Posts by WingCommander

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Convention attendance

by joe134cd in

just heard from a pimi cousin who recently attended a convention, and remarked about the low attendance.

peak was about 500. i remember that circuit, in years past, had attendances of 1000+.

it's been over a decade now since i last attended a jw convention.

WingCommander

Truly "happifying" events as we draw ever closer to "The End".......the end of the WatchTower cult, that is!

Oh sure....you'll have some totally brain-dead zombies lingering on for another 100 years (think Bible Students, who are still out here in Pennsylvania, barely) but the demise of this cult is for REAL!

Just like Scientology, the jig is up! Only the born-ins and truly mentally deficient who lack any sort of critical thinking skills or the ability to use a search engine would willfully join any of these cults. (think low IQ on the verge of mentally retarded)

The moving and sorting of the circuits with still a lot of empty seats at Conventions is a real tell-tale sign that the cult's leadership is merely rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. The only thing that will really keep this cult afloat isn't membership donations, but instead their massive real estate portfolio and now extensive investment funds. Those are the gifts that will keep on giving if managed properly. Fugg the membership, they're on their own! (as usual, as WT HQ doesn't have a clue about real charity or giving one red cent back to the pauper Congregations)

I'm just so happy to be free (I'm now out longer than I was in!) as well as seeing others leaving in droves, in particular the youth who are sick of this boring, lame-ass bullshit! (especially when compared with their friends and school mates more modern, charitable churches)

Truly, the "sighing and moaning" and "gnashing of teeth" must be a sight to behold up at the lake side cult compound, as the "waters of life" (aka: da money from the suckers) dries up.

Ya know.....as time goes on.....I really wonder if Anthony Moron da Turd didn't see the handwriting on the wall, and decide to get the hell outta Dodge while the gettin' was good, with a fist full of dollars, a golden parachute, and a glass of Scotch? He's totally missing out on the legal tidal wave that WT HQ is experiencing right now, and he's got to be grinning from ear to ear while reclining in his Lay-Z-Boy. He was brash, yes, but stupid? Maybe not so much. Cheers to you, TOMO3, on your swift getaway! lol

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New here

by AdamCzarnobay in

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i left the organization in 2017.. was in several congregations in the north west of england.

i just wanted to say thank you to all of you that have posted on here over the years, it really helped me to see the truth about the organization.

i lurked here for many years under an anonymous login and then finally plucked up the courage to write my disassociation letter.. adam.

WingCommander

Welcome, and congrats on your freedom!

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Memories of Excessive Laughter

by Sea Breeze in

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jw's are not known for laughter.

there are the rare exceptions.

they are more known for their fear mongering and doomsday scenarios where "the dead shall come to be as manure on the surface of the ground from one end of the earth clear to the other".

WingCommander

I dunno; seeing Stephen Lett in action is not only bizarre, but down right hysterical. I mean seriously, he's Bozo the Clown meets Marshall Applewhite. How can you NOT laugh at the absurdity of it all?

If not for laughter, I'd have to cry at the shitshow this cult has become.

That, or do what Anthony Moron da Turd does, and lift a glass and exclaim, "Cheers!"

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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)

by Simon in

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uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.

WingCommander

I can't wait for Dij to find a REAL man and husband, and for her children to see what a PROVIDER is.

Then Jabba the Hut can slither away to Thailand and pray the Aids away with mushroom therapy.

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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)

by Simon in

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uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.

WingCommander

I actually do believe that is the ex-wife's photo. Her Insta has similar photos as she's into photography, and the facial bone structure seems to match her.

If so, this only reinforces my theory that The Great Neck-Bearded One is in fact some sort of closeted homosexual. I mean seriously, she's really decent. Definitely could've done better than that loser Evans, so truth is he "married up."

No......he had visited Thailand (instead of the much closer Amsterdam red light district, where prostitution is legal) so that he could indulge in his perverted freakish fantasies. IE: Young "LadyBoyz." I mean seriously; no straight guy bleaches or wears his hair like that. lol GAY!

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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)

by Simon in

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uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.

WingCommander

Lloyd's channel circling the bowl worse than WT HQ's hopes of recruiting fresh donations.

