Posts by ozbrad

yesterday i drove to mcdonalds and noticed that the nearby kingdom hall had the new blue jw.org logo.. the rebranding has started here in holland.. g.. .

2014 MEMORIAL ATTENDANCES FOR REST OF THE WORLD

by steve2 in

the october kingdom ministry for the united states reported the 2014 memorial attendances for the us branch office that has subsequently been well discussed in a separate thread.

in that thread, a poster asserted that in some parts of europe the attendance had been higher than last year - but to date no source evidence has been provided.. so, have memorial attendances for other parts of the world been reported in any of the publications such as kingdom ministryyet?.

if so, could you direct me to the source(s).

ozbrad

They lie about everything else who's to say any of these numbers are real.

Just looked up the Australian census for people who identify as JWs and it was down 2.8 percent in the 5 years from 1996-2001

Scientologists are always on about their increasing numbers but the census says otherwise as well

http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2012/s3536106.htm

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Poll--How Many Believe In God, Do Not Believe or Are Not Sure Of His Existence?

by minimus in

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i believe in god but i'm not sure of anything....what about you?.

ozbrad

I dont believe you insult anyone Cofty. Religious people feel any attack on their beliefs is a personal assault on their intelligence.

If you believe in talking snakes and worldwide floods you deserve to be mocked.Too many christians not enough lions.

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"We're calling on your neighbours to promote a website"

by Simon in

wow, it's true - they don't call to 'promote god's kingdom' anymore but just their website!.

we just had an old lady call and tell us that was exactly what they were doing and it has "lots of good things on their for children".

yeah, right ... sparlock?.

ozbrad

Have you heard about this new thing called the internet? Yeah people sell shit on it .

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Watchtower Tells Us "Employers Seek JWs Only" Yet Most JW Employers Avoid Hiring JWs, Why?

by BucketShopBill in

here's a thought: we're told over and over how employers sing the praises of their jw employees, sometimes with a vague quote about how 'if we could only hire jws, we would as they are so honest'.

however, while some jw employers themselves may hire jw employees (usually cheap entry level positions), most don't.

in fact, many jw's in general who have businesses have a rule not to do work with jws, even those in their congregation.

ozbrad

Forgot to add she came crying to my mum and dad to confess she'd lost their money and said they could have her 10 carat diamond ring as collateral till she paid them back. Mum took it to a jeweller to have it valued and they said it wasnt a diamond and was worthless.

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Watchtower Tells Us "Employers Seek JWs Only" Yet Most JW Employers Avoid Hiring JWs, Why?

by BucketShopBill in

here's a thought: we're told over and over how employers sing the praises of their jw employees, sometimes with a vague quote about how 'if we could only hire jws, we would as they are so honest'.

however, while some jw employers themselves may hire jw employees (usually cheap entry level positions), most don't.

in fact, many jw's in general who have businesses have a rule not to do work with jws, even those in their congregation.

ozbrad

My parent used a sister who was a paralegal secretary to do the bookwork on an inheritance they got when my grandmother died.

She knew how much they got so hit them for a loan of 40 grand promising to pay back with a high interest rate.

She also got her aging parent to remortgage their house and ended up losing the lot when her investment in a business went belly up.

I think she lost nearly 200,000 altogether.

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How many things did you toss out in the name of Jehoover

by love2Bworldly in

i had a flash back yesterday.

my non jw husband and i went to disneyland and bought my young daughter a set of 7 dwarf toys.

after a few months i felt guilty and threw them away, thinking they were demonized.

ozbrad

I used to get old 45's off the Jukebox for 20 cents when they replaced them with newer ones.

I had over 3,000 and 500 odd albums all burned or made to be sold in case they had backward masking on them.

I ended up having a huge fight with my father over it and told him that was it. I left saying I was never going back.

Were's all these satanists who read Harry Potter novels and bought Beatles albums. Must be millions of them.

End sarcasm.

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How old were you when you left the Watchtower - SURVEY

by usualusername in

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i believe that the older you are the harder it is to leave the watchtower.. .

i am attempting to get a list of ages people learnt the "truth" and what age they left.. .

uun.

ozbrad

0 to 21 never baptised.