Posts by ShirleyW

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JWs Reveling In The News Of Hurricanes And Earthquakes

by pale.emperor in

as you know, this week the human race has been hit with hurricanes and earthquakes.

natural disasters which happen almost everyday, but this month we've seen them cause massive damage and a huge loss of lives.. as you can imagine, theres a whole host of jws positively wetting themselves with anticipation over this.link here: https://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/25884-earthquakes-in-one-place-after-another/.

ShirleyW

Chook - You actually know someone who said that the JWs were protected from AIDS because of not taking blood? Could you please tell that bro or sis that in the Cong I attended I can name one elder and the wife of the elder, she got it from him, along with both of their infant twins, I don't think either one of them made it to their first birthday. Also in the 80's at the time all those deaths from AIDS was happening, in another Cong this young brother who was hairdresser died from pneumonia, so you can figure that one out I'm sure, plus two more sisters I just thought of.

ALSO, reading that attachment, with the brothers talking back and forth about earthquakes, what the heck is this app they all have now? Do all Dubs have this app to track every quake, but in there minds they think they're tracking how much longer to the Big A? What a bunch of morons.

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What's Happening in Italy? Bethel Relocating Departments to Bologna?

by Room 215 in

according to some websites, it appears there's going to be a transferral of several departments out of rome and to imola (bologna) in november, along with the sale of some property in the capital.. are they downsizing?

anyone know what's going on?.

ShirleyW

Anyone who has visited the Bethel in Italy know if it's true that they served wine with their meals, because of Italian tradition or was that just another JW lie being passed around, and also at the German Bethel they had beer with their meals. I remember hearing that several times

I'm sure the young boys in Brooklyn would've appreciated it if the same were true for them, think of all the money they would've saved out of their own pocket if the American Bethel served beer and wine.

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Saying hello for first time

by pimojw in

i have been sneakily looking at this forum, almost every day, ever since it began!

it has taken me till now to actually register and contribute.

(actually i did register with a different name in the beginning but never commented).. i am a pimo elder with a fairly long history of senior "positions" in the organization.

ShirleyW

Thanks Flipper for breaking down what PIMO is!

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New "Annointed" Brother In My Old Hall...

by pale.emperor in

i've only just stopped laughing.. in my old hall there's a brother who's now claiming to be of the anointed.. he's 28.. i do wonder if he's doing this for attention, if he's awake and messing with them, or if he really is that deluded.

when i was in he was an ms. which surprised even me because only a year earlier than that he was "a bit of a lad", is rubbish at talks and relies on his elder uncle to get him out of trouble all the time.. i guess this now means he's get his pick of jw sisters.

he's been after the same one as the rest of his peers since 2014..

ShirleyW

Are all the GB members, past and present, partakers? When one dies and is replaced does that automatically buy you a spot in heaven?

Didn't somebody post here a few weeks ago the quote from the washtowel that basically said they are aware that among the many mental patients within the Org they now acknowledge that quite a few of them think they are on that first train to heaven, since they notice the number of partakers keep going up when in fact all 144,000 should've bought the farm decades ago?

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We don't take collections like other religions do...

by Alfred in

i think this screen shot says it all... need i say more?.

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ShirleyW

I wish I could show that to my mom, wonder what she would say now since she also was one that always said the Dubs don't collect money like the other religions, now they have a reward program? What's that, a couple of extra hours you add to your time sheet without actually doing the time? (as if that doesn't now)

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How Many Here EVER Considered Going Back To Meetings?

by minimus in

jw
friends

once i left ,i was done.

in over 10 years i didn't return except for my mother's funeral.

did you ever re enter the kh after you left?.

ShirleyW

Last time I stepped foot in a KH was my fathers memorial. I made sure my mothers was not held in the KH.

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For the UK folks - "Former professional boxer Dennis Harbon, 68, took own life, inquest told"

by ShirleyW in

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friends

i get the google alerts for the dubs - an article from telegraph & argus features the story in the title, i'm not techy enough to know how to attach it here, but his wife id'd him a jw, then it says he was a window washer, so no doubt that he was def a dub, he's from mayfield place in wyke.

he was acting irratic jumping in and out of traffic and such.

is this a big story in whatever part of the uk this was taking place in?.

ShirleyW

I get the Google Alerts for the Dubs - an article from Telegraph & Argus features the story in the title, I'm not techy enough to know how to attach it here, but his wife ID'd him a JW, then it says he was a window washer, so no doubt that he was def a Dub, he's from Mayfield Place in Wyke. He was acting irratic jumping in and out of traffic and such.

Is this a big story in whatever part of the UK this was taking place in?

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How many do you figure are converted through the door to door ministry?

by HereIgo in

i regular pioneered for 2 years and never have actually converted anyone through the door to door work, in fact, i only knew a few individuals that joined this way.

most were born-in or at least had some type of family influence.

i had several bible studies but they all got cold feet when things got serious and potential baptism was discussed.

ShirleyW

Well that was basically the only way folks came in back in the day, now I'd say it's probably at the 2 per cent mark.

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JW.org is a real estate and publishing company disguesd as a religion.

by UNCONDITIONAL LOVE in

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friends

since my awakening i have tried to understand why and how people could continue to believe so blindly in a proven false "religious" cult that has such an extensive and detailed record of scandals, lies and cover ups???

i've come to the personal conclusion that there are three major reasons.

i call them the 3 f-ups!

ShirleyW

um, in the daytime hours I do believe it's a well known fact if it's a clear day the sky is blue, only a JW would mention sunrise or sunset . . .

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How much do you think the internet has hurt JW growth?

by HereIgo in

the internet is what helped bring me and so many others out of this evil organization or at least confirmed our doubts.

i have to say, i have seen quite a few youtube videos recently of ex jw's secretly recording their interactions inside of different congregations, halls, etc and see how empty the halls are!

so many people comment on how the attendance is so low, far more emptier than when i was in 6 years ago, even on a weekday meeting.

ShirleyW

Of course the internet has hurt growth, remember when the internet first caught on and at the meetings they used to admonish the brothers and sisters to stay away from it? Why do you think they did that?

But to show you their hypocrisy, they had a website back then . . just goes to show you what a cult is all about