Posts by Ron.W.

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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars (continued)

by Simon in

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uh oh, looks like the mega thread gave up the ghost, so while i investigate / fix it just continue the discussion here .... it's been a long 9 years lloyd evans / john cedars.

Pioneer Hours

by Etude in

does anyone know how many hours were required to be a pioneer back in or around 1970?.

etude..

Ron.W.

Somehow they managed their personal self esteem in being called pioneers. In reality, they were sad people and impressed no one. All were uneducated, shallow, and pitiable. It still makes me sad thinking about it.

Yep, being honest, that describes me very well back than!😢😢😢

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Pioneer Hours

by Etude in

does anyone know how many hours were required to be a pioneer back in or around 1970?.

etude..

Ron.W.

Like your style Stan!

I used to post a tract through a random letterbox on the way to the ministry group.

My time stopped when got back to my front door 8 or 9 hours later.

I never knocked any time off for tea breaks/lunch/calls of nature..;.even so, getting the lesser 90 hrs a month in the 1980's was a still a slog!

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Armageddon Car

by OnTheWayOut in

how many of you bought a nice sedan, suv, or even a minivan back in the days that you described as your "armageddon car" that you would care for and it would last until the end arrived?.

i was driving a 1974 plymouth volare wagon in 1992 when i managed to get an 8-year old buick century.

it was low mileage and had a very luxurious interior.

Ron.W.

A totally obnoxious elder's wife bought a top of the range luxury car in the congregation.

She went around saying to everyone they had bought the very best car they could afford as it had to last them until Armageddon..

I drove past their house last week and I noticed they (now old age pensioners) still had their 2007 luxury vehicle in the drive..

Armageddon must be really really close now going by their warped logic!!🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

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Things you can not say in "field service" anymore.

by greenhornet in

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many years ago we would be on someone's doorstep, when waiting for the house holder to come to the door we say something like ... yea after the big a this is going to be my house.

imagine saying that today with the common use of doorbell cameras and the squatting problem .

Ron.W.

I had a mate I flatted with from the same church. Whenever someone suggested delayed gratification is more biblical, he'd say "I want my reward now!" and he'd grab the last cake or whatever.

Hilarious!

👍🤣🤣

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1,500 Days since Stephen Lett said this:

by Chevelle in

"so the events unfolding around us are making clearer than ever that we’re living in the final part of the last days.

undoubtedly the final part of the final part of the last days.

shortly before the last day of the last days.

Why does it matter whether or not Armageddon is near? crap sky high out of the water!

👍👍👍

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Why does it matter whether or not Armageddon is near?

by TxNVSue2023 in

why does it matter whether or not the end of the world ( (armageddon) is near?

if it was next week, next year, next decade, next century?

what is to be gained by knowing how close or far it is?

Ron.W.

Good points NotFormer - I agree.

It's very sad.

"undoubtedly [the] final part of the final part of the last days, shortly before the last day of the last days"

Why does it matter whether or not Armageddon is near?

Two comments from members of the same religion - talk about wanting to have your cake and eat it!!

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Why does it matter whether or not Armageddon is near?

by TxNVSue2023 in

why does it matter whether or not the end of the world ( (armageddon) is near?

if it was next week, next year, next decade, next century?

what is to be gained by knowing how close or far it is?

Why does it matter whether or not Armageddon is near?

by TxNVSue2023 in

why does it matter whether or not the end of the world ( (armageddon) is near?

if it was next week, next year, next decade, next century?

what is to be gained by knowing how close or far it is?

Ron.W.

Yes, the watchtower is, and always has been, a micromanaging high control cult.

Thank goodness there are many who are many who are able to use their brains, apply critical thinking and escape its clutches.

ps. Here we have a 'newly reinstated' person starting threads on an apostate web site - anyone know what cong the poster is from so we can report them to their congregation elders for loving scriptural correction/wt brainwashing??

TxNVSue2023a month ago

I was DF D3c 2022. Reinstated this Jan 2024 ( 1 year df'd). When they reinstated me that said I am on restriction- no commenting at meetings, have to have a weekly study with a pioneer sister, no parts in the school. How long do these restrictions usually last ( been about 3 months since reinstated).

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Moving on in a new chapter

by redsetter2 in

moving on is the hardest thing anyone has to cope with.. i have officially left the org.

and now it feels my family have been waiting to do this for a long time, officially shunning me, even though they were practically doing this whilst i was still in.. it feels like i've accomplished a victory and at the same time i feel guilty i was tangled up in communication with someone who "hid who they were" claiming to leak information from bethel.

i got the call from the man who i thought i worked with.

Ron.W.

The plot thickens...