Posts by William Penwell

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JW Info-Commercial Memorial Service

by William Penwell in

i attended a jw memorial service about 2 years ago and the speaker i thought gave a good eulogy to the diseased even though he quoted a few scriptures.

just recently i attended another jw memorial and the sermon was about 10 minutes on the person and the rest a big info-commercial with a scripture quoted one after the other.

i did not keep count but i would think the speaker read about 10 - 12 scriptures.

William Penwell

I did the memorial talk years ago and made sure I read as little scriptures as possible...many came up and said they prefered that...in my public talks I would read 3 or 4 scriptures...no more...yet some rattle off 20+ in memorial talks or public talks...

The talk this same elder gave 2 years ago was much like this, very few scriptures and always reflecting back on the diseased. The one the other night like I said was one scripture after the other with no real flow and confusing. I wonder if some other elder said something to him, "well brother so and so you know you have to stick to the outline as provided for you by the GB". Of all times that you would think they would be somewhat compassionate at a memorial service but no it all was goes back to their sales pitch. Like I mentioned I spoke with a few outsiders and they were not impressed and seen it for it was a cheap info commercial.

Now it is not just the JW's. I was at some Catholic service a few months ago and it was very confusing and the priest spoke very little about the diseased.

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JW Info-Commercial Memorial Service

by William Penwell in

i attended a jw memorial service about 2 years ago and the speaker i thought gave a good eulogy to the diseased even though he quoted a few scriptures.

just recently i attended another jw memorial and the sermon was about 10 minutes on the person and the rest a big info-commercial with a scripture quoted one after the other.

i did not keep count but i would think the speaker read about 10 - 12 scriptures.

William Penwell

I attended a JW memorial service about 2 years ago and the speaker I thought gave a good eulogy to the diseased even though he quoted a few scriptures. Just recently I attended another JW memorial and the sermon was about 10 minutes on the person and the rest a big info-commercial with a scripture quoted one after the other. I did not keep count but I would think the speaker read about 10 - 12 scriptures. It seemed very confusing just raddling off one scripture after another without much explanation in between. I know these elders follow an outline from the GB but the old crocks at the WT still don't get it. If they think this turned others on to their cult they are wrong. I asked a few outsiders what they thought and they thought it was a little much. People aren't stupid and see it for what it is, just a recruitment info-commercial.

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Please Give Me Your Thoughts On Unusual Elderly Behavior....(thanks)

by minimus in

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friends

my girlfriend's dad who is 82 lost his second wife to cancer last october.

while she was dying, he secretly was seeing another woman, in her 60s.

long story short, a month after the wife's death, they both moved in together and in early june , they secretly got married.

William Penwell

Rub a Dub, I thought they had their turn signal on all the time?

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"Ebola is not spread through the air" -- CDC. Yeah, right!

by FatFreek 2005 in

somehow, i don't have a warm fuzzy feeling when i keep hearing from the center of disease control, "ebola is not spread through the air ...".

ever sneezed?

the famous myth busters had a revealing show on the power of the sneeze anecdotally it has a velocity of some 35 miles per hour and travels a distance of some 30 feet.. ever traveled in the close confines of an air liner?

William Penwell

I take anythig the authorities say with a grain of salt. They do not want people panicing, so they will try to down play the dangers. I have learned the medical profession only tells you what they think you need to know.

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JW's and Death

by William Penwell in

i am sure this has been discussed before.

this is kind of a continuation on of my previous post.

we have just recently lost a close family member.

William Penwell

You would to think that religious people if they truly believe in a better life after this one would be celebrating and rejoice when someone dies. I really think that it just shows that these religious people deep down actually don't believe the BS.

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Door To Door: Meet The Father Daughter Team Of Jehovah's Witnesses

by Bangalore in

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friends

door to door: meet the father daughter team of jehovah's witnesses.. .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ismt6inuklg.

bangalore.

William Penwell

She says "we love everyone" but should add "we conditionally love anyone as long as they follow the WT dogma".

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Knorr on 1914: "I don't know." - Mouthy Alert!

by compound complex in

dear mouthy and other denounced ones,.

you may find this double standard $%^@#@*&!

"in 1975, knorr made a remarkable and candid statement to the governing body, which confirmed his growing disillusionment until his death two years later: ["]'"there are some things i know --- i know that jehovah is god, that christ jesus is his son, that he gave his life as a ransom for us, that there is a resurrection.

William Penwell

We know that the 1975 date was all Fred Franz. It wouldn't surprise me if Knorr was not in favor of a lot of the religious JW dogma but left that side up to Franz. According to Ray Franz the GB knew that they mislead the rank and file dubs abut the 1975 date but never really apologised for their error, so what makes you think they will admit anything else they have said is wrong?

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Please Give Me Your Thoughts On Unusual Elderly Behavior....(thanks)

by minimus in

jw
friends

my girlfriend's dad who is 82 lost his second wife to cancer last october.

while she was dying, he secretly was seeing another woman, in her 60s.

long story short, a month after the wife's death, they both moved in together and in early june , they secretly got married.

William Penwell

My take on it. This woman is alienating this man away from the rest of the family, so I would be suspicious of her motives. I have seen too many of these stories. Next move she will get him to change his will so she is the beneficiary of most of his money. Maybe take out a big life insurance policy on him then watch out.

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Watchtower circulation jumps up!

by factfinder in

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friends

the jan. 1, 2015 w shows an updated printing of 52,946,000 copies each issue in 228 languages.. this is an increase of 7,002,000 copies per issue over last year, this is the biggest increase i have seen in the printing of the w per issue for any one year.

thus, including the study edition over 70 million copies of the w are now being printed each month.. .

i wonder if awake!

William Penwell

I recall most of the magaizines that were brought home for placement eventaully ended up in the garabage and most of the ones that we did place probably ended up there to.

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JW's and Death

by William Penwell in

i am sure this has been discussed before.

this is kind of a continuation on of my previous post.

we have just recently lost a close family member.

William Penwell

sparky1, I can relate to what you are saying. I knew an old fellow back in 1975 that was dying of cancer and he thought that if only he could hang on a few more months that he would not have to face death but walk into that new system. Ubfortunately he died with the dream. The only good thing with my mother is she held the hope that her last thoughts would be to fall alsleep and wake up in a paradise earth to be greated by all her loved ones. Who am I to take that hope away from her.