so, now that nearly all of the past knowledge that jw's has had is slowly being deleted, how does anyone do any research on any subject?.
meetings are pretty boring as it is, all they do is parrot the society's writings.. how is this going to work?
i have to wonder , what point is the service meeting , once you know how to walk up to a door and hand someone a magazine.
from what i am gathering what you are saying. all the old stuff is gone. the JWombie is not allowed to go out side the box and do research. so they are limited to what the JWombie controllers give them. so in essence this is a new level of brainwashing.
I just wonder how the old timers are going to cope with the high level of Cognitive Disonance.
Talk about mental abuse to the 10th degree.
Shalom,
GTTM
"for if you publicly declare with your mouth that jesus is lord,+ and exercise faith in your heart that god raised him up from the dead, you will be saved.
10 for with the heart one exercises faith for righteousness, but with the mouth one makes public declaration+ for salvation.
11 for the scripture says: no one who rests his faith on him will be disappointed.+
to the brain dead JWombie what you are saying nonsense and apostate. the don't have the ability to see the false translations you point out....Just like you always hear at the meeting that jehovah is going to judge us. where it clearly states in John 5:25 - 30
Most truly I say to YOU, The hour is coming, and it is now, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who have given heed will live. 26 For just as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted also to the Son to have life in himself. 27 And he has given him authority to do judging, because Son of man he is. 28 Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment. 30 I cannot do a single thing of my own initiative; just as I hear, I judge; and the judgment that I render is righteous, because I seek, not my own will, but the will of him that sent me.
Yet, you always hear at the meetings that jehovah will judge us. These people are blind and dillusional.
It's a cult...the worse mistake of my life was joining. if i could turn back time.
GTTM
when i look at the front page of this site i wish there was a count for new members that joined.
that day, the month or even quartly.. the jdubs always brag about new members and how many are getting baptized.
but, yet they are still under 8 million with probably about half actually attending meetings.
when i look at the front page of this site i wish there was a count for new members that joined. i.e. that day, the month or even quartly.
the jdubs always brag about new members and how many are getting baptized. but, yet they are still under 8 million with probably about half actually attending meetings.
i am convince that the jdubs use the low I.Qed jwombies to do there math for them...it's funny to see the sheeple shake there heads in agreement that more people are joining just like when they say that there website is the most visited "OMG, and they believe it..LOLOLOL".
but you look around and it's the same old faces.
anyways....my vote is for a new member number counter. it would be so encouraging for all us apostates.
shalom and remember IT'S A CULT.
GTTM
hi everyone, fyi :.
at the mid week meeting we had a letter, and a video to explain the extension project for the french bethel for the next 3.5 years.
the video was 5min long, in 3d (nice job in fact...) to show the future buildings for flats and offices (translation, video dubbing...).
If Armagedon is coming any day now....then why are they building? this is always a question I have. Why not just put all you energy and money in preaching?
It's a cult, don't forget.
GTTM
hi im glad i can be part of this forum, im from mexico and i hope i can be of help to all of you here in this forum.
saludos desde mexico.
Welcome aban 1998.....good to have you. could you tell us about yourself?
do you now TTATT?
GTTM
hi, i'm a newbie around here.
i've been reading the posts, but reluctant to step out of my safe zone.
i definitely see how coming to a safe place to ask questions, vent, etc.
hello Myjourney, welcome to the board. i have found many nice people here that i could talk with. mainly because they understand. Rest assured though.....you cannot trust any JDUB at the hall, no matter how relaxed you think they are. they are cult minded.
if it's a person not associated with the dub's, talking with them is good. but very hard...because they don't understand. to a person who is not brainwashed, the things the dub's do is so trivial.
tread lightly, Read Steve Hassan books, Crisis of Consience.
take it slow and always remember it's a cult. once your awake to TTATT, you can't undo it.
Shalom and Merry Christmas and Happy New year.
If i could turn back time, i would have never got involved with this cult.
GTT,
tonight as i was putting my son to bed, we were looking out his bedroom window from his bed, down upon the neighbors' house across the street.
they have a beautiful, big sparkly christmas tree in their front window and my son gazed at it and said, "that's what's missing from our family.
" talk about daggers through the heart!.
dissonance_resolved I sent you PM
GTTM
well, it's christmas eve afternoon here now in the uk.. traditionally a time when all the panic shopping is over, what's done is done, what you've forgotten you've forgotten, time to raise a glass (or two) and relax.. so may i wish all members/readers/posters a very happy xmas, whether you celebrate it or not, and extra 'get up and go' for 2015.. best wishes to all.. .
Merry Christmas all and happy new year.
GTTM
this is a reminder for some, and fresh bible guidance for new arrivals to this site.. have you been "witnessing" today, or are you planning to?.
revelation 12:17 - ".......and have the work of bearing witness to jesus.".
acts 8:16 - ".......been baptized in the name of the lord jesus.".
Marked Very nice....would love to show this to my wife.
GTTM
during one of those meetings that took place before my jc, one of the elders, who was a good friend of mine back then and used to come up with a few outlandish personal views about some teachings, attempted to counter one of my arguments like this:.
eden - "well, if the truth doesn't change, why is it that what we teach as 'truth' has changed over the years (several examples given)?
how can we dogmatically claim at any given moment that we have 'the truth' if our teachings keep changing?".
you just experieced Cognitive Dissonance first hand....very sad.
Run don't walk.......to your nearest exit.
IT'S A CULT
GTTM
