meeting with my congregation elders today.. going to tell them about the things i discovered about c.t russell.
(astrology, racism, ect.
) i don't know how to present this information or what to say.
How many times does it take for a prophet who speaks in the name of Jehovah to become a false prophet?
The answer is simple, it only takes one false prophecy. See Deut. 18:18-22
The watchtower has claimed to be a prophet and has failed numerous times in their predictions. As Deut. 18 says, do not fear them.....so do not fear the watchtower, they are not gods channel.
Im sure you know but if not, check out jwfacts.com
hi, i am also a practicing jehovah's witness and very proud of it,to say the very-very least..!
i am a middle-aged man with many decades of being a witness of jehovah god in england.. this important letter is personally to you, just as many of the bible's 88 letters are to be taken personal by you the reader.
i am writing to you to urge you to take stock of your life, think what your future holds for you.
I find it ironic that sparks hasn't even come on here to respond to at least 1 comment. I guess he's "a coward or full of hate...for people."
Hey sparks, in Matthew 24:9 who said, "you will be persecuted on the account of my name"?
Was it Jehovah or Jesus that said that?
Also, you're basing your entire argument off a book that you think most of us still believe. The bible is a human creation and has many contradictions. Sparks, do you even know how the bible was formed and canonized?
Why does Jehovah create evil in Isaiah 45:7? I thought Jehovah was righteous and satan was evil?
Why does Jehovah give his blessing on killing everyone in a city except for virgin girls in Numbers ch. 31? Think of this for a second, what if the Muslims are the true religion and Allah tells the Muslims to come to your town and kill you and your family but if you have a virgin daughter keep her alive. Im sure you're a good person sparks, you would think the Muslim god was wicked for killing everyone...even good people...but keeping alive the virgins and sometimes the animals adds to how evil a god would be to allow that and bless that.
Just stop and think for once sparks.
hi everyone, this has been what i have waited for, fredrick mclean is up next on cnn's "most wanted" and "hunted show", so far two of their topics are dead!.
last sunday's "the hunt" blew his head off monday morning!
let's hope cnn get's jehovah witness fredrick mclean!
http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/21919076#21919076
Can somone put this video on YouTube so that it can be watched with a mobile device? Its a flash video on the nbc website which most mobile phones cant stream.
Welcome Tigersuit! And welcome to reality! The watchtower mindset is the matrix, it is not real, and its not healthy. So happy you and your wife are doing this together. Some of us are not as lucky to have our spouses see the lies of watchtower.
Whats always amazed me is most JWs do not realize that Jesus is not the mediator of the great crowd. According to the organization Jesus is only mediator for the 144,000. This is a blatant contradiction and twist of scripture.
http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/mediator.php
Reason I bring up this random point is because research is key to leaving and never looking back. Glad to have you here. Im sure as an elder you have some pretty interesting stories to share.
my assembly starts tomorrow and i'm not planing on going but how many apostates are you of those that have gone seen at the events?
i may go to wonder around and shake thier hands and offer some encouragement, but don't want to waste my time if none are there..
Unfortunately it looks like I'll be there for all 3days :-(
so i was going through my instagram this morning and i'm seeing a few of my friends are attending the conventions this weekend and are posting pics of it.
at the bottom of their pics their tagging:.
if i could, i would post a pic saying something about 1914 or "young ones will never grow old in this system", or any other self damning watchtower saying.. i can't because of the home front situation.
So I was going through my Instagram this morning and I'm seeing a few of my friends are attending the conventions this weekend and are posting pics of it. At the bottom of their pics their tagging:
#2014RegionalConvention
If I could, I would post a pic saying something about 1914 or "Young ones will never grow old in this system", or any other self damning watchtower saying.
I can't because of the home front situation. Anyways there's about 1,500 pics that are using this hash tag. So what do you all think? Instead of protesting at the convention sites what about on social media?
so my wife and my parents are at their convention today.
this will be the first time in my life that i will not have seen a drama or baptism.
i will miss the public address, i will not see many of my lifelong friends that i have moved away from.
Stay strong. I don't blame you for not going and parking your butt in a chair for 3 days. Your story is similar to mine. I'm debating on going to the convention also, especially since it's on July 4th weekend!! WTF?!?! It won't go over well with my family but you have to stand up for what you believe in. Enjoy YOUR day.....not the b0rgs day.
being my 1st post i figured i should relate a personal experience.
a few months ago i decided to stop reporting time.
i'm mentally out of this cult now but still trapped because of family.
Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. I've mentally checked out of this sales company months ago. I actually started my journey to freedom a year ago on JWRecovery.com
My screen name over there is stillgoing098. At the time of joining JWR I thought I could "still go" to meetings and be an awakened witness but after a few months of soul searching and fact finding that changed.....dramatically. I would of checked out of this cult months ago but, having a wife thats still a hardcore JW is making that a little difficult.
A little background on me is I was born and raised a JW. My entire life my dad has been an elder and is currently a COBE. My brother is an elder and my wife and inlaws are still JWs. Most of my extended family is non JWs or ex JWs. I was appointed a ministerial servent at the age of 17yrs old. When i was appointed, I was messing around with my girlfriend who was also a JW (of course we were just friends, and not really "dating", lol). Reason I tell you all that is because its proof to me that God is not blessing appointments. If he was, why was I appointed??? Of course im no longer a ministerial servant, and no, Jehovah didnt clean house, I stepped down on my own. Im almost 30yrs old and have a new lease on life. Im happy I found TTATT now instead of years down the road. Of course though, we all wish we found it sooner but life starts when you actually take control. Im pretty much an agnostic now. I would like to believe there is a God, especially a "Jehovah" God but where has he been for the last umm, thousands of years?!?! Anyways I respect peoples beliefs or non-beliefs. Whom am I to judge? Anyways thats a little about me. Looking forward to new things on JWN.
Thanks again everyone.
hello admin,.
i posted a thread in personal experiences and reunions called "when i decided to no longer turn in time.
" apparently i don't read directions well and posted it in the wrong thread.
Hello Admin,
I posted a thread in Personal experiences and reunions called "When I decided to no longer turn in time." Apparently I don't read directions well and posted it in the wrong thread. I'm guessing it should be in the doctrines section. Not sure how to delete or move it (I'm guessing we don't have access to do that). I Sorry for the hassle.
Thanks.
being my 1st post i figured i should relate a personal experience.
a few months ago i decided to stop reporting time.
i'm mentally out of this cult now but still trapped because of family.
Hello everyone,
Being my 1st post I figured I should relate a personal experience. A few months ago I decided to stop reporting time. I'm mentally out of this cult now but still trapped because of family. Anyways, when I decided to no longer report time I was brought into the back room and questioned by two elders....here's the recorded experience:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy3ZlxLEy6U
Thanks for watching. Hope it helps everyone out. Just to give you a glimpse of the twisted logic of the elders, one of them said to me that not reporting time is worse than porn!!!
