just signed up though i've being browsing posts for a long time.
i was raised a witness but left when i was in my early thirties.
just faded away (hence the "lordfader").
Welcome to JWD lordfader!! I am not connected expect that my mom who barely speaks to me is still very much connected. I do wish I had done things your way though - fading rather than a grand DF exit. It has been hard dealing with/without my mom.
This site is a great support...Keep reading!
in the apostle john's day, a variety of religious sects appeared in christian congregations called the gnostics.. many of these gnostics thought that matter and flesh were bad and anything 'spirit' was good, so they believed.
that jesus couldn't have been flesh and blood.
so, john condemned them , in his letters, as the "antichrist" because.
I don't think Jesus would be very happy with them. He never DF'ed anybody. I don't think he even commaned the prostitute to stop hooking. He just loved people and gave them hope and comfort. I'm sure Jesus wouldn't mind if some of his followers had facial hair, purple hair, body art, etc. I don't see very much of real Christian behavior among the GB.
If Jesus acted like the GB he would secretly come back and change a bit of the wording in the Bible - so that it didn't say "Before THIS generation passes away...."
LOL
has the internet and forums like these caused an exodus from the j-dubs?
when i left in the early 1990s i met support groups through the yellow pages but it still felt like i was the only one in the world who was an apostate.
i've come to this forum in the last year to browse because my brother has now left.
I can't say the internet helped me get out. I've been out for 18 years and only recently found the internet information which also led me to CoC. But now I am one more in the number Danny was referring to committed to bringing down the BORG! Because of the internet I'm able to help other people not join or get out. I know if I would have had internet as a teenager - before I was DF'ed - I would have eventually looked at an apostate website. The curiosity would have been too much for me! So I am so glad it is there for the disgruntled young people.
Edited to add: WELCOME TO JWD CAKEMONKEY!!!
please except our welcome to you all.
sometimes we may miss your intro posting but know that you are all welcome.
just jump right in and answer a post or start a new one.
n2deep - WELCOME and thanks for coming out a little from the Borg closet!!! It's so sad we have to be so scared and secretive.
Also WELCOME to other newbies and lurkers!!
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i am very curious about the progress we xjw's are making on the internet in exposing the wt in other languages,,i know the french, german, english, and spanish, are well represented on the net,, but what about russian, polish, greek and all the others.
if you have any info on this please share i'm sure all xjws would be happy to know more about this on a world wide scale.. i just have a feeling that this expose is building up momentum, and that the wt is in it's last days which should cause the gb considerable stress.
Good point! Aren't the Dubs fastest growing in Japan? Let's spread the word there!!
Will the poor people of Malawi ever know the injustice that was done to them by the borg?
ok, so there i am at work today, zooming up and down me ladder as i affix fascia boards, soffiting and guttering to the rear of a customers property.. pretty soon it started to rain.. now, good people, fascia-ing, soffit-ing and gutter-ing are not conducive with wet weather.
for several reasons.. 1. rain makes your power tools unsafe.. 2. the ground on which you work gets muddy.
this mud then gets transposed from your shoes onto the rungs of the ladder.
LOL Eman!!! Nevermind that you're 104 too!
when you stop believing the bible to be the word of god the motives behind the actions of gods prophets and followers come across rather differently.
in fact much like fundlmentlists today.you have joshua comiting genocide , and paul moving in and tacking control of the christians and changing the religion to his own beliefs.
which other characters actions can be interpreted differenly when you see them just as ordinary humans with more selfish motives?
At the risk of being blasphemous - I would have to agree that god of the OT is a frightening Ogre! His people are wandering in the desert for 40 years and get a little hungry and thirsty. Humans who get hungry and thirsty - DAmn them - I'm gonna make them wander around lost in the dessert now! Oh-- you're hungry are you? Here -- eat manna three times a day every day for years and years -- that'll teach you to be hungry and doubt me...God of love that I am.
Then, what of the "land flowing with milk and honey?" I guess at the end of all that crap Anything would look good!
Then all of the sudden, in the NT, when Jesus comes on the scene -- God is all about love, mercy and forgiveness. Go figure. Sounds kind of Jeckyl and Hyde to me.
the mouthpiece of jehovah speaks in his name with authority.
the governing body is the only channel of communication with the supreme being.
they identify themselves as the faithful and discreet slave.. if they are faithful, why do they write checks that bounce using jehovah's checking account?
Carmel --- Woohoo!!!! $100.00 Way to go buddy!!! I hereby take back my demonization of the PCH!!!
(matthew 24:14).
[matthew 24:14]
but, does this lead to true happiness?
I know this is a few days old - but I just read it an I'm am laughing my a---- off!!! Oh my god ! That was good!!! Thanks for the laugh!!! Funky chicken indeed!!
the mouthpiece of jehovah speaks in his name with authority.
the governing body is the only channel of communication with the supreme being.
they identify themselves as the faithful and discreet slave.. if they are faithful, why do they write checks that bounce using jehovah's checking account?
They haven't really written a bad check. Its more like advertising for a bad check. Kind of like Publishers Clearinghouse. People fill out the form and subscribe to magazines because they WANT the check desparately. Even though they know nobody ever REALLY gets the check.
So the Governing Body has to continually advertise the great promise in order to keep getting subscriptions. Who would sign up for all that crap if they said - In another 2000 years armageddom will come and you will be resurrected and live forever in paradise earth. I don't think it would be the sucessful corporation it is without the proximity of the check.
