i've been looking on this site for some time but never posted.
i'll give a little about myself, but not too much.
i'm a ex-bethelite ( brooklyn )and currently serving as an elder (10 years) (thinking about stepping down) on the service committee.
I think there are areas that are like what MrTheo describes. Austin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle.
I live in a state that is a bastion for conservatism, and I truly believe that an environment like that makes people more religious and makes the JWs more intense in their beliefs.
I would venture to guess that Magnum lives in a more conservative area of the country and that MrTheocratic lives in a predominantly liberal part of the country.
are their any newer people here, who recently found out ttatt, who has been disturbed by all the new changes in the organization?
it is turning into something that feels impersonal.
i know change is good.
i've been looking on this site for some time but never posted.
i'll give a little about myself, but not too much.
i'm a ex-bethelite ( brooklyn )and currently serving as an elder (10 years) (thinking about stepping down) on the service committee.
Welcome. There are many ex Bethelites on here.
I'm ex Patterson, 2001-2002.
it appears that a new 16-page brochure, with the title "return to jehovah" is to be released at the regional convention (dc) this year.
it would be written specifically for those faded or da/df.chapters are:a letter from the governing body1.
the lost one i will search for2.
This is nothing but a rewrite of the Nov. 15, 2008 study article "Help Them Return Without Delay!"
Nothing new. Same headings.
It makes one wonder if this is one of those "false stories" started in Social Media. I have yet to see any screenshots of this brochure that supposedly showed up on the JW Library app. All I've seen were the title of the brochure and the table of contents - all typed out, no actual screenshot.
This could very well be another "Basic Pioneer" style rumor.
these are from one of the informants who contact atlantis.
we thank him/her for their contributions to us.. 4 boes just arrived.. .. click the links below and then click the green download button.. .. 2015 jw broadcast userguide.
http://wwwb.fileflyer.com/view/d6lpjad.
Its "suggested " by the branch....
Ah..."suggested" huh?
Like those 10 "suggestions" God gave to Moses?
these are from one of the informants who contact atlantis.
we thank him/her for their contributions to us.. 4 boes just arrived.. .. click the links below and then click the green download button.. .. 2015 jw broadcast userguide.
http://wwwb.fileflyer.com/view/d6lpjad.
Last week was announced a new meeting on a Saturday once per month to watch the JW broadcast. Now there's a meeting I will never attend!
That must be a local anomaly. No one in my neck 'o the woods is talking about that.
return to jehovah... no return address .
today i read a small piece of poetic irony.
im not going to advertise from what web forum i read this, but it was so astounding i had to share it somewhere.
Elder: So which one of these three -- anxiety, hurt feelings or guilt -- is the reason you left?
All three. Anxiety because I don't believe anymore and worry that my family will shun me if I stop pretending, hurt feelings because of the organization protecting pedophiles instead of children, and lastly, guilt because I belong to a cult and actually recruited others into this cult and got them baptized a.k.a. trapped. Is any of that covered in the brochure?
Elder: We'll read your name at the next meeting.
Any way you answer that question, they're probably reading your name at the next meeting.
who is ellwood johnson?.
all i could find mentioned about him is that he is, or was, a circuit overseer.. this previous thread is about a talk that was actually given by ellwood johnson, not samuel herd.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/217287/witness-plays-gov-body-samuel-herd-talk-me-he-mentally-ill?.
he also gave a talk in which people were laughing about some aspect of child abuse.so, does anyone know anything about him?
i have no idea who joshua surtees is, but this man deserves a pat on the back for a perfectly written piece on witnessing.. http://www.guardian.co.tt/lifestyle/2015-03-26/come-armageddon-come.
just a short extract: .
jehovah’s witnesses are looking more like regular people every day.
with the org creating so many new songs, we should give them assistance in coming up with better ideas....!.
"everyone will die, except for us".
(happy, upbeat song about dead bodies after the big a).
"Keep your eyes on the pinky rings"
"Armageddon's just a moment away" (Armageddon song to be sung for the next 50 years.)
"Trolly-ho" (Song about going forth and making disciples using trollies...not about a hot pioneer pushing a trolly.)
