some of you may recall my mentioning neighbors who had packed up their young family and moved from california to tennesee basicly on a whim.
my husband and i thought they were crazy.
they sold most of what they could sell, bailed on paying the rent, and broke their lease.
In any event...it was nice of you to have helped. Not sure I would have been that charitable considering they were trying to defraud the landlord out of the rent and then want back IN? Um...no.
I dont think they are gone though. They found a softy in you and I spect theyll be back.
click on the video.... it's uploaded in high def.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hisblir_2sw.
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uh huh... "good news! when you die and are eaten by birds, I will be coming and living in your house! And your children and your pets will die WITH you if you dont start a study and BECOME A JEHOVAHS WITNESS NOWWWWWW!"
So...when would be a good time for me to come back? Same time next week?
i do.
i totally feel disdain for the organization.
they suck..
The rank and file are only doing what the BLEEPS at the top tell them to do or they will lose their families. I guarantee that if the GB let loose the Pharasaical laws they set up prohibiting contact with EXJW family members, families would come flying back together like a released rubber band. If the GB said they didnt have to go out door to door any more...only a SMATTERING...a VERY small handful of JWs would continue to do that either. They dont do things because it has any basis or bearing in bible teachings. Its all the GB controlling their every move.
the "priscilla" deliberations.. gb subcommittees now re-considering role of women in the organization.. example of phoebe as "diakonos" revisited.. could women be appointed to ministerial servant positions in view of the need in congregations?.
what's your take on latest rumors?
http://www.extjforo.com/foro/showthread.php?t=14821.
Its a testosterone control freak scenario. If a woman is passing a microphone she isnt TEACHING anything. If she is passing out literature, she isnt TEACHING anything. However the males have no problem at all letting the SISTERS do all the cleaning of the kingdom hall bathrooms now DO they.
that makes no sense to me.
you'd get yourself in a jc for a tatoo but i've seen a couple of jws get a boob job and nothing happen... the hypocrisy in endless... .
...and you cant be a Ministerial Servant if you got a vascectomy LOL! Thats just an excuse for the chicken shit brothers who dont want anybody cutting near the jewels :) But boob jobs??? Hell...all over being ok with THAT procedure.
a jehovahs witness came to my door today.
she wouldnt breathe long enough for me to say who i was in her presentation.
finally i just interjected "you're a jehovahs witness right?
A Jehovahs Witness came to my door today. She wouldnt breathe long enough for me to say who I was in her presentation. Finally I just interjected "You're a Jehovahs witness right?" She said yes. I said "well I used to be one a long time ago."
And the light switch went on. The smile left her face and she said "You were disfellowshipped then?" I said no...I left voluntarily many years ago. And she put her Bible back into her bag and said "Well then we cant talk to each other!" And she turned on her heels and walked away.
What a loving organization. Makes me just want to RUN back to the Kingdom Hall so I can be just like them again. It's a wonder with their noses so far up in the air, they arent catching small aircraft or birds.
ugh
this is not a thread to gain sympathy.
my life has changed dramatically over the weekend.
my husband (hoboken) has just left me and my two boys.. i'm not going to divulge all the details, but needless to say things are very tough emotionally for all of us.
Wow...I could feel your pain honey. And I feel soooooooooooooo bad for your babies!! Kids catch the brunt of the behavior of the adults in their lives and its bad enough dad left..(and where the hell did he go that he is deserting those precious children??) The JWs in our lives add nothing but PAIN. There is no LOVE IN THAT ORGANIZATION! There is nothing but hatred for non JWs and cruelty and self righteousness....none of which is of or from GOD.
I hope you move on soon from the pain and sadness and get angry and resolved and live a GOOD life. Thats the best revenge.
i have been reading up a lot about secret societies and what they do in order to control their members.
one thing they all have in common is this;.
the leaders of the group are never the real leaders of the group.
Whether they are or not, the R&F envisions them like those lofty illustrations, sitting on their thrones with crowns and robes in a celestial circle, overlooking their kingdom, making lofty life altering decisions and getting direct communications from God himself...all of which is put into the magazines and the talks to feed the masses at the spiritual banquets called meetings and assemblies.
You know its true. The reality is much less sexy.
this presentation goes over jerry bergman's research on mental illness with jehovah's witnesses.
this includes over 8 different research projects conducted by different doctors.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urbxtvuat1g.
Almost everybody I knew in the JWs was on or taking SOME kind of medication! Seriously...anti depressives, weird ass blood disorder self medications, Vitamins and minerals and tree bark or ground pig teeth or whatever. Because they were just trying to COPE and they couldnt say they were depressed or feeling downtrodden or hopeless because that would be admitting they were SPIRITUALLY WEAK and JEHOVAH HAD LEFT THEM...so they just made up a bunch of weird body dysfunctions and took massive amounts of homeopathic remedies to try to cure it. The reality was they were on an endless treadmill like a hampster in a wheel with no future, no hope, no happiness and had to SMILE to everyone and pretend it wasnt so...and all those smiles coming BACK at them were also on hampster wheels.
The way this religion treats its rank and file is indefensible.
Spike...I think you may have entered dangerous territory with this one. Awful lot of people on this forum in PAIN because of that cult and you want to discuss how you can become a BETTER ONE? Work on the fruitages of the spirit...if the bible is what you want to follow then follow IT and leave that life destroying cult out of the equation.
Why would you ask a person who was burned in a fire and had their house destroyed how you can get in touch with the arsonist so you can learn from them?
