the wts has sent a letter to all convention overseers expressing their increasing concern at sisters "directing brothers" at district conventions.. with immediate effect (ie for dc 2008), sisters are no longer to be used as volunteers in parking and security / watchman departments.
any sisters volunteering in other departments (eg toilet cleaning) must be subordinate & follow the direction of appointed brothers.
this move will put a huge burden on the dcs in my area - nearly half the volunteers for parking are sisters and there aren't enough volunteers as it is.
With immediate effect (ie for DC 2008), sisters are no longer to be used as volunteers in Parking and Security / Watchman departments. Any sisters volunteering in other departments (eg toilet cleaning) must be subordinate & follow the direction of appointed brothers.
Comon folks, this is a joke. Allright Dozy own up!!!!
i would just like to give an update on my sobriety, as i have had one or two pms regarding it.. this time last year i went almost 4 weeks without a drink but found it incredibly hard each day, so eventually went out one night to see a live band in a pub and started to drink again.
this time feels different, in that i have the support of the aa and people pn this board to help me out.
i am not saying it has been easy but i have felt better for it.
Great news. We're delighted for you.
thanks to scully, i have figured out where to put these letters so all that would like to access them and read them can do so.--just click on the link below.. don't expect a lot from the letters, as i am a brick mason and not the brightest bulb on the (new) christmas tree.. in my correspondence with the wt, i exerted all my effort to keep the discussion on just the un, even though i did have misgivings on other matters.
i thought if i was able to keep the discussion on just the un that it would prove to be more difficult for them to disfellowship me, as it was their conduct that i was opposing, conduct that violated their own teachings.. it worked to some extent, as they had to trump up charges on us that we started our own religion because we had the memorial celebration in 2006 with our family rather than at the kingdumb hall.
it was a real pleasure to be disfellowshipped for their sin.
Thank you Brant,
They are just as good as I remember them.
I will let you know if they have any effect on the Witness for whom I was asking them.
yesidid
since jehovah is a made up concept of god, wat next?
( i have my own belief in reserves pending responses)
Must say your name suits you.
Just not sure why anyone would be proud of it.
recently we seem to have had a few different dramas and subsequent fallout on the fourm which i feel has detracted from its purpose.
with this in mind we have decided that we need to bring the forum back on track and as such we will be clamping down on a lot of the aggressive / insulting posts which have begun to become the norm for a few people.
we will also be clamping down on the paranoid assusation type of comments against newbies, if someone joins the fourm and you do not believe everything they post - so what, why do we need to hound them away with shouts of troll and fake etc, just ignore them if you dont beleive them.
Thank you Gopher, what you say below actually makes a lot of sense.
Well, because there's a need for balance here. We have the following sub-forums for non-JW related posts: adult & heated debate , politics, jokes and humor, entertainment, current affairs, physical activities, family, and relationships.
Simon set up the board to allow room for those kind of things, and I think it's balanced. We former JW's (and others who have chosen to post on this board) have other interests besides the religion, and it's nice to have a place to go talk about those things with nice people here.
And this bit is very good advice. I might just take it.
If you want to see only JW-related posts, then I'd suggest you go directly to those sub-forums rather than clicking on "all active" topics.
Thank you again.
BTW I think your posts are very balanced. That's probably because I generally agree with them.
yesidid
recently we seem to have had a few different dramas and subsequent fallout on the fourm which i feel has detracted from its purpose.
with this in mind we have decided that we need to bring the forum back on track and as such we will be clamping down on a lot of the aggressive / insulting posts which have begun to become the norm for a few people.
we will also be clamping down on the paranoid assusation type of comments against newbies, if someone joins the fourm and you do not believe everything they post - so what, why do we need to hound them away with shouts of troll and fake etc, just ignore them if you dont beleive them.
Lady Lee,
But going through dozens of topics of "what color is your car?" is very discouraging to me.
Amen and Amen.
Surely if it's not to do with JW's or their influence on your life or that of others, why post it on this board?
There must be plenty of boards that specialize in twaddle.
yesidid
recently we seem to have had a few different dramas and subsequent fallout on the fourm which i feel has detracted from its purpose.
with this in mind we have decided that we need to bring the forum back on track and as such we will be clamping down on a lot of the aggressive / insulting posts which have begun to become the norm for a few people.
we will also be clamping down on the paranoid assusation type of comments against newbies, if someone joins the fourm and you do not believe everything they post - so what, why do we need to hound them away with shouts of troll and fake etc, just ignore them if you dont beleive them.
Thank you Simon for this thread and your never ending support for this board.
We are all grateful, well perhaps not all, but the ingrates are not worthy of your time or emotions.
You know what we used to say.....................wipe the dust.
Take care and thanks again.
yesidid
hi brant,.
i don't want to send a pm because i want all the newbies to benefit from your great work.. your letters to the wbts re the un scandal, were excellent and should be read by all.
unfortunately the link in the thread you posted in '06 has died.
Thank you Sheri,
Do you think you could just whisper in your dad's little pink ear............
you know words like: "Please father dear could you please see your way clear to post
those brilliant letters of yours to the WBTS re the UN.................please.............all the newbies
on the forum really need them, (and so does yesidid), please and thank you".
yesidid
hi brant,.
i don't want to send a pm because i want all the newbies to benefit from your great work.. your letters to the wbts re the un scandal, were excellent and should be read by all.
unfortunately the link in the thread you posted in '06 has died.
Once more with feeling.
hi brant,.
i don't want to send a pm because i want all the newbies to benefit from your great work.. your letters to the wbts re the un scandal, were excellent and should be read by all.
unfortunately the link in the thread you posted in '06 has died.
shameless btt
