any sign of spring in chelmsford, or is it still being "rescoped" or simply hugely reduced but no activity anyhow.
Nothing will happen until John Kikot and Kenneth Flodin (GB helper/hatchet man) have visited at the end of April to encourage the inmates.
So will more Bethelites be Kicked out by Kikot because not enough cash has Flowed-in for Flodin?
Will shall soon see. My money is on less Chelmsford rather than more ...
rereading a post re the shunning wt in feb made me think, do the wt accept money from the dead?
not inheritances but from the "living dead" as they perceive df and da people to be.. personally i think they accept or more correctly badger members who are really brain dead into giving.
or do attendants guard contribution boxes to stop such non existent people from putting money in.
Really dead, spiritually dead, dead from the neck up, dead to them, dead as a dodo.
WT will take any money they can get. Dead or Alive!
If Judas Iscariot walked into Brooklyn with 30 pieces of silver, would they take it? Maybe, just maybe not.
well on this side of the planet, the southern hemisphere/ new zealand, the 2016 memorial service in local kingdom halls will be over for another year.
another great big anticlimax.
some family and relatives will have gone - but unless i ask my sister, i generally have no idea about attendance and partaker numbers.
>moomanchu
The Bible doesn't say that Judas wasn't there when the wine and bread were passed; that is a JW construct.
it's just so weird to me.
for a group that is against idolatry so much and yet each person has to "touch" the bread and wine.. one lady was standing and holding a baby.
she called the server over just so she could put her thumb on the bread and wine.. did jesus ever clarify what he wanted them to do in remembrance of him?
@ Island man
What you write is an excellent analysis of the memorial "celebration". Just to say that the study copy of the WT Jan 15th 2016 on page 25 does have a picture of a "partaker", bread in hand. (it is to "help" us see how we should treat "partakers"!) It will be studied this week at the congregation WT study.
l think the real figure would be a real nail in the coffin for jw believers.lf the elders knew what l knew they would have a field day.many many jdubs live a double life.lovey dovey at the hall and totally different people at home and work.my guess is many dubs are schizophrenic and in need of help.with all the brain washing lm not surprised.what have others observed.
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@punkofnice
2 personas you say? Careful! The GB might use that idea to add extra numbers to the worldwide publisher count!
sainsbury's has been forced to apologise after its jehovah's witness chef refused to serve a customer black pudding with his full english breakfast.alan mackay was stunned when he was told he could not enjoy the staple, made up of animal fat, blood and oatmeal, with his meal at the branch in arnold, nottingham.after receiving his incomplete dish the former police officer was told the black pudding would not be served because it was against the religious beliefs of the chef to do so....
Well it would have already been dead by the time it got to the JW chef.
sainsbury's has been forced to apologise after its jehovah's witness chef refused to serve a customer black pudding with his full english breakfast.alan mackay was stunned when he was told he could not enjoy the staple, made up of animal fat, blood and oatmeal, with his meal at the branch in arnold, nottingham.after receiving his incomplete dish the former police officer was told the black pudding would not be served because it was against the religious beliefs of the chef to do so....
In the Old Testament couldn't the Israelites sell an unbled carcass to a non-Israelite unbeliever?
Deut. 14 v 21
tell me i'm not overly thinking this.. i'm 39 years old...still youngish...but i worry about getting old.
i look in the mirror and it depresses me.
i suppose i still cling to watchtower utopia when no one would age over 25.. i used to look forward to paradise earth because it meant all the evil in the world, nuclear warfare, terrorist attacks and sickos would be no more, but we are deep in the 21st century with no end in sight.. appreciate your comments.
39 ?!!
I've got mayonnaise in my fridge older than that!
If there's nothing you can do about it then why worry?
interesting to see if there's a noticeable trend in memorial attendance.
also did they talk more then usual about ones not to partake?
wow this is interesting!
i think how much emphasis this puts on "loyalty" shows their is an issue.
they're trying to plug the wholes as much and quickly as possible.
