threads about jw urban legends are nothing new on this forum.
they are loads of fun to read.
how many of you remember the one about the teenager who skipped the meeting and decided to get into a car with his worldly friends and they worldly guys decided to rob a store and the jw didn't know they were going to do so but he was arrested simply for being with them?.
Ok, I have to bite...
The smurf toy that jumped off a boys lap at an assembly and yelled "I'm outta here!" And walked down the isle.....
You know demons love living in the bodies of smurf toys right?
I genuinely heard this one as a 10 year old in Australia. It "supposedly happened at MY assembly hall"
anything i should be aware of?
i am not sure i will go, since i just moved away from home a month ago.
it is not cheap to travel 250km and pay for hotel here in denmark, and i am not exactly rich.
Yes, it will be full of FOG
FEAR
OBLIGATION
GUILT
and display all the signs of a cult:
BEHAVIOUR CONTROL
INFORMATION CONTROL
THOUGHT CONTROL
EMOTIONAL CONTROL
we are asked to not love money, work ot (i was never asked because the company had money to give away, rather had a job that needed done), no extra schooling.. then when we read the literature they make a big deal of the ones who are rich.
so proud of abraham, david, and on.
remember lydia?
Yes, throughout the bible, Jehovah's servants have often been described as being "blessed with riches" etc....
Yet somehow nowadays it is derided by the society? Unless of course those riches go to them!
it was a wtf moment .
the movie is on netflix called american violence.. it was a non block buster hit.
any way the time stamp is 1: 38: 42. if anyone is interested.
Was it a New New World (silver) , or an old New World (black) version?
june 29, 2017 to all congregations re: branch relocation - newsletter.
britain branch relocation - newsletter ed.5 summer 2017. .
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Once again the society speaks with a forked tongue.
"wondrous expansion in Britain "... "oh and massive cutbacks in other Bethel's around the world."
it's not enough that we simply raise empirical challenges to these iron age beliefs saying, "jesus didn't really rise from the dead" or "muhammad didn't really fly to heaven on a horse.
" we must also give no quarter to this falsehood that religion can give peoples lives real meaning.
the truths about our identity, experience, and the future impacts that our decision will have on the world around us are much deeper and more profound than any culture or religion.
Yes indeed Jwfacts!
Life does become far more enjoyable when we actually live in each moment and value it as precious. Those who simply look toward some future utopian fantasy fail to enjoy today's day of life.
we all know how the society likes to say that they alone "dispense spiritual food from jehovah" through the f&ds / gb.
the claim was that from russell's day, the society alone is gods channel.... so that got me thinking.... if they dispense spiritual food, yes spiritual nourishment to all witnesses, that clearly implies that all the past wrong teachings, and incorrect doctrines and practices must not have been "nourishing spiritual food" right?.
in effect, they were just like parents that order a fast food drive through "meal" to keep the kids happy and fill the hole in their tummy.. yes, rather than providing a well prepared and healthy nourishing meal, a quick-fix junk food fill was sufficient.
Well, IF the society is dispensing "Jehovah's Food", then Jehovah must be a lousy chef....
if memory serves me, when it was first introduced elders had to fill out a form to grade a jw, and only those who made the grade could do the carts.. i didn’t realize until sir82 said something on another discussion that the process had changed.. what is the process nowadays?
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Yes doubtfull! In what other world would someone take personal legal responsibility for work they were doing at the direction of head-office??
That made me have a WTH moment too! I questioned the local bros, and one has taken out a small policy under his name. So what happens if someone from the public trips on the cart on the day he is NOT there?
we all know how the society likes to say that they alone "dispense spiritual food from jehovah" through the f&ds / gb.
the claim was that from russell's day, the society alone is gods channel.... so that got me thinking.... if they dispense spiritual food, yes spiritual nourishment to all witnesses, that clearly implies that all the past wrong teachings, and incorrect doctrines and practices must not have been "nourishing spiritual food" right?.
in effect, they were just like parents that order a fast food drive through "meal" to keep the kids happy and fill the hole in their tummy.. yes, rather than providing a well prepared and healthy nourishing meal, a quick-fix junk food fill was sufficient.
Great comments Jake and doubtful!!
Very appropriate points!
if memory serves me, when it was first introduced elders had to fill out a form to grade a jw, and only those who made the grade could do the carts.. i didn’t realize until sir82 said something on another discussion that the process had changed.. what is the process nowadays?
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Before I officially left, I did the cart work several times....and yet I was a closet apostate for years before!
So, where was the Holy Spirit?
