It is like putting lip stick on a pig. No matter what they do to flower it up it is still la controlling cult. The WT realized that to keep the young ones in they have to make the message more entertaining.
William Penwell
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All this new JW.org stuff is hurting my brain
by Nosferatu inso i just watched the singing cart video.
i literally cannot describe how i felt watching that.. growing up as a jw was serious business.
we had to take the preaching work seriously, watch our conduct, give a good witness by our actions, and be on our best behaviour to ensure we made it through the great tribulation.. when i was a child, i had dreams of being a cartoonist.
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Send money to KH in lieu of flowers.
by Jack Miller in"in lieu of flowers send money to the kingdom hall"..... wow.... this young woman's jw servant husband was caught cheating on her again with another jw "sister", but when she told her husband she wanted to forgive him again and continue with her marriage, he told her he didn't want that.
he wanted her to simply move on with her life.here is how she moved on: she put on her wedding dress, got into her car in the garage and started it.
do you think finding her this way spoke louder than any suicide note?
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William Penwell
So they refuse to bury her but are happy to pocket the money. Unbelievable.
They will conduct the service but it can't be at the Kingdum Hall. Still her contribution went toward building the KH but she is not good enough to have her memorial service held there.
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Ode to the trolleys in Feb's broadcast
by konceptual99 incheck out the song about the trolley at the end of this month's dubcast.. http://www.jw.org/download/?fileformat=mp4&output=html&pub=jwb&issue=201502.
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William Penwell
It sounds like a 60's musical. That guy that was talking before the video gives me the creeps. Looks like he was reading it all of a teleprompter. -
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Stephen Fry says everything I believe in two minutes
by cofty in"it is perfectly apparent that god is monstrous, utterly monstrous, and deserves no respect whatsoever.
the moment you banish him, your life become purer, simpler, cleaner; more worth living in my opinion.".
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Have JW relatives disinherited you? (especially Canadian)
by berrygerry ininteresting court case whereby the entire will was declared void because the father was racist.. would that not also apply to jw's who disinherit their non-jw family?.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/01/29/judge-rejects-ontario-mans-racist-will-that-disinherited-daughter-for-having-bastard-white-son/.
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William Penwell
I know one thing that this cult will never get another nickel from me or my two sons who have no use for the cult either. -
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Have JW relatives disinherited you? (especially Canadian)
by berrygerry ininteresting court case whereby the entire will was declared void because the father was racist.. would that not also apply to jw's who disinherit their non-jw family?.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/01/29/judge-rejects-ontario-mans-racist-will-that-disinherited-daughter-for-having-bastard-white-son/.
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William Penwell
I knew of a case here locally that the mother gave all her money to the WT because her children were not good dubs. All that did was sour the children even more against the WT. I think this could be challenged if there was no money left to the children. I have to say my parents were fair and the inheritance was equally split between all of their children dubs and non dubs. -
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Serena Williams
by New day ini am a big tennis fan and today i watched serena williams win the australian open, one of the four tournaments which make up the pinnacle of achievement in the tennis world, the grand slam.
in her victory speech the first thing she said was that she thanked her god jehovah for the victory.
now i know that rumours have circulated for a long time as to whether she is a baptised witness or not, but she is definitely associated with witnesses .
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William Penwell
Not defending the dubs here but her statement, "the first thing she said was that she thanked her god Jehovah for the victory", does not sound like a good dub to me. -
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Upcoming meeting Re: KH Construction
by pixel infresh from the "press":to all bodies of elders in the united states branch territoryre: local design/construction department broadcastdear brothers:the work of constructing and maintaining theocratic facilities throughout the unitedstates branch territory is indeed great!
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29:1) with this in mind, we are pleased to informyou of a special meeting to be presented on saturday, january 31, 2015, at 3:00 p.m. easternstandard time (est) to all elders and circuit overseers in the united states branch territory.the meeting will be approximately two and a half hours in length and will includepresentations by members of the local design/construction department, the united statesbranch committee, the worldwide design/construction department, and a member of the governingbody.
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William Penwell
Sounds like they will build these new KH along a busy street so anyone walking by can just walk in. Then they will probably have brothers and sisters in the front lobby welcoming people, answering questions and handing out literature. This is not my mothers religion anymore. Seems like there goal is to become more efficient in the witnessing work. Especially in metropolitan areas where mostly condos and door to door witnessing is becoming harder and harder to do. I wonder if there will still be banging on doors? -
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Upcoming meeting Re: KH Construction
by pixel infresh from the "press":to all bodies of elders in the united states branch territoryre: local design/construction department broadcastdear brothers:the work of constructing and maintaining theocratic facilities throughout the unitedstates branch territory is indeed great!
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29:1) with this in mind, we are pleased to informyou of a special meeting to be presented on saturday, january 31, 2015, at 3:00 p.m. easternstandard time (est) to all elders and circuit overseers in the united states branch territory.the meeting will be approximately two and a half hours in length and will includepresentations by members of the local design/construction department, the united statesbranch committee, the worldwide design/construction department, and a member of the governingbody.
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William Penwell
will be discussed = will be presented and you have to accept it (and no discussion is allowed)
I remember when they used to vote on something in the KH about contributing to the society. It was like, "I motion we send the KH surplus money to the WT to further the kingdum work". "I second that motion". "All in favour raise your hand". Well you knew it was a farce because these motions all were unanimous. I do recall one brother question that maybe we should not send all the money as it would be nice to keep this in case of an emergency. I thought he made a good point but was vilified by the rest of the elders for questioning their motion.
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I just went to a "wordly" funeral/memorial service.
by William Penwell inas my topic stated, i just came back from a co-worker memorial service that was not a witness.
the minister did get into the religious stuff a bit but that was expected.
i just respectfully listened.
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William Penwell
I am fully aware of the scripture that says God works in mysterious ways but I'll be damned if anyone from any religion will convince me that the Lord dropped that tree on that school bus with three innocent children in it because heaven needed three more angels.
Also can you imagine the horror those poor little girls may have experienced just before they died? Then they say it is a loving god. I mean if an all powerful god wanted to call them to heaven at least he could have taken them peacefully in their sleep.
I've been to funerals where everyone has been laughing because of the stories and anecdotes about the character who's departed. That's surely the way to be sent off - with your friends and relatives remembering the best about you and what you were like.
Yes there was a few times where they had the people in attendance laughing. If you knew the diseased you would know she was very out going and enjoyed a good laugh.