a while ago laika came to visit.
we went to town and low and behold the jw trolleys were there doing their thing.. we approached the brother and i introduced laika, the brother was polite.
i then went on to tell him that it was too difficult for me to return and be reinstated.
I think that being civil while stating your position was the perfect approach.
Might doesnt make right...even if "might" consists of raising ones voice.
It would have never gotten through to me. Kind calm conviction might have.....I dont know.....but once I was ready to leave I would have remembered it with an open mind. It might have helped then.
Embarassing me would have just sent me in the other direction.
syneidos posted some interesting information on reddit regarding jw.org's latest project for the upcomming 2015 memorial campaign.. for next year's 2015 memorial campaign, jw.org is producing an invitational video featuring jesus.
the video is still being filmed at the moment and i was told it was super "confidential.
" my source already saw several scenes from it and said, "it looks and feels like a cinematic movie.
LOL
Funny thing, I dont remember anything about the commercial except that I thought it was by the Mormons and was shocked to see the whole "Christian Congregation of Jehovahs Witnesses'' at the end.
ABC stands for American Broadcasting Co.
Basically on this side of the pond there are 4 main channels that the public has without paying for.
ABC, NBC, CBS and the FOX network.
There are many others but those are the "free" tv!
syneidos posted some interesting information on reddit regarding jw.org's latest project for the upcomming 2015 memorial campaign.. for next year's 2015 memorial campaign, jw.org is producing an invitational video featuring jesus.
the video is still being filmed at the moment and i was told it was super "confidential.
" my source already saw several scenes from it and said, "it looks and feels like a cinematic movie.
Good morning Punkofnice,
When I saw the first one it was on ABC
syneidos posted some interesting information on reddit regarding jw.org's latest project for the upcomming 2015 memorial campaign.. for next year's 2015 memorial campaign, jw.org is producing an invitational video featuring jesus.
the video is still being filmed at the moment and i was told it was super "confidential.
" my source already saw several scenes from it and said, "it looks and feels like a cinematic movie.
Maybe instead of showing the video at the door, it is going to be shown as a commercial on TV.
They did a commercial years ago. I saw it. I thought it was the Mormons at first!
The last scene was labled:
Christian Congregation - although that isnt really who they are anymore now is it? Guess it will have to fade to black with JW.Org now.
stupid me does not know how to copy paste pics from instagram site.
nmh.
http://instagram.com/p/vbu5_xhiam/.
The length of the skirt, the height of the heels, the general "snugness" of her clothes overall?
None of that would fly here where I am.
What?
Do I live in the back woods? Is this the standard now?
It sounds like it is!
i can't imagine for one second that the wbt$ supply the apathy trollies they'll make the r&f pay for them.
or does the wbt$ supply the apathy trolley and charge over the odds for them?.
so...........do jws construct them?.
Here is the interesting thing about the carts.
Once the congregation has their cart, where to use it?
One good place is open markets. In the U.S. these are called Farmers Markets. The way they are set up is in a booth or stall system. A person would rent a space (usually quite inexpensive) for the day.
For the JWs, the policy from headquarters is that the individual JW who checks the cart out from the literature dept must be the one who pays the fee for the daily use. He must also sign in his own name therefore assuming personal liablity for the day if someone were to trip over the cart or whatever.
The Society is not involved and assumes NO liability in the entire process.
Of course, any donations are to be handed over to them...
this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.
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A crack down on talking to DFd people?
ok, so in the interests of balance....(as it has rightly been pointed out that i am getting more bitter toward the org), can we think of any positive or nice things about jehovah's witnesses?.
just throwing this topic out there....... .
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I love the people (what are called here "the rank and file").
The higher up you go the worse the qualities exhibited however.
But the average JW family features a very harassed Dad who is trying to make a living honestly and modestly while being quilted if he even things about staying home a week night or away from service on a weekend.
Then there is the mom....she is practically husbandless at meetings and assemblies if her husband is "reaching out" and looked down on by others if he is not. She is constantly struggling to raise wholesome happy children while trying to limit them from all the activities the leadership has deemed "wrong" (girls/boys scouts, birthday parties, sports, holidays etc) which causes her to have to work really hard to seek out alternative play for her children or to just give up (some just give up).
Then there are the relationships with grandparents and other family members who are not JW's. The mom again has to suppress her instinctual mothering ability and legislate the relationship her family is "allowed" to have with her children, leading to endless negotiating and judging on her part of the very people who raised her but have not accepted the Governing Body's standards for living.
And last you have the children. At best they are raised to constantly judge each situation as being one of a test of their integrity. They know that Jehovah only likes certain people and that even a small child can "disappoint him" or make his "heart glad". This awareness is a constant weight for a child to carry, feeling euphoric when they don't eat the birthday cake at school and horribly guilty for any number of reasons when they fail to be "vigilant" in every situation. This leads to a chronic low lying anxiety that anyone raised as a Witness can attest to.
And these are the more normal witness families!
The worst case scenario is where you get in to pedophilia hidden and so on.
So yes, I love the average Witness. I can love them and pity them at the same time.
i believe the jws are morphing into a mainstream social religious group.
we've long been taught we had the truth due to our suoerior doctrine.
it appears that the gb knows that their teachings are ludicrous and indefensible.
I noticed the same thing about the Watchtower article today.
I really expected - based on the title - to see some stellar doctrinal points made.
Instead it was pages of bragging about the greatest educational work ever?
All the credit and praise being directed at headquarters not the Bible.
I guess I shouldnt have been shocked but I was!
They didnt even fit the words inside the border.
Just one more way accuracy is not a factor I guess!
