i'm not sure why i was thinking this but does anyone else find it an incredibly rare coincidence that geoffrey jackson just so happened to be in australia attending to his father when the arc happen to be at the exact stage for him to be deposed as a witness?
what are the chances of him being in the country at that precise moment?.
divine intervention?
Could it have been that watchtower's plan was to have Geoffrey Jackson was in Australia to oversee from behind the curtain? Was his father being sick a front and Jackson was meant to be there all along, not to testify, but to be a guide to the watchtower lawyers.
He probably wasn't expecting to be found out though
i left the watchtower in the winter of 2008. my first year out was by far the most difficult.
i had every intention of returning to the watchtower for the very purpose of being able to speak with my friends and family.
i had already concluded that the teachings were not the "truth" [after reading crisis of conscience] so coming back was more emotional then anything.
hello people.. i'm tired and a bit sick at the moment but i can't let anyone think that this is going to go away.... i am able to tell you a few things in order to prevent any confusion in the minds of those who are thinking that nothing will come of this arc;that nothing will effect the wtbts in america and other places.. i have been there and given my testimony.
helen milroy and her assistants were there along with another group of people who are there to lend assistance if you crack up at any time during or after the hearing.
i did not crack up but can see how this happens.. security is tight and anonymity is sacred to them as they want to protect all who come forward.
jehovah's witnesses standing on a street corner publicly promoting the propaganda of the governing body!another ridiculous form of "forced loyalty" to jehovah.
"dirty work" that the wtbts make witnesses go through.preaching work '' lite''.putting more heavy loads on members while the ''faithful and discreet slave'' preach from warm studios without the humiliation.
what an embarrassment!.
lett is back with a vengance!.
* the last money-begging effort increased donations by 15% for two months; a letter by a 13 year old who donated is read out loud.
* since last may "so many good things have happened".
jt further expounds on why we left the watchtower.
why we left the jehovah's witnesses part 2.
I am happy to see you JT again. You were one of my favorite poster on previous forum when I started to figure things out back in 2002. I even called you and spoke to you personally.
I am happy to see you and Lady C again. Excellent work you are doing.
i heard from the semi reliable source that the pioneer schools will go the way of the dodo bird next year.. i could see this happening.
it used to be that you went to the the pioneer school once.
then they allowed dubs to go every 5 years.
I'm at a loss to know what on earth the Pioneer Curriculum consisted of when it was two weeks long. My god! What on earth did they teach during those days?
i heard from the semi reliable source that the pioneer schools will go the way of the dodo bird next year.. i could see this happening.
it used to be that you went to the the pioneer school once.
then they allowed dubs to go every 5 years.
Meh, ain't much training needed to sit 20 feet behind one of those apathy carts while sipping your Starbucks and surfing the net on your phone.
Ain't this the truth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpqctuhmv08.
Nice to see that young Canadians are also waking up. I am not sure whether they are leaving in droves though. For the most part, the kids are staying because unlike decades before, it's fun right now to be a jehovah's witness. There is a freedom that I don't remember 30 years ago. Kids are traveling more (under the guise of going where the need is great). They go to parties and take advantage of the world in ways that those of the past didin't.
But definitely encouraging to hear of young ones using their critical thinking skills and looking at watchtower squarely in the face and say "this is a cult".
I am proud of this young woman. I wish I would have figured it out at her age. I could have spared myself a wasted life.
i heard from the semi reliable source that the pioneer schools will go the way of the dodo bird next year.. i could see this happening.
it used to be that you went to the the pioneer school once.
then they allowed dubs to go every 5 years.
think BOHM is onto something, although I would have phrased it like this:Perhaps some kind of online "learning"?
I was thinking the same thing. With all the emphasis on videos, I wouldn't be surprised if the training will be something online.
I went to pioneer school in the very early eighties and didin't learn a whole lot. I remember feeling a little empty after it was all said and done. The only plus was that once I got back, the congregation treated me like a celebrity.
This is one the reasons why some pioneer, so that they can go to pioneer school. I hear this all the time.
If they do end up eliminating the school, I beleive there are going to be less pioneer enrollments.
