The problem with most people believing in God (tribal or otherwise) is that they have never read the Godell Theory of Incompleteness. Quite an eye-openeer, that one!
[SYN], UADA - Unseen Apostate Directorate of Africa - For Great Justice!
i'm pretty new here (five minutes old!
) and i'm curious: how many have left the organization and, in time, become athiests.
i was raised in the organization, so growing up, my thinking was -- of course -- stifled.
The problem with most people believing in God (tribal or otherwise) is that they have never read the Godell Theory of Incompleteness. Quite an eye-openeer, that one!
[SYN], UADA - Unseen Apostate Directorate of Africa - For Great Justice!
i'm pretty new here (five minutes old!
) and i'm curious: how many have left the organization and, in time, become athiests.
i was raised in the organization, so growing up, my thinking was -- of course -- stifled.
That would sum me up in a nutshell. I've basically abandoned any Christian belief of a tribal God and instead chosen to focus on humanity.
[SYN], UADA - Unseen Apostate Directorate of Africa - For Great Justice!
we recently had the visit of the co, during the elders meeting he addressed his concern over the decline in meeting attendance, especially for the tms & sm.
our particular congregation saw a decline of 30% from his last visit 6 months ago.
in a private conversation with him i asked if our congregation was unique in this regard and he said no, some congregations have seen a much higher percentage of decline, 50-60%.
Snow doesn't happen in South Africa, let alone bloody snowstorms, so there was never a 'cancellation phone-call' from any Elder. If anything, I have a feeling that the Elders would have sold their souls to the Devil before actually cancelling ANY meeting whatsoever!!! I always felt so joyously happy whenever my parents said we weren't going to the meeting - my heart would literally be bursting with joy, and I could see my sister was very happy about it too!
[SYN], UADA - Unseen Apostate Directorate of Africa - For Great Justice!
i have submitted an article on kuro5hin.org ( http://www.kuro5hin.org).
please stop on over, login and go to "moderate submissions" and vote for my article to be published on the site!.
mike
K5 is one of the 'Big Three' online discussion sites, along with Slashdot and Adequacy. They get a very large amount of traffic, and it only takes a few moments to sign up, get a user account, and mod the article up. Really, if you like the WTBTS, you don't have to do it. Support a fellow Apostate today!
[SYN], UADA - Unseen Apostate Directorate of Africa - For Great Justice!
the thread on cutting back the number of weekly meetings to two got me thinking:.
do you think the jw organization will continue to hold district conventions for very long?.
i wonder, how many people *really* feel upbuilt after attending a dc?
HEH, Francois, I wish I'd had your mentality (and a car) when I attended Circuit Assemblies...you make them sound like fooking orgies or something, yum!
[SYN], UADA - Unseen Apostate Directorate of Africa - For Great Justice!
i have submitted an article on kuro5hin.org ( http://www.kuro5hin.org).
please stop on over, login and go to "moderate submissions" and vote for my article to be published on the site!.
mike
Bloody excellent article! ~~~~~ I modded it up for you OK! Come on, everybody here get a K5 account and Mod it up, K5 gets serious brownloads of traffic!
[SYN], UADA - Unseen Apostate Directorate of Africa - For Great Justice!
we recently had the visit of the co, during the elders meeting he addressed his concern over the decline in meeting attendance, especially for the tms & sm.
our particular congregation saw a decline of 30% from his last visit 6 months ago.
in a private conversation with him i asked if our congregation was unique in this regard and he said no, some congregations have seen a much higher percentage of decline, 50-60%.
HIGHLY FRIKKING UNLIKELY! I was a Dub, and that was the LAST thing they'd do. Remember, the Dubs are a High Control Group, and cutting down the # of meetings will reduce their numbers even further by giving the R&F enough breathing room to actually think or something.
[SYN], UADA - Unseen Apostate Directorate of Africa - For Great Justice!
OMG, when I saw this thread's author and title I was like, damn, Simon, the server isn't working anymore, WTF! *ROFL*
That's probably the last thing we'll ever hear old Dubla say, that's for sure!
[SYN], UADA - Unseen Apostate Directorate of Africa - For Great Justice!
why do people get so stupid on april fool's day and st. patrick's day?
playing jokes on people and hurting them for not wearing a certain color is really juvenile and stupid!!!
who started these holidays anyway??
Don't know. Maybe the WTBTS?
[SYN], UADA - Unseen Apostate Directorate of Africa - For Great Justice!
sorry, couldn't resist with all of the other april fools.
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"as every one knows, there are mistakes in the bible" - the watchtower, april 15, 1928, p. 126 .
At least I knew that this was a joke before I even loaded the thread...it was the 'another' word that gave it away!
[SYN], UADA - Unseen Apostate Directorate of Africa - For Great Justice!