Blondie: Just to play devil's advocate for a moment, in LOTR the most powerful magic-user is Gandolf, and he is human. (How do they determine this stuff anyway, do they set up a committee of super-pure JWs who are beyond reproach to watch all the potentially "bad" movies, then tell the congregation what is banned? There is a famous quote I am reminded of by this, I forget who its by, but it goes "Who will watch the watchers?")
Hey, AATW, I don't buy into the explanation. I had all I could do but laugh at the hypocrisy of it. But JWs find away around the prevailing unwritten rule.
The Roman satirist Juvenal asked millennia ago: “Whowillwatchthewatchers themselves?
Blackswan: We have no children as of yet, and due to things I am learning now about JWs, I'm not sure that I want any until this is somehow resolved. As for the why...I wish I knew. I can't help but wonder if I am partially to blame, my wife has been a stay-at-home housewife since getting out of the military, and I know that she is bored during the day when I'm at work...I keep asking myself if we had gone out more would she have been less bored, less inclined to take up with friendly and persistant people who kept coming to the door to talk...I've also been pressuring her somewhat to get a job, as money is tight for us...but she has been out of the military for some time now, and has said several times she feels like nobody wants to hire her because she has been out of the work force so long. Maybe I pressured her too much...or maybe as I saw someone say elsewhere here, its easy to feel good when you join the JWs, because whenever something doesn't go right you can chalk it up to "persecution".
Talk to her. There could be any number of reasons why. Being in the military might have had something to do with it. The persecution thing is always a great hook. I've said this before to someone else, I don't know how it was received, but basically, get her involved with something, better yet, do it together. Like I said it could be so many different things. Communicate with her, pick her brain. Hey, being a stay at home housewife can get pretty dang boring.
In terms of $$$, is there a chance she could find something she's good at and start her own business? Seems to be a trend. I know someone who buys stuff at outlet malls and resells it on ebay and makes great $. There's no end to what you can do nowadays. Not only would that help money woes, but it would give her something to do. But again, talk to her first.
It's true, the X-Files was mentioned from the platform several times in my congregation....however, a lot of B.S. was so i wouldnt look too seriosuly into it. Apparently a show about UFO's and demons being hunted down by a photogenic FBI team tinged the conscience of many a christian.
Once you are a baptized JW, you can never question the governing body or its policies again.If you have doubts or decide you don't believe something they say you should, you must always keep them to yourself or risk being labeled an apostate and being kicked out of the organization.
Apologies to any who have mentioned this already. I didn't read the entire thread.
It's true, the X-Files was mentioned from the platform several times in my congregation....however, a lot of B.S. was so i wouldnt look too seriosuly into it. Apparently a show about UFO's and demons being hunted down by a photogenic FBI team tinged the conscience of many a christian.
- Preston
well, I mentioned this to my husband and this is what he said:
yeah, that's because 'the truth is not out there' the witnesses already have it. Ha.
lol
yeah, that's because 'the truth is not out there' the witnesses already have it.
The following is an interesting website regarding JW suspect history and changing "truth". Checkmark the interested categories and then click "update" the chart. one example... in the early '30s JW held the belief that vaccinations were evil. http://www.jwtruth.com/jwt/timeline.asp
