lets see.
by watchtower theology, millions if not billions of dead people will be resurrected in jehoobie's funland...... assuming 6 million dubs survive the fiery wrath of lord jehoobie, they will represent a tiny minority in the new world order!.
according to the borg, all of these newly risen dead will require a "witness", meaning, the kingdom ministry will by necessity be in full swing,.
AllTimeJeff said:
"Hope no one regrets their decision to leave this kind of thoughtless stupidity. And to think that this life saving work "prophesied" in Mt 24:14 is so self serving, so narrowly interpreted. This is horrible."
That's the quote of the year, so far. Couldn't have said it any better...................
there are so many new posters here now, i think this topic should be revisited.
i believe the most ridiculous belief that witnesses have is a "slave class" made up of 144,000 give spiritual "food at the proper time".
why can't jws see thru this??
Evidence that the FDS doctrine is full of crock:
IT IS JUST ONE SCRIPTURE......ONE FRIGGIN' SCRIPTURE!!
If the FDS doctrine was so central to the bible and Christianity, I think that it would have merited much more than ONE verse (parable) about it and certainly not just one mention (by the term "faithful and discreet slave). J-dubs have once again managed to turn one thought (obscure passage) into a full blown high control group (anthem) mechanism.
i'm talking about the new posters, like kitten whiskers, who started posting today (hope this works: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/120817/1.ashx).
and it seems like we're getting a few like this nearly every day.
people who were raised jws, really worry that they are doing the right thing in leaving, yet who have been made to feel not good enough by the wts, who felt they never measured up, who struggled with it, but came to realize that what they'd been brought up to believe was just not the truth.. the same stories are told over and over again, and they come from sincere, good people - not whiny, fault-finding apostates like the rest of us riffraff around here!
Arthur,
I salute you and others for your thoughtful words and diplomacy. If all had that philosophy, it would go a long way in helping J-dubs (whether nominal or elders, COs, DOs) to think and analyze how to deal with and/or escape the cult. Powerful methodologies at work indeed.
Skally, I respect your work and your passion and enjoy your posts, but you and Johnny were dead wrong in attacking those elders, who made a huge step to just get up the gumption to post here. You hurt more than help with those type of responses and verbal "drive-bys."
BM
i was reading through the thread, "how good does if feel to you not attending meetings anymore?
" i realized something.
many of us got out between 5 and 6 years ago.
What Willoman pointed out is so true - the 1995 generation doctrine and 9/11 were TWO BIG things that really made me sit back and re-assess the WTS. However I looked at the 9/11 in reverse. While it galvanized people and brought people together, what impressed on me was the scene of the actual buildings falling to the ground. At that moment, I realized that these were scenes that we had been seeing in the Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Live Forever, and numerous other WTS publications. As J-dubs, we were wishing and hoping for a scene like that to happen, because surely it would indicate Armageddon was here. I had a sick feeling in my stomach, as I realized that for years we were wishing and hoping for God to euthanize the human race in exactly the same fashion that those buildings came tumbling down during 9/11. I got sick thinking that at one time, I would've loved to see that, but the reality of it happening before my eyes made me see how inhumane it was. I began to think deeply about my exit strategy from the org at that point.
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i heard a woman from the rochester, michigan congregation has died by obstetric hemorrhage after delivery of her first child.. this is all that was relayed to me.. so heartbreaking
I know the couple personally. Beautiful woman. Her and her husband were the kind of people that would have made you stick around the JW-madness a bit, because they both were so down to earth, grounded and just good people. It really is a sad situation. The baby girl (who is absolutely beautiful) lived.
okay i know i'm going to hell for this...and a great many other things, but check it.
gods the president executive chief.
jesus is the secretary of state spreading good will all around.
Welcome to hell, everyone, or at least the deep side of the pool. Deep thought, Mr. Frosty, deep thought. Now, we've just got to find a role for Condi................
i used to be so into prophecy and actually loved the climax book when it first came out.
now, i can't believe i bought into that bs.
anyhow, name a ridiculous climax book interpretation.
Buster said:
"The lunacy in the Climax book is important. ; For one, it is a contiuation of the drivel they had been teaching for most of the 20th century. ; Some here will remember that going through the Babylon, published in '63, ;book ;during the '70's. ; It teaches the same crap. ; ;But that religion has always claimed it had ;all ; the answers, so they have to ;have answers for that LSD trip called Revelation. ;"
So true...............
"It is important because of the content of those conventions that are the prophesied trumpet blasts. ; Each of those conventions had a key message. ; Most (all?) of those key messages are replaced by new light. ; Those key messages were wrong. ; Those key messages were false prophecy."
The proverbial nail on the head. Powerful point, my friend. Powerful point......
i have always felt that requiring sisters to wear headcoverings was assinine.
jehovah won't strike you down for not wearing a headcovering".
word gets back to the co on his next visit that i don't let sisters wear headcoverings at the bookstudy when they read and he reams me out for it.
Yo, Lisa,
You've got a PM.
StillA:
That conditioning is something, ain't it? But I think you're on the right road in understanding where it comes from and how we're affected by it.
Enlightened:
According to the j-dub BS, sistas must wear headcoverings when they pray and/or conduct a bible study in the company of a man. They don't however have to wear one when handling some of those mundane responsibilities around the hall. Of course, none of these rules have no foundation or basis in scripture.
i have always felt that requiring sisters to wear headcoverings was assinine.
jehovah won't strike you down for not wearing a headcovering".
word gets back to the co on his next visit that i don't let sisters wear headcoverings at the bookstudy when they read and he reams me out for it.
LDH,
I have missed this for a long time. Anyway, it's something how peeps bought into this. How have you been by the way?
i have it from solid sources that brooklyn and patterson are now recording all incoming telephone calls.. a word to the wise if you have friends there you talk to.. alanf
ok, this post was fascinating................
