in this sunday's watchtower they proceeded to put this in the article, "distractions, said the watchtowerof september 15, 1958, will likely increase as this world nears its doom.
how true!
"are they really patting themselves on the back for this statement?
I have to disagree Sir82.....My prophesy: There will be fewer and fewer moronic statements in the Watchtower as it gets thinner and thinner and finally fades away. They'll be hearing the moronic statements on JW-TV instead.
so now that the borg has taken all of the congregations money, there was just a resolution to get all new tv's, etc for the stage for the new meeting format.. i wasn't there, but it was a large sum.
somebody mentioned over 3000$.. all the congregations in the city are likely doing the same thing, and are getting all the equipment from bethel.. i was wondering if this was happening all most everywhere?.
can't see it in third world countries( might not even have internet).
All the congregations in the city are likely doing the same thing, and are getting all the equipment from Bethel.
I'm guessing headquarters got the equipment at some bulk rate and will sell it to the congregations for more. (think mandatory use of society sanctioned hotel rooms during the District Conventions)
luke 22:54.
"then they arrested him and led him off, and they brought him into the house of the high priest; but peter was following at a distance.
" i am still raging because this verse was used at a recent circuit overseer's visit.
So he was telling the congregation that if a bro was not actively reaching out then there was something wrong with him spiritually.
Fast forward this talk by Anthony Morris to about 19:20 where he talks about it being a problem if a sister wants to marry a 23 year old brothers who isn't a Ministerial servants yet.
a catchy little number this one!
curiously, this little known christmas song by perry como was actually the theme tune to the odessa file movie back in the 70's.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l1uddoh-yu.
so what have you got?.
I don't know why but for some reason I really like this song. When you hear a good recording of it, the women's voces singing the harmonies, are really nice. This is taken from the movie "Greatest Little Whorehouse in Texas". It's not actually a Christmas song but they play it this time of year because it mentions Christmas. A "hard candy Christmas" is a Christmas in which times are tough and the only gifts to be had are Hard Christmas Candies. In this touching scene Dolly Parton (head whore) is saying goodbye to all of her Floozies because the Whorehouse they live in, is being shut down. (sniff)
congregations get an annual letter that tells what can be ordered for literature (it's mainly a list of audio cds/dvds for the deaf), but this time it included publications that will be discontinued, and this included the isaiah's prophecy book and the reasoning book, and i think i saw the draw close to jehovah book.
i meant to take a picture of the letter but forgot.
the branch is only going to give what they have on stock, when that stock depletes that's it, you won't be able to order those publications anymore.. this is in canada so i don't know if this is worldwide..
god that fucking isaiah book. every. single. chapter. had the same fulfillment. it was a goddamn broken record.
It makes me angry when I think of the nice summer evenings I spent sitting in a stuffy "Book Study" with my wife and 2 little boys wearing a tie, trying to make sense of this material time and time again instead of spending it out at the lake or teaching them to play ball....it makes me sick. Now they simply dismiss it all as if it never existed. At one time, they indicated that your life depended upon being at the "Book Study" learning this stuff. The name "Book Study" instead of "Bible Study"should have been a telltale sign that I was following a printing/publishing company and I was no more than another customer who they wanted to keep on purchasing their products....why didn't I see it ?
http://www.recordonline.com/article/20151214/news/151219671.
battle over contamination at watchtower site in warwick.
by hema easley .
This intentional on the part of the Watchtower. My hope is that it will be proven in a court of law that because the Watchtower was aware of the contamination before they purchased the land and because they did their own clean-up and began building, they knowingly assumed responsibility of the existing contamination and therefore can't claim damages after the fact.
i need some advice guys.
how do you get people to mind their own buiseness without coming off as rude?.
i was invited to a jw gathering last night.
JW's are accustomed to approaching perfect strangers and asking them questions and talking about personal topics and they've been taught how to have the upper hand when doing so. Thankfully most of them know when and when not to however. As with anything, there'll be the occasional clod who won't know when to turn it off and now with facebook etc. some people think it's perfectly normal to make every detail of their lives public.
When the questions first become inappropriate one can answer them jokingly with a laugh in your voice because touchy subjects are often best handled with a wink and a smile or even pure silliness rather than getting up on ones high horse. Either way, don't budge because for some people , being pushy works for them and giving them the answers they want validates their methods and makes them feel as if they have power over you.
Saying something jokingly can often send the message that you like them but they can't just ask you any old question.
a) You must have eaten a bowl of question marks for breakfast this morning (ha ha)
b) Sounds like you're writing a book about me? You probably should leave that chapter out. (ha ha)
c) Momma' told me not to talk about things like that with strangers. (ha ha)
Hopefully they'll get the hint that you're finished providing them with information, if not you can step it up a notch yet still use humor.
How much does a job like yours pay?
a) (smiling) Really??? You want to know how much money I make...your kidding right??
b) (smile and wink) Even my closest friends would think twice before asking me something like that.
c) That's classified information, I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you. (wink wink)
d) (smiling, head tilted, arms folded) So tell me....I'm curious...why would you possibly need to know that ?
If all else fails, try and emergency change of subject.
How much does your job pay?
Not enough for someone as magnificent as myself (ha ha)....Can you believe how bad traffic has been lately?? My commute is a nightmare !
it appears diogenesister feels a need for a proper ass-kicking.. ok, if you insist.
i'm a dub proctologist.... attempting to hijack greatteacher's thread "jw parents in severe car accident,".
diogenesister seized my observation that "bloodless surgery is the standard today, not because of the wtb&ts but because of medical progress" with he carefully-crafted argument "bull crap.".
looking back we had been fading without even realizing it.
life happened...and we weren't regular.
then we woke up and have actively been fading for 9 months.
this happened a few years back.
it is so funny.funnier still were some of the commits, made by jw's on fb pages!!
!it almost happened at one in ga, when i lived there.
