I remember a book study one Tuesday evening.
Part way through, the doorbell rang. It was a guy collecting for the annual Christian Aid campaign.
Brother: "we dont believe in giving to charity, as this world is passing away"
Guy: "but even Jesus said to help the needy"
Brother: "I am sorry we are Jehovahs Witnesses, and right now we are in the middle of a Bible study." (slam)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!
HB
i detest this type of posting.
it's only my opinion of course and so long as forum rules aren't breached we're all free to express ourselves as we see fit.
doesn't mean i have to like it though.. honestly, can't you make your point without this kind of infantile name calling?
One other thing that not one poster on this thread has mentioned is that in the English speaking world we can invent our own NEW words.
Shakespeare coined countless new words and phrases, which found their way into our everyday speach.
Has anybody ever complained about him NOT using "real words" because he invented them? Only the ignorant Christians trying to get him banned from school libraries because he is "offensive".
i detest this type of posting.
it's only my opinion of course and so long as forum rules aren't breached we're all free to express ourselves as we see fit.
doesn't mean i have to like it though.. honestly, can't you make your point without this kind of infantile name calling?
Tredescu -
We can only use REAL words to describe REALITY.
Since the WT religion is neither reality, nor does it use words like everybody else, real words are useless in the fight against them, as they have written their own dictionary which nobody else can fathom...
If they can make up their own words and vocabulary, so can we, who were taught by Masters.
HB
i detest this type of posting.
it's only my opinion of course and so long as forum rules aren't breached we're all free to express ourselves as we see fit.
doesn't mean i have to like it though.. honestly, can't you make your point without this kind of infantile name calling?
Witlesses despise those of us on this board.
They will rejoice at our death/destruction. They would have this site shut down if they could. They have NO RESPECT for any body elses beliefs or way of life, yet expect it in return.
I refuse to walk on eggshells to pander to their narrow minded self righteous judgemental mind set.
These are people who shun their own flesh and blood, have killed their own children over the blood issue, and deny any freedom of speech to dissidents, who they label as "MENTALLY DISEASED." Since I am insulted by this term, why do THEY persist in using it?
I refuse to kiss any more brainwashed assholes from this death dealing blasphemous cult.
We are not here to rescue others, but to recover our own life.
If we pander to them on this issue, soon we will be told not to admit to being gay, living with a partner, smoking, watching Harry Potter, all on the grounds we dont want to offend Jdub visitors to the site.
THEN we will be told "dont bother posting if you disagree with the WTBTS religion, it might offend those still in."
Lastly: " dont post at all" - as this will prove we are all diseased apostates, deserving the fate the WT so confidently prints in every issue of its "comics" about the bible.
HB
the word out of bethel is of a mass purge the likes of the 1980's.. there's also possible public reproofs handed out for irregular ones.. .
the scriptures they are using to support this:.
the very ones keeping away from you will perish.
Which Beth hell?
Is this not bullying? Any announcement at the Kingdumb Hell with a name attached to it will make them liable for legal action, as it affects the reputation of the person named.
Many on this board have had announcements about them stopped dead in their tracks by threatening legal action.
The local elders are hung out to dry if they are sued, and if the Witchtower can be shown to be behind such actions then they can be sued too. Better get those little ones giving to cover the payoffs.
One member here, a practicing homosexual AND MS for years, (gotta give it to the holy ghost!) when a JC was formed (he had by this time a partner) simply threatened to sue and so nothing was ever done.
HB
a bit of background: she is a sweet sister who has hard a really hard life: mum killed in an accident when she was young while once-an-elder dad was off having an affair after having been released from jail after serving time as a pedophile; she spent months in hospital after the accident which killed her mother; brothers jailed as pedos, ex husband left her cold with their 6 month old son- she's had a tough life and is a really sweet lady.
she's intelligent, caring, forgiving and articulate.
far too good for jws.. she 'brought me into the truth' as they say, and as such we've always had a pretty good bond.. now, after the gossip/slander fiasco of another so-called friend running around telling everyone i'm an apostate and not to talk to me, i unfriended my jw friends from facebook with an explanation.
Some people can suffer terribly, yet still fail to learn real compassion.
Let the dead bury themselves. She will die one day like everybody else - only she thought it will never happen.
Save your love for those that deserve it, not the users at the Kingdumb Hell.
HB
congregation book study.. jeremiah book, page 167, paragraph 25:.
"gods people today are not prophets"..
That vese of Zechariah sums it up.
The false prophets start denying they were ever that .
Having said on many occasions that the WT and its followers are a "prophet" they now deny it since the internet is exposing their 100% failure rate. (Deut 18)
HB
"Listen OBEY and be Blessed"
Having learned that lesson, the next one is to GIVE to the Borg - who hands everybody a "gift" that just keeps on taking.
HB
thanks to all who suggested me this book.
almost half way through the reading.
it sheds light to the darkest secrets of this cult.
I remember a poster on here, many years ago who was told by a beth Hell phone operator, that if a person had read this book, there is really nothing that can be done to bring them back into the cult.
HB
well i've just had a quick read through the november awake on jw.org.
usual twaddle but they must have run out of 'scientists' for their monthly feature, we have a pianist this month.. sexting, morals and the menopause all there to keep you facinated for ten minutes.. george.
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St George - Remember this is a WITCHTOWER rag - are you absolutely sure it wasn't "PENIS."???
