason for the Oct. 15, 2013 WT with the article about Malcolm Allen. He had been in circuit and district work and Bethel, but left "in mid-70s" to take care of aging parents then. He would have been about 53 yrs old then, not so young. He had to get secular work too but . . . . he still enjoyed all "Jehovah's blessing and favor."

The article uses "Always lean on Jehovah and accept what he permits." Right under the title, "Life is unpredictable at times, uncertain, and even hard to deal with." (So, now Bethel, the organization, the new world 'soon' etc, are all "unpredictable and uncertain" too!!

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DID YOU KNOW the latest Brooklyn sell-offs will take total Watchtower earnings to $804 MILLION since 2004?

by cedars in

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hi folks.

i apologize if this is old news to some, but it's news to me.. i stumbled on a comprehensive list of all the sold properties on wikipedia on this link... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/watch_tower_bible_and_tract_society_of_pennsylvania#brooklyn_property_sales.

it's just a mind-boggling amount of money, and useful information to have handy when talking to witness relatives.

Gayle

Eldenno, the stats noted above verify that all those countries only on average increase less than 1% a year. Really, not much to boast about as population increases, including immigrants, would be around that at least.

The WTS does boast that they are increasing in their circulation because of their printing additional languages, when the mags are actually half the size now. That's like someone boasting that they are feeding more people than ever, but now everyone's plates are half the size.