Posts by jookbeard

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Bethel Meeting at Regional Convention

by MrTheocratic in

i decided to go to the bethel recruiting meeting yesterday to test out my theory that the organization is in decline.

i assumed that if there is a general feeling of apathy by many in the org, then certainly it would be shown up by the lack of enthusiasm or zeal by many to sign up for bethel service.

well let me say that based on what i observed, this organization is not going anywhere.

jookbeard

I think its very naive to observe 1 single recruitment meeting for Bethel at a DC than assume that all things are rosy in WT land when there are a ton of factors that show things are definitely not ;

growth rates world wide in former long established traditional WT stronghold countries in minus/zero and minimal growth, Japan, Germany, Poland, UK and a vast percentage of mainland Europe etc

congregations being merged, liquidated

whole sale worldwide sell off of KH's and Bethel branches

the quick fire sell off of the Brookyln estate

the TV evangelist style of begging for more funds from the R&F

scaling down of DC's

how many actually get called on in the D2D field work?

more and more civil and criminal lawsuits going against them

massive downsizing of their printing

their charitable status' being scrutinised worldwide

an organization going nowhere? even hardened WT opposer's like many of us here could never have predicted any of the above 10/15 years ago, the ongoing sexual/child abuse lawsuits could eventually destroy them.

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Summer Convention at Twickenham now gone, UK

by jookbeard in

i believe this is the first year that the uk wont have a summer dc at this historical old rugby stadium (which is now one of the finest arenas in the uk) the costs to rent it must be astronomical these days, and it appears they are having multiple dates at the excel arena in london plus milton keynes is being used , many memories for me from a baby onwards making the yearly trip there, the dusty old stadium, the long walks to the car parks, working on the field security, getting burnt to a crisp or being poured on, binoculars !

food tickets, meeting at the lion gates checking the talent, and on the final day drinking the local pub dry the barny arms, end of an era!

jookbeard

there were some held at the NSC in the 80's, I attended one there, but my mum definitely got baptised at SP!

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Summer Convention at Twickenham now gone, UK

by jookbeard in

i believe this is the first year that the uk wont have a summer dc at this historical old rugby stadium (which is now one of the finest arenas in the uk) the costs to rent it must be astronomical these days, and it appears they are having multiple dates at the excel arena in london plus milton keynes is being used , many memories for me from a baby onwards making the yearly trip there, the dusty old stadium, the long walks to the car parks, working on the field security, getting burnt to a crisp or being poured on, binoculars !

food tickets, meeting at the lion gates checking the talent, and on the final day drinking the local pub dry the barny arms, end of an era!

jookbeard

UA, you are right, I think it was only for a year or 2 or maybe it was when the International Convention was held at Wembley Stadium, I think it was the late 60's as my mum was baptised at Selhurst Park, Crystal Palace

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Summer Convention at Twickenham now gone, UK

by jookbeard in

i believe this is the first year that the uk wont have a summer dc at this historical old rugby stadium (which is now one of the finest arenas in the uk) the costs to rent it must be astronomical these days, and it appears they are having multiple dates at the excel arena in london plus milton keynes is being used , many memories for me from a baby onwards making the yearly trip there, the dusty old stadium, the long walks to the car parks, working on the field security, getting burnt to a crisp or being poured on, binoculars !

food tickets, meeting at the lion gates checking the talent, and on the final day drinking the local pub dry the barny arms, end of an era!

jookbeard

I believe this is the first year that the UK wont have a summer DC at this historical old rugby stadium (which is now one of the finest arenas in the UK) the costs to rent it must be astronomical these days, and it appears they are having multiple dates at The Excel Arena in London plus Milton Keynes is being used , many memories for me from a baby onwards making the yearly trip there, the dusty old stadium, the long walks to the car parks, working on the field security, getting burnt to a crisp or being poured on, binoculars ! food tickets, meeting at The Lion Gates checking the talent, and on the final day drinking the local pub dry The Barny Arms, end of an era!

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UK WT Ordered To Pay Six Figure Sum For Failure To Protect From Child Abuse

by Joe Grundy in

breaking news from bbc: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33201010

jookbeard

thanks, shared on my FB wall and on the UK/EXJW group, I have active JW's who lurk on my wall, everyone that is in the news I post it

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Convention Tomorrow...

by freemindfade in

kill me.... it's hard to put into words just how badly i do no want to sit through this 3 days of bull $hit.

i will appreciate any and all words of condolence, humorous, serious, or otherwise.

jookbeard

it must be close to torture sitting uncomfortably, steaming hot, dressed in completely unsuitable clothing, at the annual boasting session of a DC. If I recall I'm approaching the 20th year I've not been to one! my advice is go for plenty of walks, keep very well hydrated, , get a Kindle, find a nice area where you can have a nap, sad thing is that young children have to endure this,

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Convention Invites are Idiotic

by cookiemaster in

so, like every year, there's a campaign going on about giving people convention invites and urging them to attend the convention.

what an utterly moronic waste of time.

we live 500+ kilometers away from the convention hall.

jookbeard

LisaRose; "up with the gods" section !

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Convention Invites are Idiotic

by cookiemaster in

so, like every year, there's a campaign going on about giving people convention invites and urging them to attend the convention.

what an utterly moronic waste of time.

we live 500+ kilometers away from the convention hall.

jookbeard

It clearly makes "spiritually weak" ones step over to saying "goodbye" to the whole scam, hardly makes the long term for them appealing does it?

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I had breakfast with 50+ JWs on Sunday

by zimunzucz in

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friends

we pulled into a hotel parking lot saturday around 6pm on the return leg of a wonderful family vacation to new england - an then fate stepped in---a man in a suit got out of a car with the rest of a picture perfect family.

i immediately noticed all the name tags--- and my blood pressure spiked 50pts- damn!!

i was booked in a 4 story hotel full of jws-- the only time they took off the name tags was in the swimming pool- they were so proud of themselves.. at 6:30 am the hot water went cold in the wife's shower- what do you expect on the 4th floor when a herd of jws is trying to get ready at the same time?

jookbeard

Wow, you went in hard! I dont think their Special Talk will sound the same !

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Henry Carr, (a JW) Olympic Sprinter and a Football Giant, Dies at 73

by AndersonsInfo in

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friends

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/08/sports/football/henry-carr-gold-medalist-and-then-a-giant-dies-at-73.html?_r=1.

by richard goldstein june 7, 2015 .

photo .

jookbeard

he sold himself short, Olympians, world class sports stars, world record holders etc are never forgotten, his life as a jw very much quickly is though