guy a and guy b were in bondage for a long time.
during this period, they have endured a lot of suffering and hardship.. somehow, they managed to escape from their captors.. guy a was very happy that he regained his freedom.
he put everything behind him, work hard and succeeded in building up a career.. 10 years later, he met guy b. he asked guy b what he has been doing for the past 10 years.. guy b replied :" i can't forget how we suffered while in bondage.
If my little girl wasnt being dragged to the meetings by her mother i wouldnt bother keeping up to date with Watchtower nonesense. Unfortunately, until she's older and can decide for herself, i read every elders letter, announcement and convention outline.
I've moved on in many ways from the indoctrination, but unable to just let Watchtower be.
as you know, this week the human race has been hit with hurricanes and earthquakes.
natural disasters which happen almost everyday, but this month we've seen them cause massive damage and a huge loss of lives.. as you can imagine, theres a whole host of jws positively wetting themselves with anticipation over this.link here: https://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/25884-earthquakes-in-one-place-after-another/.
Remember when aids first come out they trumpeted that gods people were protected due to not having transfusions, they love to take advantage of disasters. Brothers didn't die of aids just died of a lack of red fluid. Sell fear it has a garentee
I remember that Chook.
The brothers dont die of AIDS, yet in 1994 there was an Awake! featuring JW kids that died for want of a blood transfusion.
I remember this magazine being out, my mum and my aunt crying reading it but so proud of those kids. One kid (im not sure if it's in the magazine or was mentioned on the platform) apparently turned off the blood drip-tap thing and was held up as a great example.
greetings, gourmands of the forum!.
i agree with garfield, but mayo comes in a close second.
slathering my pasta with an inch of best foods real mayonnaise (hellman's, east of the rockies) is close to heaven for me.
i remember once in berlin south germany there was a local needs part for the men only, and how they should use the toilet.
in all seriousness for ten minutes a retarded nigerian was going on about how men need to sit down when using the toilet.
no mention of anything else.. it transpired that some little kraut boy from an "interested" family would aim for the side of the toilet and leave a great big puddle for others to clean up.
There was a local needs over 10 years ago about how anal and oral sex is still sex and courting couples shouldn't be doing this. Cant remember what scriptures he pulled out of his ass to tell us this. But he kept on and on about anal sex and then remembering to add oral sex (as if it was a side note and that the anal bit was the issue).
A week later my sister got married in a hotel instead of the KH. Never put the two together until years later.
what is the youngest you have seen someone baptised?
i recall seeing a 9 yo girl baptised..
My niece is 9 and is being groomed for baptism by her parents.
How long do you think it'll be before we see Caleb and Sophia taking the plunge?
i have seen a few comments about this week's meeting.. was there actually a part that specified an actual per-publisher amount that should be donated regularly?.
can this be confirmed please?.
i truly cant believe just how brazen the society seems to be getting - and how desperate they are!.
Thanks darkspilver
I very much doubt that all this money is going in the "Global Assistance" pot. I wouldn't put it past them to be simply cashing in on a series of natural disasters.
Then again, paying off a child abuse claim could be considered an ""unexpected event” that could affect the organization".
Even keeping that £24 million in the bank would incur interest for the borg.
anyone who questions the governing bodys authority is labelled as an apostate and almost always they bring up the story of korah and his revolt against moses.. watchtower august 1st, 2002, the article loyally submit to godly authority paragraphs 8-15.. https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2002563.
in not so subtle hint, the gb likens themselves to moses, and those who disagree with the gb are korah.. paragraph 15 is actually quite damaging to the gb's argument though:.
it was so unnecessary for all those people to lose their lives.
We had a body of 10 elders once cancel our regular meeting schedule and play the old Korah movie so as to fish out he baddies in the cong. Then hey created an open judicial committee, the criteria for appearing before the JC was if anyone in cong had heard anyone say any criticism against the elders . It was truly a witch hunt.
I remember reading that story Chook in one of your old posts (i went searching for it after you mentioned it before).
Truely a culty thing to do. Heaven forbid that people could express their own opinion.
i have seen a few comments about this week's meeting.. was there actually a part that specified an actual per-publisher amount that should be donated regularly?.
can this be confirmed please?.
i truly cant believe just how brazen the society seems to be getting - and how desperate they are!.
I have a few PIMO JW's on my FB who say here in England they were asked for £3 each.
The Americans were asked for about $7. Can our American friends confirm this?
Dont know if this means per week/month/year or what but with 8 million JWs that would bring in about £24 million for Watchtower in just one meeting.
as you know, this week the human race has been hit with hurricanes and earthquakes.
natural disasters which happen almost everyday, but this month we've seen them cause massive damage and a huge loss of lives.. as you can imagine, theres a whole host of jws positively wetting themselves with anticipation over this.link here: https://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/25884-earthquakes-in-one-place-after-another/.
As you know, this week the human race has been hit with hurricanes and earthquakes. Natural disasters which happen almost everyday, but this month we've seen them cause massive damage and a huge loss of lives.
As you can imagine, theres a whole host of JWs positively wetting themselves with anticipation over this.Link here: https://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/25884-earthquakes-in-one-place-after-another/
ok. i had a fascinating conversation with one of my polish colleagues at work.
she knows i'm a jdub and an activist as have filled her in warts and all about watchtower.. she came up to me today explaining how a couple of polish witnesses came to her door.
she was curious as to how they knew to call on her door knowing she was polish.
I was in the Polish group here in Liverpool. It was very successful but the CO decided to end it after about 18 months. Never did get told the reason why.
But our ministry was working in areas with a high Polish population. You'd get the odd English person or Romanian but mostly they were Poles. They tended to take the mags/books simply because they were impressed that you bothered learning Polish.
