i have been following the news reports of the death of the 5 elders from tennesse that died.
in the plane crash.
several things really bother me.
To be fair about the Life Insurance thing, the WTS does recommend people carry life insurance. Their reasoning? "Time and unforeseen occurrence befall us all." While some witnesses may consider having life insurance as a sign of weak faith, I never did see it in print from the WTS. And I am no fan of the WTS.
The families suffer the most, of course. This accident has been much discussed in my still JW circles.
i stopped going to meetings over a year ago as i'm a lesbian and have finally accepted it.
i was a witness for 22 years, since i was born.
now i missed my friends at the hall at first, but now i have some amazing new friends that love me no matter what.
You do not owe any man or group of men ANYTHING. You owe them no explanation, no justification, NOT A THING. What you do with this situation is obviously your
business. My suggestion is to talk to no one about anything. Live your life. Be happy. They have no power over you.
my husband and i have been inactive for almost 8 months.
we haven't gone to a meeting and slowly our jw friends have stopped associating with us because we're "weak".
at some point, we'll be celebrating holidays.
You can be disfellowshipped for ANYTHING if the elders want to get rid of you. They'll just make something up. hey have even strectched "loose conduct" to mean disrespect of godly authority. So if they want to disfellowship you, they will. These people are not from God at all. Never were and never will be.
well i just realised how terrified i look holdin' him, and i was terrified!
didnt want to break the new baby!!
btw havent forgotten other topic, meg and i will look at that later.. megan had a long long labour, the induction took aaaaaaaages but things suddenly sped up at 15:00pm and by 16:45 he was out.
Congrats!
so this fellow from the congregation my wife goes to (and i am inactive from for almost 6 months).
is moving to where the need is greater.
he's an ms, totally indoctrinated loyal jw.
so this fellow from the congregation my wife goes to (and i am inactive from for almost 6 months).
is moving to where the need is greater.
he's an ms, totally indoctrinated loyal jw.
It's almost like "The Invasion of the Body Snatchers" and you are one of the few that is still human....All the others are "replacements"--- they have human form but are
devoid of humanity.
so this fellow from the congregation my wife goes to (and i am inactive from for almost 6 months).
is moving to where the need is greater.
he's an ms, totally indoctrinated loyal jw.
I like Greendawn's comment about their demands falling so short of their delivering on promises.
People tell me they miss me, too, to which i say, "Well, you know my number and you know where I live." It is a TOTAL sham really.
I frankly DO NOT want to be around dubs. I have grown to loathe the pettiness, the fake smiles, the feigned concern, the obligatory hello.
What do they DO for anyone anyway? How have they EVER helped anyone? What have they ever done for YOU? Who among them has come around to see if you are even ALIVE?
Good riddance to them. Good luck to you.
been a long time since i've posted.
just thought i would stop in, say hi, and get your thoughts on this.. since leaving the jws i have tried to be open to all ideas regardless of how different it is from the way i was raised.
i am having trouble with one issue, though, the trinity.
The Trinity, to me, is man made drivel. It is an issue the JW's point to and say "Aha! See! We have the truth! THEY teach you lies." I wouldn't get too hung up about it.
The "Flood" could have happened just as the Bible says, but not how it was interpreted to say. Noah could well be a historical character, he could have built an ark, and the Flood could in reality have been very localized. Perhaps it was just a warning about a pending natural disaster and the writers (Moses) turned it into something more to suit their purpose. As for Jesus, you have to parse very carefully what he actually says about the "days" of Noah. He never said, for instance, that the flood was global, only that it came and swept them all away. Well, the same could be said about other events that came and swept them all away, except they weren't global. Just a thought.
the greatest work of all time, never to be repeated, is supposedly done by jehovah's witnesses.
of course you know i'm referring to the door to door work they take part in.
so many lives are at stake and your life is dependent on if you "accept the good news" that they preach.. i surely don't believe this anymore.
In response to Fresia:
Recently Dr. D. James Kennedy passed away. Before you get a picture in your mind about a holy roller, research his life a bit. What was very interesting to me about his ministry, was the evangelism he taught his congregants to perform. He did this not through a PROGRAM, but through fostering a love for Christ and His gospel. His ministry reached every country in the world, including China and the USSR.
Now, you may not beleive he had the "TRUTH." But he certainly demonstrated the charateristics in his life consistent with Christianity and was tireless in advancing the "The Great Commission." He did so with conviction, with enthusiasm, and with love. He had good news!
As a Witness, we are isolated from such men because we are taught that they are all serving, that they teach unscriptural doctrines, that they line their own pockets, that they do not evangelize like Jesus and Paul did. The reason I believed for so long was precisely becuase of that isolation.
I do not endorse anyone nor think anone possesses the "truth." But I do beleive the Watchtower falls was short, not only in its claim of preaching the good news world wide, but of preaching the good news at all. The message they take to people is far different from the one Jesus taught.
