because i feel some people have become confused in thinking that i am promoting religion or thinking that being jewish is some type of special gift that makes me better, i am writing to tell you that i don’t feel this way.
think of this as your christmas gift (or chanukah or festivus or whatever).. despite the fact that i too practice a religion, i also think atheism is a purposeful and noble use of the mind.
too often people with a religion have only bad things to say about atheism and atheists.
"We theists" " fellow religionists" "us" you use terms of inclusion then say "IM NOT WITH THEM." Very curious.
If you feel the need to explain your own faith and position fair enough I spose if explaining yourself to virtual strangers is your thing, but why are you speaking for others? Some "religionists" are not sorry.
I don't mean to offend you DJ I think you are rather sweet but, your insecurities and your arrogance puzzles me.
the wts has a tax free income of 2 bilion dollar now by selling the brooklyn hq (beside other recent money schemes).
were has the money gone?.
it must be somewere.. g..
How much would we really know about how they live.?All we know is what they allow us to know. This organization is obscene in their love of money while telling their members to earn minimum wage and live "simply."
And, not one dollar of it goes towards giving back to humanity.
is it wrong to change religions?w59 5/15 305-307 (bold mine):.
chances are you did not choose the religion you profess but you inherited it from your parents.
comparatively few persons actually make their own choice of a form of worship.
I always found it hugely hypocritical even while in that JWs actively go out and lure people to denounce, leave and generally hate on their own religion and become JWs with bait and switch promises of the true-est, bestest ,most happiest, smartest, lovingest religion EVER!
Then turn around and print articles like these, un-fricken-believable!
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/sly-anglesey-jehovahs-witness-preacher-12361109.
dec. 22, 2016 by derek bellis.
elder, daniel anglesey pleaded guilty at caernarfon crown court and was sent to prison for two years and eight months.
The Guardians of Pedophiles strike again.😠
some facts that make the difference between you and me:.
1 - as a person raised by non jw family, my parents have never loved me based on conditions set out by a group of old men who they don't even know.
how does it feel to know that you are in the unique situation where your parents brought you into the world and said 'i'll show love to you.
I don't feel sorry for born-ins anymore than any other person who has had a shitty childhood (and let's face it who hasn't got atleast one butthurt story from childhood) for whatever reason. To be honest some ex-jws don't need anymore reason to feel sorry for themselves.
I think in the grand scheme of things as long there wasn't physical or sexual abuse then things could have been better and things certainly could have been worse.
The good news is once you become an adult you are responsible for yourself and your own health and happiness.
here's a link to the english version of the quebec documentary, the kingdom's dirty secrets that aired in canada at the beginning of december.
i was told that it's okay to share the documentary and post on social media.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ajphgmt9jibarbara
Very damning documentary it's great to know these stories are coming to light.
Thanks so much for posting it and all your hard work.
i am a man and i have roughly 10 months to prepare for my wedding (including raising the funds etc... my fiance is caught up in her affairs associated with the wedding.
now i do have a pretty good sense of fashion when it comes to 'dress to impress' when required.
however, i'm not familiar with specific clothing lines.
Damn, Prince in that white suit is subzero cool.
as a part of the wt judicial arrangement, for many years there was a sort of review procedure called special committee; basically if a person was not happy with a decision or a particular situation they were allowed to write a letter to the society raisin their concerns.. the majority of these complaints were answered with a standard letter with the counsel of “leave matters to jehovah”.
in some instances the matter was serious enough to warrant the need for a special investigation of the case to be done by a special committee.. at one time the travelling overseers were part of this arrangement; eventually they were dropped out of these cases due to the fact of their tremendous input on the decisions and also the implications when a wrong decision was reached.. the reason behind this procedure was that in matters that were really complicated it was not fair to make a decision based in letters and the clearest way was to have “boots on the ground”.
normally a group of local brothers, appointed for this duty heard the cases and make recommendations to the branch.
Thanks for the clarification James Jack.
In true WT style anyone who "appeals" a decision is automatically proven to have a bad attitude.
the bible is a inspired book of god and like and elder told me when i was young , there's no contradictions in the bible and all the prophecies have come true except the two or three that are supposed to come true in the future.
so with that said the messiah jesus christ himself must not be perfect and here's why.
in mark chapter 2 jesus is telling his followers that it's ok to pick wheat on the sabbath and mentions the story about david eating bread that was in the holy place ment only for the priests to use.
Ahimelech was the father of Abiatha also a priest why the confusion in Mark's account?
Maybe Mark misquoted since he was the one telling the story of a story of a story? (As Finkie said)
Maybe sons and father's names were interchangable back in the day?
Maybe father and son priest combo served together?
Maybe the name of the high priest wasn't the point of the allegorical story and not to be nit-picky about the sabbath was the point of the story? Keyword being story.
from this week's wt study:.
all of us, whether of the anointed or of the “other sheep,” hope to see the fulfillment of god’s original purpose and the sanctification of jehovah’s name.
(john 10:16; matt.
Could never figure out why Jehovah's name needed "sanctifying" or cleansed in the first place if it had never been unholy ?
There were some talks or articles about it maybe? The phrase "upholding Jehovah's sovereignty" springs to mind for some reason.
Maybe I am just having an exJW mandela effect moment.
