i remember going door to door in the late 60's with my mother as a 5 or 6 year old.
one time she caught me looking at the wind chimes on a porch.
she told me they had pagan origins, were evil, and were somehow connected to demons.
The noise scares away demons. No mention of pretty noises attracting angels. Maybe we just like random melodies.
AND to REALLY confuse us (as if things weren’t bad enough) I later discovered that Demons were Angels all along!!!....
.....I didn’t have a hope in Gehenna, I later reasoned 😩
editor's note: found this on reddit...thought the meat of the post would be a good post for discussion here as well.. consider the three choices god forced upon david for taking a census.
these three choices were forced on king david, not for murdering people, not for raping women, not for lying, stealing, or any crime we can think of in our modern world that is repugnant, but simply for taking a census or in other words, counting people.. for counting people, jehovah forced a decision on david that involved the lives of thousands upon thousands of innocent people.. the choices all dealt with the “way” jehovah would kill thousands of unsuspecting loyal worshipers.. 1 chronicles 21.
“these are the choices the lord has given you.
Clearly these are indications that they were written by Psychopaths.
No they were superstitious, ignorant Bronze Age goat herders, and when something terrible befell them...an epidemic, a famine, when they lost a big battle or were conquered....
.........or when Bathsheba’s new baby died of S.i.D.S., they just took their best guess at why....and their best guess was that they had somehow displeased their all powerful, malevolent God.
jimmy saville not being exposed until after he died.
(too well connected with royalty & establishment figures?).
the charities comission "enquiry" into the abuse by jw's resulted in nothing more than a telling-off for the "charity".. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (https://www.iicsa.org.uk) has so far been a damp squib.. the muslim paedophile gangs in england were tacitly approved of by police & social services.
I also knew teens who worked on the ‘meat rack’ in Piccadilly Circus. A place for Rent boys. That’s 100% true what he says there,
jimmy saville not being exposed until after he died.
(too well connected with royalty & establishment figures?).
the charities comission "enquiry" into the abuse by jw's resulted in nothing more than a telling-off for the "charity".. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (https://www.iicsa.org.uk) has so far been a damp squib.. the muslim paedophile gangs in england were tacitly approved of by police & social services.
Some of you know I had a pretty rough childhood. I was in care for a while, and I can promise you this guy is absolutely right.
For the local authorities, Its a combination of fear of being accused of racism, as Cofty said, (since the boyfriends are often dealers and black and the peadophiles are Asian gangs) and because of people in high places Involved in child abuse.
Kids without parents to protect them, particularly over 12, are just written off.
Edit: Just to say I barely know a single homeless addict who wasn’t sexually abused and neglected as a kid.
i was musing on how many small churches there are.
a single congregation made of moderate income people.
often the pastor has a job on the side.
JoenB75 I think that’s a very likely scenario.
hi i’ve been learning to draw portraits, and one style i had a go at when drawing young children was a sort of kawaii or cute japanese style.
i wanted to make gifts of these drawings so looked into writing in japanese script to add to the aesthetic.. but oh wow!!
three types of script?!!
Hi I’ve been learning to draw portraits, and one style I had a go at when drawing young children was a sort of Kawaii or cute Japanese style. I wanted to make gifts of these drawings so looked into writing in Japanese script to add to the aesthetic.
But oh wow!! Three types of script?!! Did anyone here learn to speak Japanese when they were a JW in order to preach? I’ve read Amber Scorah’s book and am blown away that she managed to master Chinese to the point of running a pod cast!! Its incredible the lengths dubs will go to, I mean you have to admit many of them have the real missionary spirit.
Anyway did any of you attempt to master Japanese and if so I’d love to hear your tips and experiences.
i was musing on how many small churches there are.
a single congregation made of moderate income people.
often the pastor has a job on the side.
Finky I don’t think Road to nowhere is a watchtower supporter. I guess he’s just dreaming that the missus and her cong would cut ties with Watchtower and have their own little place, cut the umbilical cord as it were.
Stanley What I can’t understand is how the GB, like Sam Herd and David exSplain and Gerrit Lösche, who saw everything you did, can see the decline and snatch the publishers bought and paid for halls, and still believe god is running the ship.
How can they really still believe?? Or at least believe they have gods blessing??
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6040662/.
as her marriage crumbles, a judge must decide a case involving a teenage boy who is refusing a blood transfusion on religious principle.. i saw the trailer for this a long time ago and its subject matter immediately got me interested.
it has just been added the netflix catalogue here in australia and i am looking forward to finally watching it.. please, if you've seen it, no spoilers!.
Just to say it's a great book, too. Highly recommended by one of my favourite authors - Ian McEwan
JIMMY the whole point is that she was horrified by his feelings (hard to talk without spoilers...)
PHIZZY NO SPOILERS he said
I just think of a heart broken mother sitting grieving somewhere. Not knowing who murdered her child or doubtless where the body of her child lay (since I'll wager these were gang related murders).
All the time culprit is knocking on doors telling people they are evil sinners who will die soon if they don't become like him and his Watchtower buddies😳
I believe Ray Franz drew attention to this letter?
although the watchtower and awake are companions, but in terms of readers they have strong competition.they are also popular among whole christian community.. check the stats.
https://tingtopten.com/2020/02/top-10-most-read-christian-magazines-of-2020/.
“It is thought to be MOST BESTEST ahem... it is thought to be the best magazine OF the world....”
yeah. That’s a real journalist and not a JW at all, is it?😒
