Posts by hoser

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The Witnesses, prestigeous & derogatory titles.

by The Rebel in

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in egland we give " deserving" & " high flyers" titles.. this morning i was thinking i should have named my son president.

i am sure it would have given him a great advantage in latter life.. so my questions:-.

do you think when a publisher becomes a " ministerial servant" or an "elder":-.

hoser

There is labelling in the world too. We tend to respect wealth education and family pedigree. Not much different from the jehovahs witnesses.

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September 2015 broadcast Mia ?

by hoser in

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i tuned in to jw broadcasting to watch the september show and it wasn't there

hoser

I tuned in to jw broadcasting to watch the September show and it wasn't there

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"The Ipcress Schizophrenia"

by The Searcher in

8m + are undeniably being systematically instructed via talks & publications on how to speak out of both sides of their mouths!

i'm going to designate this practice as "the ipcress schizophrenia.

" (induction of psycho-neuroses by conditioned reflex under stress".

hoser

The printed page of the public watchtower says one thing but the elders do something opposite.

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A Green Handshake

by dgp in

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i just learned that sometimes people give "green handshakes".

is this the same as bribing your way up?.

thanks for any posts..

What went wrong in your congregation?

by The Rebel in

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the target is converts.. why does it seem such an outrageous aim for a congregation to recruit new converts?.

in my old congregation, the enthusiasm was there but the knocking on doors produced zero " baptisms" in my final years.. a) why so little interests?.

b) was it the internet ?.

LisaRose10 hours ago

Most JWs only go door to door because they have to, not because they want to, they don't enjoy it, and are not good at it.

Yep. It is a duty for them so might as well make the best of it. I attend a congregation of about 90 publishers and on some Saturday mornings all of the service groups are lumped together in one and still only 6 or 7 people out in service. Out of 90 freakin publishers! Yet our congregation average is still at national level. There definitely is some creative time counting going on.
Tim hortons is the favoured spot up here.

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New songs at meetings

by Saltheart Foamfollower in

today at the wt study one of the new songs was used.

how has this been going in other congs - at my hall about two thirds had it on either tablets or phones with lyrics on or printed out, rest just stood looking blank.

singing very poor.

hoser

The watchtower conductor had printed out a bunch to hand out

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Had to go to a JW funeral yesterday.

by Crazyguy in

it's amazing how ones shun former witnesses or faders.

a couple of people said high to me that know i do not go but the rest no.

but the main reason i post is how ridiculous the funeral talk was.

hoser

The last jw funeral I went to the elder used it to guilt the inactive ones in the audience by saying that they wouldn't be in the new system to see the deceased unless they were active in the ministry.

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Stupid things JWs say

by deanxxx in

ok we all say stupid things (probably on a daily basis in my case) but my mother (a jw) was told by another member that she doesn't have a conscience because anyone who smiles as much as she does simply can't have a conscience.

i bet you can guess the person who said it to her has a face like a wet weekend.. i guess the reasoning is: if you had a conscience you wouldn't have much to smile about because you'd be overwhelmed with guilt and worry.

what a load of old bollox that cult is eh?.