can anyone save me the stress of listening to the self-appointed faithful & discreet slave for 3 hours, and give a clue as to roughly at what point in the proceedings was the derogatory term 'bum witnesses used, and by whom?
i'd really love to extract that comment and send it to a weakening witness, to highlight the judgmental arrogance and name-calling being displayed.. many thanks in advance folks!.
Didn't they change Jesus riding into Jerusalem on an ASS because that means a bottom/ arsehole/ bum.
Never mind that a DONKEY and an ASS are different animals: At least we can now prove the NWT is NOT the best translation in the world.
WHO in god's name would think that jesus rode into Jerusalem on an anal sphinctre, other than the gibbering buddies??
brazil.
necessarily in a catholic and priest-ridden country,.
wherein the greater part of the population possess a. small degree of intelligence, the giving of the witness is.
"Ability to associate ideas" - if this is a sign of intelligence, then most witlesses are exactly that.
i know there are some here that are going through some tough times.
some of you do not believe in god.
some are not sure.. i was told recently by a friend to pray to god for help and he would comfort me.. my first impulse is to pray.
If I dont believe in WHICH "god" do you mean?
Look at all the different civilisations in history and alll the gods they prayed to?
So it seems like the more you belive in the particular '''IMAGINARY FRIEND" your culture believes in the more strength you have to cope - even if Zeus or Ashtoreth is just a lie created by gangsta priests to sucker you - Like the Witchtower Babble and Trash Suckerciety does now.
Millions of people lived and live happy lives in the far east, without the so called comforts of monotheistic religions, which seem to cause more trouble and bloodshed than any others - but then they worship a homicidal sadistic sociopath.
We really get our strength to cope from within...
HB
i have recently joined the site.
i was just appointed an elder this summer.
i started discovering the ttatt (the truth about the truth) last year after putting a few things together myself concerning the leadership and then doing some research online.. i really enjoyed jwfacts.com, jwsurvey, and others.
I know that "SICK FEELING IN THE PIT OF THE STOMACH!
I got it first at the 1993 A$$embly when they changed the "When you see these tHings", which made me suspect they would dump the Generation of 1914.
When the Witchtower came out changing the generation teaching, I felt sick. Getting up for work in the morning felt like torture - I neede to lie down and come to terms with the fact that we had all been hoodwinked. Over the next few years I began to DRINK whilst attending the kingdumb hell. It was the only way I thought I could stay sane: drink enough so you dont think too hard.
Then i got the Encyclopedia Brittanica CD. looked up JWs, and started the journey away.
i have met dr. gentry personally and found his reasearch on readio-halos fascinating.
it has been unanswered in published scientific journals, though lots of unscientific "just so" theories abound on the internet.
this video is a nice overview of several processes that are in much conflict with the worldview of materialists.
This thread needs an:
"OH DEAR"
hb
latest news from a source (missionary in foreign land):.
no more missionary homes anywhere in the world.. all missionaries presently in missionary homes must vacate.
must get housing on your own / from the locals.. circuit and district overseers have moved into many of these former missionary homes.. reasons: liability, cost savings, real estate to be sold or used for other purposes.. needless to say, many of these longtime servants are very unsettled.
Mother's Big Beth Hell Mams have nipples that suckle the suckers with vinegar...
well, for some jw's the gb new light is very very exciting.
in fact its the most exciting thing that has happened in a very long time.
this is what a long time jw told me.
The "noolite" on the parables is actually centuries old light for the Churches of Christendom.
Read any of their Bible encyclopedias, this is the "understanding" they have been teaching for a long time.
Funny how what the Churches teach (according to the Botchtower) is "basically worthless", yet Satan's Evil Spirit gave them this truth, and the annointed in heaven have only just managed to get this through to the twats in Brooklyn.
whenever i talk to jw's, and even in some of the jw official videos, i detect a definite vibe of sadness coming off these people.. i am very sensitive to "atmospheres" and to peoples emotional state, you wouldn't think so, because more often than not i do not react to what i detect, i just let people get on with it.. but i do get this feeling that they are sad, probably because very, very, very deep down they realise that it is all false, maybe ?.
There is nothing to look forward to in the immediate future.
I have been on buses and trains on meeting nights, and seen them going to the Kingdumb Hell, they didnt know me so showed themselves as miserable sociopaths, who dont even acknowledge the existence of the other passengers if they can avoid it. UNLESS THEY WANT YOU TO TAKE A PIECE OF LITTERATURE.
And yes- they all look miserable and sad. Including the piousneer, who went round the loop on the subway twice - I sat and watched out of curiosity.
He kept looking at his watch, presumably to see if his hours were finished. I should have said something.
HB
so, i am talking to a long time friend, you know, the non-judgmental type that doesn't really mind that i don't go to many meetings and am never out in service.
he tells me that the annual meeting is coming up and that the whole congregation is invited...well, at least the active "approved" whole congregation.
he speaks with an excitement that puzzles me, like he just got invited to the locker room of his favorite football team when they won the superbowl.
I am sure they will say everybody should take the emblems.
Too many annointed now = this way the whole issue will be a fog.
HB
life's not so great, i've been sulking after it was annouced, the annual meeting of directors is allowing everyone to view the event!
here comes the congregational corpes "john and jane does" to a meeting they should not be allowed to attend!
jehovah's witnesses enjoy their royalty just like americans do.
Connie -
You are an evil distraction from important things. Who in hell cares about the Gibbering Buddies??
There has been far, far, too little talk or reports of smoking, drunkenness, fornication, adultery, homosex and cruelty to small furry creatures.
This must change.
SIMON - ban this chatterer!!
