there was a time when as a family, we'd host a bbq in our large back garden.
we'd have a small gazebo, tables and chairs.
the reggae music would be pumping out but not too loud.
punkofnice
It's true that people really have no idea of the damage the watchtower corporation inflicts. It's cruel and heartless. It's an abattoir in there. I am lacking a goal. Lost I guess
punk,
"Not all who wander are lost" - J. R. R. Tolkien
I think you have another book brewing in you from all of this.
there is a common saying that “the crime should fit the punishment”.
a minor violation should receive a minor correction; a major violation receives a major punishment.
take the example of a kid who accidently spills soda on the carpet.
Tazemanian-devil
Londo, I love your articles, they're always spot on and so insightful. I also really, really enjoyed your videos on 1914 / 607 / last days.
Just thought you should know that
I completely agree!
Great articulate reasoning Lonzo. This is the kind of thread that helps so much when trying to pull ones thoughts together to reason with family and friends that still have ties to the Org.
Thanks for the help.
in an effort to reduce the number of posts, this year i will try to add links to this post.
now, on with the leaks & releases!
first up.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nzvwhflss4.
Yes sparky! You snagged the exact episode I was thinking of!
If I remember right, there were problems within and without. Rampant paranoia set in quickly.
You are so right that it was realistic about the way humans really behave.
in an effort to reduce the number of posts, this year i will try to add links to this post.
now, on with the leaks & releases!
first up.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nzvwhflss4.
Diogenesister.
I like the way Shelly is only thanked as an after-thought for her " supporting" role even though she's battling her way through crowds of violent looters and rioters AS WELL.
So many good points in your post but I especially nodded at the one above. I noticed that nice little bit of misogyny as well.
Thanks for pointing it out!
here is a picture of 124 columbia heights in brooklyn that russell purchased when he moved his operations to brooklyn.
it belonged to another preacher, henry ward beecher, before he died.
russell also bought his other properties that beecher had on hick street, which i guess would be the first assembly hall.
Thank you for the pic Wild_Thing
and thanks Wifibandit for that article. It was really a good read.
I had never heard of the angelphones before.
i'm a postman with the royal mail and was assigned to train a new starter yesterday.
my line manager introduces me to 'dave', within seconds my jw radar was on maximum!
in his mid to late 30's, politely spoken and with that haircut - i just knew it.. the post he'd applied for was saturdays only, he said he did a lot of volunteer work.
Who better to look out for him than you? Hes very lucky. I bet he knows it (although he would have to make up another word since JWs arent fond of that word "luck".
Nice to see you again nicolaou
my eyes for ttatt opened in 1995 with the generation change and the wt magazine stated "some witness thought that the generation started in 1914".
since 1997, with internet at low speed, i followed h2o hourglass, www.xjw.com and later on www.jehovahs-witness.net.. did a bachelor and post bachelor since then.. now, nearly completed with fading, i feel it's time to go on with my life and do some other things, spending more time with my wife abd children instead of thinking about jw topics in my head.
goal is being a better person and less grumpy at 45.... everything what could be said is already said.
So much younger than your picture (lol)
Im sorry I arrived too late to get to really know you but I sure did enjoy your posts and reading your thoughts.
Millie
the whole time i'll just be thinking about what effect all those crazy loyalty videos will have on my family.
i can venture to guess that they'll be wound up and determined to "stay loyal" because this "is the truth" and "this system can't last much longer".
i have to go because not doing so would raise too much suspicion but i'm really dreading it.
Can you volunteer in parking?
A chance to get out of the building some of the time?
Here, they give the brothers headsets so they wont "miss" out. Of course, what you happen to listen to on your headset would be up to you......
i told my sons, call your mother(jw) and tell her you love her and i know you don't believe in.
celebrating mothers day but you are our mom and we appreciate you.. the most hard core jw will hang up the phone, i think it will bring tears to her eyes..
my wife and i live in a small town in northern new jersey.
there is a building near our house that, many decades ago, used to be the local post office.
it sat idle for many years, but a couple of years ago, some folks bought it and renovated it into a nice little cafe.
I bet you had to look twice when you saw that!
Definitely falls in to the ephemeral category as you mentioned!
