Posts by Divergent

some years ago when i was formulating my exit, i employed for some time an ms brother from another congregation.. i'd had a couple of young "worldly" lads work for me but they proved unreliable as they used drugs or alchohol and consequently would'nt arrive at work and such like.. so when i was was contacted by this brother and spoke to him and heard he'd worked at the australian bethel for some time on construction and wanted an opportunity to learn the trade of bricklaying ,i thought ,"great someone to finally trust and be reliable".

he was in his 40's at the time and he worked like a trojan ,was honest ,really likeable and interesting ,could play the classical guitar beautifully ,had a beautiful family.

Divergent

My family & friends, of course. But for now that's wishful thinking...

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This is for all JW's out there...

by Divergent in

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sorry to be so blunt, but you only have yourself to blame if you realize something is wrong but allow your cognitive dissonance to kick in.

if you are confronted with facts which are reported by reliable sources which are hard to dispute and deny, and you choose to dismiss these as "apostate lies" rather than looking at these from an objective point of view, it's your fault and you deserve the consequences of willful ignorance!.

Divergent

You sound like a Jehovah's Witness

Would a witness tell others to wake up & leave the cult???

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Light Getting Brighter

by awokenjw in

hello, maybe someone on here can make some sense out of this:.

one of the reasons why jws are so quick to believe any changes from the gb is that they believe the light is getting brighter.

now there have been some teachings that to my knowledge changed at one point but then were reverted back to the original teaching.

Divergent

http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/changed-watchtower-teachings.php

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Impressions of the Governing Body; who's smart, who ain't?

by Room 215 in

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based on what we've seen, it seems to me that of the seven, splane and jackson are the smartest; herd, lett and morris the least intelligent; and sanderson and losch somewhere in the middle.

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what's your impression?.

Divergent

Stephen Lett, in his talk justifying 1914 as the year of the "establishment" of the kingdom in heaven: "There is more evidence confirming the existence of the Kingdom than the evidence that would convince us that there’s gravity, electricity, wind."

I would put Stephen Lett at the very bottom of the GB pile

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Watchtower Converts City Centre Office Block In Chelmsford UK

by Petraglyph in

the international property development corporation moves into chelmsford:.

jehovah's witnesses open 500k church in the heart of chelmsford.

"the new kingdom hall is a visible presence right in the city centre.".

Divergent

So they spent £ 260,000 to purchase the place, then pumped in almost the same amount again to renovate it??? That's crazy...