Actually, I think it's easier to skip some of these - the ones in I noticed in Ont, Que and the Maritimes hit at a time when a lot of kids would be writing exams and having to wrap up year end assignments at school. I used to skip a lot of Meetings™ with the heavy school work and studying I had, and I'd definitely miss an Assembly™ day over missing school.
Yeah, I'm a bit weird like that. lol
the situation: a neighbor's child and mine have played together for 8 years.
her mother is a single parent, and a probable narcissist.
loves designer clothes, bentleys, money, will not date a regular joe or even a rich man who doesn't drive the right car, wear the right clothes, etc.
here is a link to directly download the 2015 yearbook of jehovah's witnesses in pdf (23.8 mb):.
2015 yearbook of jehovah's witnesses .
i have updated the article at memorial partakers with the figures released for 2014. no surprises here, it has risen yet again, this time by 6% over last year, and is now 14,121.. .
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@ ADCMS
I believe the GB's opinion is every JW is mentally diseased... except the grand 7 who sit in their ivory tower. It's not limited only to those who've left.
Of course they don't want to state that outright. Some people might get offended and leave / stop putting money in the Contribution Boxes™. And then there's the possibility that the recent "do as we say, even if it makes no sense" directive is tied in with this belief/hope that Active™ JWs will be ready to make The Great Tribulation™/ Armageddon™ happen by instructing JWs to start smiting Apostates™ or anyone who refuses to listen to their Good News™.
a currently active jdub acquaintance occasionally stops by to say hello and we share a wee dram or two.
after the general small talk of new cars, exotic vacations and sports we often get into the "why" we are xjubs.
he is a well educated publisher who holds a phd in child psychology.
@ bittersweet2K
Do you suggest we all go back to school and learn some ancient calendar for no reason?
If I remember correctly, there was a failed attempt by CT Russell (I think) to invent a new calendar just for the Bible Students. To say that it would be an arduous task and a simply ridiculous measure to maintain Separateness From The World™ is an understatement.
a currently active jdub acquaintance occasionally stops by to say hello and we share a wee dram or two.
after the general small talk of new cars, exotic vacations and sports we often get into the "why" we are xjubs.
he is a well educated publisher who holds a phd in child psychology.
the situation: a neighbor's child and mine have played together for 8 years.
her mother is a single parent, and a probable narcissist.
loves designer clothes, bentleys, money, will not date a regular joe or even a rich man who doesn't drive the right car, wear the right clothes, etc.
If the 13 year old is being endangered (being encouraged to party, drink alcohol and be driven over the speed limit without a seatbelt all qualify, as would having all this behaviour modeled for her to emulate), you could place an anonymous report with Child Protective Services.
Then it's out of your hands, and the proper authorities would investigate and ensure the child's best interests are looked after.
the new forum originally had a little country flag next to each post showing the country that the post was made from based on the geoip encoding (the country the ip address is from).
before i switched over to the new site someone made an issue about it violating their privacy and i didn't want to complicate and confuse the switchover with policy debate at the same time as technical issues so removed the flags even though i disagreed.. someone has already requested it as a feature and i think it should be added back so i thought it's now time to open the discussion and get everyone's opinions.
first, the reason i think it should be shown:.
I opted out of showing the flag on my profile in previous forum formats. I also opted out of showing my gender, although I've freely disclosed information that makes both my gender and country of residence clear.
I prefer to opt out of disclosing that information on my profile. If someone wants to attempt to identify me, they can bloody well work for it, by reading through all of my 13,000+ posts, rather than having it automatically served to them on my profile.
9:00 pm.
60 min.. deadly devotion (season 2)witness to murdertv-14 cc.
kim anderson, a divorced mother of two and devout jehovahs witness, finally finds the man of her dreams.
There are a couple of trailers for this episode on the Investigation Discovery website. Just google Deadly Devotion, Investigation Discovery, Kim Anderson and it will take you right there, if you're not able to view this episode locally.
There is also a book, written by Kim's first husband, James Kostelniuk, by the title Wolves Among Sheep, published by Harper Collins, copyright 2000. Available on Amazon.ca here.
January 1, 2015 marks 20 years since we left the JWs. Still have so much gratitude for that decision.
This year I've given myself the gift of being kind to myself. For my entire life I've been my own worst critic. This year I hope that I'll be able to take notice of the positive, trying to drown out the negative self-talk that has dominated life until now.
