the first part was a heading in the herald sun newspaper tues.sep.15 ,2015 melbourne victoria .. , lorikeets and other parrots are becoming meat eaters---and researchers want to know why.. griffith university professor darryl jones has heard the herbivorous bird was eating mince left out by bird feeders in brisbane (australia ) "in two weeks i had about 500 emails from across the country all saying lorikeets were eating meat" he said.. that will surely get the faithful thinking the big "a" is almost upon us.. in the 1960`s i was told that buzzards and other carnivorous birds were laying twice as many eggs than was normal proving the big "a' was almost here.. here we go again.
smiddy.
That's awesome Smiddy! Hahaha. Wait for its appearance in a broadcast in 3 months time. Along with a misquoted scientist and some pan out view of the jungle.
Oh and ps - the parrots have more work to do in oz now there's 1006 additional carcases to peck over....
i was supposed to attend the meeting today, one of my once a month duties for the sake of my family and my fade.
i read the wt and i just can't stomach going.... what this wt does is again and again reiterate that only jws will survive the coming destruction and that they should be happy about this and raise ourselves erect...eg:.
we cannot expect that many people will suddenly convert to true christianity.
@ignoranceisbliss
Could that study conductor be awake and having a blatant facetious dig??
If not, bhaaaaad conductor... bhaaaaaaaad.
i dont think ill be able to leave the organization,you see i have no close friends in or outside the jws and my entire family is part of the cult,if i leave my mom and the rest of my family will be heartbroken and i dont want to be the reason they are hurt.
im not particularly close to any of my family members but i still care for them.
i could really use some advice because i have no one else to turn too..
I agree with what has been said.
You feel like this moment in time is going to last forever. You feel like in 5 years time you will be thinking and doing the same thing as now. You are in a rut of grief.
But if you take the sound advice that you have been given - get a hobby - get a part time job - do some volunteer work - stay in school - get a higher education or trade qualification - there is only one thing that I would encourage you to do other than that....
KEEP A DIARY.
Even just jot notes of what you have done, experiences you have had, fun times or moments of clarity. This way (in one year, five years and ten years), you can:
1. Measure your life growth - and BE PROUD!
2. Gain confidence in yourself and then
3. Set some goals, direct your life path and GO GET IT!
This took me a long time to do because I was always so worried about making other people happy that I didn't stop to think about or focus on what might make me happy.
You are young, you have prospects, you are clearly a thoughtful and caring teen. Put that to good use - on yourself. Live an authentic and inspired life. X
i just seen this on goggle news.
a report into a hall actually being refurbished!.
http://www.thecomet.net/news/stevenage_s_jehovah_s_witnesses_celebrate_worship_hall_s_makeover_and_invite_public_to_come_along_1_4228859.
"There will be no preaching on the day but anyone interested in the religion can speak to congregation members about its teachings."
LOOOOOOOOL!!!! Contain yourselves faithful dubs, no preaching allowed!!!
hello friends!today is a sad day for me, as seven months have gone by since my mother passed away after a decades-long fight with breast cancer..
because the witnessing/preaching/teaching work doesn't make any sense to me anymore; because it's not about any "truth"; and because it's basically useless, i've decided to quit doing it.
instead, i've decided to do something that actually can make a real difference in other people's lives.
now after 21 years in professional psychology/humanities, i love talking to brothers that adopt a slow pace in speech, and low tone of voice when they deal with the rank and cold un-associated ones.
my mirroring their present state in personality seems to psych them out for a bit.
i then tap into my fast injection of logical sense, that throws them off.
i've been lurking for about 3 months now and thought i'd better finally sign up.
you have all been an immense help to me as i have come to realize that this isn't the truth so i want to say a great big thank you!
what a crazy, emotional ride it is to finally face the truth about the doubts that i have carried for many years.
i've been lurking for about 3 months now and thought i'd better finally sign up.
you have all been an immense help to me as i have come to realize that this isn't the truth so i want to say a great big thank you!
what a crazy, emotional ride it is to finally face the truth about the doubts that i have carried for many years.
as you may or may not know (or care), i live in the uk.
a jw spy of mine told me that an elder had metioned that attendance at the kingdom hells had seemed to have dropped off after the australian royal comission expose of paedophilia within the watchtower organisation.. the elders were said to have had this as an item or the subject of a local elder's meeting.. i was surprised they'd even heard of the arc over here but at the same time was delighted.
delighted that meeting attendance had dropped possibly....and i say possibly...as a result of the arc.. even an older dyed in the wool jw i know is getting sick of the gb worship within the organisation and had heard of the arc.. has anyone heard similar?.
NZ congregation secretaries have been asked to compile contact information for those inactive persons to be followed up on by (?). Not sure what the official request says or whether this is purely local needs because of the CO visit next week or branch / org wide. My source speculates that it is to address recent mass faders in the local congregation although I think they actually want to pin point 'why' so that they can plan counter defense.
Don't underestimate the amount of talk about the ARC down under and what the consequence has been here. Many JWs feel thrown under the bus because there has been no 'official story' or address from the local elders about it. Some fairly loyal JWs I know (friends of my parents) have ceased going out in ministry because of embarrassment - they just don't have a Reasoning Book response for "pedophiles amongst JWs". There has been no elders announcement to confirm or deny whether this is true or apostate lies.
Those who are awakening are starting to research. Coupled with the plea for $$$, generation flip flops and the 2013 WT that talked about never questioning the GB even if it doesn't make sense and I think the ARC is the straw that is breaking many locals backs. It might not be one event but a close sequence of events that start a chain reaction.
