I remember popular English papers being sold outside Twickenham stadium, around 1978, with such front page large headline as "JWS TAKE THE PLUNGE" and JWs all exited buying those papers at the end of the assembly thinking, as Barbara mentioned, what a wonderful witness was given to outsiders.
aligot ripounsous
JoinedPosts by aligot ripounsous
-
57
In the past, FAKE newspaper coverage of WT "International Conventions" in the US
by AndersonsInfo inmany people that post or lurk here at jwn are too young to remember some of the huge international conventions jws held many years ago, but probably have seen impressive photos such as of the 1958 eight-day convention held simultaneously at new yorks yankee stadium and polo grounds.
especially remarkable was the tremendous newspaper coverage of that assembly and other special conventions held in the 1940s and 50s in the united states.
yesterday, when i downloaded somebodys old scrapbook full of long-ago newspaper articles, http://www.archive.org/details/watchtowernewsscrapbook,reporting on jehovahs witnesses so-called international conventions, i couldnt help but remember what i wrote regarding extraordinary newspaper convention coverage in my www.freeminds.org article, how jehovahs witnesses watchtower religion impacted my family history, part 3 and thought id share the information here on jwn for those who are not familiar with how such wonderful coverage came about.
-
-
-
19
I Went to the KH on Saturday
by snowbird ini needed to get a picture of my daughter all dressed up in her bridesmaid gown.. she looked lovely - tastefully made up and just radiant.. i stepped across the threshold and felt ... nothing.. i saw some people from back in the day who did not recognize me, or pretended they didn't.. that was just fine.. unless my daughter opts for a kh wedding, i'm done for good.. thanks to y'all for listening.. syl.
-
-
aligot ripounsous
Since it is confession time, Snowbird, I have to say that I, and children, accompanied my wife to meetings, and the sunday assembly, during our holiday in Martinique, so that she would not feel lonely. I was amused, daughter was bored to death and son was checking girls. In the end, we did get out of the KH safe and sound, so attending as visitors was not such of a big deal, even a good way to take the measure of the distance between current serenity and past inner angry boiling (for me at least). Hope your daughter's wedding was a success, a happy day to remember. I hope, too, that you feel regenerated after this little vacation off JWN.
-
3
Britains M.O.D no longer looking for E.T's
by wobble infor over 50 years ,britain's ministry of defence has had a unit that investigated u.f.o sightings and the like, they have just shut the unit down.. they say that out of all the thousands of cases they have investigated, not one led them to believe there was any evidence for et's etc.. wot about all them crop circles then ?.
love.
wobble.
-
-
aligot ripounsous
Crop circles are back,
Since these perfectly designed patterns pop up overnight in August, can one of our Southern England friends stay mounting guard, see and tell us who's the mischiever, settling the case once and for all ?
-
20
Am I bad for doing that?
by asilentone insometimes when i see insect here in my home, i just put a drinking glass over it and let it die slowly.
am i that cruel?
.
-
-
aligot ripounsous
I do the same with a plastic goblet but then I slid a piece of paper under the opening of the goblet and throw the insect (except mosquitoes and big black flies which I squash mercilessly) to the garden, through the window. I'm sure the god of spiders, ants and moths gives me credit for that and will remember my good deeds. May be these bugs will intercede on my behalf on the day of judgement, who knows ? Helps me to sleep soundly, not thinking of these dying little things.
-
61
Is There (Was There Ever) an Anglo American Dual World Power?
by BluesBrother inif you live in the u s a or the united kingdom, this is how the wt society views your government, your nation :-.
yes, as an ugly, evil terrifying beast !
this is based on the book of revelation chapter 13 , quoted as follows in the revelation climax book.
-
-
aligot ripounsous
Was it a slip or a freudian slip ? Dave Cameron seemed to have his own idea on the subject when, reportedly, he considered the UK as having been the junior partner to the US during WW2. Unfair and too harsh to the British people, IMO, who stood alone against Germany during the battle of England.
