Posts by hoser

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Question about an elder and if I am crazy

by life is to short in

ok so i have a question.

i was a very, very true believer until i saw the child molesters in my hall and how that whole thing was handled.. my husband is older than i am and had been an elder for 12 when we married.

so fast forward to 06, we are in a hall where i thought all the elders were ok at the worst and great at the best.

hoser

The elder in question is a bully. A worthless piece of s#%t.

We had an "elder" like that in one congregation we were in. My wife said something in passing about no one at the service arrangement one time.

This guy took it as a personal threat/insult to his wife and himself.

He hauled us into the back room and reamed the shit out of both of us.

This guy is a circuit overseer now.

To answer your question lits. You are not crazy. This cult is crazy and sick. It rewards abusive individuals by enabling and promoting them.

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By Way of Announcement, Darlene Jefferson Has Been Disfellowshiped

by Cold Steel in

i was watching a jw video where the announcement was made of a young lady's being disfellowshiped, and it happened in a regular kh sunday meeting.

this struck me as being a bit...cold.

is this when the shunning begins?

A friend of mine was reinstated a few years back in a different congregation from where she was dfd. The announcement in our hall was two weeks before her current congregation because they had a circuit assembly and then the circus overseers visit so no announcement if reinstatement could be made.

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Is It Really All That Surprising that Kevin Didn't Go Into the Bunker?

by Wild_Thing in

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just look at his history!

w00 8/15 pp.

8-11 - the watchtower—2000: "kevin needed an additional $900, so he decided to sell his 16 two-year-old pigeons.

hoser

Did Andre make it into the bunker?

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What is the purpose of life?

by slimboyfat in

while reading the magazines the other day it occurred to me that jws never really had a very good answer to that question.

because it was aimed at young people and it said something along the lines, "if you believe in god you have a purpose, but if you don't believe in god your life has no purpose or meaning".

i think that is a faulty analysis of the situation.

hoser

The purpose of life. Just like any other plant or animal. We are born, we reproduce and we die.

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I need more faith so I've been told

by hoser in

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i attended the circus assembly last weekend and i have come to the conclusion i am lacking faith.

the opening talk on the program, the very first words that came out of the speakers mouth told me so.

he said most of us here are lacking faith even though we might not know it.

hoser

I attended the circus assembly last weekend and I have come to the conclusion I am lacking faith.

How do I know this? The opening talk on the program, the very first words that came out of the speakers mouth told me so. He said most of us here are lacking faith even though we might not know it.

Do you put material goals ahead of "spiritual" ones ? Most of the time.

Do you miss meetings and field ministry for recreation? Hells ya!

Are you prepared to turn down a blood transfusion in a life threatening situation? Not really.

Are you willing to obey instructions from the faithful slave even though they appear foolish from a human standpoint? Never!

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WT “Study” for 11th Sept 2016 – “Why Must We ‘Keep on the Watch’”?

by Nicholaus Kopernicus in

i was really puzzled when i opened this edition of the wt magazine at the above “study”.

what on earth has this picture at the top of page 13 got to do with christian watchfulness?

i wasn’t making a connection at all.

hoser

A comment from one of the ministerial servants today.

"In light of the generation teaching we know we are very close to the end. "

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Is this an "all-time" Low?

by Je.suis.oisif in

i just wanted to vent, nothing more.

my aunt died in edinburgh last week.

her obituary facilitates adding candles & personal messages.

hoser

The pioneers can start their "time" at 6:00am on their iPad. Snooze in bed for another hour, have breakfast and get ready for the arrangement By noon they could have clocked in 6 hours.

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Pioneer School - Columbian Style

by darkspilver in

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at the la vega kingdom hall, which is around 35 miles north west of bogota, columbia.. with a population of just under 50 million, there are some 165,000 active jws in the country - a ratio of around 1-in-300.. they conduct around 220,000 studies each month, and with just under 24,000 regular pioneers, the country saw a 2% increase last year.. last year's memorial attendance was over half-a-million, which means 1-in-100, or 1%, of the country attended.. street view of the outside of the kingdom hall: .

https://goo.gl/maps/4wxafcxgfrb2.

remember, the video below is in spanish, if that's a problem -, don't click the link .

hoser

Colombian style. I'll leave that up to the imagination.

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The elusive song 151 makes an appearance.

by SadElder in

the missing song 151 now titled "the revealing of god's sons" shows up with the september edition of tv.jw.

no words or score on the jw page yet.

can't say that it sounds any different than any of the other songs they produce now.

hoser

I just listened to it and almost threw up my KFC.

Is it just me or are these songs getting cultier lately?

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The elusive song 151 makes an appearance.

by SadElder in

the missing song 151 now titled "the revealing of god's sons" shows up with the september edition of tv.jw.

no words or score on the jw page yet.

can't say that it sounds any different than any of the other songs they produce now.

hoser

It sounds no different than the songs they produce now. So what you're saying is that it sounds like crap.