When Jehovah God Said "No!"

by metatron 5 Replies latest jw friends

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  metatron

  The Governing Body and others pray for the unity and
  wellbeing of the organization regularily. Yet, why does
  Jehovah God keep answering "No!" to their prayers?

  Did they pray, years ago, that the voluntary donation
  arrangement would continue their prosperity?

  Jehovah said No!

  Did they hope that subscriptions would never be canceled
  or that Bethel would never be downsized due to their loss of money?

  Jehovah said No!

  Did they hope that the internet, with its endless
  exposures of their wrongdoing would simply go away?

  Jehovah said No!

  Did they pray that they could avoid disgrace
  and scandal by covering up child molesters so that the public
  would never find out?

  Jehovah said No!

  Whatever happens, Almighty God allows.

  Super loyal Witnesses need to stop blaiming 'apostates'
  and Satan for their problems and ask "Why is Jehovah
  saying no to the prayers of the 'faithful and discreet
  slave'?

  Is it because they aren't really 'faithful and discreet'
  after all?

  And what's next - that Jehovah God will allow?

  Expensive lawsuits?

  Questions from householders like 'which one of you
  two is the child molester' ???

  more verbal beatings of a tired, depressed flock
  by Circuit Overseers?

  and the big one,
  Will the blood transfusion issue be exposed as a
  death dealing fraud - that the Watchtower Society
  has known about for some time?

  all because
  Jehovah keeps telling them

  "No!"

  metatron
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  david_10

  Questions from householders like 'which one of you
  two is the child molester' ???

  Metatron----That's the first thing I thought of: If I were still active and going in service, I'd be real sure to take all the doors by myself. Otherwise, I could just hear Mrs. Householder thinking: "Which one of these guys did it to a kid?"

  David

  PS....Always look forward to your great posts.
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  Grunt

  The "No" I love is the one I see the kids saying by not getting baptized and by moving away or remaining just marginal Witnesses, enough to keep contact with family members. My nepehw told my son, who is NOT a Witness, "I want a wife who is as weak as me." A dangerous goal but one he managed to pull off. He wasn't quite willing to make the break but didn't want to hook up with a fanatic. I like the girl he picked too. They (he and his wife and some other of my nephews, neices and mates) came by my motel room at a family wedding in ST. Augustine, FL at about 2:00 in the morning drunk as skunks and having a ball. A whole group of them had gone out and gotten plastered and he said he just had to stop in and tell me "Hello!" I was honored that he cared enough. I guess he was reacting to my daughter's not speaking or something, but anyway, there isn't much funnier than watching young drunks trying to outdo one another. Pilots, firefighters and engineers, not a Pioneer or Ministerial Servant among them. All of them well educated, driving nice cars, buying homes, traveling and living life to the hilt. They wound up having contests as to who could walk on their hands the best. For a bunch of drunks they did real well! It was great and like I said I was glad he cared enough to want to talk to me as soon as he could. I hope he caught the Dateline show.
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  Michael3000

  GRUNT:

  Sorry I have't said "Hi" before. I was raised a JW in northeast Florida, & my little brother married a Dub from St. Augustine. He is definitely "inactive", she is semi-active. When we were kids, we used to go to Jacksonville for the District Conventions - just wondering if maybe I know you from then. I went to Bethel in 1986, left & stayed in Brooklyn as a Pioneer. Left the b'Org in 1993 - have never been happier. Drop me an e-mail if you want.

  (BTW, I was Joel Sidoti back then, not Michael)
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  Grunt

  Hi Michael,

  Thanks for Speaking.

  That is something ex-JW's don't take for granted!

  I'm sorry if I gave you the impression that I am from St. Augustine. That was just where the wedding was held, above a bar there overlooking that beautiful bay and the bridge and all. I was born in Idaho, raised all over but my favorite place was Alabama where I went to the last four years of school. I now live in central Florida but have never attended a meeting down here, other than the district convention where my daughter was baptized down in Plant City at the center the Witnesses have there. A sad day for me but I attended for her sake, at that time she, her mom and I were really close, NORMAL. As she got into pioneering and became more brainwashed all of that changed.
  Nice to talk to you. I think there are quite a few ex-witnesses here from Florida. One day I will start a thread and ask but I don't want to seem intrusive or nosey. I am about 70 miles from Orlando out in Cow Country.
  I would love to hear your story, what made you realize it was all BS and such. I am proud of your brother and hope his wife soon joins him in complete freedom. I wish the same freedom for my daughter and parents. Maybe the show will help them all in that regard. I hope they watch it. Great trees from little acorns grow, maybe a thought will be planted. Best wishes to you and yours.
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  Michael3000

  GRUNT:

  Thanks for the reply! Sounds like the wedding was very nice - overlooking the Lions Bridge, the Intercoastal Waterway & Anastasia Island. One of my favorite places to hit the beach, when I was growing up. You can spot dolphins sometimes in that bay.

  You didn't say in which direction your "70 miles from Orlando" is, but if it's North, you may be close to Interlachen, where I grew up. Putnam County, the armpit of Northeast Florida Anyway, nice talking with you. I hope my family lets this whole Dateline thing sink in. My folks are pretty indoctrinated - though I have hopes for the rest of my brothers & sisters.