Posts by Diogenesister

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"In a human moment before Jehovah grabbed her"

by truthseeker in

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i often wondered how far back the witnesses had been involved with my family.

my grandmother died at the end of 2013 and while going through her photos we found some of my great-grandmother, dora, who was born in 1901 and died in 1994. there is a photo of dora dated 1946 standing outside her house in east riding, yorkshire.

on the back of the photo her husband had written "in a human moment before jehovah grabbed her".. my great grandfather, who died before i was born, did not like the witnesses.

Diogenesister

oh Truthseeker your great grandmother was an extremely talented woman. The oil painting at The top is stunning, as is The beautiful rose.

The cartoon illustration reminds me so much of The very early Disney drawings...the very first Mickey mouse cartoons and super early Betty Boop. Its the shape of the faces. Gorgeous. The stylish clothes drawings in your grandma's scrapbook wouldn't look out of place in a modern designers port folio, it's funny how clothes come around. I remember those thick stockings, my great grandmother used to wear them! You could obviously still obtain them in the 80's....they were opaque, made of thick cotton I believe, were an odd pebble shade and had very distinctive thick seams which your great grandmother so clearly illustrates.

Thank goodness your family have managed to hang on to so many precious treasures - given they travelled, plus the disruption of two world wars . They are priceless. I'm sure a design museum would love to exhibit them!! An art historian would certainly be enthralled! Thank you so much for sharing them with us. Boy I love this forum! I'm sure people I knew would have crossed paths with your grandmother, but since they are all passed sadly I will never know.

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What Would Happen If A Governing Body Member Was In Russia After The Label Of Extremist Was Held Up In Court

by Brokeback Watchtower in

would they get their visa revoked?

would they be arrested?

if i remember right didn't one new guy gb go to the procedings and was there for appeal?

Diogenesister

I know Marc Sanderson hot footed it right outta there straight away !! I think the same day they lost the appeal. I remember them bragging on the "miracle" that they managed to obtain tickets at the airport(last minute) when their usual travel agent had sold out!

Hold the press!!!

D'ya think the pope will have 'ole Sanderson declared a saint when he finds out?!

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The Legend of Kevin Bunker!!

by Diogenesister in

i had to post this here as i thought it was really funny.. even morph, i think, would have to agree it's quite entertaining!.

https://youtu.be/y18j3bux5qq.

Diogenesister

Oh dont!!Thats exactly what the dubs will accuse him of LoL. Killjoys!

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Can JW's celebrate Hannukah?

by Splash in

what's the official teaching on celebrating this jewish festival?.

Diogenesister

I've slways wondered about this. I mean, Jesus is on record as celebrating it.

Actually jw's do give gifts on one special day, wedding anniversary celebrations. I don't know how that one managed to slip through Rutherford's net! I'm guessing that since he did not live with his wife he just plumb forgot about it !!!

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The Legend of Kevin Bunker!!

by Diogenesister in

i had to post this here as i thought it was really funny.. even morph, i think, would have to agree it's quite entertaining!.

https://youtu.be/y18j3bux5qq.

Diogenesister

I had to post this here as I thought it was really funny.

Even Morph, I think, would have to agree it's quite entertaining!

https://youtu.be/y18j3BuX5QQ

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"In a human moment before Jehovah grabbed her"

by truthseeker in

jw
friends

i often wondered how far back the witnesses had been involved with my family.

my grandmother died at the end of 2013 and while going through her photos we found some of my great-grandmother, dora, who was born in 1901 and died in 1994. there is a photo of dora dated 1946 standing outside her house in east riding, yorkshire.

on the back of the photo her husband had written "in a human moment before jehovah grabbed her".. my great grandfather, who died before i was born, did not like the witnesses.

Diogenesister

Oh truthseeker I am totally blown away by your poignant and beautiful story. The family snapshot is stunning and so natural...your grandfather was a handsome and talented chap! Have you framed his drawings? There is something quite timeless about artwork from this period, the 20s/30s are perhaps the most stylish era ever. I would also love to see your grandmother's work, too Did she keep up her art after her baptism? If so I wonder if it changed at all.

I recall John Lennon saying that there is a whole celestial warehouse of work never created on Earth because of heroin.

The same could be said for Watchtower. I imagine a whole warehouse full of music and art-forms on another time-plain never made by creative people who became witnesses😢

What an intriguing family history you have! Artists, heart-ache and cults...I hope your great-grandmother was not shunned by her zealous baby daughter from the photo, in later years. Of course shunning was not a thing when your great-grandmother and grandmother were baptised.

I've noticed there seem to be a lot of Witnesses from Yorkshire. I wonder if it just that my own connection, despite being from the Home Counties, was with Leeds witnesses that I notice this. I would be interested to know whether there are any statistics showing numbers of Witnesses from what regions in the UK. I expect only Watchtower would hold such information.

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For a good laugh, check this out on jw. org

by dropoffyourkeylee in

go to jw.org and watch some of the caleb and sophia videos in solomon islands pidgin language.

hilarious!.

Diogenesister

Hahaha their ancestors were kidnapped and enslaved and forced to purge their pagan ways (including their language) and embrace Jesus and English in order to advance European/Anglo-American empire. And they still speak English so funny. It's cute. Hahahaha." 🤔🤔🤔

I think you'll find there are no descendants of slaves on the Solomon islands. These melanesian and Polynesian folks ancestors' found their way to the islands with incredible navigational skill all on their own (using their balls in the water to detect cold/warmer currents indicating land mass, too!).

If Watchtower was really interested in translation they would do so in to the many tribal languages. It's as absurd as translating English in to English with a heavy SCOTTISH ACCENT!!!

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For a good laugh, check this out on jw. org

by dropoffyourkeylee in

go to jw.org and watch some of the caleb and sophia videos in solomon islands pidgin language.

hilarious!.

Diogenesister

Mummy issa good-good obey-im big daddi

*we are making fun of the fact it's not a language that requires translation. Watchtower does so to increase their "look how many languages we translate in to" bragging rights.

That is what is so absurd.

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Louise Palmer: British Parliament to bring up the two witness rule

by Diogenesister in

fantastic news!

louise palmer, the lass recently interviewed by a major british newspaper and a csa survivor, has tweeted the following:.

what a busy couple of days!

Diogenesister

So Mike and Kim have the UK radio broadcast where they talk about the MP bringing up Watchtower CSA issues in parliament. In fact they interview Marc and Cora Latham about it. Just thought I'd post the broadcast here if anyone is interested. Apparently the radio show was inundated with responses to their initial broadcast discussing the issue.

Certainly no one in the UK at least who has any contact with our press can fail to know now about jw's and their widespread peadophile issue. It's going to kill the D2D/cart ministry, the public are now forewarned.

https://youtu.be/gYloy92e9HQ

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Louise Palmer: British Parliament to bring up the two witness rule

by Diogenesister in

fantastic news!

louise palmer, the lass recently interviewed by a major british newspaper and a csa survivor, has tweeted the following:.

what a busy couple of days!

Diogenesister

Xanthippe This Charities Commission enquiry into whether the JWs should have their charity status removed and start paying tax because of their appalling child safeguarding record has been going on since 2013! It's time the government stepped in!

Wonder if this happens, Xanthippe, whether they will move all UK operations elsewhere in order to avoid as much taxable income in the UK as possible? Leaving just local, legally autonomous Kingdom Halls?

Maybe someone knowledgeable could comment?

If this happens I believe the already shrinking, UK Witness population will rapidly go into a really terminal decline.