the reply this son gave his father after being invited to the memorial is -----------priceless!.
make sure to see the response by clicking on the arrow.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/mfbzrl/my_dad_reached_out_for_the_first_time_in_years_to/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3.
Someone who plays with knives will get himself cut...someone who plays with guns will get himself shot...a JW family member who tries to re-indoctrinate an XJW family member will get a mouthful of rebuttal!
This son gave a lot to his father to think about in just a few sweet words...Awesome!
https://youtu.be/uaaztatkhkg.
hope link works.
I got a kick out of the overly enthusiastic bobblehead daughter vs her disinterested & indifferent father...and yes you can tell who wears the pants in that JW family!🤣
https://youtu.be/uaaztatkhkg.
hope link works.
Who is David Hendricks? Not a branch representative?
The WT spokeshole...David Hendriks appears legit!
https://youtu.be/uaaztatkhkg.
hope link works.
The WT spokesman, David Hendriks says that in covid year 2020 150 people each day in the U.S. reached out to headquarters through their website.
Really...WT considers that low (150) number something to brag/boast about!
well i did it.. i attended the zoom memorial ( in respect for my mum).
it was very strange to say the least.
everyone had bread and wine at their houses.
Holy schitt...this memorial talk was bad, boring & a waste of time!
I noticed of the 120 frame participants...close to 50 (42%) of those participants had their video camera off.
after you read the words of jesus in mark 2: 17, you will see that the contrast between the teachings of jesus and the governing body.. .
you clearly read what's written in the bible, but the society is always twisting and bending scriptures to their benefit.
here is stephen lett talking about ''spiritually weak'' members and twisting jesus's words teaching on sinners:.
The one word that comes to mind is: Exemplary
The WT has made it a practice of using this word when inviting publishers to be members of the Bethel family...to international conventions and the like. They specify only Exemplary Publishers need apply whenever they make announcements of upcoming special events.
I remember back in the day & it's still done today that only exemplary publishers were to be interviewed during certain Kingdom Ministry parts. On the other hand any dufus could join the Ministry School.🤣
It's almost as though WT has its own caste system in place. Spiritually strong publishers who are pillars are a must in this organization...spiritually weak not so much..Yes very pharisaical in nature!
i am just curios if the letter about not having unauthorized studies has been announced yet to the congregation?.
i am just wondering if it will opens anyone's eyes.
i sure hope it does.
Not so far this week. It may not be read to the congregations...someone said it may have been addressed: To The Elders Only
No problem...how many elders will read this letter and think to themselves: "The nerve of these a-hole Governing Body!"
what is the most insensitive thing an overseer or elder has ever said and done to you?
i have had many insensitive things said to me by some elders, but for some reason one self-righteous elder was always on my case.
he didn't like the fact that i missed meetings, didn't like that i never went out in field service, that i didn't answer at the weekly meetings and he didn't like that i carried my books and magazines in my hands and not a service/book bag.
Another insensitive comment that originated with the Governing Body that I've heard from local elders both from the podium and one on one:
"If your child is old enough to drive then he/she is old enough to be baptized!"
Or put more directly:
"If your child is driving...why isn't she/he baptized?"
Now imagine yourself a parent or youth in the audience and hearing this!
what is the most insensitive thing an overseer or elder has ever said and done to you?
i have had many insensitive things said to me by some elders, but for some reason one self-righteous elder was always on my case.
he didn't like the fact that i missed meetings, didn't like that i never went out in field service, that i didn't answer at the weekly meetings and he didn't like that i carried my books and magazines in my hands and not a service/book bag.
I've heard this from way too many elders:
"The disfellowshipping of your loved one is the best thing for him/her...They'll return stronger than ever!"
Most never return...if they do...they have the stigma, scar & shame of the disfellowshipping and shunning like a dark cloud over them for a very long time & it hardly ever goes away!
so yesterday while i was doing some work for a customer, i noticed the wt mags on the sofa.
and i asked the elderly man if he was a jehovah witness?.
he said that he and his wife and all his children were raised in the religion, but only he and his wife attend the meetings or zoom.
Wow...you just can't make this stuff up...what an experience pistolpete...thanks for sharing!
Multiply this JW old timer's gloomy & unfavorable situation with the WT religion by the number of congregations worldwide (120,000) and you have the remaining shelf-life of this religion as a whole.
So, if each congregation has...say...10 publishers in their 60s to 80s who have strong cognitive dissonance feelings like this older couple toward WT...then that alone says a lot about the troubles this religion has now & the days to come.
My guess is upwards of 25% or more of WT publishers/membership heartily feel this religion is a load of crap!
