http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dead_parrot_sketch.
inspired by a car salesman.
as with john cleese's apoplectic performance, there is never any admission that the "preaching" work, door to door in particular, is dead and has been for some time.
What is so wonderful about being in command of 8 million passive-aggressive fools? Does it ever get tired? Boring?
Power is a wonderful concept.The leaders have spent their lives to gain a level of power. Boring - hell no! Being able to push around zombies is what the live for.
do you feel the counseling demands placed on elders are fair and scriptural?.
i live in an economically depressed industial city.
my dad is an elder in a lower income black congregation.
I was never asked to give advice related to depression. Which was a good thing because I was suffering my own depression because of the cult. If asked I hope my advice would be to LEAVE!
However, I was once on a shepherding call with another elder and we met with a sister that had some desperate financial problems. I gave her advice for which I was qualified to give. I felt good about that and I hope she listed to what I said. Neither she nor the other elder were aware that I was pursuing an education which culminated in a CPA and PhD in accounting.
just had an interesting (?
) visit.. 1.30pm, i was outside the front of my house on a small housing estate doing man-stuff on the car.
three young guys (maybe 16-18 or so) wearing long-sleeved shirts approached.
A friend sent me this email, which seems appropriate:
There was a knock on the door this past Saturday morning. I opened it to find a young, well-dressed man standing there who said, "Hello sir, I'm a Jehovah's Witness.
"Hello," I said, "Come in and sit down."
I offered him a fresh cup of coffee and asked, "What do you want to talk about?"
He said, "Beats the shit out of me, nobody ever let me in before."
it was announced at our meeting tonight that our co (who is actually a pretty good sort) and his wife have been reassigned as regular pioneers.
they are both relatively young (50s) and have been used extensively by the society recently.
as far as i know there are no personal issues.
So, they are assigned to another country, but as only a poineer they will not get any financial support. Am I missing something? Will they be a part of the bethel family in this country?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dead_parrot_sketch.
inspired by a car salesman.
as with john cleese's apoplectic performance, there is never any admission that the "preaching" work, door to door in particular, is dead and has been for some time.
Met, I think they know the preaching is a worthless activity - but it serves a function totally unrelated to bringing in converts.
it was announced at our meeting tonight that our co (who is actually a pretty good sort) and his wife have been reassigned as regular pioneers.
they are both relatively young (50s) and have been used extensively by the society recently.
as far as i know there are no personal issues.
It sounds like he got fired. One can suspect the reason based upon your first comment: "who is actually a pretty good sort"
That kind of attitude will get you no where in this organization. Moving to pioneer essentially means he will have a brief transition before he become a heavy poster on JWN. I look forward to his comments.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dead_parrot_sketch.
inspired by a car salesman.
as with john cleese's apoplectic performance, there is never any admission that the "preaching" work, door to door in particular, is dead and has been for some time.
It has long since died as a means of obtaining recruits or even collecting donations. However, the field service concept allows the society to control the r&f. It is a source of coercive control and keeps the minions busy.
It is 08.01.14 today. I don't know much more today than I did yesterday. But the day is young.
define: privacy.
the state or condition of being free from being observed or disturbed by other people.. .
if your private thoughts were made public--and you knew they would be made public--.
According to the Watchtower (actually any religion) the answer is NO. God id kind of like Santa Clause - he know when you are naughtty and when you are nice. This also includes thoughts.
I grew up believing this and had all kinds of guilt when my imagination wondered into the dark side.
even grumpy cat would smile :).
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/weird-news/dog-faints-from-overwhelming-joy-upon-reuniting-with-owner-after-two-years-9630441.html.
a pet dog appeared to faint from overwhelming joy after being reunited with a family member after two years.. rebecca ehalt had been living and working in slovenia.
I am not an animal person, but that was cute.
