Posts by This is my tigersuit

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DELIGHTFUL DROP IN MEMORIAL ATTENDANCES: 2011 VERSUS 2014!

by steve2 in

the us kingdom ministry shows the collective total 2014 memorial attendances of the countries that now comprise the us territory in 2014: 2,610,810.. those countries are: the usa, bermuda, jamaica, turks and caicos and puerto rico.. the same collective total for those same countries three years ago - 2011 - was 2,666,592.. that's a decrease of 55,782 from 2011 to 2014. i am happified.. while there has been the occasional year in which memorial attendances from one year to the next have shown decrease, this is a first: decline evident over a three-year period.. comments please!.

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anyone have the know how on how to provide the link for the kingdom ministry download?

This is my tigersuit

if forced to acknowledge (which they wont), they'd say "see? the love of the greater number has cooled off! very soon now, jah will act to rid the earth of wickedness, blah blah blah"

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Is God evil, just because he fails to prevent suffering?

by defender of truth in

a poster on another thread made the following comment, that really made me think.. it is about god: .

"imo i would say [god is] not evil but just indifferent.

apathy allows it.

This is my tigersuit

well this is all based on the notion that god created us little ants. it just seems to me that if he has such vast power as to create the entire universe, he could maybe help us out here a little. we're thinking in such human terms though. if i could snap my finger and feed all the little ants in the world and stop every little snail from getting stepped on after it rains, i would! :)

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Is God evil, just because he fails to prevent suffering?

by defender of truth in

a poster on another thread made the following comment, that really made me think.. it is about god: .

"imo i would say [god is] not evil but just indifferent.

apathy allows it.

This is my tigersuit

ha! great one oubliette! he also appoints elders, and helps people give talks, etc.....he just turns a blind eye to untold suffering throughout history......

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Is God evil, just because he fails to prevent suffering?

by defender of truth in

a poster on another thread made the following comment, that really made me think.. it is about god: .

"imo i would say [god is] not evil but just indifferent.

apathy allows it.

This is my tigersuit

if you have the ability to stop suffering and mayhem and dont do it, youre evil. when youve had the ability to stop suffering and mayhem for thousands of years and dont do it, youre God.

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Just Curious About Something

by EmptyInside in

jw
friends

sorry,couldn't think of a better title for this post,without it being long.. i was thinking this morning,if ex-jws, who were born into the group less likely to join another religion after leaving.

vs. the witnesses who belonged to a church before joining the religion.. from my own prespective,being raised a witness,i have no intention of joining any religion.

and it seems that born-ins are less likely to join a religion after leaving the cult.. in my own experience,i think it's religious burn-out to tell the truth.

This is my tigersuit

no offense to anyone, but we hate religion now. its probably good for some people, but as for us, NOPE. i am also agnostic.

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Thoughts on the new 'God's Kingdom Rules!' book

by sd-7 in

i was feeling a little melancholy earlier this week and i decided to start reading wt literature again, just to see what was new and improved.

and it seems that, as has consistently been the case, the more i read of the literature, the more i see that i made the right choice to leave.. the first chapter goes into explaining what the kingdom is, then it looks like they must've essentially cut and pasted from the recent wt study articles about the 'harvest' illustration and about the two groups of anointed = one generation, but there's a third group of anointed who aren't part of 'this generation' (but, i imagine, probably will be someday, i mean, if two groups decades apart in age can be part of one generation, why not three?).

it's interesting, looking at it again after all this time.

This is my tigersuit

we threw our copies out into the trash today. whitewashed propaganda!

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Freaking out a Jehovah's Witness

by jgnat in

as you know, my husband has physically left the witnesses.

he nevertheless clings to many of the beliefs like a protective cloak, and every once in a while i trigger a dissonant episode where my reality clashes with his.

recently he listened in on my work research, a video of a futurist describing the a potential "disruptive change" event in the next fifteen years, as our culture shifts to autonomic (driverless) vehicles.

This is my tigersuit

if you want to hear how bad the world is and how its going to hell in a hurry, just listen to the first ten minutes of any and every public talk! ha!

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Not on JW.org: Jehovah's Witness Elder arrested for raping FOUR children. Local Elders and Watchtower Bible and Tract Society under investigation for cover-up.

by Balaamsass2 in

jehovah's witness church elder ronald lawrence arrested over sex abuse claims dating back to 1980styler dunn 5:43 pm, nov 26, 2013 4:19 pm, nov 27, 2013 previous next .

10pm church arrest.

kjrh autoplay:.

This is my tigersuit

yeah but ask any witness and theyll tell you how much jehovah has blessed them and given them strength and how hes directing the org. gimme a freakin break. these poor kids. i hope that sicko rots in "hell".....sorry...venting a little

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how is it that some fade out of the org and others seem to be pushed?

by sowhatnow in

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friends

i cant figure out how some persons like my husband and son, simply got too 'busy' and gradually stopped going to meetings, and were totally left alone, and yet some persons.

seem to indicate that people were constantly in persuit of them, for a way to disfellowship them.. the ones who fade never get 'disfellowshiped' unless they write a letter formally requesting thier name be of the membership.. just like the jw org tells people who get baptised to do to thier former church,.

i havent been to a meeting in a few months however it is also under a 'remodel' im sure im not missed.