I agree. Follow your instincts. Ask for a "return" favor, without phrasing it like that of course, and guage their response. That will then help shape your own feelings and distill the whole thing.
Onintwo
since being da'd a few years back i haven't had any real contact with my jw family.
i've accepted this and moved on, just like most of us have.
just recently i've been contacted by them whenever they need something.
i received news from an elder i know in another congregation.
he told me that things are changing in the way that bethel is running its operations.. i was informed that bethel no longer makes its own ink, but buys it from other companies.. even in the bethel kitchens, there is no more watchtower chicken - meat is bought from outside, this i believe also goes for milk and dairy products too.. can anyone confirm this?
i have reason to believe it is probably true.. i wonder what would happen if the wt suppliers go out of business?
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/articlenews/tpstory/lac/20040325/facts25/tpcomment/features
stripped perhaps, but not shamed
i used to think that i 'lost,' that being true to myself cost me more than it was worth.
what would you say if a loyal dub was to go to work for an organization run by masons?
say for instance a hospital?
do you think this would cause certain ethical probs or no?.
from california: "lawsuits allege abuse.
compaints target jehovah's witnesses congregations".
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/mcherald/news/local/8255112.htm
where would you go?
whose wall would you sit on?
kls
ok, we know that field service, for the most part is unproductive.
that is, very few newly baptised jw's are from converts.
that means that most dubs make babies, indoctrinate them, and they become dubs.
ok, we know that field service, for the most part is unproductive.
that is, very few newly baptised jw's are from converts.
that means that most dubs make babies, indoctrinate them, and they become dubs.
Ok, we know that field service, for the most part is unproductive. That is, very few newly baptised JW's are from converts. Right? That means that most dubs make babies, indoctrinate them, and they become dubs.
Does anyone know what the approximate percentage of dub kids stay in the "troof"? At least long enough to make little dubs? In my own case it was only one in three.
So if two dubs (my former wife and I) made only one dub, and she marries and has similar "success", doesn't that signal the eventual end of the chain? Just wondering.....
Onintwo
i want to compile a list of ways the wtbts has gone beyond scripture.
deciding that god will destroy you forever if you smoke cigarettes.
i know someone will come back and say there have been 900 threads on this subject.
i think most jws are not virgins when they get married.
i'll bet the majority have "fooled around".
what's your opinion?
Years ago when I was a young, single brother, no one I knew (my age) was having unmarried sex. When some scandal did happen.... it was big news!
I married a JW girl and she and I were both virgins on our wedding day. She 18 years and myself 21 years. Way, way, too young!
Today, it's probably different, but I have no first hand knowledge.
Onintwo