so this particular comment on another topic got me thinking about "regional" jw cultures.
things that were acceptable in one area you lived in, that were absolutely verboten in the jw hall/circuit you perhaps grew up in etc.
never met jws that cared if people played chess, and i knew a number of people who did play chess.
Wine served for breakfast at the branch in Spain.
Bearded Sunday speakers in Croatia.
Circuit Overseer sending a crate of hunting guns ahead of his visit in NorCal.
Elders and servants swinging in Santa Barbara
Edibles in Ojai
Hockey teams, closets of liquor and betting in Brooklyn
Thong bikinis and Brazilians in Costa Rica
Midnight skinny dip parties in Belize
Navel shooters and wet T-shirt’s in Malibu
I have no idea why I left. Lmao
my dad asked the co about this one.
mat 27:52-53. and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, .
and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
The one about sister Payne in the rear reminded me of a similar one.
The WT conductor called on a Sister Bush. Realizing his mistake he said, “I’m sorry, It’s Sister Birch,” and then, “I knew it was some type of shrub.”
The school overseer was giving a Sunday talk on marriage. At one point he said, “brothers, if you want to be truly happy, marry an ugly woman.”
All at once the entire audience turned to look at his wife who was quite homely.
Sad.
Another marriage talk, “sisters, it is your spiritual obligation to render that due morning, noon and night!”
quite a few years ago there was a poster here that left the religion because he knew it was simply not true.
however, he returned to jws because he wanted to be with his family.
i don’t know how he is doing but gumby was his name.
One young married sister kept having affairs. After the third one she was caught on video tape and disfellowshipped. She divorced and spent 3 years trying before getting reinstated even though she knew TTATT. She wanted her family and friends back and to secure her inheritance. But actually it was just the inheritance. Once she got that it was a slow fade and out of reach. Married a younger “worldly” man who was always known by the community to be gay.
I’ve heard similar stories, primarily coming back for family and then doing a proper fade.
quotethe word christ signifies anointed.
anointing means designation to official position in god’s arrangement.
the christ is the instrument or channel for the blessing of mankind.
Here is an apple.
Some will try to convince you that it is a banana.
It is still an apple.
And what about that whole adding to the scriptures thing?
Not that it matters because everyone has done it.
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https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/devious-righteous-christian-raped-two-15274172.
Ironcally it does appear he did not fully disclose his abuses while previously charged. New allegations surfaced and were substantiated. I am unclear if he was currently or previously JW or “born again”
Regardless, he is where he belongs.
sent from my friend in wales.
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https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/devious-righteous-christian-raped-two-15274172.
Every child sex abuser should die in prison. This one was a huge win.
Hope those girls can go on to have happy and fulfilling lives.
just been catching up on the case of jamal khashoggi.. khashoggi was a saudi journalist who 'went missing' on 2 october after visiting the saudi consulate in istanbul.. he visited the consulate in order to get paperwork that confirmed he was divorced from his ex-wife and free to marry his turkish fiancée.. the details that are emerging are harrowing and show just how barbaric the saudi regime is.. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6288131/jamal-khashoggis-apparent-murder-follows-disappearance-three-exiled-royal-princes.html.
these assassins are the kinda people my government (uk) and other western governments are doing business with, propping up, and acting all smiley with in front of the cameras.. i suddenly feel the need to take a shower ....
Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi was a Saudi Arabian journalist, author, and a former general manager and editor-in-chief of Al-Arab News Channel. He also served as editor for the Saudi Arabian newspaper Al Watan, turning it into a platform for Saudi Arabian progressives.
You want to dismiss him as a journalist because conservatives have always been destroyed by journalists. Trump is the only one so far to fight back with any success. Free press is a liberal staple. Of course they are going to highlight this news item as a way to undermine conservatives and Trump. Conservatives have launched a smear campaign on Khashoggi to provide a soft spot for their base to land.
Good luck.
Like a number of issues, you’ve got top GOP fighting amongst each other. The Senate knows exactly how much Trump loves SA because Trump has said so. Even GOP Senators are not willing to turn a blind eye for the sake of money. They don’t want to send the message that the USA can be bought off in the face of egregious behavior.
If you don’t think murder in the interest of shutting down free speech is an issue that is your privilege. It smacks of ignorance.
hi there folks.. i took a bit of time out from the forum, however i'm back again.. what was it really like for you, your experiences good or bad, etc, in the org?.
if you were granted a listening ear by the gb, what changes would you like to see implemented?.
Wow. I know a handful of kids at the time that got disfellowshipped for wanting to be rock stars. Actually disassociated because they were not baptized, but they were treated the same at the time. I know them all to this day 30 years later. All still rocking out in varying degrees of success.
What a crazy ass religion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wktxjuyiat4.
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hi there folks.. i took a bit of time out from the forum, however i'm back again.. what was it really like for you, your experiences good or bad, etc, in the org?.
if you were granted a listening ear by the gb, what changes would you like to see implemented?.
I was a handful. The elders were glad when I was finally out of their hair. They tried multiple times to “adjust my thinking” but they always ended up getting nasty with me when it didn’t work. I pretty much told them when they start writing the checks they might have a say in how I lived my life.
When the COs would come around I agreed to sit down with them a few times. We would argue about different subjects like the flood, abortion, blood transfusions and CSA. Specifically the 2 witness rule.
Always, some stupid comment would be made about my medical degree clouding my mind and blocking the Holy Spirit.
Really all it amounted to is every single one of them was a tool.
If the GB would hear me, I would ask them to include women on any CSA investigation or any assault allegation on a woman.
But we know their answer already from the ARC hearings.
