the meeting this week is mind-blowing in the way it fuels the crippling "persecution complex" of witnesses!.
paragraph 1 set the theme with this gem:.
does it shock you that you can expect to face many tribulations before you gain the prize of everlasting life?
I just saw the Awake no6 2017 issue titled "IS THE WORLD OUT OF CONTROL?"
Oh here we go again! More fear mongering and woe about "how hard life is!"
If the world is so bad, ask a witness what other time in history would they like to live??
Maybe bible times where slavery, incest, stoning and the like were common place?
this is one of the featured articals on jw.borg at the moment.
could it be because the young ones are googling their parents religion?, seeing the bullshit?, and calling their parents out on it?
i hope so.. https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/wp20120201/adolescent-questions-faith/.
BRILLIANT summary OneEyedJoe!!!
Well done indeed!
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yeah, he's a weird kid.
but at least he's studious..
Too much of that "research" will leave him feeling Flushed!
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yeah, he's a weird kid.
but at least he's studious..
Looks like he has found some overlapping new light!
Or, could it be said that he has found the "New Cistern of things"?
"Apocalypse now"
One about the GB: "the goonies"
"Much ado about nothing"
The money pit
i was in my old stomping ground a couple of months ago and happened to be walking past the home of an old family friend.
word is in the hall that i used to go to is that "i am one of them" meaning apostate.
no one from my old hall has contacted me to find out what happened.
Great thread!
Yes, it is certainly sad - . sad for THEM that they miss out on your friendship!
You are far better off without conditional friends.
Sending you much love.
(I have been in this situation! https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5751633187176448/all-my-friends-organisation )
it could be argued that all jws are weird.
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i’m referring to really weird odd witnesses.. most of the oddballs that i remember were elders..
Oh YES!
Where do I start??
I can honestly say that only once have I ever seen a "normal" person from our community attend a meeting (a memorial) He is a well respected accountant who I had business dealings with. He runs a reputable firm in our area.
He only came once, and I waved hello from the sound cabinet. Weeks later when I saw him, I asked him how he felt about the program, and he simply shrugged his shoulders and shook his head.
Never saw him again (LUCKY GUY - dodged a bullet)
Now, in contrast, I have LOST COUNT of all the oddball, social misfits that become witnesses!
