apparently i'd been in prison, gone to wife-swapping parties and consorted with fortune tellers.
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i guess they have to demonise those who leave less others too are tempted to stray.. what did they say about you?.
Yes, it seems that the general pattern of witnesses gossiping and slandering is alive and well!
Anyone who stops attending is spoken of in hushed terms with grossly embellished and distorted "facts"
We have had it occur.
It can be confronting when you hear these things said about you - especially when it comes from people who were once close friends...
We use an expression about the way the witness Gossip-mill fires up : "Why let FACTS get in the way of a good story?"
a friend of mine has contacts to a family with several circuit overseers and special pioneers.
they have good connections to bethel.. he told me that the latest rumor from bethel states that the cos should be abolished in their present form.
they have also recently begun to take cos back to bethel.. over the same channel i have already heard of the car fleet program and that the dos should be abolished.. has anyone else already heard of it?
With more and more videos from "Head Office" being shown each week, and yet more videos being shown during the COs visit, the need for a travelling overseer may be less and less. (more control of information - less chance of it being distorted)
After all, he simply builds up some hype, does a brief talk, then presses "play" on the video projector....
just wanted to say a big hello to everyone, my first post on here was actually yesterday but it was deleted.. so will keep this one short to save my precious time just in case its also deleted or lost.. got fed up with years of persecution from within the congregations.
the lack of genuine friendship & lack of 'christian love'.
having personally seen many a scandalous behaviour i began doing some research online some years ago.
Welcome from Australia!
This is a wonderful community of people who understand what you are going through while awakening.
Feel free to share in the discussions!
The more the merrier.
jwvictims.org has another breaking news article out of canada: https://jwvictims.org/2017/10/02/breaking-news-66-million-class-action-suit-request-filed-against-jws-in-canada/.
Great to see!
The more cases - the more a spotlight is shone on the destructive practices and appalling behaviour of the Society.
how can i describe alex rance?
if i was from the uk or europe, imagine your best football goal keeper.
if from the usa, imagine your best defence player in the nfl.
The way he interacted with the kids that presented the medals was beautiful.
He has such a personable and warm manner. A true gentleman.
He is married to a lovely lady. He is known as a sincerly nice guy.
so this is a topic that seriously boggles my mind and please correct me if i'm wrong.
to me, the jw definition of the overlapping generation teaching is that the lives of the anointed from 1914 overlap with the lives of the anointed right now.
david splane used the example of fred franz and how he finished his "earthly course" in 1992 but while he did, he had a lot of "contemporaries" that outlived him and are currently living today.
Great thread!
Excellent comments from all-including those great WT article references.
I'm going to keep this content in my file for further discussions with my still-in brain dead family.
theme scripture , james 5 v 8 abbreviated to " you too, exercise patience".
(i guess we know what to expect now) .
" how long?
Brilliant thread!
Yes, the society is NEVER wrong. It is ALWAYS the fault of the flock....
how can i describe alex rance?
if i was from the uk or europe, imagine your best football goal keeper.
if from the usa, imagine your best defence player in the nfl.
Bumped. 30/09/2017
Just wanted to bump this thread in honour of the amazing Grand Final victory that The Richmond Tigers had yesterday!
In what has been an amazing climb to victory, the team has worked so hard to go from the lower end of the league all the way to the Grand Final! Their first Grand Final appearance and victory in 37 years!
A cohesive and well trained team. One with great ethics and a united bunch of players, coaches and staff!
Alex Rance played an outstanding game!
was watching this recently done new history of the society - here it is on youtube if you missed it when it first came out:.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv82k1z7n_4&feature=youtu.be.
lots of contradictory and nutty comments - for instance stating one minute that 1914 proved such a faith strengthening event because it fulfilled all their predictions, how encouraged they were, and then a few minutes later claiming the opposite - that many were disappointed and shocked because their expectations were not met!.
The saddest thing is that the current generation of witnesses has had their orgnasation's history white washed. They now THINK they know the FACTS about the origins of their faith group, but have instead been force fed some adapted and distorted version.
Shame on you GB! Shame! So much for "speaking the Truth"
ok i want to pose a question to those who care to discuss this.. imagine a scenario.
you hear of a exjw writing a book, however, before writing this book this exjw is requesting money to publish said book.
you go along with it and help to get this book out to the public as you think that it will be beneficial.
Every new generation of ex witnesses need a book that is relevant from their perspective and time period. As amazing, well written and researched the older books were, they were not written for and from the perspective of today's generation.
I believe that The Reluctant Apostate is a very good book. Lloyd has done a great job with it.
Please don't cast stones at me for saying that. While some here may have had personal issues with Lloyd in the past, it is not fair to criticise his work. He has helped many more (particulary younger ones) awaken to Truth About The Truth. And that has to be a good thing! - Saving the next generation of vulnerable born-ins....
