Posts by St George of England

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How Much of the WT Teaching Did You Believe?

by Ding in

some people on this forum have said that they never really believed any aspect of wt teaching, that they couldn't wait to get free of it all.. others seems to have been really gung ho, believing it all until something happened that got you questioning "the truth.".

i would say my own high water mark was about 50%, which put me squarely on the fence, trying to decide if i should be in or out.. how about you?.

St George of England

Edit the above - Should have been 2006/7 of course.

Yet another very senior moment.

George

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How Much of the WT Teaching Did You Believe?

by Ding in

some people on this forum have said that they never really believed any aspect of wt teaching, that they couldn't wait to get free of it all.. others seems to have been really gung ho, believing it all until something happened that got you questioning "the truth.".

i would say my own high water mark was about 50%, which put me squarely on the fence, trying to decide if i should be in or out.. how about you?.

St George of England

All of it. Brainwashed from birth of course. Appointed as a Servant at 18, vacation pioneered all the usual. Then I got married and my wife encouraged me to go to University as we didn't have a lot of money. So I did and then concentrated on building a good career. So I never really thought about the doctrines, just bumbled along.

Fast forward to December 1986 (or 87, can't remember) when the group study stopped. I spent the time doing research and soon found this site. I soon realised two things, (1) I knew nothing about the Bible and (2) I knew nothing about JW's.

I am still a PIMO due to family especially Sis England and the fact I employ some really good JW's to do work for me.

If only the internet had been around in 1960.

George

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2020 Memorial Talk Outline!

by Atlantis in

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2020 memorial talk outline.. https://docdro.id/73bh2yg.

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petra!.

St George of England

Modern Memorial talks are so different to the old ones. No mention of Passover, leaving Egypt or Nisan 14.

I'm sure many of the older ones here will remember singing "...'Twas Nisan 14 when your glory was seen....etc etc"

Probably something to do with the GB realising they celebrate on the wrong date anyway.

George

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Fast and Furious Actor, ex-JW.

by Lost in the fog in

luke evans still finds birthdays ‘weird’ after being a jehovah’s witness.

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https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/13/luke-evans-still-finds-birthdays-and-christmas-weird-after-being-a-jehovahs-witness-for-16-years-11097283/.

St George of England

As he is homosexual he didn't have much of a future as a JW anyway.

George

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2020 Memorial Talk Outline!

by Atlantis in

jw
friends

2020 memorial talk outline.. https://docdro.id/73bh2yg.

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petra!.

St George of England

This is the place to come!

Thank you

George

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Memorial date

by DomineIvimus-DI in

can someone please help me with this, if you’ve looked into it before?.

i read somewhere that the witnesses didn’t celebrate the memorial on nisan 14 according to the jewish calendar.

i did a quick google check - seems next years memorial is on tuesday (nisan 13) rather than the wednesday, nisan 14 according to the jewish calendar.

St George of England

Shouldn t we all use the sighting at at Jerusalem? They didnt have time zones

They do use Jerusalem these days, years ago it was when the first sliver of the new moon could be seen over New York!

George

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5 kingdom halls in New Addington for sale

by usualusername1 in

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i had it confirmed today that 5 kingdom halls on one site in new addington are for sale.

price being asked £3.5 million.. every witness in london worked on that site.

am in shock.

St George of England

I do feel for this guy and even more so for all the other congregants that now have to travel miles to their KH and suffer all the problems of parking restrictions etc.

However, the real people to blame are all the Elders that signed the deeds over to the Kingdom Hall Trust back in 2014. As Trustees of the Congregation Charity their priority is to work for the benefit of that charity and signing away all the assets could hardly be called that! The Charity Commission don't seem too interested in such cases however. I wonder if this guy was an Elder and thus part of the problem. In any case I suspect after a video such as this his time as a JW will be limited either because he will walk or he will be disfellowshipped, same outcome either way.

Back in 2014 I told an Elder this in my congregation that this action would come back to bite him. He told me that even if all the elders refused the WT Society would remove them and replace them with enough compliant Elders to get the job done. I'm sure he was correct.

George

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Publisher ID - I Saw It In Person & It Was Terrifying!

by thedepressedsoul in

i'd like to start off this post by saying, we all know that the wt loves control.

it's clear by their history, their wt's, the elder arrangement and so on.

however, after witnessing and using the publish id program in person, it takes this need for control to a whole new level & it was scary.. if you've ever seen builder assist (the website program used for ldc volunteers) or the metro program, it actually looks pretty similar to that.

St George of England

I refused to sign the Data Protection disclaimer. I never received any hassle for this whatever but I am not an MS or Elder these days. I am an odd ball however.

George

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