just curious as to who on here still regularly attends meetings and goes out in service?
as i sit at the district convention i can't help but think who else out in the crowd is just like me.
doesn't believe what they hear, but are still here..
who else out in the crowd is just like me. Doesn't believe what they hear, but are still here.
That must be a living nightmare. It's difficult enough to participate in these activities when you believe it, but doing it when you know it's a crock...well that's gotta' mess with your head.
awake!
"if you are a young person, you also need to face the fact that you will never grow old in this present system of things.
because all the evidence in fulfillment of bible prophecy indicates that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years... therefore, as a young person, you will never fulfill any career that this system offers.
Does anyone know how to get a copy of this magazine or download it somewhere.
I'd like to have it in the bookcase near my front door when JW's call.
ever notice how completely out of touch some (most?
) public speakers are?.
last week we had a speaker ramble on for fully 1/3, maybe 1/2, of his 30 minute talk on the evils of "rap music".. i don't believe the term "rap music" has been uttered by anyone under the age of 40 for at least 20-25 years.. this week we got another "older gentleman" warning us about the pervasive dangers of "internet chat rooms".. again - didn't "chat rooms" die out about the same time as dialing up to connect to aol?.
They had a talk just before the summer District Convention reminding the "friends" not to "Bogart" the paper towels when they washed their hands in the restrooms at the assembly grounds.
there is a goodwill store in the town i live in , ive noticed that everytime i go in there there are always jdubs in there,is'nt it a bit hypocritical that members of a religion that not only is not charitable and in fact discourages charity,is more than willing to take advantage of the charity of nonmembers,ho they say are doomed to be destroyed..
The Sisters in the Congregation I grew up in used the code words "Sally Ann's Dress Shop" whenever they talked about the Goodwill.
Sister A: "Where'd you get your outfit ?"
Sister B: "I got it at Sally Ann's for $2.OO and I found Bob 2 suits that look like they were never worn"
because of the membership retention issues that seem to continue getting worse, the watchtower corporation appears to be running out of ideas.
in the past, when the numbers have dropped (membership, fs hours, rag placements, money, etc.
) they always came up with a "hook" that would give them a boost until the next drop in numbers (i.e.
Since they are footstep followers of Christ, I don't recall Jesus ever needing to have an arsenal of printed material to do his preaching work nor did he sit behind a table selling them.
i saw a fight break out on the platform between an elder and a unbelieving husband who accused the elder of f---ing his wife.
he then threw the lectern on the floor and pushed the elder.
it was cool.......
There was an 8 year old boy sitting in front of us during the Sunday Watchtower study. He asked his Mother if he could go to the bathroom. She allowed him to go but when he didn't return for a long time the Mother went to the back and asked a brother to go into the mens room after him. The next thing I see is the Mother hauling her sniveling red faced kid down the asile by the collar and flung him into his seat. While he had been in the bathroom he had found a pair of scissors in the cabinet under the sink and chopped his hair off. He had dark hair and there were gouges all over his head where you could see his scalp.
hilarious - made my day.
who could forget senior pu?.
https://sites.google.com/site/silence1492/facebook-youtube.
Zound asked "Where did you get that quote from?"
My name was on the list but it's acutally someone in the UK with the same name who is supposedly going to receive a sentence of 5 years for something.
i'm in a pissy mood and would love to hear your stories.
personally, i'm thinking of getting a tatoo on my rear end saying wbt$ kiss this!.
To me, doing anything with intent and them as the motivation,would be proof that they still had control over me. The last thing I did that would be considered rebellious was to throw out all my old literature. Throw is probably not the right word. Hurled....slammed...ripped and shreadded would more accurately describe what really happened.
there are many silly doctines and viewpoints.. one of the strangest ones is the blood doctrine.. why anyone could logically accept this belief is beyond reason..
Theirs is the one true God yet he is powerless against against what his followers might read about their own religion on the Internet.
we all know how much the jws higher education and how they look down on those getting a post-secondary diploma or degree.
but think about all the work needed to make jw.org:.
web programmersdatabase programmersnetwork programmersgeneral it (administration, maintenance, etc.
They probably subed out the design and once it went live, had someone in-house trained to manage it.
