this is obviously a question for the older generation.
i'm really curious what it was like to be a witness in the 60's and 70's?.
was the society as strict as it is today?.
Pre 75 it was the end is coming in 1975 so do all you can sell your house and whatever else you can and get out preaching.
I think they were more strict then some congro's had a no jeans policy at social functions and other stupid man made rules.
Karter.
everybody here right now is busy "battening down the hatches" as they wait for the approach of a tropical cyclone.
a state of emergency has been declared in the district - the second one in as many weeks.
(the floodwaters from the tropical cyclone that hit just last week have still not drained away).. so far, the biggest hazard looks like it will be the storm surges from the ocean, and people living in some exposed coastal areas have already been evacuated.
I'm north of you and raining heavily,Cyclone ment to make landfall in a few hours.
Stay safe mate.
Karter.
just reading a posting about relive a day for one year of your live... .
getting older, i am so sad thinking about years ago and missing my family members.
am i the only one believing they would never die?.
Every day i read the obituary as long as my name is not in there i consider this to be a good day.
Karter.
wt has made a number of references to this alleged quote by j. paul getty:.
“money doesn’t necessarily have any connection with happiness.
nothing in my wt life brought more stress and anxiety than not having enough money.. this quote makes far more sense:.
Ive been poor and happy and rich and happy......i know which one i prefer.
Karter.
yesterday, visited the hall for family reasons.. wt was about elder positions, educate younger brothers, delegate your work etc.
the usual story about the body of elders, give younger people a change and don't get atached to your position.
what was evident: 90 percent of the answers came from the sisters.. the elders looked like the house cat just eaten tweety.. never heared so much theory and knowing it will be fully ignored.. why make it a 45 minute issue for every tom, dick and harry?.
With 70% of young ones leaving the pool to pick from is at best limited.
They just keep lowering the bar to get appointed.
Karter.
few minutes ago, i was at eharmony.
one lady said at her profile that she is passionate about serving jehovah.
she is like 67 years old!
"sorry, what's disgusting?
", i replied.
"that thing we've just called on", the sister said in response.
Stop going out in service and you won't have to put up with that.karter
i am not wanting to start a fight.
i just want to hear what people think.
honestly and realistically, what do you think the australian government will do, with watchtower, when they receive the full arc report?.
If NOTHING happens becouse of the ARC at least some eyes have been opened to how the WTS deals with these matters.Karter.
in mission impossible 3, ethan hunt (aka tom cruise) and his protege (aka keri russell) have an explosive pellet implanted in their heads through their nose by the bad guys as a way to control them.
the only way to to stop it from detonating is to use a defibrillator or some device to send massive electric shocks to the body, thus short circuiting the deadly implant.
hunt's protege doesn't get the help she needed in time, and she dies.
When someone is released from a long time being incarcerated it take them 1 month for every year to adjust to life outside.
Like leaving the J.W's it takes some time to adjust to a new life........but hell it's worth it!!!!!
Karter.
judge sanctions jehovah's witnesses.
imposes $4000-a-day penalty for not producing documents in sex-abuse case.
by dorian hargrove, june 24, 2016. a san diego superior court judge has ordered the church of jehovah's witnesses, also known as the watchtower bible and tract society of pennsylvania, to pay $4000 a day for every day that it fails to produce documents requested in a civil lawsuit brought by former parishioner, osbaldo padron, who claims a church elder sexually abused him when he was seven years old.. in a june 23 ruling, expected to be made final today, judge richard strauss admonished the church for willfully ignoring a court order to produce all documents associated with a 1997 body of elders letter that church leaders sent to parishes around the world in a quest to learn about sexual abuse of children by church leaders.. over the course of the past year, the watchtower society and its lawyers have fought hard to keep the letter confidential, claiming that turning over the documents would infringe on the privacy of those mentioned in the letter that were not associated with the case.. in march 2015, the church turned over a heavily redacted version of the letter.
Landy. The ARC makes recomendatios to parliament to change laws ect.
They have no power as such but their recommendations are taken very seriously.
One of the judges said to an Elder on the stand "Things are going to have to change".... lets hope so.
Karter.
