Posts by Gayle

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The Children Act - Emma Thompson - advertised on ITV One - prime time.

by freddo in

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as you probably know "the children act" is a film starring emma thompson as a high court judge deciding whether or not to transfuse a teen jw.

it is due to be on general release in the uk on august 24th 2018. september 14th usa.. its shortened trailer is being advertised in the uk on the biggest independent tv channel - namely itv - at prime time.

just seen it in advertisment breaks between 6pm and 7pm uk time.. thought you might like to know..

Gayle

I just rented the movie "The Children Act." (Direct TV)The movie shows clearly the moral/court dilemma of the JW blood issue with JW teenagers. The Court ruling for "blood" for JW teenagers and how it can cause of self-destruct for the teenager. How the JW teenager has been programed against the blood transfusion. How does the JW kid deal with the control by the Courts without a flood of negativity or the defilement taught by JWisms. Who can they go to sort out this kinds of spiritual/emotional (?) depressions.

This movie is based on a novel which is inspired on a 'true' account. A judge did make a ruling for the blood transfusion for a young JW young man, underage, around 17. He visited the kid and the kid loved football and they talked a lot about that. The judge later after when the boy had the transfusion and was well, took the kid to a big game and introduced all the players. Seven or eight years later the young man, then of legal age, denied the transfusion and died.

http://www.thenationalstudent.com/Film/2018-08-19/ian_mcewan_and_the_filmmakers_behind_the_children_act_talk_the_challenges_of_getting_serious_films_off_the_ground.html#.W32g6vA-Dok.email

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why the watchtower is so short of money

by pepperheart in

the watchtower is so short of money because they have to pay for all the upkeep of so many branch offices around the world.because so many of the branch offices are in very poor countries and they are not balancing the budgets.

Gayle

"Here's a thought, if they were so poor why did they announce that they would let go of all Congregational loans for Kingdom Hall renovations ? ""

Possibly there was a legal glitch ,, maybe law said they can't do inner "loans" with congs.?? Against "religion" laws by gov.??

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MUST WATCH! Watchtower's Shocking Admissions

by Newly Enlightened in

watchtower's shocking admissions.

Gayle

So, 90 "peak" pubs per avg. cong. (2017 annual report)

What would be the 'average amount of chairs' in an avg. KH be?

The thing is, the Christians in first century were growing just fine in the first century apparently without "KHs" at all.

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Leaked video- Watchtower's Preaching Initiative SIFT

by Newly Enlightened in

watchtower's leaked video.... watchtower's preaching initiative sift.

Gayle

It makes sense to go door to door when people are at home. However, most JWs don't really want to talk to anyone much either anyway. Years (maybe decades ago) some ruling came out to go door to door prior to the "book study" night meeting (8pm) so to go about 6:30pm.(?) That lasted some weeks, but died out. I went with my dad but didn't like it at all, especially as it darkened in the winter by then.

In 1975, a circuit overseer made a ruling during one week, that everyone should work alone, so as to cover the "territory" better, faster because of end "so soon" then. The sisters mumbled to me how they didn't like it. I just settled them down that after the circuit overseer left that we can just go back to working together again. (I had just left Bethel some months prior and had lost some unquestioning spirit by then and was then in a long, unraveling process of questioning thousands of knots and tangles of JWdom.)

Anyway, most JWs don't like going door-to-door, not really.

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How to spot awake JW at a convention

by Akid48 in

i cant spot one to save my life, so i wanted to now if any one could me figure out how..

Gayle

My last convention, I felt like a spy in a foreign land. During the prayer, I looked around and was surprised how so many children were only goofing around (silently), including my children. Surprisingly, I caught several adults, wide-eyed looking around too.

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Just got my DVD Apostasy.

by blownaway in

my dvd arrived from amazon today.

will be having pizza corona and a movie night tonight.

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Gayle

I rented "Apostasy" movie thru Amazon for $5.00. It is accurate. Such a sad, depressive, suppressive life.

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Reg Pioneers went down around 50,000 ?

by Wakanda in

yesterday's wt study (june 17) said: .

records show that in the last five years, the average number of regular pioneers has grown to over 1,100,000 and more than a quarter of a million worldwide have been added to the ranks of full-time preachers.. well, in 2013 they had an average of 950,022 pioneers, and in 2017 they had 1,249,946. looks like they lost some!.

also, the quarter million was a lot of turnover, which... wait for it... any thinking person would know!.

Gayle

?? So if last year according to Yearly Report there were 1,249,946 (regular?) pioneers and 'now' they claim "the average number of regular pioneers has 'grown to' over 1,100,000." This would be a 'decrease' since last year of 149,946 or about 12%! I am not understanding!

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I Think Their Is A Move Coming From Higher Ups To Get These Insane Idiot Out Of The Drivers Seat Of Jehovah's Chariot

by Brokeback Watchtower in

look at all the lawsuits, scandals, unsuccessful cover up, contribution shrinkage, stopped building project, and much more.

these guys are steering jehovah's chariot off a cliff if someone don't put the breaks on these delusional clowns.. so what do you think is there something a foot there at chemical dump clean up site warwick?

i bet you a coup is in the offing, because you know not everyone close to the governing body believes their bull shit but are playing along until the time is right to keep the wt ship from sinking like the titanic..

Gayle

So, was that, after May broadcast (last year?) of request for donations, only $30M was received in July & Aug? So, with about 8M pubs., they only responded with not even $2 per month per pub.? Doesn't sound like much of a donation response!

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Material such as the film at the end of this years convention confirms that I was right to take my kids out the religion

by jambon1 in

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it’s quite affirming to see the horrific material that they’re serving up at the convention this year.

aside from blatant homophobia, the scenes at the end of the convention that are discussed on another thread stoop to new levels of fear mongering.

it seems to occur to nobody inside the organisation that this kind of material could trigger fear, deprsssion, anxiety, stress.

Gayle

Seems to have a message along with depressing music of a death march for everyone to get out in harms way deliberately. A suicide mission spirit. No one was hiding in little apartments or basement bunkers, like their previous videos or pictures showed. Like "Be Ready to Meet Your Death" but somewhere out of the blue last minute God/Jesus will save them. It is a depression inducing film for certain.

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Material such as the film at the end of this years convention confirms that I was right to take my kids out the religion

by jambon1 in

jw
friends

it’s quite affirming to see the horrific material that they’re serving up at the convention this year.

aside from blatant homophobia, the scenes at the end of the convention that are discussed on another thread stoop to new levels of fear mongering.

it seems to occur to nobody inside the organisation that this kind of material could trigger fear, deprsssion, anxiety, stress.

Gayle

I have been out of org a few decades. But I can't imagine my young children then seeing such a production. Most parents don't allow their young children to watch "gun" movies, let alone ones with "automatic" guns. Then, it would have to be explained to the children that the unimpressive "bow and arrow" of God would be more powerful somehow- ? The music was depressive of course, kind of a death march. Young children growing up with this visual depressive content and fear for their future is abusive. The Governing Body are extremely insensitive to children and most never had any children themselves.