i came across this video on youtube.. a "special report" obviously made by a jw but seemingly with full support of the convention overseers.. it is long, i haven't watched the full production, what i found interesting is how theatrical they got for these things.
dressing up in blue jeans and cowboy hats, putting on stereotypical (in any other setting jw's would call this being part of the world) cowboy-like personas ... it is quite theatrical and staged .... a bus is brought in led by a "cowboy" leaning out of a golf cart waving his hat like its a roundup, a cowboy greeter gives an obvious big hearty texas handshake ... they take on the appearance of the world when it is fun for them but condemn the average jdub at other times for doing it.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ioych9mady.
"National Garments" ... yeah, I guess they do what they can to hype it up and make it fun, but they are costume parties, try dressing like that at any other convention ... in the UK do the sisters wear Victorian gowns with plunging necklines and the brothers top hats or powdered wigs, perhaps a coat of armour?
It would be interesting to see brothers and sisters from New Guinea arriving, men wearing their traditional penis sheath and women in grass skirts and topless.
i came across this video on youtube.. a "special report" obviously made by a jw but seemingly with full support of the convention overseers.. it is long, i haven't watched the full production, what i found interesting is how theatrical they got for these things.
dressing up in blue jeans and cowboy hats, putting on stereotypical (in any other setting jw's would call this being part of the world) cowboy-like personas ... it is quite theatrical and staged .... a bus is brought in led by a "cowboy" leaning out of a golf cart waving his hat like its a roundup, a cowboy greeter gives an obvious big hearty texas handshake ... they take on the appearance of the world when it is fun for them but condemn the average jdub at other times for doing it.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ioych9mady.
I came across this video on YouTube.
A "Special Report" obviously made by a JW but seemingly with full support of the convention overseers.
It is long, I haven't watched the full production, what I found interesting is how theatrical they got for these things. Dressing up in blue jeans and cowboy hats, putting on stereotypical (in any other setting JW's would call this being part of the world) cowboy-like personas ... it is quite theatrical and staged .... a bus is brought in led by a "cowboy" leaning out of a golf cart waving his hat like its a roundup, a cowboy greeter gives an obvious big hearty Texas handshake ... they take on the appearance of the world when it is fun for them but condemn the average Jdub at other times for doing it.
a new arrangement for appointing regular pioneers has been announced.. in the past, a person would have to fill in a form from the society, this would have to be approved by the local elders, then this would be sent to the branch for final approval and appointment.. now it is just the local elders that approve it.
it doesn't need the branch approval any more.. they are selling it as a way to "speed up the process in order to be more effective in the ministry during these urgent times blah blah".
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Its been that way for around 5 years.
http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/shunning/ .
"those who were baptized as jehovahs witnesses but no longer preach to others, perhaps even drifting away from association with fellow believers, are not shunned.
in fact, we reach out to them and try to rekindle their spiritual interest.".
Theocratic warfare.
The Organization prides itself on being "cautious as serpents yet innocent as doves" (Matt 10:16) ... the Bible was written for them and about them don't ya know
They don't lie, they cunningly change the focus of the question and give truthful partial answers. It's why they hate ex-JW's, we call them on the BS and hold them to the original question, then they call us Apostates and refuse to have dialogue ... what does Oubliette say ... oh yeah, it's a CULT!
the wt study for sept 7th just breeds such a spirit of paranoia!.
using old biblical references just so as to prevent anyone from using critical thinking skills and analysing the "truth".. then using incorrect, leading reasoning to paint any who "think outside of the box" of the org as "apostate".... pure manipulation!.
Oubliette: writers of the WT publications are very skillful manipulators
So true. This harsh reality helped me to finally get over the optimism that I held onto for a while after learning TTATT. When you see accounts again and again of deliberate manipulation it removes any doubt of their being innocent of knowingly continuing the charade.
while you are sitting there reading this, there are literally hundreds of thousands of young males and females all over the world [ mostly in america / canada and england] sitting in their grotty little smelly bedrooms or flats, designing computer viruses that they will up-load onto web-sites to cause anonymous innocent peoples computers to malfunction.
these creeps spend literally weeks,months or even years hoping to make a computer viruses that will get into peoples computer bios to completely destroy their computers.
they never see the peoples anger, frustration and distress.... the damage can cost each person about 1,000 [ $1,660.74 ] or more to replace a basic new laptop or tower.
Yes, I read the entire post ... I still think this Sparks is pulling a prank here. Perhaps to try and get JW lurkers to see how idiotic they can be, perhaps just for his own personal amusement ... or maybe he really was assimilated back into the BORG ... ?? At this point I suppose only Sparks knows for sure.
i first noticed it today... slides up at the bottom.
i wonder why they felt the need to do this?
this is just silly for a religious website..
Obviously, Watchtower is run by attorneys.
Perhaps it is their way of incorporating Rev 22:19 to their intellectual property.
It is God's Organization after all, and He isn't one te be mocked, so, I suppose we could expect His website to have warnings about punishment for misusing it.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/04/tim-burton-big-eyes-new-movie-margaret-walter-keane-amy-adams-christoph-waltz_n_3013705.html.
tim burton 'big eyes' movie tells the story of art couple margaret and walter keane.
tim burton, a filmmaker known for his own brand of ghoulish cartoon characters, is taking on the world of wide-eyed artist, margaret keane, in a new movie aptly titled "big eyes.".
NewYork44M ... I'm guessing by the title of the thread that she is no longer a Witness
Although according to this website, she was still an active JW in 2009.
i'm not fond of any religious fanatic.
islamic fundies can be downright crazy.
mormonism seems silly to me.
But IS it true that it is no honourable way to leave?
OldHippie ... I don't think I would call your examples honourable or that they really left.
They are never free to be something other than an inactive JW. They must hide what they believe if it has changed from JW theology if they want to maintain ties to JW's.
some may remember the time when the private study edition of the wt wasn't to be made available to outsiders, and the df'd.. now, with the recent boe letter, sept 1, 2014, it specifically states that jw.org is making the km available even for df'd individuals.. do you sense a new trend developing?.
Ending shunning would be a good thing, but it is hard to imagine that they would do this. Perhaps they will lighten up on family shunning like they did back in the 80's only to flip back again. Who knows, they seem to be image driven at present. But that is a lot of years of family pain to just wipe away with new understanding.
As far as KM being available to DF'd ones ... well, they made it available on the internet for public download. They sound merciful by mentioning that it is available to DF'd ones now ... no sh!t, it's freely available to apostates too!