-
67
Growing Up With Violence
by compound complex init was not a light slam of flesh and bone against a slanting wall of the derelict cabin.. animal rage set its talons upon an unsuspecting, trusting child and sent her hurtling into the air and, upon impact with the splintery cedar paneling, edging downward, painfully downward by a stop-go motion that could hardly be described as sliding.
landed in a shocked but still breathing heap, she lay quiet until the beast left its lair.
once out the ill-hung door and into the labyrinthine wood that all but put the tiny speck of four rotting walls safely off the map, mommy went to work.
-
-
aligot ripounsous
beating a child was more accepted, her Catholic upbringing...
the film that won the Palme d'Or at the 2009 festival de Cannes, the White Ribbon by Michael Haneke, aims at showing, according to some critics, how the strict, and even brutal protestant way of raising children in pre-1914 northern Germany has spawned a violent generation, the one which supported nazism a few years later. So, let's be fair with catholicism, I was a catholic for 30 years, did spank my children moderately and they don't seem to resent, as far as I know.
-
67
Growing Up With Violence
by compound complex init was not a light slam of flesh and bone against a slanting wall of the derelict cabin.. animal rage set its talons upon an unsuspecting, trusting child and sent her hurtling into the air and, upon impact with the splintery cedar paneling, edging downward, painfully downward by a stop-go motion that could hardly be described as sliding.
landed in a shocked but still breathing heap, she lay quiet until the beast left its lair.
once out the ill-hung door and into the labyrinthine wood that all but put the tiny speck of four rotting walls safely off the map, mommy went to work.
-
-
aligot ripounsous
Sorry, I had second thoughts and didn't want to be too specific, so I edited my post, thanks anyway for replying.
-
67
Growing Up With Violence
by compound complex init was not a light slam of flesh and bone against a slanting wall of the derelict cabin.. animal rage set its talons upon an unsuspecting, trusting child and sent her hurtling into the air and, upon impact with the splintery cedar paneling, edging downward, painfully downward by a stop-go motion that could hardly be described as sliding.
landed in a shocked but still breathing heap, she lay quiet until the beast left its lair.
once out the ill-hung door and into the labyrinthine wood that all but put the tiny speck of four rotting walls safely off the map, mommy went to work.
-
-
aligot ripounsous
Living in a violent home, whether as a child or a spouse, leaves scars in the form of diffidence and a feeling of insecurity which keeps one from trusting others. Unfortunately, it looks as if it were a self nurturing phenomenon, like alcoholism, whereby someone who once had been the victim of an alcoholic parent may marry an alcoholic mate. Seems to be the same with violence.
-
-
-
aligot ripounsous
If your decision has been to leave altogether, better not to attend at all. To this day I've not attended for a whole year (save memorial, as a visitor, so as not to leave wifey feel sad and abandoned) and this clear cut situation has brought me a good mental condition and inner peace. I told a visiting elder about this new satisfying feeling of freedom and, oddly, he looked as if he related and understood very well what I meant.
-
53
If I'm so intelligent how did I get drawn in to it all?
by Lozhasleft ini consider myself an intelligent woman...maybe not strong on the 'common sense' front, but academically i've done pretty well...so...how on earth did i not see through it all when i was studying in the beginning???.
i remember worrying about their 'sales pitching' styles and their arrogance of believing they had the 'truth' ...but still i got involved and became totally immersed in it all.
i feel like i sacrificied our whole family to them, who now shun me.. yesterday, my new son in law, he's a lawyer, asked me how i could have believed it wasnt a cult (topical word this week here) he said he didnt understand how i could have been persuaded to believe it all and trust them with so much and for so many years...... i feel ashamed of myself that i did and that i brought all this upon our family...anyone else relate?.
-
-
aligot ripounsous
I was straddling on the thin limit between humility and condescension : Although I could see that I was fairly more educated than many JWs around me, I wanted to believe that the very fact that this religion was appealing to simple people could be seen as a sign of its genuineness and approval by God. I still believe that it must be so, the problem is, where is that approved religion ?