the society has improved their game.
i just got home from the regional assembly.
it was a well-choreographed, technically excellent affair.
I was wondering what they'd done with the $800+ million that they got so far from selling all those Brooklyn properties.
"They had hookups to Rutherfordton NJ, where David Splayne was the GB guy on site. His talks were smooth, the brothers who did the IT stuff were up to the task, everything hummed along quite well."
Now we know where all that money has gone!
recently, my mother, who had stopped talking to me because i was 'apostate,' started speaking to me again.. (note that i successfully faded as opposed to ever being disfellowshipped due to dodging every elder question with "i'm not sure, i'm still searching and trying to find the answers.").
the reason why?
at the international convention this year, they receieved a new video called something or other.
"The story of this videos sounds eerily similar to a drama from 2 years ago. In fact, I'm 100% certain that this is the case. So is Watchtower making videos of previous dramas now?"
I think it was a live drama at the last DC I attended. I'm thinking it was more like 3 years ago. But that's the same plot. They've made several previous dramas into videos.
Crap like this is fine for strengthening the believers, but I don't think it makes a dent in the doubters. It sure motivated me to head for the nearest exit.
the jehovahs witnesses official web site logo incorporating jw.org has been refused registration by the united states patent and trademark office due to similarity to jw player.. section 2(d) refusal likelihood of confusionclass 42. for the reasons set forth below, the refusal under trademark act section 2(d) is now made final with respect to u.s. registration no(s).
this refusal is limited to the class 42 services in the application.. applicants mark is jw.org & design, for use with, inter alia, providing a web site that gives computer users the ability to download audio and video recordings, dvds, music, digital print publications, online publications, documents, forms and web pages all in the field of religion, in class 42. the cited mark is jw player, for use with downloadable computer software for playing, viewing and streaming audio and video files in class 09.. .
documents available to download at jw leaks.. http://jwleaks.org/2014/06/19/jw-org-logo-denied-trademark-status-in-the-united-states/.
Evidently, Satan created the JWplayer logo in order to silence the tremendous witness given by the WT website.
the introduction & conclusion to this video is in german, but david splanes' words are loud and clear in english - get your kid baptized asap!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h33pwdsuvlq&feature=youtu.be.
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There was a noticable lack of scriptures in his rant. And then he talks about Jonah? Was Jonah a 10 year-old kid?
And from his logic, if the parents study the Family Life brochure with their 8 year-old, does that mean it's time to trot them down the aisle to get married?
If they're going to baptize these kids before they're at an age where non-believers could look on and say, "That's an adult making an informed decision." How is the WT practice of baptizing pre-teens any different than other churches baptizing infants? It's not!
When my dad was called up before the draft board and he tried to use a minister exemption, he was asked, "How old were you when you were ordained as a minister." He had to reply, "14." So I was able to wait until I was 16. So now WT's policy is to ordain all these children ministers even younger and more uninformed than I was.
i have come to a startling and sad realisation!.
i have no real friends!.
i have always been extremely active in every aspect of the org, since childhood.
I think I was prepared for the fact that my JW friends would no longer be a part of my life when I faded, because when I left bethel the hundreds of people that I used to be so close to just disappeared from my life. And for those that I thought we really had a close friendship after years together in bethel or in the congregation? In reality, it was a friendship of convenience. In both cases, when I really thought about the fact that none of them had reached out to me to keep in touch, I thought, "Do I want to reach out to them and try to keep in touch?" The answer came quickly, "Not really." There are billions of people in the world. I can make new and better friends.
i was talking with a still in relative today who mentioned how they had this sister with 3 or 4 kids over recently.
they said she is returning ot meetings and coming back into the truth, etc.
i remember when i was still in, the only ones i ever saw trying to return were generally the single moms with lots of baggage.
And they get lots of lovebombing at that early stage of the return.
article is basicqlly about families where a spouse is working away from home for an extended period, etc...a foot note says basically that some studies have shown that working away from home can cause serious consequences, such as infidelity, homosexuality, or incest.
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pull it up on jw.org...that is what it says.
AlphaMan: "P.S...Don't Bethelites technically "work away from home"?"
Temporary worker brothers would leave their wives behind for 1-4 weeks. Based on these Watchtower reports, these brothers must have developed the "gay habit" with bethel brothers, and their wives must have developed the "gay habit" with single pioneer sisters.
i was running the cash till at the annual boy scout fundraiser yard sale yesterday, wearing my finest boy scout t-shirt and enjoying the blistering heat, when i saw a local family of witnesses browsing the merchandise.
they studiously avoided looking at me, but eventually a bargain nightgown proved irresistable and the wife was forced to approach the cash table and ask about pricing.
we avoid putting prices on each item because there is just too much stuff and we remind everyone that the money sends the kids to summer camp so the guilt kicks in and people pay more.
Remember to turn in your anti-witnessing field service slip!
.. do you want to be on tv?.
reposted to help tv producers of ex-jw series: my name is shauna woods and i work for hot snakes media, an acclaimed television production company based in new york city.
we have developed and produced hit content for tlc, discovery, and travel channel among many others.
I hope it happens and they get some fantastic examples of successful exJWs. If I was ready to DA, I'd go for it.
leaving the university with my degree!.
exams are finished and it's just a matter of days before i walk.. i was certainly stressed about doing this.
i'm older than my classmates and armageddon was sooooo close!
SLOTruthSeeker: "Billy, you think it's too late for a 50 year old to get their degree just to get it? I would be like a granpa in front of all those kids."
50 is not that far away for me now. Like Quendi, I was old enough to be the dad to most of the other students in my degree program. And we got along just fine. In fact the youngest student and I usually sat together.
For you? I just recommend doing the math of pros/cons to see if it's worth it for you. It's always worth it to learn new things. But going the math/science route that I did requires a serious committment. I'd recommend starting a new thread for yourself here, give some more details, and you'll find lots of us non-traditional exJW students that might have helpful advice.
