this is an important topic.
which means, of course, it will be largely ignored!
mostly it will be ingored because it is deep.
Our beloved Bible gives us a sense of being worthless and doomed and our lives are filled with endless rituals of reassuring the invisible ill-tempered Soverign in the sky that we mean well.
Then just don't follow the Bible. After all, isn't this how we were made to feel as JWs? I wouldn't want to go through THAT again.
the trinity, soul and body that are one and yet separate at death, heaven and hell, etc.
christendom's beliefs are deemed strange by many people but what if they are right?
Christendom's beliefs are deemed strange by many people but what if they are right?
You gotta be kiddin' me !!!!
well my wife and i just endured a long weekend with her parents and extended jw family.
i've had about all of the stomach turning jw rhetoric i can stand for a while.
in the interest of sharing my pain, here are a few select quotes for the rest of you.. "wow, i guess you don't have your watchtower library out because you use the cd, right?".
She elaborated that it supposedly makes it impossible to lie.
Too bad somebody in the kitchen at Bethel couldn't have spiked the GB's grub the last 50 years.
i posted this on a different thread regarding my mother but her sister (my aunt) told her that because i left the "truth" and am living my life outside of bible principles, that the "demons" are affecting her.
she told my mom that twice last week, "the demons pushed her" and caused her to fall.
because my mother associates with me and my mom associates with her sister----therefore the "contact" is made thru my mother to her.
Probably needs a colonic.
i feel that so many wrongs of the wtbs have been outed especially with the internet age...such as u.n. scandal, child abuse scandal, wrongful dfing, etc.
does anyone here find it strange that we can not find 1 person to out them on the money, their holdings, their spending?
where does all that money go, where is it kept, who has control over it?
Anyway, I don`t think there is a JW in the world that would have the guts to pull the trigger of a gun.
All's fair in love and theocratic war.
i feel that so many wrongs of the wtbs have been outed especially with the internet age...such as u.n. scandal, child abuse scandal, wrongful dfing, etc.
does anyone here find it strange that we can not find 1 person to out them on the money, their holdings, their spending?
where does all that money go, where is it kept, who has control over it?
Sound advice, Lady Lee. As you pointed out, the eyes of those who are searching for truth WILL be opened, but only to that information which can be verified as factual. Innuendo, accusations and circumstantial evidence just doesn't cut it.
i feel that so many wrongs of the wtbs have been outed especially with the internet age...such as u.n. scandal, child abuse scandal, wrongful dfing, etc.
does anyone here find it strange that we can not find 1 person to out them on the money, their holdings, their spending?
where does all that money go, where is it kept, who has control over it?
Just as in the real world, power counts more than money. Of course you DO have to have the green stuff to toss around, but a real tight (hermetically sealed, I might add) lid is being kept on the financial end of things. Control of the finances is in the hands of non-JW lawyers and accountants, as well it should be to protect them from just what has been said, "spilling the beans". The "power trip" begins among the rank & file in the form of pioneer, ministerial servant and elder designations, and continues up from there. The circuit/district overseers have their health & car insurance paid for as well as frequently replaced "wheels" (can't have 'em breakin' down in Bed-Stuy or East L.A. now can we). Plus the extra change that gets slipped into their suit pockets by adoring fandom helps 'em stay flush. But the real upper is power. Those "at the top" (GB) are living gods as can be seen from the reaction to announcements of their presence at various district and international functions. They don't need money when all their needs are provided for and their indulgences are catered to on this basal earthly plane. Yes, they "walk on water" amongst their minions...and isn't that all that matters when they are the elite who oversee Jehovah's/Jesus' earthly possessions while awaiting their heavenly glory?
Sorry I couldn't help you find the money. I just had to rant.
i posted this on a different thread regarding my mother but her sister (my aunt) told her that because i left the "truth" and am living my life outside of bible principles, that the "demons" are affecting her.
she told my mom that twice last week, "the demons pushed her" and caused her to fall.
because my mother associates with me and my mom associates with her sister----therefore the "contact" is made thru my mother to her.
He said it's because of people like me doing good deeds and not allowing the world to get worse by helping people who need help that God had not ended the world.
Wow! Talk about pretzel logic! I think your brother's really been assimilated, Gary!
i posted this on a different thread regarding my mother but her sister (my aunt) told her that because i left the "truth" and am living my life outside of bible principles, that the "demons" are affecting her.
she told my mom that twice last week, "the demons pushed her" and caused her to fall.
because my mother associates with me and my mom associates with her sister----therefore the "contact" is made thru my mother to her.
He must be a JW.
i posted this on a different thread regarding my mother but her sister (my aunt) told her that because i left the "truth" and am living my life outside of bible principles, that the "demons" are affecting her.
she told my mom that twice last week, "the demons pushed her" and caused her to fall.
because my mother associates with me and my mom associates with her sister----therefore the "contact" is made thru my mother to her.
Hmmmmm the whole buring things to prove or disprove demons starting to draw a clear picture now
Sad story from the book, Witnesses of Jehovah, written by former Witnesses Leonard & Marjorie Chretien:
"Psychologist Jerry Bergman, for many years a Jehovah's Witness, has written a book titled The Mental Health of Jehovah's Witnesses. While interviewing him for the film Witnesses of Jehovah, he told us this tragic story. It was about a Witness who was very active in his congregation for many years. When he started to behave very strangely, the elders thought that the furniture in his house was demonized, since he had bought it from the Salvation Army. So they began to burn pieces of his furniture in order to destroy this demon influence. Eventually they burned nearly every piece of furniture in his house, but the man showed no improvement. In fact he was getting worse. The elders then started to burn the man's clothing and other possessions, including family portraits. Through Dr. Bergman's encouragement, the elders finally took the man to a medical doctor. The doctor ordered tests at a hospital, where it was diagnosed that the patient had a brain tumor and would require immediate surgery. However, the man died before the operation could be performed."
