when somebody posted this on fb, i was anxious to see how ridiculous it would be, probably worse then the gb prophecies, etc.
after watching the clip, i honestly don't know what to believe.
at the very least it's very entertaining and interesting.
Marty wrote the letter to doc in 1955. When he was telling doc brown "you'll find out in 30 years" he was referring to 1985 not 2015.
The reason why the mall was renamed lone pine mall was that Marty ran over and killed one of old man peabody's pine trees with the delorean when he entered 1955.
in short:- tight pants is no longer just a am3 hang up (or is that a hang up on the well hung?
)- brothers who have effeminate body language are flagged up- as are sisters with 'masculine' hair styles or dress- such dress is 'disturbing to the congregation'- the above must heed the (repeated) counsel from the elders...or they get stripped of the right to share on the ministry- however...this will not be revealed (announced) to the congregation.
wow.
something occurred to me last night.
people that made their pilgrimage to jw mecca (bethel) would often be excited about some silly things, i say silly because for those of you who were there or lived near enough to be involved in these things regularly they lost their magic.
i am talking about on tours one of the most memorable things people talked about or looked forward to... lunch.
i have some updates and new information on the downsizing in bethel.
25% of all bethelites around the world will be sent home.
in the us over 1,000 will be sent home.
House cleaning is getting axed. All Bethelites will now be in charge of cleaning 100% of their rooms. Apparently a lot are annoyed at this because it will all have to be done on their time and never during work hours or in place of any other service.
Welcome to the real world folks. Myself and mrs hoser have been responsible for cleaning and up keeping our house since we left our parents. And no we can't do it on company time either. After we have worked 50 hours each for the week then we get to clean house, maintain the yard, cook for ourselves, maintain vehicles and still get put down for not doing enough for " the truth".
i remember once asking how the planet could possibly accommodate all the people who have ever lived?
after the resurrection i mean.
the answer i was told is that the gb had calculated that all the people who have ever lived could all fit on to the isle of wight?!.
jws from my congergation stopped by my house during their saturday service time to "catch me up on new changes".
apparently they are totally changing the format of the ministry school and service meeting.
has anyone heard about this?
After the meeting last Sunday when they read the letter about the changes mrs hoser said that sometimes change is good. She also said that I probably already knew about the new meeting a long time ago. I said you don't have to worry about doing talks on the school anymore. She laughed.
its been a little over 2 years since i left the watchtower.
in that time the magazines have been cut, the birth of jwtv, jw-org.
carts for preaching, removed district overseers, cut assemblies, demand all the money from the congregations, stop construction and layoff bethelites, change the format of the tmschool .
has anybody read this book?.
https://archive.org/details/merchantsofdeception.
it is story of a man who worked for amway.
recently shared this with me.. they compared the tiredness they felt after attending an assembly and meetings, and noted how much worse it was than actually working and studying hard for hours for their secular employment!
why were they so exhausted after an assembly/meeting?
no, it wasn't satan.
The amazing part is how fast people forget what is "taught" at the assemblies.
I love it when snooty pioneers and elders say how encouraging the assembly that we just attended was and then I ask them what points stood out as being important.
When all they give is well um we learned about Jehovah, Jesus etc I tell them they should have payed better attention to the program. Yes, I'm becoming more of an asshole to these kinds of people every day.
thoughts triggered from a comment cappytan made on a different thread:.
cappytan the newest guy in the gang, mark sanderson, is no exception [to being a gb helper at some point].
- w2013 7/15 p.26 a new member of the governing body"in september 2010, [mark sanderson] was invited to return to the united states, where he served as a helper to the service committee of the governing body.".
Sanderson has been partaking since his early 20's.
But really " overlapping generation". Who thinks this bullshit up?
