i remember around 2005, there was an announcement made from the platform that in a few weeks time we would have to remain at the end of the sunday meeting for a big announcement, directly from the society.. i remember all the murmuring, people thought maybe this was going to be related to armageddon.
everyone was excited, people were speculating.
only the po in each congregation had any idea what was going on, and they were frequently pestered for information, but sworn to secrecy, which only hyped things up even more.. then the meeting came, anticipation was in the air, the announcement started, you could hear a pin drop.
99.9% of the earth's population, "special" means "extraordinary; exciting; beyond expectations".
Not necessarily. Special at school referred to those who needed extra help with learning. And "special needs" at the conventions mean the disabled, sick, and infirm.
Maybe a WT "special announcement" falls into these categories as well.
2017 grand totals.
branches of jehovah’s witnesses: 90. .
number of lands reporting: 240. .
Re: Publishers.
Don't forget that the elderly and disabled have the provision to count their field service in 15 minute increments.
An older JW might only report 15 minutes informal witnessing a month for 12 months adding up to 3 hours in a year.
But because of the fact that they turn in a report they will be counted as an regular and active witness.
my (very fake) name is gabriel syme or gabe for short.
i have been lurking in the shadows for many years and i want to give all here a heartfelt thank you for all your indirect support.
this website, as well as youtube, and eventually reddit, were all key in me finally accepting the “truth” being not that at all.
Welcome "Gabe for short"
I too have browsed here for a while, grazing on the real food on this table.
And only recently came out of the shadows into the light.
Hope you will get as much comfort here as me.
as non of you scrooges seem to want to wish anyone else merry christmas , l thought that l would drop in and wish you all .
merry christmas , happy holidays , feliz navidad , joyeux noel , and throw another shrimp on the barbie sheila .
why did the turkey want to join the band , because he had the drumsticks , boom boom .
@redpilltwice
Someone told us about an elder who used to say in his talks that Santa was Satan backwards and the little children in the hall would snigger and say loudly that old man can't spell.
as non of you scrooges seem to want to wish anyone else merry christmas , l thought that l would drop in and wish you all .
merry christmas , happy holidays , feliz navidad , joyeux noel , and throw another shrimp on the barbie sheila .
why did the turkey want to join the band , because he had the drumsticks , boom boom .
They asked me to dress up as Santa and hand out gifts to the customers but I told them that there's no clause in my contract.
as non of you scrooges seem to want to wish anyone else merry christmas , l thought that l would drop in and wish you all .
merry christmas , happy holidays , feliz navidad , joyeux noel , and throw another shrimp on the barbie sheila .
why did the turkey want to join the band , because he had the drumsticks , boom boom .
Someone complained about me when I asked them what they were doing over the Xmas holidays.
"Christmas! Pagan! Can't use that word."
So I said why do you use the days of the week since they are all named after pagan deities?
Hypocrisy gets me annoyed.
i am absolutely dumbstruck and lost for words.
one of the elders who criticised me over my use of social media rang me up to ask how i was doing.
after the usual blah-blah-blah i asked him if he had attended the recent elders one day school.
I am absolutely dumbstruck and lost for words.
One of the elders who criticised me over my use of social media rang me up to ask how I was doing.
After the usual blah-blah-blah I asked him if he had attended the recent elders one day school. He said that he had, and how marvellous it had been. Then he said, wait for it.
"Elders these days are so warm and inviting. We are not spiritual policemen looking into everything the publishers are doing. "
I almost choked myself to death holding my breath not saying anything incriminating in reply. Delusional for certain.
Sorry but I just had to share with someone.
a friend of ours over in northern ireland says that people can't find their country on jw.org.
apparently it is because the list of countries on the jw.org site is by bethel not the standard list of countries that (say) a google website would list.
someone looking for a congregation in northern ireland goes to "ireland" but that is only the republic of ireland.
Just to say /darkspilver
Stranraer is in Scotland.
a friend of ours over in northern ireland says that people can't find their country on jw.org.
apparently it is because the list of countries on the jw.org site is by bethel not the standard list of countries that (say) a google website would list.
someone looking for a congregation in northern ireland goes to "ireland" but that is only the republic of ireland.
A friend of ours over in Northern Ireland says that people can't find their country on jw.org.
Apparently it is because the list of countries on the jw.org site is by Bethel not the standard list of countries that (say) a Google website would list.
Someone looking for a congregation in Northern Ireland goes to "Ireland" but that is only the Republic of Ireland. So they go looking for the United Kingdom, only to find it is not in the list.
They should be looking for Britain (London Bethel) which oversees congregations in the north of Ireland - except official Northern Ireland is not (geographically and politically) a part of Great Britain.
Is it any wonder that people over there are getting confused! The only good thing is that the searcher might give it up as a bad job and move on with their life without ever being contaminated by the WTS.
i've been enjoying watching hulu's "the path" lately.
i found this site with a breakdown of the lingo (not that i needed it).
https://decider.com/2016/04/06/your-guide-to-the-symbols-and-terminology-for-the-path-hulu/.
I have been watching it as well. It was said that the writer was involved with the scientologists and got many of the ideas from there. Like you, I could see the parallels to the JWs as well.
One thing in the story that I can't ever imagine happening in the organisation was when the husband gathered together all the ex-members and brought them to the gates, where they after a stand off were welcomed back. Could you ever see that happening in the Org!?