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2024 year Highlights: JWs hit 9 million Publishers

by Sanchy in

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watchtower put out some highlights for the 2024 service year:.

average publishers: 8,828,124. peak publishers: 9,043,460. a 43.2 percent increase in "those who returned to jehovah", meaning 65,816 were reinstated.

baptized: 296,267. memorial attendance: 21,119,442. missing stat: number of partakers .. womp womp.

WingCommander

I have one helluva hard time believing membership is ANYWHERE NEAR 9 million. No fuggin' way! Probably more around 3 million. Just like Scientology (who WT HQ has studied and modeled their business after) they are masters of deception and faking numbers.

All of the empty Kingdom Halls being sold off, photos from Assemblies and Conventions over the past 4 years tell and entirely different story. Some Circuit Assemblies are 1/2, 1/3, or even a 1/4 what they used to be. And this reporting is coming from all over. We know Japan, Norway, The Netherlands, New Zealand, and other countries are waking up and walking. We're even seeing more coming out of South America over on the ex-JW Reddit sub.

And most telling of all? Why, just look at the topics of talks at the KH's or Conventions. Oh, and WT articles (whenever they can be bothered to put anything new out). You've got WT HQ loosening up on hard-core old-timey standards such as dress and grooming, and now even allowing greeting of the DF'd.....errrr....."Removed", with also quick re-instatement times. Every talk outline, WT magazine, etc hammers, absolutely HAMMERS on not viewing any outside (apostate) sources, no outside association, no higher education, and last by certainly not least, TOTAL OBEDIENCE and obeisance to the Governing Body. Jesus is a brief token footnote.

So no, I don't buy their made-up statistics one damn bit. Their numbers are circling the bowl. Hence the Irish investment portfolios. The Gluttonous Bozos and their support staff up on the woodland lake commune will be living off the interest for the rest of their lives. Their happy to clink glasses and proclaim, "Cheers!" (you dumb suckers)

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Meeting attendance

by Farmer Jim1 in

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for those still in the organization what is your meeting attendance like these days?.

when i left in 2017 there were around 80 publishers and the average meeting attendance was 70..

WingCommander

Want to see what the JW Congregations will look like in 10 years?

Go visit a Christadelphian congregation today, and have a look around. (that is, IF you can find one)

All grey hairs and ZERO youth.

This is why WT HQ is slowly evolving (gasp!) into an online only (maybe even by monthly subscription) religion. Hence the need for Ram-a-Poo facility. All congregations slowly being updated and then sold off for profit and the future of the Congregations will be online and Quarterly Assemblies at WT owned Assembly Halls. They'll never give those up, as they are total money-makers and also the only social event for JW's. Once all KH's are sold off, the Memorial will be held at the Assembly Halls as well, being one huge dress party for the JW's to show off and go out to eat.

Think I'm kidding? Wait and see. The last 10 years were eye-popping, the next 10 will REALLY be something with Glutonous Bozos 3.0 at helm.

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Dr. James Penton - goin' up yonder dirt nap

by Nathan Natas in

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i saw a post on reddit by "big_routine1112" announcing that james penton died.. well, there's always the resurrec... oh, nevermind.. as always, the person expressing the most profound grief and dismay wins!.

"he was my friend" .

"there will never be another of his ilk".

WingCommander

Nathan can't come to the PC right now. He's drinking his Ensure and then has to take nap after changing his Depends.

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Dr. James Penton - goin' up yonder dirt nap

by Nathan Natas in

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i saw a post on reddit by "big_routine1112" announcing that james penton died.. well, there's always the resurrec... oh, nevermind.. as always, the person expressing the most profound grief and dismay wins!.

"he was my friend" .

"there will never be another of his ilk".

WingCommander

If Penton had actually plagiarized something (and not merely cited works as he did, as Slim mentioned above) White would have absolutely sued the pants off Penton.

Why wasn't this mentioned before? Sure is convenient to throw mud now after Penton's death, when he can't even defend himself. And to compare an actual academic scholar like Penton to a narcissistic hemorrhoid like Evans?

Man, you really are a world-class DICK!

Creating an entire thread to slam a guy who just died? I bet you're a real treat in person. SMH.