being that this is not "ex jws" and in fact, more driven by atheists talking a bunch of crap, im not even going to address you people like you know anything about jws because you dont.
nor am i going to assume you know the bible because none of you do.. and yes, im speaking down at you all because you men have actually went out your way to make a site to speak down at an entire group of people.
yet i bet you cant even handle a single uswer talking down at you, like you talk down about jws can you?.
If he's a witness then I'm glad I'm not in his cong. What a nutter! I mean, I admire his passion, but there are ways and means of talking. I wonder if he'd say these things to an atheist he met on the doors?
Calm down dude, if you wanna discuss why you think we're wrong then DISCUSS, make a point and invite discussion, there's really no need to be a tit.
i find that when talking people who say they "used to be a jehovah's witness" they say words that show they have in fact, never been one.
it's like a man that worked for the post office for 30 years in a main major urban hub like chicago or new york... and you ask him, "in your last position, what was your rdo?
" and the man says "whats an rdo?".
Dear mister stupid,
I can assure you of my good standing within the JW's, and of a few others that I personally know on this board.
Having read your recent posts and the manner in which they are written, might I gently remind you that we are advised in the holy scriptures to be ready to make a defense for our faith with a quiet and mild spirit, not accusatorily and insultingly.
What kind of witness do you think you're giving brother?
jehovah's witnesses believe that god sent humans to write the bible because his servants can relate better to humans since they are humans.
i heard that at a meeting two weeks ago.
it does not make sense to me at all but i do not know how to explain it.
It's spin.
The bible was written by men. Fact.
Cognitive bias tells you that the bible is from God, so the FACT that it was written by men MUST be the best thing. So we invent a reason WHY it must be the best thing.
Imagine if the boot was on the other foot. The bible has been/claimed to be written by angels. What would we all be commenting on at the meetings? Our bias would tell us that since the bible is from God then that must be the best thing. We'd say that it's a good job he didn't get humans to write it all down, it'd be full of errors and inconsistencies. We'd say how could humans ever properly convey the grandeur and majesty of the heavenly visions of ezekiel and revelation? We'd slag off other holy books for being written by humans.
It's SPIN, to support our BIAS.
jehovah's witnesses believe that god sent humans to write the bible because his servants can relate better to humans since they are humans.
i heard that at a meeting two weeks ago.
it does not make sense to me at all but i do not know how to explain it.
family worship night is a boring, depressing, stifling, watchtarded indoctrination/brainwashing session.
it never ends.
like all things wt, there is no end in sight.
Man, @oneeyedjoe, you and I are brothers from another mother!
I'm starting to wish we'd done fw night, EVER, so that I could use it as a tool to introduce some THINKING. dammit.
this is how robert ingersoll responded to a fundamentalist's question, 'what if it's the truth?
' back in the 19th century.
"why," they say to me, "suppose all this should turn out to be true, and you should come to the day of judgement and find all these things to be true.
this chart is charted using the specific phrase: "jehovah's organization" in the watchtower magazine.
notice how they really start de-emphasizing this phrase in the few years before 1975 and for some years after.
looks like they were waiting for it to blow over.. .
just heard of a congregation who has announced a saturday afternoon get-together at an elder's home - to let those who don't have the internet watch the jw tv monthly shows!!!!.
words fail me..
just got news from a friend that yesterday a letter was read in their congregation announcing new locations for the regional conventions in london.. the main item was no twickenham in 2015.. their congregation is assigned to excel london (need to confirm since he was not 100% sure).
i will update this when i get more information tonight.. .
I thought we were getting TWO day conventions this year.
Dammit i was really looking forward to reclaiming 1/365th of my year back.
well, it's finally happened!.
im no longer an ms.. as many would know from our chats via this forum, i've seen it coming for a while....and while the way it was done stinks, i'm really happy to finally be free!.
(would love to share more details...i will do in time...or perhaps a pm would be best).
