Joe Grundy
JoinedTopics Started by Joe Grundy
-
1
FS Visit - By Mistake, I Think.
by Joe Grundy inafter my recent encounter at my door when i was declared by a self-described elder from the local cong as an 'apostate', i was surprised to get a visit this morning.
i would have thought that the records would have noted, but presumably not (or they hadn't been checked).. my callers were two middle-aged men.
the younger one said during the conversation that he was an elder in the local cong and had been baptised 45 years ago (obviously a born-in): the older one said he had been in for five months.
-
1
Convicted Pedo and Rapist Ex-elder Mark Sewell on BBC Wales News
by freddo ini don't know how to put this up on the forum but if anyone goes to the bbc news website and clicks on wales/south east there is an interview with one of the victims of sewell who gave up her anonymity and who is decrying the cover up by elders she endured in cardiff wales.. this brave woman is interviewed for over two minutes - you can see all the watchtower bound volumes in her room.
it is dated july 3rd 2014.. i don't live in her area but typically this would have been on the local bbc news for south wales area including the capital, cardiff and so i reckon over half a million people might have seen the item broadcast.. if you can put it up on here please do.. .
-
1
Ex Dubs Deserve To Be Happy Too!
by Joe Grundy inso here's a link to some good music - enjoy!.
.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sigjqbxgxr8&feature=related.
-
1
My Role Here
by Joe Grundy ini am, as i always start my posts by saying, not a current or an ex-jw.. i rarely contirbute to threads where the topic of discussion is about the current feelings of jws trapped in, or their past experiences because i just don't have the personal knowledge to share.
i can empathise, but not from personal experience, if you know what i mean.. many new posters, it seems to me, are exiting jwdom and are nervous because of jw teachings about inter-acting with us non-jws, us 'worldly' people.. so, it seems to me, that if by normal interaction, i can assist in showing that us 'worldly' people are not so bad it might just help someone sometime.. and, as ever, if i can be of practical assistance in real life, happy to do so..
-
1
Are JW's a legal religion?
by Haelcer inare jehovah's witnesses registered as legally religion in the usa and uk?
[like catholic church, baptist church etc].
does the law require such a registration?.
-
1
"Bible Study" Books
by Joe Grundy in.
can anyone please tell me which wt 'bible study' book is currently used in the uk for potential converts?
and where i can find a scan of or extracts from it?.
-
Old Harry's Game
by Joe Grundy ini don't know whether this link will be available to those outside the uk, but for a completely irreverent and funny listen, try this:.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00c6jfr.
.
-
Assisted Reproduction = Adultery
by Joe Grundy inhttp://cyprus-mail.com/2013/10/04/third-party-assisted-reproduction-is-adultery-says-church/.
when discussing 'church' doctrines, many people cite 'protestant' -v- 'catholic' etc., forgetting the 'orthodox' churches which split from rcc about 1,000 years ago in the 'great schism'.
the orthodox churches are as wacky and controlling in their way as any other (cf.
-
Intelligent Analysis
by Joe Grundy inthese thoughts were provoked (i nearly said 'inspired') by the thread on 'when a loved one leaves jehovah'.
in particular, by the picture of the spiffy-looking distressed jw father with the immaculate hair and nice suit who has left his distressed wife to fester at home while he goes out to preach to others.
it looks as though his 'preachee' is a fairly young man, and in my (cynical) imagination the subject of the preaching has the title 'how you and your family can live happily forever' or some such crap.. it brought to my mind the question 'how on earth could this man pretend to be believable given his own circumstances?