"someone you're not shure exists"
...but the governing body of JW's DOES exist!!!
straight from the off, i will say that i'm 100% atheist.
i have no faith.
however, it occurred to me while thinking back over my involvement with the jw religion and especially when i take into account personal and family situations where people have made life altering choices due to being jw's, just how crazy it really is.
"someone you're not shure exists"
...but the governing body of JW's DOES exist!!!
i have made a spreadsheet of the reported number in attendance to the memorial since the first report of 13 people appeared in an 1896 watchtower.. since it can be very hard to find the numbers for the early years (anything previous to 1938), i will slowly make a note of where i found the data.some of the years i had to manually add hundreds of entries, since the wt did not provide the full number.i am building on the statistics of 1988-2013 that appeared here a while ago.soon i will be starting this but for other sets of data: # of publishers, hours, etc...here is the link: link.
great job, 88JM and ILoveTTATT2 !
i was never a jw , so have millions of questions .
please, how does an elder become an elder and how much trust does or should a jw put in an elder .?
simon.
just two things to become : an ass-kisser and a perfect yes-man.
and nothing else!
in my area i'd guess 30% of the men maybe more have some kind of beard.
this craps gotta wake up somebody still in!.
Imagine Splane, ThighPantsTony 'n Co with beards! It would remind you ISIS Governing Body, or Bin Laden's birthday party!
at mine the conductor was somewhat awkward and minimal and there were nervous chuckles from the audience.
two people, including an elder, gave reasonable comments that it's okay as long as it's not extreme styles, etc.
but then another one of the elders commented that nothing has changed and they still aren't proper locally.
and no mention about the fact that you can't go on the stage with a beard in any assembly. This fact is either unknown by most JWs in the attendance eitjer totally forgotten!
hazel grove congregation in stockport, cheshire, u.k.. not only is the congregation saturated with elders, it is/was pretty well saturated with cash - according to its 2014 financial statement to the charities commission.
http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/accounts/ends82/0001066282_ac_20140331_e_c.pdf.
its elders are listed as frank broadhurst, nick ashton, nigel bailey, noel crossley, peter davies.
I've known one with about 120 publishers and 19 elders. But 8 or 10 were more than 70. And I remember none was under 55.
so the wife was watching the latest installment of jw broadcasting and near the end there was a new segment on dating and courtship.
it starts at about the 39 minute mark:.
https://youtu.be/vuir-azsdm0?t=38m52s.
as usual, a well balanced video...
watching basket ball and buying a BMW are worldy and bad things!
nicolas king frequently sings with the watchtower chorus and had a supporting role in the dvd released at the 2014 convention.
(he's on the bottom row, second from the right.).
but he also is a jazz singer, traveling constantly performing at concerts, casinos, charity events, even a brief appearance on the tonight show.
Maybe he will succeed brothers Jackson and Prince...
so your a witness and want to get married or jehovah forbid remarried.
welcome to the pond of losers you can chose from!!!
who struck out in the marriage department..
I had the same history than Blondie. But it is only lasting since 2006...
I choose to marry someone I could really love for years and years, rather than marrying a clone who would answer me "jw.org" every minute of my life!
I never regretted my choice, and made everybody mad in the congregation by showing a smiling face and a true happiness with my "worldy" wife.
i appreciate all the expressions of interest and solidarity.
it has been a very intense week.
i started with the help of many of you, a particular war for my rights as a european citizen.. we have achieved an important space and advertising with a single complaint, which is a great success that i share with you all.. the press has not only spoken about a single complaint, but they gave a full coverage on asocial behavior of jehovah's witnesses and the last, a very hard editorial from the newspaper el periodico director (link).
the worst think is remaining isolated to face the Borg and its millions of brainwashed adepts.
Well, you're a courageous guy, and I wish you all the best in your noble fight!