i really feel for them!
please do not be an idiot and call any of the numbers!
if you know of someone displaced by the hurricane, they should call the rooming hq: .
The JWs do a marvelous job at helping out... but only their own.
It's their modus operandi, and it's not going to change anytime soon. Their way of rescuing their own is absolutely superb!
Well, at least they offer some sort of help. If every group or religious organization would offer the same sort of help, the problem wouldn't be as much for the government.
DY
september km, page 1 - u.s. branch letter.
dear kingdom publishers:.
with the start of the new service year, there are 9 new circuits in the united states branch territory, making a total of 41 new circuits in the last five years.
Donate your time.
Donate your expertise.
Donate your money.
DY
a number of people of late have noticed the concilliatory stance i take towards the jehovah's witnesses -- both as individuals and even as an organization.
they have quite rightly pointed out that i appear to "defend" the organization and it's members from attacks that i feel are unwarranted or unnecessary.
too often, i feel, this forum becomes a gripe session in which mighty ex-jw throngs feel the need to paint the organization or individual jws as totally devoid of any good qualities whatsoever.
Going off the deep end again B.?
Take it easy!
DY
after such a tragedy???!!!.
shoot them!!!
shoot them all!!!.
After such a tragedy???!!!
Shoot them!!! Shoot them all!!!
DY
your opinion, please......the publications emphatically state that not only are we supposed to hate the wickedness of a sin---but actually hate the person!!!
does this not violate the law??
?
You're wrong Minimus. You're wrong. Perhaps you've been away too long to remember.
DY
your opinion, please......the publications emphatically state that not only are we supposed to hate the wickedness of a sin---but actually hate the person!!!
does this not violate the law??
?
Scully,
After posting here and reading the majority of posts here, I'd answer your question with a big and definite "YES! Ex-JWs for sure incite hatred towards JWs."
DY
your opinion, please......the publications emphatically state that not only are we supposed to hate the wickedness of a sin---but actually hate the person!!!
does this not violate the law??
?
Disfellowshipping does not incite hatred. The person is just no longer part of the group, that's all.
I don't recall ever hating a disfellowshipped person. I only used to ignore their presence when I'd bump into them along the way.
No big deal, really.
DY
my exit from the jws, was roughly as follows-
our final letter to the congregation was in the form of a resignation.
we made at least 15 to 20 copies and sent the majority of them to so-called friends, 2 days later we sent the original to the body of elders.
'Friends' inside the WBTS are only under the condition that you stay faithful to such organization. Fail them, and all your 'friends' will fail you.
Result of the heavy indoctrination that goes on in there.
DY
i do have odd luck with the ladies.
not that i lack meeting them or being able to get a date but just seem to meet the wrong ones or ones that bore me or girls that live 1,000s of miles away.
i just broke off a relationship a few weeks back and have had mixed feelings about dating right now.
Sounds good!!!
Best of luck to you!!!
DY
after almost a year of living abroad, away from my parents and away from anything even remotely watchtower related, having allowed myself to not worry about these silly little things (yet convincing my parents that i was still going); now that i've been back for about 6 weeks, i feel that i have to put on a double effort to cover over things that i've said or done, and avoid using "suspect" words or phrases like "cheers" or "good luck".
its driving me crazy at the moment, and 10 times more than it was doing before i moved out.
today, i had a mini panic attack at having told a "worldly" friend of mine "good luck".
Dorayakii,
I know your pain. I feel your pain. I live through this kind of pain daily.
I too have tried 'fading' for the longest time now, but there's no fading for someone whose family is firm in this religion.
My family is filled with elders, pioneers, ministerial servants. I love them all very much and can't imagine life without them in it as they're the nicest, funniest bunch one could ever meet. Their strong affiliation to the WBTS keeps me locked in the system and I hate it.
Keep hanging in there. Make friends elsewhere for the time being.
DY
