Posts by whathappened

I visited just after I decided to leave. My sister introduced me to this site, she left also, both of us in our late 50's after having been raised "in."

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Why I feel that worshiping "God" is a waste of time...

by CaptainSchmideo in

jw
friends

have you ever had a so-called friend who never seemed to be around when you really needed his active, participatory help, but was always good enough to show up after the fact, to lend you his "support" after the event?.

maybe he failed to show up when you needed to move furniture.

did he show up afterward, and praise you for the ability to get it done without his help?

whathappened

Very glad I took the time to read this post. Very moving story. What a shame and it happens all the time, over and over. Here in the US, a four month old baby was just raped and beaten to death. All while we are supposed to be waiting on God to fix things.

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Blondie and Billy the Ex-Bethelite - I missed your commentary on the WT Study for yesterday

by Frazzled UBM in

i always find your commentary incredibly helpful.

whathappened

We just wanted you to know your posts were missed...looking forward to reading next weeks material.

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Special Assembly Day - tepid applause

by sir82 in

jw
friends

just got back from a recent sad.. after most talks, the applause was, at most, tepid.. it was striking in its tepidity, if that is possible (and if that is a word).. affter most talks, applause lasted literally no more than 5 seconds.

its volume was scarcely above a whisper.. it wasn't acoustics - the bethel speaker was technically a polished speaker (although presenting the same old boring info), and his talks generated noticeably louder applause.

but even still - that applause was maybe 10 seconds, and about normal-conversation level.. but local speakers - the applause was not much more loud than the hum coming from your refrigerator.. there were 1300+ people there.. it was just so weird - my previous large-group experience was at the agm, where people were nearly apoplectic & drooling with delight over their new "silver bibles" (which very few have read, i'd wager).. these guys were just "zombified".. speaking of bibles - bethel dude called it a "platinum bible".

whathappened

Wow...only one baptised...that is great...but it is also one too many!

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The zeal has gone out of the preaching work , their is no more urgency to the work.

by smiddy in

this is an observation i have made .

yesterday a group of jw`s entered the street where i live , i`m at the end of a street and they stood around and obviously joked and mucked around for about 10 minutes as a group opposite my house .their were 3 teenage girls ,1 teenage boy , and 3 older men .

this was about 10:30 am on a saturday.