uk congregations of jehovah's witnesses[a].
aberaeron.
aberdare.
Just out of nosiness I looked at the accounts of the Chelsea congregation which. it's fair to say must be one of the uk's more affulent congregations.
Notice that last years accounts showed a deficit of 220k - nice little donation to the branch of a quarter of a million!!
http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends60/0001065860_AC_20120331_E_C.pdf
he is back home and making god progress.. he has issued an audio statement here....
I understood that "Likes" and "Dislikes" were anonymous. Am a bit disappointed that is not the case.
They are anonymous - it would be better if they weren't though. People should have the courage of their convictions and debate a point nstead of snidely clicking dislike.
i was in a different city this weekend so i decided to natter to 2 bored jws on the apathy trolley.i just nattered, nothing thought provoking or anti witness.
i was waiting for someone so hard time to spare.what struck me was, that no matter how many times i said that i don't believe in god, they spoke to me as if i did.
they kept asking me how god would feel about stuff.
Very true Beth S, and yet back in the day when I was a young Jayhubberdub, myself and many JW's could make a "good fist" of defending our beliefs...
I could never do that - not because I couldn't put a case for it but underneath I struggled because I don't think I believed it myself and felt a bit of a tit for defending it.
back in my teen years this story swept through jw land, that according to, the guinness book of records , freddy franz, was listed as one of the seven, most intelligent , men in the world.
dose anyone else remember this?
i remember trying to look it up, but never found anything in print, and ii point that out once or twice , and was told a co, had told about it, and he wouldn't lie!
http://m.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/14276665.victims__brainwashed__in___8m_investment_scam/he told investors that his status as a jehovah’s witness meant he was unable to break the law, in an effort to win their trust.. teesside crown court heard how many of the 350 victims were elderly and had been deliberately targeted.some had since died with the stress of the county durham-based fraud having contributed to their ill health, and others had lost homes and life savings.a third man the crown said was involved, anthony kemp, is currently serving a prison sentence in new zealand for a separate but similar fraud, but is expected to be extradited back to the uk to stand trial when he is released.. .
full aricle at link.
http://m.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/14276665.victims__brainwashed__in___8m_investment_scam/he told investors that his status as a jehovah’s witness meant he was unable to break the law, in an effort to win their trust.. teesside crown court heard how many of the 350 victims were elderly and had been deliberately targeted.some had since died with the stress of the county durham-based fraud having contributed to their ill health, and others had lost homes and life savings.a third man the crown said was involved, anthony kemp, is currently serving a prison sentence in new zealand for a separate but similar fraud, but is expected to be extradited back to the uk to stand trial when he is released.. .
full aricle at link.
Orphan Crow - are you local to that area?
Now you're just being a neigh-sayer.
i stopped attending meetings all together in january 2015. before that my attendance was irregular at best.
my husband followed suit a few months ago after months of research, agony, and indecision on his part.
from the very beginning i laid low and did not share with anyone what i found out about the witnesses because i did not want to be df'd.
Keep your heads down, the pair of you.
Try to let the emotions subside a little. Be careful your own mother doesn't try and "set you up" with a second witness.
That.
Just get on with your life, try not to get involved in any discussions on the matter.
Hopefully time will smooth over you family's perceived hurt and they will come round.
But, if they don't that's up to them, try not to worry about the things you can't change.
Good luck!
