yesterday’s watchtower talked about how by becoming a jw it enabled “worldly” people to ‘strip off the old personality’ and make really significantly good changes in their life.. paragraph named 4 individuals (anonymous names of course and probably embellished tales)) sakura, ribeiro, stephen, and hans.
their lives changed for the good because they found god or because they became jw’s---right?.
so on the way home from this wt meeting, my wife commented to me how wonderful our brotherhood is and how it helps people who would otherwise be ‘lost’ n this world.
"So on the way home from this wt meeting, my wife commented to me how wonderful our brotherhood is and how it helps people who would otherwise be ‘lost’ n this world."
I never felt so lost as I did at the Kingdom Hall. Why do my spouse and I feel so much better since we left? No more judgement, back stabbing, dealing with pompous, self righteous, hypocritical nutters.
as you know the question regarding the “kool aid” is related to the tragic events at guyana and jim jones.
blind obedience and faith in this man resulted in a massive loss of lives.. sometimes we see the same pattern of blind obedience to the watchtower from the witnesses.
this could be on major items or small details.
This cartoon says it all....
yup, you read right.
despite other personal turmoil that needs to be addressed, my family has decided to go nuts over halloween decorations being "too close" to our yard.
a new family just moved in next door; their kids are super young.
What a great way to let the new neighbors know how "loving" JW's are.
We just let our neighbors know we are no longer JW's. Great news!!
I love it!!!!
not to be overly harsh...but if you just left, what the hell were you thinking?
between 1995 and now, you never did an internet search of "jehovahs-witness" or "watchtower"?
good god.
When you are raised in a cult, you don't know any different. You put your trust in your parents. Until YOU start researching and learning, things start crumbling. NO ONE ELSE CAN DO IT FOR YOU, YOU HAVE TO COME TO YOUR OWN CONCLUSION. It's tough to realize you have been duped.
i asked the question on quora "how do jehovah's witnesses feel about the announcement that the public edition of the watchtower and awake!
magazine is being reduced to just 3 issues a year and the number of books, tracts, and online content are being discontinued?".
https://www.quora.com/how-do-jehovahs-witnesses-feel-about-the-announcement-that-the-public-edition-of-the-watchtower-and-awake-magazine-is-being-reduced-to-just-3-issues-a-year-and-the-number-of-books-tracts-and-online-content-are-being-discontinued.
Dig hole in sand, insert head!!!!
the change has begun.
my jw friends that came to my house months ago finally have figured out i am in no way going to become a jw (how it took them that long i have no idea).
now the change to them wanting to have nothing to do with me has begun.
Yep....they dump you like a rock. I lost 100 percent of my "friends." Life goes on! Nothing I did not foresee.
from reddit:.
this was an oral argument to dismiss the $4000/day fine.
both sides presented their arguments and now the judges will write an opinion (30 to 90 days).
I just love Karma!!!
Thanks so much for the update!!!
ok, so hot on the heels of the announcement at the agm, we have been told that there are probably only 12 magazines left!.
yes, there will be only 3 wt each year, and 3 awakes.... and that they will do this for two years, then reprint those issues.... so yes, the "abundance of spiritual food" is limited to 12 more magazines..... surely, this is proof of the end coming so soon!?!
😉.
The chariot is speeding up!!!! Lol
according to a post over at reddit this was said at the annual meeting.
did anyone else hear this?
this is huge and very telling if they did actually say this.
"Maybe even claiming their being called home. So they sneak out the back door.
....disappearing in the twinkling of an eye. To the Cayman Islands. lol
I have thought the same thing as purrpurr. Paradise is figurative not literal.
