having endured three days of dashing attempts at further indoctrination, i feel the need to write up some of the stuff i left with.
it is just good therapy.. right away the change was noticeable in the air.
the assembly hall in la feria, tx still smells like new.
StarTrekAngel,
I am very familiar with the La Feria AH and can attest to your comments regarding the local brothers. The fact that the WT did not utilize the La Feria AH for the RCs last year is due to them scheduling bigger groups in major metro areas like Houston. It's too bad that these brothers have to travel 5 1/2 hours to attend.
got a phone call last week, but i didn't recognize the number, so i didn't answer.
no voice mail was left.
or so i thought.
if you had any doubts about the pitifully poor mental prowess of watchtower and jws in general then i'm sure this week's watchtower study (week of june 15-21, 2015) completely obliterated such doubts.
the study article (watchtower april 15, 2015, page 19: how real is your relationship with jehovah?
) was filled with blatantly fallacious reasoning that were outdone only by the more fallacious reasoning on the part of commenting jws.. the article, in paragraph 2, says this about a relationship with jehovah:.
someone sent me this from jwtalk.
a guy on there just posted this regarding changes to the way the jws volunteer at conventions in spain and the changes seem fairly major:.
we had a special meeting today called a training session for volunteers.
as per the title.
and was the one you attended at an early or late time of the evening.. any partakers?.
if you, like me, have noticed the sudden increase in hysteria in the khs right now, i put it down to that jw tv site.
its's far more extensive than i thought it was, i thought it was just 1, 1 hour program a month.
there's a s*** load of videos on that site.. and the real problem, from just watching a clip from each video, is that these guys are clearly "mentally unstable".
ever had this thought about an upcoming movie?.
and then i would feel guilty for putting my entertainment desires ahead of god's kingdom.. .
shameless!.
I suspect that George Lucas read the old "Babylon the Great has Fallen!" book, ate a pepperoni pizza to cure a hangover, then came up with the Star Wars idea. I mean, there are too many similarities between Star Wars concepts and WT lore such as:
Jedi Council- Governing Body
The Force- Holy Spirit
Sith Lord- Satan
Empire- King of the North
Republic- King of the South (iron and clay toes of the Daniel image)
Light Saber- Sword of the truth
Jedi Knight- Kingdom publisher
Padawan Learner- Bible student
Armageddon- Galactic Death Star battle
Please tell me that I'm not the only one that sees this.
with hopefully a good deal of interest here in the conti appeal tomorrow (or later today, depending on where you are), i thought that on my ride home from work tonight i'd preview what to expect and what i think the key issues are for any who are interested.
i have had a busy few weeks and haven't had time to read everything, but i had some time to look at the appeal briefs during my work commute the past couple days.
it'll be interesting to see what develops out of the network news coverage of this case.
Did the elders make sister Conti go out in field service with the accused to show her willingness to forgive? If so, why didn't the lawyers bring this out? Publishers are typically "assigned" to cargroups by the elder/MS that take out the group.
listed as watchtower attorneys practicing in new york: attorneys at 100 watchtower drive in patterson, ny 12563:.
philip brumley (home address 131 brimstone road,[ seriously ?
] patterson ny 12563 although also given for him in another document was 2891 route 22, patterson, ny 12563-2236; new york attorney registry: 2224871);.
RE: female WT lawyers: It's OK as long as they wear a head covering when in the presence of a baptized male colleague and use the TMS presentation style when discussing a case.
a letter has just been read out indicating that effective immediately, witnesses are no longer to use the s-8 slip known as the "house to house" record slip, as well as the s-43 "please follow up" slip (usually used for foreign language people).. the letter stated that this is because of the changes in privacy laws etc that are becoming common in the world today.. i will try and get a copy of the full letter and post it asap.. .
The use of this form goes back to 1954 if memory serves me. I recall finding my old H2H forms with the names of needy souls long forgotten in the shuffle.
