Posts by jookbeard

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Daniel Kokotajlo’s Apostasy enters UK Top 15 box office films

by steve2 in

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fantastic news just in: daniel kokotajlo’s film apostasy about a jw family facing the blood issue and - ahem - a daughter who apostatises - was released late last week in the united kingdom.

even though it received limited release in its first weekend and is going to be in more cinemas this weekend, it has entered the top 15 films at no.

12 - a magnificent result for a highly acclaimed film made on a shoe string.

jookbeard

I actually saw a poster for the film this week at a train station I use this week

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Cart work faces headwinds.

by lastmanstanding in

my little bethel bird has whispered in my ear some encouraging news.

it has been reported to the canadian branch that some witnesses doing cart work had police stop them from carting in public parks.

the direction sent to the southern ontario congregations is to cease carting until further notice.. this is no joke.. have a jw-free day..

that is very possibly true and I wouldn't doubt a word of it,but as an aside I did notice this week that the jw folks that man the carts in my town to have unveiled a new type of cart this week, its was'nt a cart with wheels at all but some kind of desk contraption, well it looked just as pointless as the cart and will have a similar effect.

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Congregation Reassignments in Ohio?

by My Name is of No Consequence in

from what i understand, a letter was read this past week in regards to congregation reassignments and that the elders want to meet with people at their homes to tell them where they have been reassigned.

obviously, this would be due to the merging and dissolution of congregations.

can anyone confirm this?.

jookbeard

insightful comments Pepperheart, very insightful indeed, you sound like you've really got an inside contact , BTW you do know that Branch offices are being sold off also?

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So I went to see my dad give a talk

by StephaneLaliberte in

i have to say that it was quite a strange feeling.

for many years that i was in, i had to do a lot of pretending with various teachings i personally didn’t believe in.

still, i believed in some foundation and went for that.

jookbeard

the concept of being a "friend of jeehovah just like Abraham did" is utterly stupid and an insult to the intelligence, how would anyone want to be a friend with an angry,bloodthirsty,perverted,bad tempered spirit creature who has never accepted the fuck ups that she/he has caused throughout history and likes to play the blame game is beyond me, I'd drop that asshole like a hot brick

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Evolution of a congregation 1978- 2018

by joey jojo in

our whole congregation was excited as we stood in front of our brand new kh and smiled for the photographer from the local newspaper.. for years we had been travelling 30 mins each way to attend the meetings and now, after a big effort of donations and hard work we finally had our own kh in our own town.

in the picture, there were 45 smiling faces of all ages, from the newborn to the old brother that had turned 100 and everyone in between.

the year was 1978.. the congregation grew and shrank over the years, probably hitting its peak during the 80's and 90's, there was even a renovation in the early 90's that the local brothers donated towards, for the benefit of the local town to hear the good news about the imminent arrival of the end.

jookbeard

how many congs have dribbled away to nothing around the globe? a huge fanfare, so called state of the art construction methods, (useless) "quick builds" ( that required huge amounts of rectification work because of the terrible workmanship, they never told you about that did they?)local press and TV taking an interest, they are nothing but a joke this day and age, no wonder the D2D work has all but finished, they are an embarrassment and I never let a chance go by to tell them so, the very KH that I was married to my young jw sweetheart has gone, merged, amalgamated , finished , a distant memory

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Regional Convention Stat. from the UK

by freddo in

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another fantastic increase i mean stagnation for the jborg chariot .... cardiff, wales, uk convention july 27-29th 2018. attendances 3500/3600 (friday) - 4150 (sunday) approx.. baptisms - wait for it ... drumroll ... 10..

jookbeard

thanks for that news Freddo, stupid how they've tried to spin the re-branding of these once called great/grand International Conventions, remember the huge catering setups? the tents for other non English speaking DC's? ( I think i'll pop over to the Spanish speaking tent) the foreign delegates in their national garb? the "greetings" in the announcements section? none of it happens any more, they are on the way out, a busted flush.

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Explain why you are happy if you believe there is no afterlife vs when you joined JW's

by Bad_Wolf in

one thing that has intrigued me are so many who have left, who are wholly convinced everything in existence is merely by chance now, also claim they wouldn't want to live forever, and perfectly fine if this is the only life.

now, i would understand that if you were raised into the religion.

i was raised into it.

jookbeard

SWAT; I'm afraid you are going to have to do a bit better with statements like " mankind descended from Adam and Eve because the bible says it and because I say it and if you dont believe it you are stupid" time to go back to the drawing board I'm afraid, learn to research, present your evidence, you may learn something, lowering yourself to childish insults makes you look very foolish indeed.

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Explain why you are happy if you believe there is no afterlife vs when you joined JW's

by Bad_Wolf in

one thing that has intrigued me are so many who have left, who are wholly convinced everything in existence is merely by chance now, also claim they wouldn't want to live forever, and perfectly fine if this is the only life.

now, i would understand that if you were raised into the religion.

i was raised into it.

jookbeard

SWAT, yadda yadda

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Explain why you are happy if you believe there is no afterlife vs when you joined JW's

by Bad_Wolf in

one thing that has intrigued me are so many who have left, who are wholly convinced everything in existence is merely by chance now, also claim they wouldn't want to live forever, and perfectly fine if this is the only life.

now, i would understand that if you were raised into the religion.

i was raised into it.

jookbeard

SWAT, I just prefer to see Mother Nature take its natural course, you me and a pack of wild horses cant change that nor will it ever change, there is something quite beautiful,sobering, powerful seeing an Apex predator, stalk,prepare and execute its plan when its comes to feeding time, your angry evil bloodthirsty perverted voyeuristic Hebrew god of the OT would have devised other tests that Adam would have failed, plus he had issues with angels that rebelled that she/he didn't address properly, he/she likes to use the "blame game" you know, never admits to screwing up which he/she has done numerous times

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Explain why you are happy if you believe there is no afterlife vs when you joined JW's

by Bad_Wolf in

one thing that has intrigued me are so many who have left, who are wholly convinced everything in existence is merely by chance now, also claim they wouldn't want to live forever, and perfectly fine if this is the only life.

now, i would understand that if you were raised into the religion.

i was raised into it.

jookbeard

it was like leaving the asylum when I woke up and faded, the prospect of playing with ferocious animals that had become tame in a paradise earth even when I was a member of the R&F was ridiculous to me, utterly stupid, I moved on and didn't for one second regret it.