i consider myself smart.
go ahead, laugh.
i have a sense of humor too.. but i grew up a jw and also believed in the bible.
It is a nice and mild social exchange for me, a click of sorts. Take the abundant good and leave the nonsense ever changing doctrine and prophecies.
Did you all notice how the meaning of 'Gog and Magog' changed? New light with each new administration. Bull shit!!!
SL
a jehovah witness teacher is allowed to teach nonreligious subjects in a school owned by a religious organization but,.
is not allowed to teach the same subject in a school funded or directed by the military..
since the watchtower views all religious organizations as part of babylon the great who had gods disfavor and would be destroyed at armageddon, no elder including some members of the gb could explain this policy of employment.isocf pg 401.
My job takes me to all sorts of locations, churches included, and my fellow worshipper so know it. No problems with the WTBTS yet!
SL
just relaxing with my morning coffee enjoying looking at the pictures fipper shared of the camping trip when the dreaded knock came.
of course the dogs beat me to the door followed by my daughter trying to catch them, she looks through the giant peep hole and waves me away saying "its them.
" i almost just walked away from the door when i saw the sweet face of a 5/6 year old little boy with his mom and dad and couldn't resist talking to them.. i opened the door and smiled and said jehovah's witnesses?
You will be annotated in the territory record as 'careful/apostate', and hopefully you will not be bothered anymore.
Congratulations!
SL
waiting on higher resolution photos from wifibandit.. but here is the (redacted) notification from the company.
apparently they take photos with a potato.. (the billboard directs folks to http://jwawake.com ).
Great!!!
Would love to see more of these everywhere. Notification policies will change then.
SL
considering the fact that the wt society refuses to release in courts any of it's written directions to elders through confidential letters to elder bodies- i thought i'd do the courts and wt society a "favor " by posting excerpts from this oct 1st.
2012 letter from the wt society to all bodies of elders.
these instructions are very exposing of the negligence of wt authorities in how they view the seriousness of felony child abuse.
Keep those lawsuits and public shaming of the WTBTS flowing and loud in public!
Only this way the policies inside will change.
SL
well another big bad elder here just wanting to say sorry.. i'm sorry that so many were treated like crap, and shown that god's love is not to be found around jehovah's witnesses.
i'm sorry that inadvertently i've likely taught many to judge and as such see that racism permeates every corner of the jw world, else why else would someone be of the world, or even inactive.
i'm sorry i sat in on a jc, and voted to df.
Welcome!
I am trapped inside due to heavy family involvement in this corporation. Kudos on your courage.
SL
you can probably guess how this story goes.. i began dating a non-witness boy.
he knew i was a baptised witness and understood the consequences i faced for dating him.
we agreed to keep our relationship secret, which was easy considering our 200 mile distance.
Welcome.
Do not become a self-fulfilling prophecy by getting pregnant young. Get as much education as possible, a rewarding job/career, and create networks among enlightened and educated people.
You are young and most likely this relationship will vanish sooner than you think. Although your age won't help much, while maturity sets in, try to behave as decent as possible.
SL
was talking to an ex-bethelite who is still very well-connected to those in the ivory tower.. he says that there will soon be a(nother) large number of us bethelites who will be "reassigned to the field" as pioneers and special pioneers.. he did not give his source, but he is pretty reliable.
incidentally, he was "reassigned to the field" in the last big purge about 7 years ago.. i imagine those so reassigned would be pretty teed off.
let go just before the golden lakeshore palace was completed..
Laid off DOs/COs/Bethelites become the worst JWs. All disgruntled because they now have to make a living in the real world, you know, put heir money where their mouth is.
Ohhhhh, they do not like that!!!
Would be lovely to see members of the GB laid off as well. They sure got sweet gig for life.
SL
sometimes i get a strong curiosity to start dabbling into other religions, other faiths, you know?
really different ones such as islam, judaism, hinduism, etc.. has anyone here looked into something else?
has your spirituality been satisfied by any other than christianity?.
Thanks to all for the meaningful and insightful replies.
After some reflection, if ever free from this cult, I will remain religion-free. Spirituality seems highly overrated.
SL
i think a very simple reason may be because the very young are pretty much the only ones naive enough to take the plunge these days.
with the internet available to inform people about the deceptive lies printed by the wt corporation it seems that they are getting their member from the less informed population like the elderly and the very young.
they/gb hate higher education because they loose members who get one and so they are focusing on those that are dumb enough to believe their boogie man bull shit about jehovah choosing their corporation and anybody not a part of it he will destroyed at armageddon.. also we need to consider that they view these young people as a potential free labor source so the sooner you get them hooked into baptism with the threat of disfellowshipping you can get more free labor out of them..
Control, control, control!!!
How about following on JC's steps and waiting until full maturity has been reached? Oh no, that would be too much to ask.
SL
