Posts by SadElder

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Did anyone else have a JW "sliding doors" moment when they made the wrong call.

by dozy in

reading the thread on mind numbing meetings reminds me of the following event that occurred when i was about 19.. i'd got a full time job away after leaving school and was working about 20 miles away - thursday night meetings necessitated working later , catching a 6.10pm bus after work and walking 10 minutes or so straight to the kh , often arriving just as the meetings were starting or a few minutes late and getting the "evil eye" from some of the jws when i arrived.

my parents ( father was the presiding overseer ) would bring my clothes in the car and i would get changed into my suit in the kh toilets.. it was one of those moments when all the stars seemed to align.

i had had a particularly stressful day at work and was even more tired & hungry than usual on a thursday night.

SadElder

How sad that the dubs by and large are such jerks. High and mighty opinions of themselves looking down on everyone else. Now you're free and more at peace.

Years ago during the construction of one of the assembly halls I served on the assembly hall committee. This of course had a great impact on my field service presence. One of the "holier then thou" elders started making an issue that I wasn't taking the lead. So every few weeks I came and conducted the meeting for field service but dressed for work at the assembly hall. Of course this was not good enough for Mr. Holier, so he started making an issue of that too, no tie at the Kingdom Hall you know. The very next meeting after one of his diatribes, since I was secretary I brought all the secretary things to the meeting and dropped them in the lap of the PO. At the Assembly Hall overseers meeting I resigned from my position. Unbeknown to me the assembly hall committee via the Brooklyn Service Desk called all the elders in our congregation to a special meeting with the CO and DO and read the elders the riot act. They wanted to know what contribution they were making to help complete the assembly hall? Of course the elder body sat there with a thumb up their behinds not knowing what to say. Needless to say they went home with blistered backsides and I remained on the committee. I told the body to keep the secretary job. When the assembly hall was completed we sold our house and moved away, the beginning of our fade. Those were the days, now we have better ones.

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What does 'populist' mean?

by LoveUniHateExams in

so yeah, i've been encountering the word 'populist' quite a bit recently.. e.g.

trump's a populist president.. what does it mean?.

does it simply mean popular?.

SadElder

I'm not a Hillary supporter nor a Trump supporter. I voted for neither of them. But as far as popular vote goes, Hillary won by some two million votes. It was only because of the Electoral College system that Trump was designated winner.

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Increase in Second Sealings for the Anointed?

by Nevuela in

the other day i heard my anointed roommate on the phone, discussing something called the "second sealing".

i heard her say that most anointed people only receive it shortly before death, if they receive it at all.

she went on to say that she has been hearing about several other anointed people receiving theirs recently and not dying afterward.

SadElder

The Watchtower 12/1/1973 had this article "Jehovah Brings ‘Sealing’ of His Chosen Ones to a Close" in which they implied that there would not be a general increase in anointed ones and that the sealing of those already chosen was drawing near. "Surely" this was because the final hour of 1975 was around the corner.

"Evidently" they have had a flip flop again and it is "likely" that they don't know anymore than they did in 1973.

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What Do You Think Will Be The Next Big Change In The Watchtower?

by minimus in

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i think there will be a change in the 144000 belief.

too many witnesses think they have a heavenly hope.

maybe 1914 will be discarded too.. what is your watchtower prediction?

SadElder

Watch for little nuances in the Watchtower. They typically introduce things even years in advance by subtle inferences. The idea of the GB being the Faithful Slave was introduced little by little so it was no great surprise or shock to the dubs. Those word bombs they use will start showing up on some thought they discuss. You know the ones: "evidently, likely, surely then."

Since I don't read their stuff often can't say if there's anything in the offing. I do believe we'll see some attempt to get more money out of the rank and file. Maybe a new understanding on tithing or just fees, which they seem to be tacking on more and more these days.

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Fruit Head Baskets in JW Land Why?

by moomanchu in

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SadElder

That banana basket looks as if it was Photoshopped in place.

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WATCHTOWER Is Trying To Put Cameras In All of Their Kingdom Halls

by minimus in

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one of my best friends is in the security business.

he told me the other day of how the watch tower has been in contact with his good friend and business associate.

evidently they are inquiring about putting cameras into every kh so that they can do 24 hour monitoring.

SadElder

Of course no one will be listening to see if there is any "unholy" apostate speech going on especially if it is with "greediness".

They will be able to snoop at will.

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Language learning companies - Jw's?

by SadElder in

this came up on my morning dub alerts.

not certain what this really implies.

it lists the dubs as a key company in language learning.

SadElder

This came up on my morning dub alerts. Not certain what this really implies. It lists the dubs as a key company in language learning.

https://marketjournal24.com/global-language-learning-games-software-market-opportunities-top-trends-drivers-challenge-analysis-by-regions-research-methodology-and-forecast-to-2018-2025/

Anyone aware of this?

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Why are they announcing 2019 conventions so early?

by Richard_I in

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i was just told there will be international conventions in canada in 2019. .

so i looked at jw.org and i see that there's a whole bunch of conventions now listed on the site for 2019.. isn't this odd?

normally we were told the location of conventions during the first week of january.. did they realize there was less in attendance in the 2018 conventions, and want to give ppl more time to make travel arrangements??

SadElder

They are preparing the dubs for the money pitch that comes with every international convention. Donate money so we can bring the missionaries home for a bit of vacation. They'll put in a special box for donations if things go as in the past.

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