if muslim is supposed to be the religion of peace, jehovah's witnesses has to be the religion of guilt..
At one point I realized there was no use in feeling guilty if I wasn't going to change my behavior so I just stopped caring.
My wife, though, is driven by her guilt. She hates going to meetings (except gossiping afterwards) and hates going out recruiting, but she is faced with uncontrollable guilt if she doesn't go. I wish I knew how to get her past that so she could get some time away and deprogram a bit.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/nasa-finds-evidence-of-life-on-mars-9929510.html.
perhaps life in mars would be more accurate.
also, recent study of martian meteorites have yielded organic material.. .
At this point data is showing signs of water and methane on Mars. Imagine if fossils of advanced lifeforms (i.e. animals) were found on Mars. I wonder how the Watchtower would try to spin an explaination around that.
They'd just ignore it like they do all the fossil evidence right here at home. At best, they'd misquote some scientists and quote some fellow creationists to "disprove" the findings.
i came across a great quote.... the distinction between cult and religion lies squarely in how those leaving or those wanting to leave are treated.. hits the nail on the head for me!.
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Spectre - I can relate to that 100%!
so i noticed something the other day on facebook.. a group of "sisters" in several neighboring congregations got their young daughters together for a "girls day", to spend some quality time together.
now this group, of whom i know many, is composed mainly of elders' and ministerial servants' wives.
the general theme, or focus of the "party" was to build gingerbread houses with the kids.. ok, no big deal right?
What's worse is that they're doubly hypcrites, since hypocrisy is probably the number 1 thing that JWs cite on the topic of what's wrong with other religions.
i was recently reading of the dunblane school massacres (scotland) and the perpetrator was one who was 'suspected' of child abuse.
he was reported to police and after the revelations that the scout organization knew of him, he was "blacklisted".
later, in another area, he tried to become a leader again-and his blacklisting held and he was not allowed.. anyway, the guy was a creep and eventually a murderer.
At one point, the WTS semi-publicly stated that sex offenders could not hold positions of authority/responsibility in JW congregations.
Recently, however, that restriction has been loosened to allow "former" offenders to serve if their past misdeeds are on the down-low.
This is another big reason they're culpable for the abuse to children by elders/MS or anyone with priveledges in the congregation that's a known pedophile. Right up until I educated myself on their real policies in the secret elder's book, I completely believed that known child molesters weren't allowed to have priveledges. I would be shocked if this wasn't the belief that most in the congregation have (as you say, it was publicly stated as such not too long ago). This means that, having secretly changed the rule, when they so much as have a pedophile carry the microphones on one sunday, it is viewed by the R/F as an endorsement for him to babysit your kids.
trying to develop a good strategy for relatives still partially indoctrinated by this despicable inhumane cult.
i researched their own material and i found some good info on how they don't mind control anyone.
the following unedited information was sourced from their february 15, 1994 watchtower p. 5-7. i've highlighted some sentences that we all know are lies and a distortion of the reality of their community:.
I like Breakfast of Champions method of introducing the idea of JWism as a cult. In his thread, he detailed how he took Steve Hassan's detailed BITE model list and replaced "cult" with "group" and showed it to his wife as a list from someone who had never heard of JWs (which, at the time of his writing the list, was the case for Hassan).
Also, it's fun to compare the JW, mormon, scientologist, etc websites. They always have a FAQ entry for "are you a cult" or something similar. They always like to redefine what a cult is in their own terms. You'll never find a reference to the BITE model in there, it's always about how long the religion has been around, how many members it has, whatever.
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I've never donated much and now my thinking is I'll take some if I can.
I'm with ya. I probably put in somewhere around $1-2K, which i suspect is on the low side considering my employment and how long I've been in. I'd love to have it back, but I always prefered to donate cash because even while I was in I didn't like the possibility that someone might be tracking my donations. That being the case, there's no way to request it back.
Also, I suspect that if you tried to give a donation with a bunch of contingencies like those specified, the WTS would probably say "no thanks" hoping you'd just give it to them anyway, like a good JW. If they did take it, you can bet they'd fight giving a refund. If i remember correctly there have been a few cases documented on here where people gave money on contingency that they could get it back if needed but got a fight when they wanted it back (or got heavy pressure to convert it to an outright donation)
In any event, I've taken to getting my money back by trashing 30-40 magazines every month, depending on how many meetings I make it to. I wonder how long it will take for them to recognize a disparity between magazines ordered and placements reported.
both the jw cult religion and the isis religion are both the same.
both extremist for there gods...the jw 's sheeple worship the watchtower.
the isis god is allah, but they seem to worship/kill for muhammad.. .
You're wrong on one detail - they do kill. The difference is that JWs mostly kill innocent members for the crime of needing a blood transfusion. Based on that, I'd argue that ISIS is a little more rational, as they only (or at least mostly) kill appostates and non-members.
I'm right there with you on that last bit, though. I really wish I never gotten baptized into this murderous cult mascarading as a religion.
i took a hiatus from jwn because the wall started to collapse because i lost several people ive known almost my entire life.
these were people i thought would never die, the lies told by the watchtower is unforgivable!
there was a party i attended keeping a low profile while documenting what was said.
This stuff with the sex-abuse suits certainly seems new and momentus to me...but I haven't been in the exJW community very long. It also seems unlikely that they'll get to the supreme court with it, since there's some pretty good precedent set by the catholics, and it doesn't look good for the WTS.
That said, things always seem more exciting when you're living it right now - that's why there's end-times cults like the JWs in the first place. I'd really love to have the cult collapse around me so I don't have to worry about getting my wife out, but I'm certainly not holding my breath.
i have been looking and finally saw the logo on the kh sign............. .
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Just put it on at ours this week. Also has the tacky blue sign on top of a brick sign similar to blondie's pic.
