after being around this site for 21 years now, i've heard many recount their stories and feelings.
many times i can immediately relate but other times they seem to have had a very different experience with the church.
i'm sure that is because not only are all of us different in personality, but congregations and family dynamics vary as well.
Joe , l am sorry to say that l am not familiar with yours and Slimboy's assertion that the activity rates of JWs , compared to other religious traditions, are exceptional.
Could you explain what you mean ? As a member of another religious tradition l am curious.
Jan
this looks like your typical watchtower study meeting.
lots of empty seats.. twenty-five years ago my old congregation had around 180 congregation members.
the elders decided to split the congregation in two.
Sisters doing microphones !!! Who heard of such a thing ?
Any other Christian group have women ministers or lay readers. Or just women doing readings and prayers .
To be fair most churches have falling numbers or no increase . My own local church has kept steady numbers , but no growth .
Jan
i remember back in the 80s almost every awake and watchtower magazine, think all, hade an article about how bad and evil catholic church was.
what happened to all the bashing?
was it because people in catholic countries got offended?
A case of " methinks they do protest too much " ?
Jan
happy birthday 2 me!!.
sunday is my 76th birthday and i know that you want to know how it "feels" to have outlived my usefulness, to have lost my natural beauty (being reduced to wrinkles and flab), and constantly walking into a room not knowing why i'm there.
you also are curious as to how i can continue to find a reason to live since none of my kids think my opinions have any possible value, most of my facebooks friends i wouldn't recognize if i tripped over them on my way into starbucks, and my monthly expenditure on bird treats exceeds u.s. spending on the military.
Happy Birthday Terry .
🎉🍸🎂.
Jan
pasting this page for hebrews 10:10 https://biblehub.com/parallel/hebrews/10-10.htm.
it speaks of jesus sacrifice for all ( as in all peoples ) or is it for all time?
( one time only).
Sorry , l managed to put the 2 screenshots in the wrong order.
They are taken from a site called Bibleref . There is more on there but these 2 snippets explain it well , l think .
Jan
pasting this page for hebrews 10:10 https://biblehub.com/parallel/hebrews/10-10.htm.
it speaks of jesus sacrifice for all ( as in all peoples ) or is it for all time?
( one time only).
everytime a publisher moves congregations they have a confidential letter of introduction sent from one body of elders to the other .
this letter contains some very very sensitive information like if they had sexual problems or mental health problems or if they self harmed etc.
most people don’t know but they can request or insist on seeing this information through a freedom of information request .
I Googled the Church of England response to the GDPR rules . Here is an extract from what l found.
may 2023 bring you happiness health and love!.
what are you thinking will happen in 2023....positive or otherwise?.
Happy New Year everyone.
Jan
i was looking at the (mostly) wrong answers to a riddle that's making the rounds on social media and thought it was a good example of how something simple (in this case, grade school math) can be distorted with words.
the riddle goes like this:.
i bought a cow for $800.. i sold it for $1000.
I think that the answer to the first one is $300 .
Jan
wow.
while not a pew survey, i found these to be surprising results.
" a recent yougov poll explores americans' attitudes toward 35 religious groups, organizations, and belief systems.
JWGoneBad , l read Slim's post differently . To me he was saying that JWs would equate themselves with the early Christians.
Jan
