Posts by wannaexit

This is crazy. Why in the world would a circuit overveer want to have a linkedin profile. Do these baffoons not understand that its a business recruiting tool? .

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Canadian current and former JWs questioning the blood issue

by Lee Elder in

i was interviewed yesterday by stephen smith at the cbc.

he would also like to interview other current and former jws, along with any elders or hlc members who are questioning the blood policy.here is his contact information:stephen smithweb journalistcbc montreal1-141-62251-514-597-6225email: [email protected] you think you might be a good candidate, you may contact him directly.

he has agreed to maintain anonymity for those who need it.thanks,lee.

wannaexit

@LeeElder: I passed this info to someone .

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How can anyone who is truly spiritual-minded attend Bethel and not realize it's all a scam

by sosoconfused in

not that i was any better(lol - but as i sat back and thought about the time i spent there, and the things i saw i feel disgusted.. i could literally write a thousand stories about the discrimination, favortism and all out dishonest that took place but i doubt anyone would actually care.

the one thing however that really sticks out in my mind is when i was in a nice room with my roommate that he kind of inherited after his previous roommate left.

it actually had a bathroom and we both had space for real beds(not those dang trundle beds like we had in standish).. .

wannaexit

Thank you FatFreek 2005 for that very impressive list. There are no doubt many more. I recognize of few of the Canadian ex bethelites.

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What are the costs of literature cart witnessing?

by oppostate in

in the article on the guardian ( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/14/jehovahs-witnesses-evangelism-church-god-armageddon ) mentioned in another thread, there's this quote of mark omalley, who is assigned to the public information desk at the jehovahs witness uk centre in north london.

we now have more than 165,000 [literature] carts on the streets in over 50 countries.

it gives us visibility and availability.

wannaexit

I heard recently that a few carts have cost the congregation $800.00 Canadian. Another money making business

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tomorrowsworld.org - is this what the watchower is becoming?

by nowwhat? in

namely an e-religion with minimal congregations?

notice the very similar subject matters.

wannaexit

WOW --so similar. There is even a picture of a group of men that could pass for the governing bobos

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Some recent baptism figures in the UK - is there a "bounce back"?

by freddo in

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friends

well, round my way (south of the uk) all the way up to and including the regional conventions this summer, baptism numbers have been extremely low.

but i have just received news of three recent circuit assembly days where the figures seem to be higher.

(all have been across the last three weekends at a uk assembly hall in october).

wannaexit

The last one day assembly there were 850 present and 1 born-in baptized. I believe the trend is downward.

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CO visits me today

by Chook in

i'm at home and hear knock on door , i sneak and look i see two men and recognise one voice and go back into lonunge and ask wife ( who is inactive believer) does she want to speak to elders ,she says no ,then literally 3 minutes has pasted another knock the 3 minutes seemed like an eternity.

so brave heart me think fuck it i'll answer ,i invite them in for coffee, i recognise one older man he is a unique elder who i genuinely was fond of when i was in his name is andrew ,the other guy i didn't recognise we will call harry ( not real name australia doesn't have that many cos with his same name).

so i think to myself i will tread lightly and not cause to much of a fuss for the wife's sake, but my personality is very the opposite of treading lightly ,as you read my threads you will realise i'm not timid.

wannaexit

Wow! you got a lot off your chest! Some of what you said must have had an effect on one or both. Good for you and thanks for sharing.

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Beards - September 2016 Watchtower

by Listener in

the issue of whether beards are acceptable or not is addressed in the september 2016 watchtower - well sort of.

it is as clear as mud as to whether they are allowed in places like australia, usa and britain.. 17. what are some factors that may affect whether a brother wears a beard?17 what about the propriety of brothers wearing a beard?

the mosaic law required men to wear a beard.

wannaexit

Anyone have any feedback on the beard ban being lifted?

I was at the one day assembly and low and behold beards are appearing. I saw 2 jw's who were sporting them.

The snowball has started to roll.