"Do you still like Kool-Aid?"
Personally I prefer the Living Water :)
Keep refreshed,
Stephen
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"Do you still like Kool-Aid?"
Personally I prefer the Living Water :)
Keep refreshed,
Stephen
Stephen, that is the most refreshing post I have seen from you.
That phrase still persists and ex-jws find it hard to stop using it.
I always say "whose truth"?
Watchtower Dictionary says:
This very diehard JW dictionary says:
NOTE: The scriptural and divinely inspired name for the true worshipers of Jehovah, {Jehovah's Witnesses}, is a recent acquisition, seen in retrospect to have been given to satisfy a need to be distinct from other groups who likewise profess to be Christian. Thus when outsiders ask us what our religion is, we quickly reply: ``We're Jehovah's Witnesses!'' Under such circumstances it would not be adequate to say: ``We are Christians.'' A Roman Catholic or Baptist might give the same reply. Nor would it be meaningful to say: ``I'm in the Truth.'' However, inside the organization, among one another, we refer to our religion as ``the Truth'', because that is what it is. <<How long have you been in the Truth?>>
NOTE: The phrase does not intend to imply anything about how well a person might be doing in the Truth. <<So you've been in the Truth for ten years, huh? But how long has the Truth been in you?>> An admittedly cheeky question.
I just hate that expression "In the truth", it doesn't make sense, it is an absolute lie, it is just a cult mind-control expression, I caught my wife using it the other day, boy did I tell her off !
The last questioning I got was from a guy who is now married to a JW girl who grew up in the Congo. we used to attend. He asked;
"You must be a Witness then ?"
I straight away told him of our situation, and it turns out that he is a convert, not born-in, and is really questioning it now, so I directed him to JW Facts excellent site, and to here, perhaps he is one of the newbies ?
The last time I was at a Witness gathering several asked if I still loved Jehovah. Why would they ask that just because I have long hair and a full beard
stop calling it truth it's a lie
The question should be "are you still in the lie" ???
Nancy Drew,
I have an ex-JW friend who used to startle new ex-JWs who would come for get-togethers at her house by saying, "So, how long were you in the lie?"
I straight away told him of our situation, and it turns out that he is a convert, not born-in, and is really questioning it now, so I directed him to JW Facts excellent site, and to here, perhaps he is one of the newbies ?
Congratulations, wobble! It would make my day to connect with a Jehovah's Witness in that way.