Posts by berrygerry

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Heartwarming

by Pete Zahut in

http://www.jw-archive.org/post/92932133208/preaching-to-rude-people-until-you-find-someone#sthash.vpamsbev.dpbs.

fun-witnessing with the deaf

by berrygerry in

so, i'm at mcdonald's and there is a 50ish woman signing with a 70ish woman.. should i?.

i must.. so, a good version of my favourite video is shown to them on my phone, and we spent about 15 minutes watching it, asking questions, mostly laughing, they were writing down the scriptures from the video to check at home what the bible says.. then, after i'm done my coffee, i go back to their table with a note on a napkin.. "now you girls be good when you get home.".

the 70-year-old must have peed her pants from laughing.. .

berrygerry

Not JW's, but Christian.

Yes, the wanking video.

(Witnesses should show that in their Ipad ministry)

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fun-witnessing with the deaf

by berrygerry in

so, i'm at mcdonald's and there is a 50ish woman signing with a 70ish woman.. should i?.

i must.. so, a good version of my favourite video is shown to them on my phone, and we spent about 15 minutes watching it, asking questions, mostly laughing, they were writing down the scriptures from the video to check at home what the bible says.. then, after i'm done my coffee, i go back to their table with a note on a napkin.. "now you girls be good when you get home.".

the 70-year-old must have peed her pants from laughing.. .

berrygerry

So, I'm at McDonald's and there is a 50ish woman signing with a 70ish woman.

Should I?

Should I? I MUST.

So, a good version of my favourite video is shown to them on my phone, and we spent about 15 minutes watching it, asking questions, mostly laughing, they were writing down the scriptures from the video to check at home what the Bible says.

Then, after I'm done my coffee, I go back to their table with a note on a napkin.

"Now you girls be good when you get home."

The 70-year-old must have peed her pants from laughing.

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Would You Care If You Were Disfellowshipped?

by minimus in

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friends

just curious.

berrygerry

This thread is just pathetic.

Under what other situation would such an inane discussion need to be made?

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DF=death

by doneandout in

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our last midweek meeting was going along as planed, then after the last talk, an elder was called up to say: member x is no longer a jw, please sing.... after the song it was silent (compared to todays were people started talk right away) and the father had his head down with someones hand on his back.

i didn't catch what they were saying, but the pose said: i'm sorry for your loss.. it was a weird night thinking how leaving a religion could couse such sadnness.. jw.org.

berrygerry

Blondie:

You are a treasure on this forum.

Your knowledge and/or research ability exceeds that of the GB combined.

Always appreciate facts.

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PEER PRESSURE!!! I gave in to Pioneering during August...I feel dirty...

by stuckinarut2 in

ok, i'll admit it...i am weak.... as everyone knows, the pressure to "pioneer" during "the most momentous, awesome, amazing, centenary anniversay of jesus invisble kigdom rule, & distribute tracts about a dodgy website" campaign is very strong at the moment.... also, many will have read my threads about the extreme views and expectations in our cong for "all appointed men to pioneer" etc..... every elder and ms and their families have been announced as pioneering....i mean everyone's name was read out except mine..... i was not going to do it, as i do not believe anyone should be forced...(and of course its the last thing on earth i would rather do anyway since learning ttatt).

but i am not quite ready to make the break yet, so i realised that i would stand out more if i didnt put in a form to pioneer.

yes it would make me more conspicious, and make fading harder to do...it would bring more heat on me if i didnt pioneer.. so i gave in and submitted a form.... now, of course, i'm only going to make sure i'm seen at the key field service groups etc...but then go and do something more interesting...like count blades of grass..... ahh....i feel hypocritical to myself now......

berrygerry

I remember AP'ing in August, and trying to find people to go out with.

I love the pressure on the body to pioneer in August.

Your family and you don't need a break this summer.

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Is the number of JWs leaving increasing?

by dozy in

i don't mean jws getting stumbled or bored or getting dfd for immorality- there always have been a certain number of those all the time.. i've been out for a few years now but am curious to know from "still ins" if there is any evidence of increasing numbers of people leaving for classic "apostate" reasons - ie either fading or getting dfd because they have done research & realise that this isn't "the truth".. when i was a jw occasionally i would hear of someone suddenly stopping going to meetings & hearing through the grapevine & jw gossip mill that the person no longer believed it was the truth or had expressed doubts in the "slave" etc.

but it didn't happen very often ( though it was increasing somewhat in the years before i left).. one would imagine with the internet & increased information available to all that this would be happening more often.

any evidence of this , anecdotally?

berrygerry

The other change is the 15 minute a month reporting.

Elders visiting seniors residences encourage them to report. (The instructions for recording are to save the time up until it reaches an hour, but to count the person as an active publisher for every month).

Just a trick to boost the number of publishers.

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Leo Greenlees - shuffled to Toronto Bethel - anyone know for how long?

by berrygerry in

it would seem logical that greenlees was shuffled to toronto to allow for a settling period.. anyone know for how long he was there - or any other info?.

berrygerry

It would seem logical that Greenlees was shuffled to Toronto to allow for a settling period.

Anyone know for how long he was there - or any other info?

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Instrucitons for using the toilet at the convention (pic)

by maninthemiddle in

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this was posted in the men's room stall, i hear the instructions in the womens room was more detailed.. this was in addition to having a "bathroom attendant" handing out 1 paper towel per person.. i haven't felt so childish since i was in grade schooll, i had to wonder if all the tall people around me were really grown men and women.. .

berrygerry

"Correct Cleaning of the Anus"

Can't wait for the video for the deaf.

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NLP, Subliminal Messages and the WT Writing Department

by 00DAD in

a few years ago i became interested in the subject of neuro-linguistic programming (nlp).

while the core concepts of nlp have been largely discredited as new-age pseudo-science, there is no doubt that there is at least some validity to the idea.

words and images remain the key way we communicate.

berrygerry

Reminds me of the confusion and guilt I felt years ago as I read an article that didn't quite answer the question of whether it was okay to pray for a DF'd person.

The number of confused prayers I said about my DF'd child was endless.

The statement about "right" being different than "not wrong" is very correct.

Only in math does a double negative become a positive - not in English.

Double negatives are an essential part of accurate speech.

Unfortunately, the WTS does use as a CYA.