glander, I know of quite a few witnesses who will not under any circumstance trash old mags!!!!
They also are reserved at leaving the current mags for free, so leave accumulated mags in the laundromats
about three years ago, i was walking past a local laundry mat and i noticed some of the society s publications laying on the chairs by the window.
so i walked inside and found an awake from 1995 and a watchtower from 1989. the latter one was funny to me because i was still in the organization when it was released.
i couldnt help but be shocked at how old these magazines were.
glander, I know of quite a few witnesses who will not under any circumstance trash old mags!!!!
They also are reserved at leaving the current mags for free, so leave accumulated mags in the laundromats
hello all.. my name is dteve and i live in the uk.
i hope i can make genuine friends here and not pretend friends.....like that among jw's.. i left, went back, and have left again, but this time it is for good.
so i tried to work things out, but she carried on.
Moshe, watch out: the thought police are after you
japan had a handful of witnesses after ww 2....this number skyrocketed to 222,912 by 1998!
then something happened.
publisher figures didn't stop, they dropped by thousands over the next decade!.
I would think that Japanese people are smarter than what some of these people --> I see in the kingdom hall here in the US?
hello all.. my name is dteve and i live in the uk.
i hope i can make genuine friends here and not pretend friends.....like that among jw's.. i left, went back, and have left again, but this time it is for good.
so i tried to work things out, but she carried on.
funny how their judgemental attitute drives people away!
I, too (when young) was put down by the gals because I was not a bethellite/pioneer (here in the NY/NJ area, it seemed the norm back then)
i am new here and this is my first post although i have lurked here for a couple years.
i started having doubts about the org back then and my curiosity overcame my fear of so-called apostate websites so here i am.
i just resigned being an elder 2 weeks ago.
great, now you won't be responsible when someone sues your congregation!!!!
the Society uses everyone for only 2 goals: slaving yourself and $$$$$$
good luck!
btw, I gave up my position as well, and my wife know about all my doubs............. just wants me to go to meeting to keep family peace
this youtube video put out by a once member of the jws, goes into concise detail the extraneous efforts the watchtower corporation intentionally goes into luring people into their organization to only exploit them as its own controlled and subservient sales representatives for their publishing empire.
its a bit long to watch in both parts, it might be a good idea to just not watch it but rather listen to the audio portion alone.
as the video plays along, how many points does this guy hit the nail on the head as to correctly identifying what is really happening and going on in this religious corporate hybrid organization ?.
thumbs up
at the meetings i hear from time to time that everlasting life is a free gift from jehovah, but from a jehovahs witness point of view is it really?.
you will not receive the "gift" if:.
you miss meetings.
THe district overseer actually said that it was OK for the watchtower to dictate everything!
He used the example in which jehovah telling the israelites how to wipe their ass (and excrements) saved them from many diseases
jehovahs witnesses and psychiatric diagnoses?.
today i added a new article to my blog sharing information from a 1983 study published in the journal for the scientific study of religion addressing religious affiliation and psychiatric diagnoses.
this article pulls information from an excellent academic study that is often misunderstood and therefore underutilized for its value.
when my sister was having nighmares, where she was questioning "sinning against the holy spirit" by having uncontrollable thoughts during these dreams................ the elders told her to pray more to get the thoughts out of her head!
any other person would have told her, that dreams are nothing................. or to send her to a phychiatrist
any gov agency or private company that has private personal info of customers/clients should be aware.
its common knowledge to long time witnesses that jws will violate customer privacy laws and rules when they see something a customer does or buys that they think jw congregation elders should know about .
thats right they will spy for the elders.. .
Do hospitals and doctors make their employees sign a confidentiality agreement, where the employee can get terminated and sued on a personal basis?
i am already reading that some plan to drop their medical insurance coverage on january 1st and just pay the penalty-.
an individual with $30,000 annual income would pay a $300 penalty in 2014, $600 in 2015 and $750 in 2016.. an individual with $50,000 annual income would pay a $500 penalty in 2014, $1,000 in 2015 and $1,250 in 2016.. an individual earning $100,000 a year would pay a $1,000 penalty in 2014, $2,000 in 2015 and $2,500 in 2016.. here is your insurance subsidy calculator-.
http://healthreform.kff.org/subsidycalculator.aspx#incomeagetables.
so moshe, let me get this straight? Obamacare fu***ed the middle class????