i've been gone for a while doing other research, checking out other forums.. this forum is the first place i went when i very first started waking up and i just want to say thank you.
from the bottom of my heart thank you.. you guys were so helpful, so kind and so supportive.
you guys got me and were there for me when my whole world was crashing in on me.
Many of us were completely lost before coming here. The wealth of information coming from the posters here is amazing.
If it weren't for the people here the wife and I wouldn't have been able to walk away from Watchtower so easily, doing so without playing by their stupid rules AND have our family still talking to us.
Great board this is indeed!!
wife read me the daily text this morning out of the blue this morning and a couple of sentences stuck out in my head.. all of jehovah’s promises are dynamic, not static, because he is constantly working toward their fulfillment.
(isa.
46:10; 55:11) once a person realizes this about jehovah’s word, what he reads in the bible can exert a powerful force in his life.. .
Seems like more "wait and see" bullshit from the org. That attitude has lead many to face retirement age with no savings and having to work menial jobs till they die.
well beards are still a no no!!!!!!.
in a new letter from the branch/gb nut's, beards are not acceptable in the us branch area!!!!!!.
my eldub brother in law, shared this today.
If the Bros across the board grow a pair and all grow beards the problem would go away quickly. They need the bros to teach. Would they disqualify ALL of them? I think not!!
My beard was what started our walk from watchtard a few months back. Mind you we had not been to meetings of any kind in 6 months prior, but the beard started a rumor mill that culminated in the wife and I walking. Such a stupid rule. They need to stop having pics of ancient bible folk with beards. Even in the December broadcast they shows some fictional bible dude WITH a beard. They should stop doing that if they aren't going to allow beards worn by men.
1350 in attendance 5 kids baptised.
an astonishing growth of 0.3 percent.
the org charged $13,000 for the wonderful program!.
Yup $10 bucks a head. I guess that's a bargain for an all day program but considering it a boring Watchtower brain-drain session, not worth it.
Seems like $10 a head is the standard rate now. That's insane.
no, the faithful and discreet slave.. discreet: wise, cautious.
discrete: separate, distinct.
noun forms for the above:.
Why do the GB keep referring to themselves as the faithful and discreet slave? The July 15th 2013 Watchtower pg 8, paragraph 19 plainly stated that the F&DS wouldn't be appointed till the GT begins.
i attended a sunday meeting today after missing a couple due to a bout of chronic apathy.
out of 74 publishers we had a grand total of 33. wonderful.
for those that attend, how are you finding the numbers?.
Before the wife and I walked, attendance was sinking like a lead ship. We used to be a constant 140 on sundays but when the new COBE was appointed attendance dropped fast. I'm not sure where it stands now but months ago attendance was in the 70-80 range at best. Even the CO visit didn't help but maybe another 5-10.
With few elders and being busy at that, many might have taken advantage of the situation or they just didn't like the new COBE and left.
i was talking to one of my customers about the newly replaced kingdom hall on westminster highway in richmond, b.c.
she does not know i used to be a witness.
she was telling me how the labour is all donated and they only pay for the materials.
I think the Society owns all the kingdumb halls. In most cases, the build is funded through a loan from the society.
How could they (the society) sell it behind their backs when money is tight if they DON'T own it?
If I remember right they tell the congregants that they do not have a loan but they have to pay for that hall forever under the new arrangement.
i feel pretty foolish after reading the drivel in today's wt.
here i was operating under the impression that showing kindness to strangers was something that one did unselfishly.
boy was i wrong!
They use terms like "unbelievers" and "worldly" to ostracize others who are not of the same faith. J-dumbs are not encouraged to actively show love to these people unless they are giving them magazines in the Failed Misery or having them at the Kingdumb Hell.
They severely limit associating with people who could add spice and variety to their lives. That is why they are all the same, brain dead robots who blindly serve the Borg.
why is it that when a jw gives someone a magazine, they use the word "place" instead of "give"?
as in "i placed a magazine with him".
and why do regular door-to-door jws of no special rank refer to themselves as publishers?
"One of" because there are many. Kinda funny since most people didn't even like identifying themselves as J-dumbs.
why is it that when a jw gives someone a magazine, they use the word "place" instead of "give"?
as in "i placed a magazine with him".
and why do regular door-to-door jws of no special rank refer to themselves as publishers?
As Baker said, it's all cult-speak.
