hey ya'll, t was announced this morning at the breakfast table that there are two new members of the governing body.
they were formerly "helpers" or "given ones.
" anthony morris raised a family and then went into the traveling work.
ahhhh, Gene Smalley. Yes, I recall that self-righteous prick very well. He was the head librarian of the Writing Dept. when I was at the house and had a smug, albeit sheltered way about himself.
As for the 'Nethinim', it was my understanding that they include members of both the anointed and other-sheep who assist the FDS/GB with various matters. The anointed from that group often being looked at first as replacements to GB members who die off.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-gas17.html
5 bucks a gallon for gas?
expert sees it in 2006 .
Whatever happened to the electric car? If gas hit $5 a gallon, I'd start to seriously protest something..........
hey y'all,.
i recently got this film on dvd and it is so on-point with its cynical look at religion and belief systems.
i laughed 'till i cried.
Hey y'all,
I recently got this film on DVD and it is so on-point with its cynical look at religion and belief systems. I laughed 'till I cried. Anyone else caught this movie? What did you think?
have you any experience of families whose sons have gone off to bethel and then decided to not have any more contact with their family and jws at all very soon after returning?.
i ask this question because i know of two families where this has been the case.. the first family had three sons who one after the other went to the london bether to 'serve' within a couple of years of eachother.. after three years there all three returned home completely different people.
they then left home, left dub land, two married non jws and another lives with his girlfriend.
As a former bethelite, the experience is a jaded one and it does accelerate your seeing the flaws in the borg and wanting to get out. It was like dorothy, when she peered behind the curtain and found that there is no wizard............
in october of 2000, i faded away from the watchtower.
like most people, i have family and friends who are jw's (including my wife and parents).
fading is generally the best method for people in that situation.
classic, classic post..........
well, last night i was completely determined to tell my wife just three things i had learned.
i was just going to focus on lies - not scripture, or stupid stuff ... just lies.. 607/1914trinity (trinity brochure lies)cross (reasoning book lies and archeaology).
if she starts to question other stuff, or if she starts in on a debate about the trinity, i was going to shut her down and let her know i am willing to talk to her about that - but not right now.
Best of luck, man........
have any of you who were ever "raised in the truth" really traced your doubts back to as early as you remember?
i would be interested in hearing what they were.. i started tracing my path of doubts.
doubts as a child:.
ithink:
I pm'd you...........
have any of you who were ever "raised in the truth" really traced your doubts back to as early as you remember?
i would be interested in hearing what they were.. i started tracing my path of doubts.
doubts as a child:.
XBEHERE:
Me and you have lived parallel lives. My WHOLE family is in deep (POs, Elders, Pioneers, etc.) and I've been unplugged from the Matrix........
i think one major point that proves that the jw's are a cult is that you can't leave without being stigmatized.
all you have to do for other religions is take your name of the membership log or just resign.
for jw's you can't leave unless you're df'd or da'd.
Richie,
Thanks for posting this, man..........
at the 'big house' you go either one of two ways, company man or apostate.
i think for many that went, it demystified the whole organization and you saw firsthand that there wasn't holy spirit influencing anything - only the muses of sheltered, out-of-touch old men and political bureaucrats.
i work in the corporate world and i saw just as much if not more politics in bethel.
upping this..........
