Mom and her sisters all died with regrets realizing the Panda Bear petting zoo in the Swiss Alps promised by Watchtower was BS.
Members of congregation know it’s not true
by Mikejw 43 Replies latest jw experiences
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Vidiot
@ LongHairGal…
Whoops, my bad.
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Mikejw
What I see these days is apathy.
most know that there is a designer rather than big bang monkey evolving nonsense.
but they also have doubts about the GB are who they claim to be.
they just go through the motions because having religion in your life adds a sense of stability
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DesirousOfChange
Revisiting this post and catching up on the comments.
I think all the older ones begin to have doubts as they come to see they will not be among "millions now living [who] will never die". They realize all the dates that were promised to them have failed and they too, will die. Younger ones who are still blinded my still believe it will come.....eventually. Older ones who claim they still believe all that nonsense are just not telling the truth. Or they are delusional (still).
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Beth Sarim
DOC,
The older ones know its probably all a 'lie".
But stay because of sunk cost fallacy.
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FedUpJW
They said “ it is better to be wrong & inside the Truth than to be “right outside “ it ….
My saying is that there is no wrong way to be right, and no right way to be wrong.
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Anony Mous
I think at some point in their life everyone will realize it is all bogus. The question is whether they will admit it and change or simply shove it back and only have it bubble up once in a while.
The true question is: to what end. Let us say you convince every JW in your congregation that at least something is fishy, it is rather easy to do, most people have already complained about finances, rule changes, youngsters, elders, changes in requirements etc, then what, if they all leave for various reasons, where would they go to. There is the fear that not everyone will agree on that answer, so most people are there to keep the peace with friends, family or at home.
It is easier if you have family and friends that have already broken off, not those that just stayed behind and pretend to go through the motions once in a while, truly, f-this I’m gone, those are the brave people. Because eventually (1, 5, 10 and 20 years later) they will be joined by their previous family and friends and be truly free. And off course tragedy could occur before you see that happen.
Nobody in my family and friends groups except my grandmother and a few truly evil people (literal child abusing psychopaths) that are still in. My grandmother has finally relented after I’ve been out over 12 years and sought contact after 20 years not talking to my mother but she is now severely demented. Few people in the congregations I was in are still there, they see what I went through and took their own conclusion eventually. JWs have a huge turnover.
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Sea Breeze
JWs have a huge turnover.
@Anony Mous
It could be the most of ANY group.
In other words, even when facing the most horific costs associated with leaving like losing your loved ones due to the extreme shunning.... 2/3 of JW kids still no longer identify with Watchtower as adults.
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Beth Sarim
They were saying on Verns show tonight exJWTV,,comments about this.
Fran & Joe were the hosts as usual,,,with another guest. The guest related that most people are smart enough to snap out of this religion,,,but,,,,if they want to.
That's right,,if,,,they want to.
There's a plethora of vids,,books & websites blowing the door off of this Borg.
People "wake up" if they want to. Many dont want to when they have been hoodwinked their entire life waiting on a fairy tale.
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Sea Breeze
Yes, they know the borganizartion isn't true, they know the leaders are idiots, and they know they have been fooled with end-times false prophecies.
But......................... they still love the lying theology. Lying theology like you can atone for your own sins just by dying and that there is no consciousness after you die and the main lie: If you got something wrong, no worries, you get to have a do-over and try to be good for a thousand years while God gives you timberframe houses next to waterfalls and your own personal petting zoo.
The resurrection of the unrighteous in NOT what the WT lyingly claims:
The hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. - Jesus
Having rejected the opportuninty to be judged based on the works of Jesus {the righteous), people will be judged on their own works (the unrighteous).
There will be no lions and bears to hug at the Great White Throne Judgment (after the Millenium), only cold hard justice.
