for the most part this "persecution" is confined to countries where political balance can change on the drop of a dime.
watchtower witnesses who go door to door will speak of their religious views which include not voting or supporting the political parties.
where the watchtower control a percentage of the population through their kingdom halls and they turn people off from voting they have in effect formed their own type of independant political organization.
JWs also get persecuted because we expose wide open Biblical teachings which contradict the ways in which prevalent religions operate in those countries.
In Mexico it was quite the uphill battle for many years because we exposed the lies of the Catholic church there. Then it was war against the JWs! As an Organization, though, we don't back down. Now in Mexico we sit as the #2 religious establishment. What a terrific victory!
Country after country, with the favor of God, we shall prevail.
DY
a jw friend of mine sent me this email today:.
assembly day points...... .
brother morris, (member of the governing body).
Reopened Mind,
I'm so very happy that you've posted this extremely important message for all in this board to read.
Infinite thanks,
DY
i always thought they were the most boring things i'd ever seen.
a picture of someone preaching in a different land every month.. i always ended up hanging something far more entertaining, like an nfl calendar..
I've always like them. They carry the themes of our Organization. What else did you expect?!
It's not mandatory to get them. So, don't.
DY
question:.
why do i see so frequently the witnesses referred to as "window washers" on here?
i have been a witness (though only recently "conscious") for my whole life.
Born and raised JW and also didn't know many "window washers".
The congregation I attend has many a techy-type JW, business owners, fire fighters, accountants, CPAs, a couple of architechs, a doctor, a few nurses, LPNs and CNAs, a couple of store and restaurant managers, chefs, vehicle mechanics, a few that have cleaning businesses, and several of the JWs HS graduates have started their college education. Quite the diversity in occupations.
Most posters here just use those derrogatory terms in order to show their ignorant bitterness against the JWs in general. Sad for them, really.
DY
i posted a while back, i've been studying with a nice jehovas witness lady for probably about 6 months.
after a few weeks i googled a few things (earthquakes, how long we've been on earth, ect.
) i realised she was very misinformed.
KristiKay,
Pour your heart out in prayer to Jehovah in the name of his Son Jesus Christ.
Stopping your Bible study will not make you happy; just the same as leaving God's Organization hasn't made happy the vast majority of posters here, bitter and mostly plagued with problems they've created for themselves.
DY
so my ex who has gone back to the wts and is being given the tough love and is questioning whether shes makin the right move.
she told me at the last service meeting that there was a resolution passed that stated that all leftover balances in the congregations accounts would be sent to the society to be used where the need is great, to help out with natural disasters etc and that the funds would be sent back to the congregation if they needed it.. has anyone else who is still in or knows active witnesses heard of this new resolution?
apparently its everywhere in canada as far as i was told .. .
It's a wonderful financial move so that the money is used where needed. And note that, if the giving congregation needs the funds, they're returned.
I think it's an awesome, money-smart arrangement!
DY
watch 1974 p.167 "by disobediently overindulging in food and making a glutton of himself, he fails to show love for jehovah...if in the presence of others does he selfishly ignore there needs and take more than his share?
is he grossly overwieght but shows no restraint at all as to food, habitually gorging himself?
does he feel un-comfortable, perhaps even sick because of eating too much ...glutton has no place in god's congregation...they will not inherit god's kingdom...".
Witness 007,
You sound like the old timer JWs that can't move forward from the old teachings. Hey, do you also quote stuff from when TV was black and white? When we used typewriters? When computers were the size of entire rooms? Gotta update your information library, I tell you!
Although gluttony is definitely a sin, it's one that the person suffers the price in poor health without any extra outside punishment. Having said that, yes, I'd love it if people who cannot stop their excessive eating could also not have leadership priviledges in the congregation; no obese COs, DOs, elders, MS, pioneers, thus setting the example of self-control.
I'd also like to see obese doctors/nurses/paramedics, all health care personnel, lose their jobs if they cannot maintain a healthy weight. I'm not talking a few pounds over, but rather OBESE people.
Just wishful thinking!
DY
why are so many guys getting their arms tattoed?
looks awful, like they have been in a fire and have ash all over their arms, or like they have gangrene.
just looks kinda dirty.
People with too much idle time in their hands and not enough moral substance in their minds. I heard some comedian say recently that "tattoos are a permanent mark of temporary insanity".
Here in Florida that practice is so prevalent that even people you'd think have some sense are getting tattoos. It's awful! Another disfiguring and self-mutilating practice gaining ground is that cartoon-looking ear/nose gauging.
"Look at me! Notice me! I'm different! I'm unique!"
Rebels without a worthy cause?!
Bunch of nuts!!!
DY
hi everyone.. i just wanted to introduce myself since i am new to the forum.
my name is micaela, i also go by mica.
i have been studying with the witnesses for some time and i attend meetings.
You must be kidding, right?!
This a website where disgruntled ex-JWs, a bunch of misinformed people and quite a group of nut cases have come up with to discredit the JWs!
Get out of here and never ever return!!!
DY
just to give you a little background about myself, i was a born-in, i'm in my late 20's now, i faded away a few years ago after researching the history of the wtbs on the internet.
my fade was aided by moving away with my job(i definately feel lucky about that).
eventually, i had discussions with a couple of my closer jw friends about why i no longer believed in the wtbs.
Wasblind,
No boubts here, just small disagreements here and there. In this case, just a personal resolution I made a long time ago to serve God in my abundant imperfection because he so deserves it (Rev. 4:11) not because there's an imminent "end".
Actually, anyone that tries to please God because the end is near only gives Satan the reason when he told God about the man Job that mankind only served God because of personal survival interests.
DY
