hi i was raised in the truth in the uk since my birth in 1970 i went wayward as my family left in 1981 when i was 11 never took a career just wasted my life away now i'm 46 i rejoined when i was 22 rose to be a auxiliary pioneer and ms then it all went wrong my wife diagnosed bipolar disorder i got diagnosed depression a mega implosion occurred now i'm lost what now ?.
Sorry to hear of the troubles you have had but you have taken a big step by opening up.
There are people and organisations out there who can help. Perhaps start by going to your doctor and getting him to refer you to the best people able to help.
This page has some good links as well.
http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/alcohol/Pages/Alcoholsupport.aspx
All the best - don't stop talking about it.
so there was a peak attendance of around 8700 (as i recall - i was dozing...).
baptism numbers - 24. so around 0.27%.
it may be slightly up or down on that depending on the actual attendance.. the majority of baptism candidates were young people so very likely born-in..
Well, the WTS coordinate press releases in the local press as well as providing the text for the Amex website.
You can read the text here:
http://www.eventsatbhafc.co.uk/whats-on/Jehovah-witness-convention.php
All of these press releases state 10,000 people were expected but the actual was no where near that.
The last speaker, Stephen Morris of the British Branch Committee made a big thing about two people that had turned up as a result of the invitations. This is all well and good until you consider that even if you said that 5000 of those in attendance had distributed 10 invitations each (a highly conservative estimate IMHO) that would be 50,000 invitations. Two attendees from 50,000 invites - a 0.004% return rate. What a joke.
so there was a peak attendance of around 8700 (as i recall - i was dozing...).
baptism numbers - 24. so around 0.27%.
it may be slightly up or down on that depending on the actual attendance.. the majority of baptism candidates were young people so very likely born-in..
So there was a peak attendance of around 8700 (as I recall - I was dozing...)
Baptism numbers - 24
So around 0.27%. It may be slightly up or down on that depending on the actual attendance.
The majority of baptism candidates were young people so very likely born-in.
the whole congregation was required to sign up for this all day program.what are they going to talk about for the full day.
maybe a one hour talk by an elder about "responsible toilet cleaning in this time of the end" with demos as how it can be accomplished.
only sisters seem to need to listen to that one.. maybe cutting grass to the proper height so we don't bring reproach on jehovah's name.
The whole KH maintenance system has changed after the replacement of the RBC with LDC. In the past congregations were responsible for minor works (e.g. replacing broken tiles in the toilets, fixing the roof etc). Now these have been put into the responsibility of the LDC. The only thing the local congregation is responsible for is the cleaning and basic preventative maintenance.
These meetings are to explain to the local congregation what they can do to help keep the hall in tip-top condition and reduce the need to call in the LDC. It's the sort of thing they could easily talk about in 30 minutes instead of a normal public talk but they have to make some meal of going over and over and over contrived interpretations of biblical texts so they can relate them to petty nonsense about cleaning.
your qualifications are way above mine so i'd love to hear more about the specifics of what you have researched and how that supports the existence of a deity.
k99, i am not really convinced that you're interested in my conclusions.
in nature amino acids formed to then form dna.
and now it's not anymore...
Just cut'n'paste Kate....
2016-07-15 to all bodies of elders in russia re: new law on missionary activity.
translation:.
to all bodies of elders in russia new law on missionary activity.
This is typical WT double speak where on a day to day basis full deference to the chain of command and organisational structure is required yet when the WTS is threatened legally then suddenly everything is the responsibility of the congregation member.
It's the same as the statements around "we don't shun", "anyone can leave", "we don't baptise children", "no one is DFed for refusing blood" and so on.
It's utter bollocks and I feel incredibly sorry for the individual Russian witnesses who will be putting their personal freedom on the line trying to fulfil a centrally pushed obligation to preach which is now being denied as such. I really hope this encourages them to ask serious questions of the organisation.
your qualifications are way above mine so i'd love to hear more about the specifics of what you have researched and how that supports the existence of a deity.
k99, i am not really convinced that you're interested in my conclusions.
in nature amino acids formed to then form dna.
Kate,
The link Cofty posted
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v378/n6559/abs/378767a0.html
is the same as the link I posted.
[EDIT] - It didn't appear as a clickable link here either so I have made it so.
your qualifications are way above mine so i'd love to hear more about the specifics of what you have researched and how that supports the existence of a deity.
k99, i am not really convinced that you're interested in my conclusions.
in nature amino acids formed to then form dna.
Nature magazine not credible. FFS Kate.
the whole congregation was required to sign up for this all day program.what are they going to talk about for the full day.
maybe a one hour talk by an elder about "responsible toilet cleaning in this time of the end" with demos as how it can be accomplished.
only sisters seem to need to listen to that one.. maybe cutting grass to the proper height so we don't bring reproach on jehovah's name.
your qualifications are way above mine so i'd love to hear more about the specifics of what you have researched and how that supports the existence of a deity.
k99, i am not really convinced that you're interested in my conclusions.
in nature amino acids formed to then form dna.
Nice to hear from you Viv and thanks for the links. It's worth an occasional reminder that this type of conversation is not a new thing...
