just curious how we all think.. what prompted or influenced your choice of username for this forum?.
there are some really amazing names, and it would be great to hear the stories behind them.... mine was nothing fancy.
i just felt "stuck in a rut too" along with so many others.
Completely anonymous simple name that has no meaning whatsoever.
When I first joined/posted on here I was an elder and I thought everyone in "JWland" would be scouring every thread to find me, report me and DF me.
That was over 8 years ago ...
The only other slight link with reality is that "Freddo" is a very small two bite piece of chocolate by Cadbury's which when my kids were younger we would buy them as a little treat on the way home from school. It's also a frog of course ...
so in england they report a "white clean-shaven man" mowed down worshippers at a mosque.
why do they never make such detailed descriptions when muslims do the same?.
i hope this event isn't a bad turning point.
In the UK, a "white van man" is a stereotypical description of a somewhat careless and reckless delivery driver who exceeds the speed limit and jumps traffic lights.
White van man may take on a new meaning now?
so i've been thinking a lot about why i stayed a jw for so long even though i had always had doubts about the doctrines.
i was born into the religion, left and came back as an adult for another decade.
some of the things that come to mind (besides the threat of shunning-and this isn't to minimize that very real threat) was:.
Firstly my being naive enough that any concerns and doubts I had would be answered or respected. Then when I realised that was obviously dopey thinking on my part, the loss of family relationships if I DA'D.
I even hunkered down and "tried harder" for a couple of years and tried to bury my doubts. But I think once we got to 2010 to 2015 (so that there was no way I could fool myself that the generation that saw 1914 might still survive to Armageddon) - gasped at the desperate idiocy of "the overlapping generation" and seeing Steven Lett, dancing trolley carts and DFD daughters phone calls to parents being ignored in convention dramas - well that finished me off.
The ARC, money grabbing/closing Kingdom halls/booting bethelites, just confirms that if there is a god who cares he certainly doesn't care about Jborg and all its cult adherents.
so he tries to prove that we are living in the last days without any evidence, but instead a series of unsubstantiated assertions ("never has there been a time with so much lack love and affection").
and uses things that are not even part of the so-called "sign" (abortions, pollution).
then proceeds to ridicule the "ridiculers," stereotype them, and declare they are only fit for destruction!.
Willie the Smellefant.
To Bethel
A traveling circus came
They bought an intelligent elephant
And Willie was his name.
Willie the Elephant packed his trunk
And said hello to the circus
In he went with a trumpety-trump
Trump, trump, trump
Willie the Elephant packed his trunk
And spouted off on jborg
On he went with a trumpety-trump
Trump, trump, trump
Night by night
He danced to the GB's band
When Willie was leading the big parade
He looked so proud and grand
Lots of tricks
For Willie to perform
They taught him how to take a bow
And he took the crowd by storm
But the head of the herd was calling
Far, far away
They overlapped in the silver light
On the road to Mandalay
Willie the Elephant packed his trunk
And said hello to the graveyard
Off he went before the last trump
Trump, trump, trump!
these letters can be found in the original russian on jwforum.eu.. i will provide links but also copy and paste the english translation that was provided for each one.. this first letter was dated may 21, 2017 and concerns instructions on how to handle the donation$.
(*bolding is mine).
we should not make the same boxes for all groups.
On a positive note - if they are being split into little groups for meetings then there is more chance that said group will not suck so strongly on the teat of the WT.
we were just musing that jws act in a "flirtatious" manner with people in the community.. they show such "sincere" interest in people when they call.
they seem like such kind, caring and thoughtful people - really interested in their lives and welfare.. people are often quite impressed with the jws manner, and their well dressed presentation.
people (especially vulnerable ones who are going through difficult pressures in life), are drawn in and made to feel special by the witnesses as they call back.. return visits take place.
I gave your post a "like", stuck.
However, I would take a small issue with you.
These dumped studies etc. often remain as RV's so that the (especially) pioneers can use them to call on and make "placements" and "video showings" and of course ... drum roll ... COUNT THEIR TIME!
But any real help like shopping or cleaning or running an errand or taking them out for a little trip - well hell will freeze over first.
in newcastle town centre.
uk.. the chronicle live.
15 june 2017.. a council worker will stand trial after he was accused of being drunk at the wheel of his road sweeper in newcastle city centre.. john paul carruthers, who has since resigned from his post at newcastle city council, was allegedly over the legal drink-drive limit when he ploughed into a jehovah’s witness stand on northumberland street near to haymarket metro station.. prosecuting, james long told newcastle magistrates’ court: “the allegation is that he was driving a newcastle city council road sweeper when he collided first with a jehovah’s witness stand next to haymarket metro station.
I catch your drift Simon, but if it had been stated in the newspaper article that a person or people had been injured or killed I don't think "anyone" (*) who generally posts on your forum would have gloated over it or gleefully made a joke of it.
For a cart to get trashed with no injuries is a quite amusing if insignificant event isn't it?
(*) Anyone normal that is!
according to the uk charity commission, my old kingdom hall is hemorrhaging money and less is coming in.
long may it continue.. any ideas what a crappy, run down, shack of a kh spends £49,472.87 on in three years?
they were praying for a new hall for about 10 years until bethel basically stole it off them to build warwick.. .
Every congo is a separate charity.
Of course the branch never requests money. It asks the elders (AKA trustees of the congo charity) to consider what they'd like to propose giving and then of course the elders must put a resolution to the congo in such away that no-one dare vote against.
A simple majority "yes" vote of baptised publishers makes it a done deal and the resolution goes through.
Social pressure at its finest and all the little faithful sisters (who make up the majority) bob their heads and raise their hands in agreement.
The few who don't like it might abstain but numbers are never mentioned beyond "that's a clear majority" by the speaker.
i sent the following letter to my older brother, a jw elder in grand prairie, texas, who actively shuns me since i left the religion for conscientious reasons two years ago.. may 11, 2017. dear ronnie,.
in the opening scenes of the movie gone with the wind, a field worker hollers out, “”quttin’ time!” big sam protests, saying, “i’s da fo’man on tara.
i sez when it’s quittin’ time.
Excellent letter - hopefully it wasn't "pearls before swine" ...
Fingers crossed.
in newcastle town centre.
uk.. the chronicle live.
15 june 2017.. a council worker will stand trial after he was accused of being drunk at the wheel of his road sweeper in newcastle city centre.. john paul carruthers, who has since resigned from his post at newcastle city council, was allegedly over the legal drink-drive limit when he ploughed into a jehovah’s witness stand on northumberland street near to haymarket metro station.. prosecuting, james long told newcastle magistrates’ court: “the allegation is that he was driving a newcastle city council road sweeper when he collided first with a jehovah’s witness stand next to haymarket metro station.
No. It can't see it says anyone was hurt.
Care to clarify please, Simon?
