No Adam...just the "pangs of distress"!
tenyearsafter
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Video feed crashed during agm. Everybody sent home
by solomon inthe feed kept crashing this morning so after 3 hours they told everybody to go home.
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BUM WITNESSES
by The Searcher incan anyone save me the stress of listening to the self-appointed faithful & discreet slave for 3 hours, and give a clue as to roughly at what point in the proceedings was the derogatory term 'bum witnesses used, and by whom?
i'd really love to extract that comment and send it to a weakening witness, to highlight the judgmental arrogance and name-calling being displayed.. many thanks in advance folks!.
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tenyearsafter
Obviously, SFPW was not a JW in the late 60's and early 70's or they would not make such a ludicrous statement as " They read one little thing and all of a sudden they thought the end was coming in 75" or " Just like the 1975 self-victims". If you had been a JW during that era, you have heard almost weekly references to 1975 as being a "significant" date and allusions to it being the start of Great Tribuation. SFPW, perhaps you can tell me what the significance of that date was was other than scaring people in to avoiding careers, marriage or having children?
And before you castigate me for stating the above, I can assure you that I was a eyewitness to all of it...can you say the same? If you were a JW then, and deny that these things happened, then you are being disengenous at best, and an outright liar at worst.
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Donations aren't coming in from Western Countries: more confirmation
by Julia Orwell inin talking to sparky the elder today (http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/263862/1/an-elder-called-me-hes-waking-up-and-knew-id-understand-nice-for-him-to-have-a-friend) i found out he did the accounts for our congregation for years.
he said very rarely did the congregation meet its expenses without some well-off brother chipping in a few grand here and there.
the elders would also make up the shortfall.
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tenyearsafter
SFPW...you rationale for argument is something to behold! It reminds me of one of my favorite scriptures...
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AGM Favoured Few
by IMHO inwhat is the point of a 'favoured few' being invited to assembly halls to hear a recording of the agm on sunday.. why couldn't they just play the recording at the kh for all to hear.. or are not the 'others' worth??
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tenyearsafter
Maybe the rest are "bum" Witnesses?...
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Video feed crashed during agm. Everybody sent home
by solomon inthe feed kept crashing this morning so after 3 hours they told everybody to go home.
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tenyearsafter
Obviously, Satan is much stronger in Canada....
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Shunning - Not Just JWs
by Joe Grundy inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjmg69xmjp8.
this is a documentary from louis theroux on his return visit to westboro baptist chutch - as wacky a bunch as you'll meet.
but not that different, imho, as jdubs.. i never was a dub, but i hope as a human that i can share their pain.. being entirely secular here, it seems to me that some of the young ladies in the film need to experience 'worldly' love,.
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tenyearsafter
I would think being shunned by WBC would be a good thing!
All kidding aside, shunning is a disgusting and despicable practice. I am DF'ed and semi shunned by family, but I don't really care that much. For others, the pain of shunning can be unbearable, and to those individuals, my heart goes out to you.
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Donations aren't coming in from Western Countries: more confirmation
by Julia Orwell inin talking to sparky the elder today (http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/263862/1/an-elder-called-me-hes-waking-up-and-knew-id-understand-nice-for-him-to-have-a-friend) i found out he did the accounts for our congregation for years.
he said very rarely did the congregation meet its expenses without some well-off brother chipping in a few grand here and there.
the elders would also make up the shortfall.
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tenyearsafter
Sorry...double post
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Donations aren't coming in from Western Countries: more confirmation
by Julia Orwell inin talking to sparky the elder today (http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/263862/1/an-elder-called-me-hes-waking-up-and-knew-id-understand-nice-for-him-to-have-a-friend) i found out he did the accounts for our congregation for years.
he said very rarely did the congregation meet its expenses without some well-off brother chipping in a few grand here and there.
the elders would also make up the shortfall.
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tenyearsafter
SFPW...the beauty of a forum like this, is that anyone can post their thoughts. I am a little puzzled by your attack on Julia, as she is reporting information passed on to her. I find your statement that " the organization's longevity is a testament to Jehovah's blessing" to be a bit misleading...using that same reasoning, you would have to admit that God's blessing is on the Catholic Church...it has been around a lot longer than the JW's...and a lot larger in numbers as well. They must really have God's blessing!
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Don't hold your breath waiting for an apology.
by stillin inthis is true everywhere but it seems especially true with the witnesses.
they seem to feel that since god forgives them, you should too, so you end up with these pathologically rude, crude people.. "get over it" is what my wife says if i tell her about some incident where i couldn't believe my ears.
but i have to remind myself that she is also like that.. but she's right, too, because who wants to spend the rest of their life as a victim?
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tenyearsafter
I remember when I was in, I had a janitorial business (surprise, surprise), and I employed JW's...worst experience ever! They would flake on jobs, call off at the last minute ("I need to get my hours in before the end of the month", "I have a talk to write", etc., etc.), and I was supposed to "understand"...no apology, just an assumption of understanding on my part. If I protested their actions, I became the bad guy! I REALLY resented that attitude...I would never knowingly hire a JW given their priorities regarding their jobs.
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tenyearsafter
Seriously?...of course they would! LOL