Posts by Podobear

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The Real Aftermath of the AGM...Part 2

by raymond frantz in

for the ones based in britain only the "few" were invited to attend the agm .they received their new grey bible and the rumor was that the new bible will not be available for the rest of the congragations until january .it was confirmed tonight .a letter was read as local announcement that the new bibles will not be available until the end of january for the rest of the congragation .all the in crowd were sat there with their new flashy bible looking smug.also the bible reading was read from the new bible to make it all the more obvious ..... the real aftermath of agm....

Podobear

Imperfect men, indeed SfPW: From sad experience, I can assure you that the UK branch is full of Elitism and favouritism amongst the Committee and the Rank and File. All you are seeing is the Watchtower, Publishing Wheel doing full circle... constantly producing "New Light" . It is like turning around a Super Tanker in shallow waters. By the time the correct course has been set, the observers are bored and are quickly distracted by other manoeuvres.

This is not the Way of Life I knew.. It wasn't a "Religion" then... and in the past 30 years, "The Tanker" has turned away from the "route" I chose to follow. The old "Truth" is now a lie!... why did I preach such falsehood to others... and how can the "Golden Oldies" stand by and accept such alterations without question? Beats me. I walked away... disillusioned

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ex-jw-uk

by bigmac in

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i'm quite new to this site, & have realised some members have a union jack symbol under their avatar.

i don't.. could we have a "show of hands" from any uk members?

i've already found several by reading older posts..

Podobear

South Gloucestersire... via Essex, London and the West Midlands

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Brits

by NewChapter in

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i hear americans called yanks---and it never even made me blink an eye.

so i'm not sure---and almost used the term brits a minute ago and edited to say british people.

so tell me----is it offensive?

Podobear

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OWWWWIE!!!! Plantar's wart.....

by palmtree67 in

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kk, i've had a small plantar's wart on the bottom of my big toe for a looooooong time.. recently, it started getting bigger and more painful.

i googled, and found a home remedy consisting of placing apple cider vinegar soaked cotton balls on the wart and covering it in duct tape.. can i just say......this f**cking hurts!!!!!.

it's been almost a week, and it's turned black which means (i think.....i hope) that it's working.. extremely painful.....can barely walk....it throbs constantly....i have to get up in the night and deal with it.. anyone?.

Podobear

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OWWWWIE!!!! Plantar's wart.....

by palmtree67 in

jw
friends

kk, i've had a small plantar's wart on the bottom of my big toe for a looooooong time.. recently, it started getting bigger and more painful.

i googled, and found a home remedy consisting of placing apple cider vinegar soaked cotton balls on the wart and covering it in duct tape.. can i just say......this f**cking hurts!!!!!.

it's been almost a week, and it's turned black which means (i think.....i hope) that it's working.. extremely painful.....can barely walk....it throbs constantly....i have to get up in the night and deal with it.. anyone?.

Podobear

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OWWWWIE!!!! Plantar's wart.....

by palmtree67 in

jw
friends

kk, i've had a small plantar's wart on the bottom of my big toe for a looooooong time.. recently, it started getting bigger and more painful.

i googled, and found a home remedy consisting of placing apple cider vinegar soaked cotton balls on the wart and covering it in duct tape.. can i just say......this f**cking hurts!!!!!.

it's been almost a week, and it's turned black which means (i think.....i hope) that it's working.. extremely painful.....can barely walk....it throbs constantly....i have to get up in the night and deal with it.. anyone?.

Podobear

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How long did Conventions used to be?

by donuthole in

i remember as a child in the 1980's attending four day conventions.

i know in the past conventions were even longer.

does anyone know how long they use to last and the approximate years?

Podobear

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JWs in the UK diferrent to USA or elsewhere?

by punkofnice in

i am in the uk.. i have an ex-jw relative in the usa.

he says that having lived ib both the uk and the usa that the jws are different from the uk to the usa.. how true could this be?.

at least int he area i grew up the term 'mother' for the organization is not familiar to me.

Podobear

Totally agree with you PunkofNice: It was my observations in the congregation I attended in Florida and the strictness of UK congregations that made me think deeply about whether this was a Spirit directed organisation or one ruled by the foibles and preferences of men.

Although I appreciated the "scenary", I was embarrassed in Field Service by the 16 year old who accompanied me... ankle bracelets and a mini belt (not even in the Kings Road, had I seen anythng worn so short!) with a low plunging neck line... no wonder she had a substantial "Route" call.

I am very surprised that the U.S hasn't had a West Coast/East Coast split... JW's out west seem to get away with a lot that Brits. find astonishing.

I came back to Bethel from that trip with a rather stunning looking moustache. The Branch Committee met and decided I had to take it off. Meanwhile I was dealing with extreme family problems, in large part precipitated by that dictatorial and Plutocratic regime.

It seemed we had to follow everyone else' regime, and were not allowed to use our own. Result? WT Clones

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What does your user name mean????

by karter in

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anything ???.

.

karter ...i race go-karts.

Podobear

The first four letters abbreviate my profession... and the second, well.... I'm kinda cuddly

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I prayed and then there was a knock at the door ...

by wannabefree in

i had heard about the mormons, but i had not been the least interested in them.

in that 5 month time period from when i prayed to god up until the day i got saved, no mormons or jehovah's witnesses came knocking on my door and they would always come to my house on saturdays.

anna looked up to see her baby brother falling toward her.

Podobear

I was a young member of the Full Gospel Pentecostal church in my home town.. that evening I found myself praying to God and asking Jesus to come in to my life, giving my life to him. I was standing outside the entertainment hall of a holiday camp in Camber Sands in the English county of Kent.

A voice from a young girl stunned me, thankfully she could not see my blushes in the moonlight of the dark sky. We spoke, we went back into the hall to enjoy the evening with her and her family.

At the same time, my Father has been on a voyage of discovery to find his mother's carer during the second world war in London. "Find Grace" his mum said just before she died, "and thank her for me, for all her care..."

Dad was looking for the answers in the early sixties...

Grace turned out to be one of Jehovah's Witnesses... We attended our first circuit assembly in Seven Kings, Ilford.

A girl walked out of the crowd to say hello... she only lived a mile down the road from our home. She was one of Jehovah's Witnesses.

I studied and was baptized as a JW by my own Father on April 25th 1971.

I thought then... my prayers were answered.