for a long time, i thought pimi (physically in, mentally in) jws were unique in their inability to simply type and read the latest "google" news results about "jehovah's witnesses " or "watchtower".
however, it appears it is not uncommon for a large portion of the population purposefully to avoid facts...on purpose!
"why do people avoid facts that could help them?.
JWs used to say, they know it's the truth, because they are the only ones preaching the good news, door to door. They might be thinking- Yup, the preaching work phase is over!-- and all they have to do now, is hunker down and wait for the great tribulation.
Except, a day is like a thousand years to Jehoover, so the GB can logically string this waiting for the end charade along for another generation.
i haven't been on here in quite some time so i apologize if i missed a similar thread already (i did look for one :) ) anyways, just to be clear i think the jw response to covid in general has been really positive and proactive and they've done really well trying to educate people on covid, doing zoom meetings, etc to prevent spread within the congregations.
the part that i find interesting is how compliant and non-apocalyptic the branch has been during all of this.
even as someone who's a bit of a skeptic i found myself wondering if this might be the beginning of the end between covid, economic upheaval, and blm.
Back in May, I stopped at the local closed up KH and taped a printout on the front door -- the 1984 WT cover about the 1914 generation never passing away- I hand wrote my gotcha-
1914 to 2014 , celebrating over 100 years and nothing has happened yet!
32 years out of that cult now- there is no hope for most of them. Let them leave under their own steam, like I did= the door is open, the knowledge to achieve that freedom is a mouse click away, 24 hrs a day.
After a few years in that religion, I think it creates a form of mental illness in their brains and like a hoarder who can't seem to clean out their trash, the JW is addicted to the WT trash & meeting routine that has filled up their brain- smothering the spark out of the life they were meant to live. .
I have watched the former JW elders I knew going back to 1972, all get old and start dying off. They never expected to be in an obituary, either.
I will say this- when my small cong was without a KH in the mid 1970's , as we had sold the old one before the one we were building was complete, it was decided to do away with Sunday meetings for six weeks to try and finish the bldg- NOBODY complained about not having a WT study or book study or that god forsaken ministry school. Perhaps some JWs will find their way out of the darkness as a benefit of the Cvid-19 KH closings.
imperfection______________my favorite teacher (grade 9);mr. mcgilvray.he had a way.
charm, humor, intelligence, and irreverence.i loved the man.he'd teach a quick lesson that would linger in the mind for a long, long time.
even as long as...well....now.. allow me to tell you about it...______.
I just sent my old teacher a card and picture- I was surprised, after a short internet search to learn he and his wife moved from the snow belt to Florida 5 years ago and live only 100 miles from me- so maybe the wife and I will meet them for lunch soon-- he is 9 years older than me-- And his wife was my English teacher, only they weren't married at that point in time.
imperfection______________my favorite teacher (grade 9);mr. mcgilvray.he had a way.
charm, humor, intelligence, and irreverence.i loved the man.he'd teach a quick lesson that would linger in the mind for a long, long time.
even as long as...well....now.. allow me to tell you about it...______.
Great story, Terry.
Some of my HS teachers remember me, too!
Like that day in physics class we were studying about series and parallel electrical circuits- 1967, it was a sunny spring day
I asked the teacher if I could do an experiment to find out if the school's bell system was a parallel circuit-- he said OK
I pushed a chair near the bell chime and waited - the volt meter read around 24 volts when it rang to let the class out-
I told the class I would conduct my experiment the next day.
So, I did- about 10 minutes before the class was supposed to let out, I hooked up the power supply, set the rheostat for 24 volts and connected the alligator clips to the bell terminals
The bells rang all through the school and all the classes let out early- the bells do not lie- haha
I walked past the principal's office and saw him with the door open to the bell chime system, yelling to his secretary, "I don't understand how this could have happened!"
We had a good laughed about our bonus break!
Would you believe that not one person in the class even asked me if it was a series or parallel circuit!
Our teacher, My Colwell was a cool guy -late 20's but not so cool, as to let me try that stunt again--
it looks like more “witnesses “ will be brought in, making this trial who knows how long?.
This too shall pass- there are not enough votes to convict- when Americans start seeing news of Corona virus deaths , the Senators will lose their bravery- who wants to be cooped up for 6 days a week on a trial that will end up in with the same verdict they knew it would have before it even started?- Once people start wearing face masks in DC, the Senators will quickly tire of the trial- Hey, I could get that virus! We gotta call for a quick Vote on this trial and then a recess, so we can get out of DC ( Bernie has an extra vacation house for my family), before we get infected by the hoi polloi!
President Trump may have to declare a "National Emergency" to fight the corona virus- we finally will get to use the FEMA camps that Obama built.
graceyou won’t find any in the new world translation!no no no.you only find “undeserved kindness.”(ask yourself why you don't deserve kindness.
?isn’t kindness basic decency?
?if you are one of jehovah’s witnesses you have a reason.jehovah’s witnesses are never on firm standing with their god.
Thank you Terry, for another reason to do your own Bible research and not rely only on WT publications and KH meetings. Just don't put off leaving the KH, as the real life you were actually meant to live is anxiously waiting for you.
have you ever suffered a great disappointment?.
well, meet william miller!______.
time: 1782 (after the american revolution and before the war of 1812).
Printed literature was the way to preach for a long time--Luther's 95 Theses became the first best seller from the 70 year old printing press to be mass marketed to the unwashed masses-- the profits were immense-- But today, JWs can hardly give away free literature from those rolling carts I see in public places.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-power-of-luthers-printing-press/2015/12/18/a74da424-743c-11e5-8d93-0af317ed58c9_story.html
I probably have the only 1920 WT of this issue in existence- New light!
"Millions Now Living will never die!"
we don’t get many invitations to congregational social gatherings.
we don’t attend midweek meetings and miss about 1/3 of sunday meetings.
we go in service at least once a month.
You can have your own social functions- just serve plenty of KFC and JWs will come-
corona-virus facts.
in china, people generally do not wash their hands.
there is no soap in restrooms or even in hospitals.
Thanks Terry--Chinese parents let little kids pee and poop into city storm drains, too
The media has already put together collage videos to explain the crisis- even using videos of sick people taken when the trees had all their summer leaves- who is going to notice that detail?
It behooves us to use caution when dealing with media pandemics- I am old enough to remember the 1976 swine flu epidemic- where the vaccination shot could have been more dangerous than the virus--
i saw this movie today and i am amazed that their were 31?
seasons of it ?
that it enthralled children and adults ?.
Children's TV is for feeling, not thinking and I quit trying to figure out why little kids loved TeleTubbies-
I wish a JW would visit SpongeBob Squarepant's pineapple house- that would make for some big laughs.
I find, It's not hard to make JWs look silly in real life.
