i'm just curious as to whether any of my fellow brits ever pondered how the society can be so stupid as to insist using the us drama tapes at uk conventions rather than having them re-recorded in a british accent?.
as all of us brits know, the convention drama is a subject of subdued derision among uk publishers - and i've been to many a party or social gathering where, at some point, somebody whose had a little too much coke re-enacts a scene from a drama mockingly (typically by gesturing wildly into the air and saying "jer-ho-vah gaaard!!
" in an over-the-top american accent).. what the society clearly doesn't understand is that the dramas really lose their emotional impact with british audiences when performed in an american accent by amateurs.
They can also translate the magazines and books into many, many languages, but fail to put the 'u' in colour or replace 'sidewalk' with 'pavement' for the British editions.
In the 70s and 80s I remember householders quite often saying they wouldn't join an American religion! You don't hear that these days.
funny!
a few days ago on a thread i had mentioned how jw's always say this very thing and lookie what i just found and of all thing about child abuse within the watchtower society.
sounds like another smug jw.
Of course "the Society have never lost a court case" on this topic (until very recently).
Because in past cases, they usually settled out of court.
i was about 8-10 years old and twice i had people tell me that i should not pioneer but to go to bethel because i "was governing body material".. one was a co and another a do.. i didn't even believe in god, never have so that makes it weird!.
what wierd things were told?.
@notjustyet, no one mentioned Leo Greenlees to me.
Then again, they probably had never heard of him. Most witnesses have no idea of the names of the GB/leaders other than Russell, Rutherford, Fred Franz and Knorr!
i know it's hard to challenge your beliefs you have held onto so long, what else is out there in this world, that makes sense?
once upon a time, we had a edge over the world, we had "game" but this is fading.
think about the talks you heard at the "one day, two-day or summer conventions", were you upbuilt and told how valuable you are?
I had a friend who went to the rehersals for an assembly. He said what he intended to say at the district convention for an interview. The overseer (would it be a DO?) stopped him and wrote down word for word what he had to say. It wasn't true and it wasn't his words but he had to say it or be in trouble!
i was about 8-10 years old and twice i had people tell me that i should not pioneer but to go to bethel because i "was governing body material".. one was a co and another a do.. i didn't even believe in god, never have so that makes it weird!.
what wierd things were told?.
I was about 8-10 years old and twice I had people tell me that I should not pioneer but to go to Bethel because I "was Governing Body material".
One was a CO and another a DO.
I didn't even believe in God, never have so that makes it weird!
What wierd things were told?
They think: "How come everyone knows who Charles Taze Russell, Judge Rutherford and Fred Franz are, but no-one had a clue who we are? I know, let's introduce a Harry Potter knock off - welcome, SPARLOCK!"
so we all know that the blotchtower and awake are becoming 16 page mags.
yes, they are becoming the "weetower" and the "halfasleep".. they are moving some articles over to jw.org and i have a few reasons why i think they are doing this:.
'new light'.
You wouldn't need legions of people to track IP addresses, just an IP database and a good programmer. Google and FaceBook track locations of their visitors. In fact, your location is being tracked by Google on this website - it uses Google Analytics.
The locations are not always 100% accurate. There is a reason for this - some IP blocks are allocated to large areas, rather than small. Brooklyn NY has lots of IP addresses and if you have one of them, you are 99.9% likely to be in Brooklyn. Some IP blocks are simply allocated to the State of New York. That is a large area and many websites try to guess where you are. Double07, your internet provider probably has several blocks of IP addresses they can assign you and might give you a more general IP address on occassion, sometimes to share the load. Websites may try to guess your location more accurately but they cannot be guaranteed to be right. Some do it off the longtitude and latitude which can be anywhere in the State! There is one IP block that is allocated the the area of the 'EU' - not much help!
I just see the Society working out how many views compared to the number of publishers in the area. For example, if North Carolina has a 42% download rate, Texas 44%, Detroit 41% but Chicago is only 6%, then surely they will inform the COs serving the Chicago areas?
Digital downloads are same as printed versions, so even if they edit the future edition...
I understand that there will be articles on the site that will not be put in print. You have got me thinking on that one though, they will have to print the study edition and I suppose that one will have the most important information in it.
so we all know that the blotchtower and awake are becoming 16 page mags.
yes, they are becoming the "weetower" and the "halfasleep".. they are moving some articles over to jw.org and i have a few reasons why i think they are doing this:.
'new light'.
Oh, I thought both the WatchTower and Awake were going to 16 pages for the public editions with the study edition of the WatchTower remaining at 32 pages?
so we all know that the blotchtower and awake are becoming 16 page mags.
yes, they are becoming the "weetower" and the "halfasleep".. they are moving some articles over to jw.org and i have a few reasons why i think they are doing this:.
'new light'.
So we all know that the BlotchTower and Awake are becoming 16 page mags. Yes, they are becoming the "WeeTower" and the "HalfAsleep".
They are moving some articles over to jw.org and I have a few reasons why I think they are doing this:
I'm sure that there are other ways to try to defeat opposers or keep those JWs trapped. Any more reasons?
there are some major problems with the jws, doctrinally, socially, and organizationally.
from shunning to crazy elder bodies to guilt trips, there are many things that were really bad.
this thread is devoted to the small, insignificant things that just really really irked you.
I hated the applause after the assembly.
Three days of torture, then that loooooong prayer, previously mentioned. Brother says "Amen" and some super-spiritual, attention-seeking idiot starts to applaud in "appreciation". You could hear the applause getting closer and closer to you with a sense of resistance as each person felt forced into joining in when it came near to them. Then, when everyone around you begins to clap, you start to question yourself: Should I join in?
It was peer pressure at its best.
