I wouldn't knock anyone volunteering to help these earthquake victims.
I felt some of the pictures of children in plaster casts were a little thoughtless.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46785033@n08/sets/72157623121065163/show/.
lots of easy literature placements.
i won't give you the vomit worthy comments that covered the email i got these in..
I wouldn't knock anyone volunteering to help these earthquake victims.
I felt some of the pictures of children in plaster casts were a little thoughtless.
have any of you had the experience of a bethelite brother visiting your kh?.
here's how it always seemed to go in my experience:.
there is a general kh-wide excitement in the air that a real, live bethelite rockstar is at the hall; overheard are numerous convo's featuring words like "o, he's a bethelite".. visiting brother bethelite gives the closing prayer and is immediately mobbed by adoring fans.. all the single sisters are on high alert, you can smell the estrogen in the air.
Never had the 'privilege' of having a Bethelite in my home cong'.
However the young bro taking our tour at Bethel many moons ago was very easy on the eye.
I later found out he had wealthy parents as well.
SO, goodlooking, wealthy parents, suit & tie job at Bethel & pleasing Jah at the same time.
He was SOooooooo being blessed wasn't he??
from the book of enoch: book of noah: .
1 and in those days, noah saw the earth had tilted and that it's destruction was near.".
there were also other observations that the laws of nature were suspended.
Cameo......you godda be joking me.....Right??
YES!
"you were a much nicer person when you were in the truth!
since you havn't been to the meetings your starting to change.
your so into standing up for yourself like you think its a good thing!!?!
My brother was a pain in the backside when he took everything the Borg' said to heart.
He was unbearable company as he was so unhappy trying to do all the WBTS wanted & it made him very short tempered & unreasonable.
He hated doing parts in the meetings & would never be free to do anything as he ALWAYS had a part or talk to prepare.
He was bitterly disappointed with how much the WBTS has got wrong & felt he'd wasted his life
He has now finally come off being a MS & has refused to do any more talks or go out in the FS as often.
This change took place just over a year ago & it still amazes me how much of a nicer person he is now.
Sometimes in his company I still expect some nasty put down but now it never comes.
He has far more patience now he has stood up for himself & said enough is enough & refused to tolerate the intense pressure of never doing enough for the Watchtower.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/okay-is-it-just-my-hallor-can-nobody-sing-the-new-kingdom-melodies/292219582186?ref=mf.
The last time the GB got wind of murmuring in the camp regarding the previous song changes (orchestra to piano) they sent out a letter to all congregations reprimanding all for not appreciating the 'bell like tone' of the piano & all the hard work that had gone into the recordings.
After all this is the BEST music in the world......... didn't you know that you Philistines?
You vill like za muzik
You vill like za muzik
You vill like za muzik
hi everyone ,.
there are many new folk joining here everyday , and i thought it may be interesting and fun to just see how many people have left the congregation that you have attended in the past 5 years .
i dont mean of course people who are active jw's moving to another cong , but people that have left the wt religion , faded , da'd or df'd .. so , i will start off with my own cong .there have been 9 leave , 8 completely gone , myself hardly ever there and ' inactive ' .. leo999.
Hi leo
5 pios have faded, guess most other pubs have just moved away, whether they are still JW's I don't know, & many have just grown old & died.
However just a quick tally & I can think of 15 definite faders, there's more but I cannot remember them all as it is sometime that the local cong' has been struggling with meeting attendance.
All I know is 80+ was a regular number at the meetings & it is now roughly 25-30
i remember a talk that was delivered at an assembly a while back that was repeated many times in my old hall and i remember it had a line in it that had one of those effects on people like they would go into a silent trance.
if you were allowed to "oooh!
" or "awe!
I remember hearing the glib 'just enough to hate it' statement.
Shyness is very impeding to finding 'joy' in the FS.
ask a dub acquaintance this and see if they have anything resembling a rational answer:.
you: when you're at a public event and the announcer says, "please rise for the playing/singing of the national anthem," you refuse to stand because that would be considered an act of nationalistic worship, correct?.
dub: correct.. you: why then, when a jw is in a courtroom and the baliff says, "all rise for the honorable judge whatsherface, court is now in session," do jws stand up?
Here's a link to the case involving the JW children in Kerala, India 1985, that stood but would not sing the National Anthem.
http://www.angelfire.com/linux/prasun/cipe/009.txt
This was also reported on in either the Awake or Watchtower around that time.
The fact the children stood respectfully was the reason they were allowed to return to school & this was mentioned in the magazine article.
However confusion still exists regarding this issue amongst the JW's
hi everyone ,.
there are many new folk joining here everyday , and i thought it may be interesting and fun to just see how many people have left the congregation that you have attended in the past 5 years .
i dont mean of course people who are active jw's moving to another cong , but people that have left the wt religion , faded , da'd or df'd .. so , i will start off with my own cong .there have been 9 leave , 8 completely gone , myself hardly ever there and ' inactive ' .. leo999.
There used to be 80 in my congregation, now the Sunday attendance averages mid 20's.
Some have moved away but most have just faded as I am doing.
The pioneers, all sisters, have faded.
The congregation is really struggling.