What world scenario would make you go back? (page 2)

Poztate

None what so ever. There is nothing to go back too. The whole religion is a lie and a delusion.

Well the WTBTS issues an apology and devotes an entire Watchtower to how basically everything is up to our own bible trained conscience - the blood issue, oral sex, etc, etc. They also then get rid of disfellwoshipping apart from absolute cases where a person continues repeatedly after exhortation to continue to do wrong and yet wants to be a witness - then an announcement could be made that he is no longer a member of the congregation - but you could still speak to him - but not have him around for dinner etc.

The Governing Body is enlarged to at least 36 members who are not all WASPS - a few African Americans, a few from Japan, a few Hispaninc etc , Eastern Europe etc- and get a far more balanced GB - and then stop this crap where women are 2nd class citizens - and I might consider going back permanently.

JH

Early this morning 1:19AM, there was a small earthquake, and it woke me up and got me thinking about biblical prophecies of earthquakes in the end times.

ScoobySnax

I got a question for you our Mormon friend..........What would make you go back to "The pearl of great Price" Temple gates??

Scoob

stillajwexelder

I like your new avatar scoob - from whence did it come

ScoobySnax

why...its my bruv and me in Greece!! by the swimming pool.........Nick is the younger, more fit one on the left.....the other one is me!

fairchild

I wouldn't mind going back, but I might give them this list of conditions first..

*Allow women to give talks and conduct studies as well, they too have a voice and a couple of braincells, you know.

*Openly admit to all the wrong predictions, and never make another prediction again.

*Reduce the Sunday meeting and the Thursday meeting to 1 hour.

*Stop disfellowshipping. When people are out of line for some reason or another, it is between them and God, and no earthly organization should get a say in such matter.

*Celebrate the memorial the proper way. If everyone makes a dish with food and brings it, it could be a very nice get together. The prayer at the beginning of the meal will certainly be heard and appreciated.

*A nicely decorated christmas tree is not a sin.

*Allow men to have beards. God looks at what's in the heart, not at what's on the face.

*Stop fussing about suits and dresses. Clean jeans and a nice sweater are cool.

*accepting blood should be up to the individual.

*Study the BIBLE during the bookstudie.

*Do not, under any circumstances, try to control the members their private life. Whatever they do is between them and God.

*A swearword at the proper time can be an enormous stress reliever.

*A good non JW friend is not necessarily bad association.

*Stop judging.

*Smoking was okay for the JW's at the beginning of this century, give it a rest.

*Provide the older JW's with a couple of grandchildren to bring joy to their lives. After all, many did not have children because they devoted their lives to preaching the good news.

*Buy a webster's dictionary and look up the word 'generation'.

Qcmbr

Tough question Scooby , I haven't left....If I think back to when I was wobbling it wasn't because I didn't believe it was more that I was feeling a little pointless after returning from my two year mission - things weren't so intenses anymore. If I had left at that point I don't think it would have taken much to get me back. Of late things that are interesting to me and might persuade an 'apostate me' back are: 1/ Building a security wall 'around' Jerusalem. 2/ Genetics research (i.e. presumably God would need to step in soon before we go too far) 3/ Global warming - (LDS believ the end would accompanied by dramatic weather changes..) 4/ AIDS and actually more scary for me that flesh eating virus that briefly struck in 1992 (I think that was the year.) 5/ The perception I have that all governments are corrupt and possibly being manipulated from external sources (again another believe that secret societies would be rife in the 'last days' and would almost destroy the constitution of the US) 6/ Biggest one of all - the almost total disintegration of the family as an idealogical unit (at least in the UK - I'm not well travelled) I work for the government and all forms now refer to partners and its actually wrong to refer to marriage. Children are extremelly likely to be from a single parent family nad to know two , three etc.. 'fathers' in their growing up years. Vast growth in porn and preoccupation with sex. 7/ Growth of extremism along with the technology to actually cause global harm.

talesin

ARMAGEDDON!

But, I guess it would be too late. Oh, well!!!

BrendaCloutier

Not one.

1999/2000 we were on a fully self contained sailboat anchored off a little island called Isla Isabella in the Sea of Cortez. However, our cruise plans were only coincidental to the date as I said in '97 to Kev "ya know, we could have the boat ready to do a Mexico cruise in a couple of years..."

Not even 9/11 could get me to consider returning to the KH. It gave me much to think about, but nothing that would have driven me to loose my freedom and hard-earned sanity.

JWism may have something, but not enough for me.

What world scenario would make you go back?

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