i am way late to the party on this message board but i saw that there were some folks from the new england area who had stories about familiar jws that i grew up with.
my story, as brief as i can tell it, goes like this.. i was born in boston, ma in the early 70s to two my mom and dad who were in their early 20s and woefully unprepared for marriage and raising kids.
dad becomes drunk and violent, mom is bipolar, desperate and high strung and looking anywhere for help.
Oh my goodness, what a difficult time you have had in your life - I so sympathise.
I thought I was having an extremely hard time with my own aged jw mother at the moment - but my difficulties pale into insignificance compared to yours.
Best wishes to you
Ron
i was listening to a youtube where a pastor relates his experience of attending a jw memorial.
he said something that was profound to me.. "how do you have a memorial for someone alive?".
they use this phrase all the time, even printing thousands and thousands of invitations to invite everyone to join them in doing this.. i googled that phrase to see what other christian church's use this phrase and was astounded to see that at least the first two pages of results are in relation to jw's only..
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You got it in one Listener - I too am waiting expectantly for the scriptural proof that millions should attend, but NOT partake!
a slightly tongue in cheek, but also serious roundup of jw speak and why trying to reason with them is like trying to chip through concrete with a plastic spoon.. how many can you think of??.
elder: 'yes.
i read through the material you asked me to at your judicial meeting - you're right we're both in a cult!
uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.
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does anyone know how many hours were required to be a pioneer back in or around 1970?.
etude..
Somehow they managed their personal self esteem in being called pioneers. In reality, they were sad people and impressed no one. All were uneducated, shallow, and pitiable. It still makes me sad thinking about it.
Yep, being honest, that describes me very well back than!😢😢😢
does anyone know how many hours were required to be a pioneer back in or around 1970?.
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Like your style Stan!
I used to post a tract through a random letterbox on the way to the ministry group.
My time stopped when got back to my front door 8 or 9 hours later.
I never knocked any time off for tea breaks/lunch/calls of nature..;.even so, getting the lesser 90 hrs a month in the 1980's was a still a slog!
how many of you bought a nice sedan, suv, or even a minivan back in the days that you described as your "armageddon car" that you would care for and it would last until the end arrived?.
i was driving a 1974 plymouth volare wagon in 1992 when i managed to get an 8-year old buick century.
it was low mileage and had a very luxurious interior.
A totally obnoxious elder's wife bought a top of the range luxury car in the congregation.
She went around saying to everyone they had bought the very best car they could afford as it had to last them until Armageddon..
I drove past their house last week and I noticed they (now old age pensioners) still had their 2007 luxury vehicle in the drive..
Armageddon must be really really close now going by their warped logic!!🤷♂️🤦♂️
many years ago we would be on someone's doorstep, when waiting for the house holder to come to the door we say something like ... yea after the big a this is going to be my house.
imagine saying that today with the common use of doorbell cameras and the squatting problem .
I had a mate I flatted with from the same church. Whenever someone suggested delayed gratification is more biblical, he'd say "I want my reward now!" and he'd grab the last cake or whatever.
Hilarious!
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"so the events unfolding around us are making clearer than ever that we’re living in the final part of the last days.
undoubtedly the final part of the final part of the last days.
shortly before the last day of the last days.
brilliant quote - blows that stupid
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why does it matter whether or not the end of the world ( (armageddon) is near?
if it was next week, next year, next decade, next century?
what is to be gained by knowing how close or far it is?
Good points NotFormer - I agree.
It's very sad.
"undoubtedly [the] final part of the final part of the last days, shortly before the last day of the last days"
Why does it matter whether or not Armageddon is near?
Two comments from members of the same religion - talk about wanting to have your cake and eat it!!
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