is it strange for anyone else going to family events and seeing family you havent seen(in my case years)so in my family we have 2 different kind of family events.
either with worldly friends/non disfellowshipped witnesses and ones that are witness only.
i'll make my rounds at parties and say hello to mostly family.
But then I'll sit down and enjoy the party and see who goes out of there way to talk to me. It's nice to see some of the people who you wouldn't expect come say hi and wanna know what I been up to.
I think that's the right attitude to have. Enjoy the party and let them go through the discomfort and awkwardness. They create it, anyway.
we supposedly had more than a few “demonized” people in our congregation.
they would hear voices or feel internal punishment within their souls.
the answer was always—-these people were affected by the demons and they needed counseling!.
Was It Really Mental Illness or Was It The Demons?
Mental Illness. Demons don't exist.
granted, i'm a pimo status, so i normally just play on my cell phone and ignore everything during meetings and assemblies.
but at the assembly this past weekend, my ears were pricked for two experiences of two sisters dedicating themselves to pioneering.
this was probably because i was extremely freaked out by both of them.
I worked part time. I began asking myself how I could do more for Jehovah. If you have to ask, you aren't doing enough. So I asked my boss to cut my hours to 10 a week. At first everything was great. I was completely happy slaving for Jehovah and making disciples. Then my boss said we were understaffed and I would have to work more. I realized I could no longer slave for two masters. So I decided to be Jehovah's slave. And honestly, that's the best slave we should be. Something we all should aspire to. There's happiness being his little obedient slaves.
And those idiots from the GB still ask themselves why they don't have money.
i think with all the child molestation lawsuits the watchtower corporation is and has been hit with is the main reason for all the prime property sell off recently.
the silent lambs protest back in 2001, and the dateline prime time expose probably was the death knell for the watchtower's hey day in brooklyn.. their membership is drying up, young people are leaving in droves, the situation is no doubt far worse than the annually published yearbook figures show and so they ceased it's publication permanently.
and those left remaining are experiencing a huge grab of money from their congregations accounts and now are required to make pledges about how much they can contribute which i think is a last ditch effort by the governing body to squeeze more money out of the rank and file watchtower indoctrinated drones.. i think all this is happening because even those still loyally attending are hearing reports of these tremendous pay out that the watchtower is making to the victims of their self serving policies that put young ones at great risks so that even the rank and file don't want to contribute to pay court costs and so are withholding giving contributions to a very great extent.
I think with all the child molestation lawsuits the Watchtower Corporation is and has been hit with is the main reason for all the prime property sell off recently. The Silent Lambs protest back in 2001, and the Dateline Prime Time expose probably was the death knell for the Watchtower's hey day in Brooklyn.
I think that it's a combination of factors. The sexual abuse scandals raise awareness to the general public, but they have quite a few more issues to deal with, mostly consequential of their ridiculous business practices. Yes, the sexual abuse scandals puts them in a bad light to the general public, but they themselves are not exactly the most savvy people when it comes to properly running an organization. That is harming them too.
with all this dark cloud hovering over trumps choice of advisors do you think this may just the beginning of his downfall from power?.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-trump-russia-manafort-analysis/manafort-money-laundering-charge-in-russia-probe-may-face-challenges-idukkbn1d4026?il=0.
With all this dark cloud hovering over Trumps choice of advisors do you think this may just the beginning of his downfall from power?
At this point the entire thing looks very ugly. It stinks from every angle. I don't know how/if it will reach him. I'm not fan of him, never have been since I ever heard of him, but I'm not sure if I want him out of power as a strategy.
I don't know what's worse for the country, that guy or the Tea partier that we have for vice-president taking on for him if he's out.
it's rachel from new zealand here.
i am currently helping a nz journalist source potential interviewees for a short documentary she is making about child sexual abuse issues among jws in new zealand.
nothing of this nature has been seen in the news in nz before so this is quite exciting!
I'm not a Kiwi, and none of my friends in NZ are JWs. I'll ask them if they know any JWs there. Please share your final product when done.
we are off to the convention this weekend!
the program will be full of informative and faith-strengthening information.
here is the program:.
LOL! Please share anything interesting. have fun!
i'm tyoing this up on my phone, so forgive me if i don't give all i do or spell anything correctly.
today i saw in the local newspaper in skagit valley washington a local man was sentenced to prison for child pornography.
at firat i wasn't i terested in the article until i saw the defendants name.
Sedro woolley congregations should be ashamed for letting this sum around innocent children.
That is if the WT gave a flying eff about children. They just don't care.
this was posted on the christian century magazine yesterday.
don't know how these folks could be dubs and go to another church without getting caught by some busybody in dubland,.
https://www.christiancentury.org/article/first-person/why-my-church-stopped-decking-halls.
People post whatever they feel like posting in the Internet. Also, that's some individual's account.
they have settled a lot out of court with gagging orders both ways so we will never know how much was payed out there.but some have been made public.
any ideas how much in total?.
karter
How much in total do you think the W.T.S has payed out in child abuse cases??
Not enough.
