friends:.
simon's forum is much more than just a forum where we come to expose the watchtower.
it is a place that simon wanted people to be able to come to, to receive help, support, or find a compassionate listener.. this forum has exposed the watchtower more times than any forum on the net.
Thanks Atlantis for the kind reminder. Sometimes we do tend to forget of all the good people on this board and for Simon that has provided this venue.
I came here in 2002, I didn't post much but a read every many many posts and threads. It was a life saver for me at the very beginning of my journey out. I miss the old posters very much.
whatever we think of it, you have to admit that it's quite "genius".. the door to door ministry as done in western developed countries where the jw quirky religion has probably reached their saturation level was a complete and utter waste of time in terms of the effort expended to recruit people.. at the same time, it was rarely something that anyone enjoyed which led to people being labelled as inactive, being pressured to doing more and maybe ultimately deciding jwism wasn't for them and leaving.. there was also the issue that many jws are actually pretty bad at knowing and articulating their beliefs so were pretty incapable of getting any meaningful message across.. they solved all this with the cart witnessing.
the real point isn't to recruit, it's to make life easier for jws.
now they can stand and chat with their friend, have a coffee, not talk to anyone or make eye contact and still act as a walking billboard for jw.org.
.....but not every member of a jw congregation can do cart work. The "privilege" is given to pioneers and a few select prominent ones in the congregations.
As Pheobe said " a lot of ordinary brothers and sisters are still going door to door".
not sure if anyone has posted this before but it's just been put on youtube so i guess it's okay to show you??
if not, please delete it.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdusnlvjm-k.
there a number of threads going back 10 years regarding gilbert simental, a jw child sex predator.
this is the latest article.
watchtower you lost again.. https://legalnewsline.com/stories/511687317-california-court-upholds-4-million-sex-abuse-judgment-against-jehovah-s-witnesses-watchtower-organization.
Atlantis- the outcome is low but every little nail on the coffin helps out. Happy New Year to you and yours. When I sip my rum in the eggnog I will think of you
there a number of threads going back 10 years regarding gilbert simental, a jw child sex predator.
this is the latest article.
watchtower you lost again.. https://legalnewsline.com/stories/511687317-california-court-upholds-4-million-sex-abuse-judgment-against-jehovah-s-witnesses-watchtower-organization.
There a number of threads going back 10 years regarding Gilbert Simental, a jw child sex predator. This is the latest article.
Watchtower you lost again.
naked and not alone.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/nfl/people-involved-in-naked-kidnapping-have-disorder-court/ar-bbreoq7?ocid=calheader.
I wonder how much of a bearing the "bunker" videos have on fragile, emotionally unstable people in this organization.
for all those who know who greg stafford is/was.
the former "apostate/apologist and author of three dissertations and other books, is on page 2 of the march 2016 meeting work book.
https://www.jw.org/en/publications/jw-meeting-workbook/march-2016-mwb/meeting-schedule-mar7-13/welcome-memorial-guests/.
Greg vacillates so much. I don't know what to make of him
the new bethel is in bologna city.
rome be for sale.
the new bethel not ready until 2020.
Quick assembly halls in Italy are up for sale?
just beyond frustrated with my jw mother.
she’s a prescription drug addict.
she’s been that way since before i was born.
Sorry about your situation, but you have a beautiful baby
https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-study-january-2019/new-member-governing-body/ .
By the time he was baptized in 1980 , I had already been baptized for 7 years and pioneering for 3. There was no one in my age group in that period of time that professed to be of the "oiled" ones. Yet the governators appoint this bozo who has been in the "truf" less than most of us.
I guess doing away with the 1935 closed door policy, makes all things possible
