This convention blows

by Anony Mous 122 Replies latest watchtower bible

  • godrulz
    godrulz

    Can't help myself....someone kidnap me and get me deprogrammed?!

    It would be annoying if I was talking about Michael Jackson with every breath, but I am talking about God/Jesus, the most beautiful, awesome, majestic, valuable being in the universe. I once was blind/dead, but now I am alive/see. When someone is in love, it is hard to be quiet. I am on your guy's side about religion. I hate religion (of the devil). I guess this gives me passion and purpose. It is one thing for evil people who hate God to be lost, but it is another thing for sincere religious people trying to serve God or those who have left a cult and are wounded to be lost. If you think God/religion as typified by WT is all there is/was, then the dog needs to drop the bone for the steak. See, I can talk about Jesus without using his name in every sentence.

  • Anony Mous
    Anony Mous

    To get this thing back on track: Today was the best day of them all. All fresh about Jesus and his wonderful works, sprinkled with a bit of poor, overactive acting and some cultic references until the last talk. The introduction (paraphrased) "If you're a Jehovah's Witness, you will understand this, if you're visiting you won't, don't worry, just study with the JW's to understand it".

    Then into the statue of Daniel and the 10 toes mean nothing (flip-flop?).

    Also, gays are bad and even though clergy and doctors say there's nothing wrong with it, there is. Quote (not kidding): "For those here that are visiting and you have these thoughts, you can be healed if you study with Jehovah's Witnesses and apply the truths that you find in the bible" Then goes on about a guy in Mexico that was abused as a child and thought he was gay until he studied and got a wife and kids and became an elder (healed! - or maybe he's diddling the kids in the back room of his KH).

    Also, Armageddon is really close now. We're not sure yet about the toes (Quote: "Apparently this doesn't mean anything"). The feet of clay and iron: the iron is the Anglo-American world power and the clay is the stuff that makes it divisive such as and I quote "The Labor Unions and The Civil Rights movements". We are in the days of the last world power, there will be NO other (some overly zealous ones afterwards: "I can just feel Armageddon is really close now, I mean the US is losing it's power and there won't be another world power so it must be close").

    They actually came right out and said that this interpretation has changed so they're getting better on the admitting of mistakes (thanks to the internet I guess).

    I think I'll just go ahead of the FDS and interpret the iron being Anglo-America and the clay being China (you know because they have that clay army that the Bible predicted).

    Also, Social Networking is bad because lots of JW's go on and go have random sex.

  • talesin
    talesin

    I wonder if it's possible for something to suck and blow at the same time ... oh yeah, you just came from the convention ....

    t

    ( couldn't help myself ... saw the title of yr thread and ... :D )

  • NewChapter
    NewChapter

    Then goes on about a guy in Mexico that was abused as a child and thought he was gay until he studied and got a wife and kids and became an elder (healed! - or maybe he's diddling the kids in the back room of his KH).

    Anonymous, I know you probably did not mean it this way, but please let me point out. Being a homosexual, even repressed, does not make one more likely to be a pedophile. I believe the WT has tried to equate homosexuality with pedophilia in the past, and that was extremely hurtful and anger making.

    NC

  • ziddina
    ziddina

    Oh, man...

    This thread's awesome!! (Except for Godrulz' off-topic comments, of course...)

    Marking...

  • talesin
    talesin

    NC

    That makes me CRAZY!!!!

    It's like explaining quantum physics to an imbecile ---- okaaayyyy,, pedophiles like CHILDREN,,, gay men like MEN (GROWN UPS, get it???)

    (knowing anony mous was not implying that, so off-topic, but have to say ...arrrgghhhh!)

    t

  • NewChapter
    NewChapter

    Naw, I don't think anonymous meant that at all. It's just a process, becoming aware.

    NC

  • Anony Mous
    Anony Mous

    No I do not imply that Homosexuals are Child Molesters (although one of the talks did imply that those two and pornography are all equal in God's eyes) what I meant was:

    First they ignored the psychological issues of being abused as a child (he learned the truth and all is better as he forgave and is supposed to forget about whoever did him wrong)

    Then they ignored that he was actually a homosexual and accepted him in a congregation where it is wrong to be that way (I believe personally that's the way your sexuality naturally goes, not a disorder as they implied)

    They ignored the psychological issues of repressing his homosexuality with scriptures that say God does not accept it (and yes, they did quote those scriptures from the Bible)

    Then they ignored the psychological issues of being somewhat forced (maybe by himself) to have sex with somebody he never will have true feelings for and have kids. Just imagine (if you are straight) being forced to have sex with another man (or woman if you're female) just because your social structure forces you that way is the only acceptable way.

    And then they went ahead and gave him a position of absolute authority (elder) in an autonomous, separated congregation (as the WT org doesn't WANT to have anything to do with congregations if something goes wrong at a local level) of a high mind controlling cult (elders are always right, they are lead by God himself). That's simply asking for further abuse (as is the case with Catholic Priests being forced into celibacy).

  • NewChapter
    NewChapter

    Then they ignored the psychological issues of being somewhat forced (maybe by himself) to have sex with somebody he never will have true feelings for and have kids. Just imagine (if you are straight) being forced to have sex with another man (or woman if you're female) just because your social structure forces you that way is the only acceptable way.

    And yet, they seem to have this irrational fear that if they are exposed to homosexuals they will somehow become infected with the gay. And of course, hanging out with heterosexuals will somehow infect a gay person with heterosexuality. It's not rational.

    NC

  • Free!!
    Free!!

    Godrulz... i do not mean any disrespect, but as a recently faded JW I can tell you for sure, your continuous preaching is NOT making me or any of us want to "find" Jesus/God.... we are coming from a place full of people just like you, what we need is SPACE... i admire your faith, good for you, but please please please keep it to yourself or let people go to you and ask you about it.... i am new in this forum, but you have kidnapped so many threads is to the point i dont even read your posts anymore, i just skip to threads where i know you are not commenting..

    If you want to "save" some souls your approach is defitnely not the best... "live and let others live"

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