how many times did we hear the worn out expression "that anyone who accepts the "truth" needs to have the 3 h's".
yes, they must be "honest hearted.
hungry for truth, and humble enough to accept that they need to change".
I think witnesses are good at taking someone who is hhh particularly if that person is going through a hard time at the time of contact and converting them into a WT narcissist cult-jerk who rejects their "worldly" aka normal friends, family and life in favor of cult-life.
Though, probly not as good at that as they use to be thanks to the internet.
i posted this thread sometime last year but thought i would revive it due to the new ones on the board, and to change things up a bit.
my favorite?
bro murikami, from hawaii, very humble, kind bro.
The whole CO arrangemnt was total BS, with the congregation on best behavior for a week while pathetically sucking up to the visiting VIPs for all their worth to avoid a bad report or achieve an appointment - sickening.
A couple I shall call Joe and Helen were particularly good at being the official WT "suck-ee" recipients for the week accepting all sorts of "gifts" from locals while tearing them a new one at the same time. They were feared and worshipped in equal neasure.
so in england they report a "white clean-shaven man" mowed down worshippers at a mosque.
why do they never make such detailed descriptions when muslims do the same?.
i hope this event isn't a bad turning point.
The demand/decision to increase police presence around mosques came damn fast.
when we as former witnesses wake up and choose to leave the society, it is mainly because we value truth and honesty.. the society tries to make out that we are in the wrong.
that we have "left the truth".. but, who really holds the burden of proof?
do we (who leave) need to prove that the society is not the "truth", or does the society need to prove that it is the "truth".. thoughts?.
The whole concept of supplying "proof" in a legal sense means bupkis with JWs or any religion.
They're like "Proof? You want proof? Bwa hahahaha... yeah right"
Any "proof" showing them to be wrong will only be met with the same scoff of derision.
who do you believe is financially benefiting from watchtower business dealings.
i know about the gold apple watch, but that is only a small percentage of the billions that they have.
so who do you think is keeping all of this money.
I have wondered the same thing JD, who indeed?
so in england they report a "white clean-shaven man" mowed down worshippers at a mosque.
why do they never make such detailed descriptions when muslims do the same?.
i hope this event isn't a bad turning point.
With recent events still fresh in peoples minds this latest mosque incident won't help to calm tension.
so i've been thinking a lot about why i stayed a jw for so long even though i had always had doubts about the doctrines.
i was born into the religion, left and came back as an adult for another decade.
some of the things that come to mind (besides the threat of shunning-and this isn't to minimize that very real threat) was:.
I stopped going to meetings before I figured it out to be untrue intellectually. I just knew I felt so bad when I was at the meetings that I couldn't do it anymore. Then, once I had created some emotional distance I started reseaching - the rest is history.
these letters can be found in the original russian on jwforum.eu.. i will provide links but also copy and paste the english translation that was provided for each one.. this first letter was dated may 21, 2017 and concerns instructions on how to handle the donation$.
(*bolding is mine).
we should not make the same boxes for all groups.
My Book Of BIble Stories is a horrific picture book for children.
The Abraham about to sacrifice his son picture says it all really.
it's nearly a job for life if you don't literally fu.. up..
I came across plenty of bastard elders and their families while in but I never ever participated in bringing one of them down.
I figured the congregation loved a good witch hunt of both good and not-so-good brothers and sisters and I hated that aspect of being a JW. I refused to be a part of it even if I felt a particular person had it coming. To become part of a JW "lynching mob" would make me just as bad as them and I preferred to let people crash and burn all on their own - which they usually did eventually.
i bleed for the poor souls caught in that.
no sprinkler system in that domestic building..!.
tragically the govts various of london learned nothing during the world war..
Death toll rising politicians, officals still clueless, protesters demand : "we want answers" indeed!
