never quite read your family background Simon and just reading here that you joined him in Canada, did he leave the WTS well before you? do you still have family in the UK? who was the first to wake up?
jookbeard
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My life ... and how JWD came to be - Part 5
by Simon inmy life ... and how jwd came to be - part 1. my life ... and how jwd came to be - part 2. my life ... and how jwd came to be - part 3. my life ... and how jwd came to be - part 4. i swear, i thought it was only a couple of years at most since i wrote part 4 of "my life and how jwd came to be".
i re-read it after someone posted to it and brought it back on active topics and it was kind of prophetic in a way ... well, i had the 5 years part right if nothing else:.
it would be nice to visit the site (or whatever one is around then) in 5 years time to let people know how we're doing and find only a few of the same people still around.
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Copy of Crisis of Conscience for Sale
by Village Idiot ini’ve run into hard financial times and have decided to sell my second copy of coc for a fair price.
you’ll find them on amazon for ridiculous prices starting from $59.84 for a beat up used one to $294.96 and up for a new condition copy.
i’m selling mine in new condition for $50.00 plus shipping which should not be more than $5.
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jookbeard
still all quiet from Commentary Press is regards to reprints, what a hopeless state of affairs
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"West World" and The Jehovah Witnesses
by new boy insitting there watching the new hbo series last night, i couldn't help but laugh and think about the similarities.
the creators (the gods) and the hosts (their creations) have an interesting relationship.. the "hosts" are programmed to have free thinking but only up to a point.
just like the witnesses.
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jookbeard
I've been enjoying the series, I get the parallels, Thandie Newton kind of takes me away from dwelling on it too much though!
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Official Increase in the Number of Jehovah's Witnesses You Shouldn't Trust
by David_Jay inreports are coming from witnesses that, once again, the number of memorial partakers has risen considerably this past year, 2016. while confirmation is still to come on the exact numbers, the current explanations given for this increase surely causes a dilemma.. imagine the roman catholic church publishing each year the number of members who it felt were mistaken about what they believed in, that this same number of members was likely suffering from problems such as pride or even mental disorders or something along this line.
this number, by the way, was in the thousands too and growing annually.
what would you conclude, therefore about the catholic church and its admission?.
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jookbeard
its is a strange scenario but its one stat they cant really fudge do to the fact that most people in attendance usually see the partakers or gossip about who has partook, the rest they can massage, be creative with as much as they want, the report slips from the R&F are not worth the paper they are written on!
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UK TV: The Fastest Growing Branch of Chistianity in UK Today
by darkspilver inpentecostalism is now the largest christian faith in london.
what is it about this rapidly growing religion that makes it so appealing?.
black-majority pentecostal churches in particular are one of the big success stories of the black community in britain.
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jookbeard
I see Evangelical Christian churches opening all over the place in my part of London, former shops,industrial units, former cinemas, disused clubs, public halls etc its very widespread indeed, in my former circuit 3 congregations have been disbanded and one of the KH's sold off, so much for SPF's claim of their continuing growth, the reports of meeting attendance from my old congregation and other KH's around the area are very much down, I'm even seeing the carts out less and less these days
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Dutch JW convention hall for sale.
by Anders Andersen inas the newly expanded convention hall in swifterbant is now in use, the only other jw convention hall in the netherlands is now for sale.. https://congreshal.nl/english/ (congreshal means convention center).. note the links to the brooklyn and ibsa garage sales at the bottom of the page..
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jookbeard
I wonder what the future holds for the UK Assembly Halls that they own?, clearly worth a fortune two in the London area
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The one oclock meeting
by Steel ini go to a hall (very rarely) with a single cong of about 60 people in a small city of maybe 10000. our board of elders is a bunch of childless weirdos or at least the ones that make an effort.. they recently changed the sunday meeting time from 10/12 to 1/ 3. a number of us are pissed off.
its makes to hard to drive to the city or go to a football game.. i just know the gestopo elders behind the change.
if your life isnt as miserable or pointless as theirs, they arent doing their job.
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jookbeard
I hated afternoon Sunday meetings even as a member of the R&F in good standing it could have been the catalyst for a fade from me on that issue alone, they had a vote for it one time because the ass of our PO in his old cong had afternoon meetings for many years so decided our cong should have it, he was outvoted, I saw the anger and rage in the tossers eyes that night
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Dutch JW convention hall for sale.
by Anders Andersen inas the newly expanded convention hall in swifterbant is now in use, the only other jw convention hall in the netherlands is now for sale.. https://congreshal.nl/english/ (congreshal means convention center).. note the links to the brooklyn and ibsa garage sales at the bottom of the page..
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jookbeard
good grief, I wonder how much more of their real estate is to be flogged off worldwide?
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My oldest friend, Quincy Roberts, Ex-JW died last night at age 66
by TerryWalstrom inthe first time i walked into a kingdom hall, i was about 15 years old.
i shook hands with a 12-year-old named quincy.
as time passed and we grew older, quincy hung out with us older j-dubs.
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jookbeard
nice story Terry
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How many times jehovah is said in a prayer
by Normalfulla inso there was this particular elder in my hall who when giving a prayer would say "jehovah" waaaay to much it was ridiculous, we ended up having a count every time he gave prayer, most of the time it was 15-18 but once he topped 20, if u say it out loud 20 times you'll see how weird it is, like when do you ever in a conversation say someone's name that many times in 2 or so minutes,!
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jookbeard
those ridiculous stupid prayers used to really anger me even as a R&F, attention seeking fools most of them or old men close to senility and dementia