im new here, so go easy with me!
just wanted to know if any one has any idea's or personal experience in regard to drug and alcohol abuse in former jw's.
all the one's i know have just lost the plot when it comes drugs and alcohol, especially drug use.
A large percentage, most I have known in the past, do throw the baby out with the bath water; becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy for sure.
I cannot explain why that happens, but it certainly does in many cases. In these instances, it would've been more beneficial for these types to have remained JWs.
DY
a while back, a local witness lost their home in a fire.
an announcement was made at the meeting that if anybody wanted to contribute, they could do so through their service group overseer.
my guess is that this arrangement is meant to bring tears of joy to the eyes of the impoverished one, and thankfulness to "jehovah's organization.
At the last assy, during the elder's mtg, a collection was taken to cover the expenses of the Org's public speaker rep from Bethel. Elders in my family that attended this meeting informed that well over 3,000 was collected and given to this person. Unreal!
Oh, our men-worshipping has no bounds. This is why I feel no remorse about not contributing monetarily any longer; if the leadership contributed just half of all the green handshakes received, it would more than make up for my non-contribution.
DY
i've seen it mentioned by a few on the forum that at some point there was a realization that had they not been born a jw, they never would've converted no matter how many times the jws tried to study with them.
this was my experience too, and i'm wondering how universal it is for those that were born-in but eventually left.
i think i started having this thought (more specifically that if i were not born a jw, i would surely have become an atheist by now) in my late teens.
I would have been a promising medical scientist. The small part of my extended family that are not JWs, are all in specialized medical fields.
It enrages me more and more as time passes how I missed out on that life choice thanks to the Org's indoctrination handed down for 3 gens. 😡
DY
The deep things from the omnisapient God prove him to be unjust, cruel and enraging to me.
In reading the Bible since finding out the truth about the truth, specially the Old Testament, leads me to believe God is such a jerk! An ass really.
DY
yup a mentally diseased apostate.. http://youtu.be/e7qmypu7mxo.
Well, there are nut jobs everywhere.
This reaction reminds me of how Fox News watchers that happen to be nutty usually react to all their misinformation and hateful propaganda.
Idiot!
this one is worth repeating.
it was buried in a thread and u've been thinking about it all day.. a quote from mark twain, one of my all-time heroes.. "it's easier to fool a man than it is to convince him that he has been fooled.".
isn't that the truth....
It is easy to call on the devil, the difficulty is in watching him arrive.
DY
hi one and all.. i've lurked for 3 years, about time i signed up.. i'm a still in ms due to family.. fully awake.. i look forward to getting to know all of you..
I just love the fully awake that are still inside. Me too!
Welcome.
DY
has anyone seen this?
when did that happen?.
http://www.jw-archive.org/post/137681838624/new-service-report-jwinspirational.
Gotta get an electronic device now!
Control, control, control!!!ðŸ˜
DY
apparently, it's good news, everybody - mohammed emwazi (aka jihadi john) has been targeted by a us drone strike.
the location was in raqqa, syria, a few yards from isis hq, near a clock tower where crucifixions are carried out.
there are conflicting reports, some say he died instantly at 11:40pm yesterday, others say that he was badly injured and taken to a nearby hospital.. from what i've previously read about emwazi, he was apparently terrified of being targeted by drones - yesterday it seems his nightmare was made reality.
I can only hope that death was slow and painful for that murderer.
DY
i've always found it amazing that people can say with such conviction that jehovah is their friend.. we are talking about a "friend" who perhaps daily "tests" us to see if we are his friends.
all of us have dealt with some form of hardship such as the death of a loved one, chronic illness or whatever.
it is in these cases that the brothers will tell a person that perhaps it is a test, or that "jehovah knows you're not ready" or some other lame excuse.. do our real friends "test" us to see if we will be loyal to them?
Pure imagination.
At tonight's meeting, we will be taught that God could oversee events to benefit his servants. Well, after seeing tragic, horrible, painful deaths of so many self proclaimed "God's friends", it is blatantly obvious that the jerk is nobody's friend.
Like Sam Harris says, if he even exists, he's either impotent or downright evil.
What a nice friend to have.
DY
