The figures in the Yearbook do not reflect the truth about what's going on.
There's all kind of cheating and falsifying the reports.
I know because I've been there.
Wake up, you JWs to the real TRUTH, and get out of bondage!
well, we had the co visit last night and some friends "encouraged" me to go.
i really didn't feel like it, but i wanted to see if there was any "new light" on the pedophile problem, so i went.
not a word mentioned about any internal problems; however, the borg now apparently wants us to dupe people into having a bible study without even knowing it.
The figures in the Yearbook do not reflect the truth about what's going on.
There's all kind of cheating and falsifying the reports.
I know because I've been there.
Wake up, you JWs to the real TRUTH, and get out of bondage!
once upon a time, judge rutherford stood before a crowd in madison square garden.
the audience included many catholic action types who could have easily included an assassin.
the judge may have been a lot of things (well,..... drunk, ego-manical, adulterous, and dishonest, actually) but he wasn't a coward.
I think they are careful about what is put into print, but, they can get by with a lot of verbal instruction by their traveling reps, and then deny it if they run into trouble with it.
that came for me when i was made aware of the deceit of the quotation
although i was brought up a dub i was not aware that until 1929 they were teaching jesus had returned in 1874. so how could they say
in chapter 131 page of the greatest man book:
Jesus returned in 1914 (invisibly) and nobody knows it but JWs.
Is that the 'good news'?
we find god's name "jehovah" so many times in the old testament, but not at all in the new testament.
jesus is called a "mighty god" in the bible.
jesus is also called "father".
John 14:14 Should we pray to Jesus?
Asher
we find god's name "jehovah" so many times in the old testament, but not at all in the new testament.
jesus is called a "mighty god" in the bible.
jesus is also called "father".
it seems like the watchtower never learns.
they have gone backward to an age old blunder.
here's the article for your viewing pleasure: http://www.towertotruth.net/falseprop.htm.
After 26 yrs as a JW, I submit to you that the WT leadership is deliberately deceitful and dishonest in spite of the fact that many good-hearted, honest JWs believe in them and trust them with their eternal destiny.
an emergency meeting has been called by jack dowson at london bethel.
all co's and do's were recalled yesterday and are meeting at 2pm today in bethel (most have left the visiting congregations in limbo.
the meeting is today(starts at 2pm), tomorrow and finishing on friday at 12 noon.
Very interesting post!!
With all that is going one it seems that the WT is losing more ground than they're gaining. As long as they were growing, they considered it the blessing of Jehovah.
They care not for those whom they lose, as long as they get replacements. Those who leave may wonder in hopeless despair for a long time; some become alcoholics; some commit suicide; others lose their sanity; families are broken apart; not being able to communicate.
There are many wonderful people among them......but their leadership is detestable and a reproach to anything that stands for truth and righteousness.
Now they may try to cry 'Persecution' , but most people can see that is not the case.
I think there are many JWs who want out but either don't know how or don't have the courage to face the issue, due to the things they have been taught. After all, there is a Power higher that the god of the WT, who has everything in control.
We don't know how it will all work out, but it is disgraceful to those who claim to represent God, to abuse mentally, emotionally, and spiritually the poor, good-hearted, misquided persons by leading them to believe that there is no life or spirituality outside the WT organization. I think they stand reprehensible for their shameful treatment of others.
Thanks again for a wonderful post!!
Asher
my name is donna.
i was directed to this forum through freeminds.org by randy watters.
i found his site to be very helpful to me and i highly recommend it to other newbies.
Hi Donna,
So glad to read your story.
Please email us..we'd like to hear from you.
Thanks,
ok, i've been out of the <ahem> "truth" for some time now.
but, someone asked me a question the other day that i really don't know or remember the answer to.
why do jw's refer to each other as "the friends".
I was a JW in the early 1940s, sixty yrs ago, and it was a common practice way back then, to refer to other witnesses as 'friends'. I don't know where it started but this is true.
Asher
in early march of this year, in the echoes of uncertainty left after the horror of 9-11, just one year after i had nearly died myself from a massive, still unexplained, seizure, i determined that i wanted to be a writer.
there were so many things i wanted to write about, my head swirled with possibilities.
one topic kept coming front and center, unavoidably.
As an ex-JW of many yrs experience, I congratulate you on your resolve to expose this organization for what it really is. My sympathy is with you. Please send an address where I can mail you a donation.
Thanks,
Asher