credit goes to mike & kim.. .. https://youtu.be/yj3x6wjrsaq .
.. .. atlantis!.
Why did everyone dress like it was the 1950s and is it me or was 99.99% of everyone in the video supposed to be a white person?
For me it's not that the video was wrong but I cannot believe they would show this at a meeting. The witnesses from the 1940s and 1950s must be rolling over in their graves. Can you imagine what Fred Franz or Knorr would say about this stuff?
i've been dating a jw girl for about 4 years and we've recently had a lot of issues with the fact that her family doesn't like that i'm not a jw.
i've been looking into the religion and am interested in it.
but is it wrong to join just so i don't lose her?
DanielC, I am married to a witness. The witness religion affects every aspect of their life. Even if she isn't a strong witness now that switch can be flipped at any time. Usually as soon as you have relationship problems, married or not, they get really into the witness stuff. Life will not be the smooth ride you hope for or deserve. This isn't even mentioning the family, the congregation and the elders that will have their nose in every aspect of your relationship. Yes, every aspect, including sex and what types of sex are acceptable and clean.
Remember, her status now is probably weak because she's dating you, a worldly guy, but that weak status could change at any point - usually happens with any stress that comes into their life or if you progress to have kids. You can almost gurantee that if you ever have kids she will 100% do everything in her power to make them witnesses. Trust me, that's a mess you don't want to deal with.
Good luck Daniel.
so last night they played the convention cartoon.
there were a few laughs from the audience, overall though people seemed a little taken aback and tight lipped.
like no one gushed about it afterwards, no applause, just like it was nothing new at all.
short story long, i've been out for 6 months now, my family are studying with the witnesses and they believe that is the true path but sided with me when i was disfellowshipped, they made it very clear they were not going to shun me and now i'm taking steps to make them realize what this religion really is about, meanwhile, it made my mother happy to know i went to the regional convention in a city where i don't know any witnesses which made it easier for me, anyways.. during one of the talks one of the speakers mentioned that convention where rutherford changed the name of "bible students" to that of jehovah's witnesses, and he said that the even was broadcasted worldwide through the radio, none of this is news, however he said that at that hour of the day when the announcement was given, witnesses in japan were trying to get the radio signal fixed so they could hear the talks given by rutherford, basically he said they failed to fix the radio signal but "miraculously" the signal was ok during the announcement so witnesses in japan got to hear the announcement, broke in tears and then the signal was gone again.. now that i know how the organization conducts itself i know this story is pure nonsense but if we examine this and please correct me if i'm wrong the data given by the speaker proves the story to be false by itself.
first i remember that it wasn't until knorr sent missionaries to japan that witnesses began to appear in japan, i remember a video where lloyd barry speaks of missionaries arriving to japan in the 40's and he said there were only a handful of witnesses whereas the speaker at the convention mentions "how many brothers in japan gathered to hear the radio broadcast by rutherford" second, the speaker is part of the branch committee in mexico so he ought to know that what he was saying was not true at all.. anyways this is my first post.
i will try to do this regularly, and if someone is from mexico i'm up to meet anyone.
this week has been the week when my whole way of thinking shifted.
i still cannot believe how this can happen so fast.
over a period of seven days i went from not even imagining that i could ever not be a witness to wanting to get out of this organisation.. .
Welcome paradisebeauty. I woke up researching about 607 and the flood. I tried to keep my research strictly to the subjects that interested me and refused to look at "apostate" material. I eventually couldn't believe what I was finding and my research expanded.
I was physically sick for months and months as I learned the TTATT. My wife didn't leave me but she is still a witness. I hope one day she wakes up too.
Hang in there and know we will support you by listening and sharing our stories too.
i have been out of the religion since 1996. i used to come to former witness boards a lot in the distant past, and then i lost interest in the subject.
however, with a couple relatives still in and passing the 1914 one hundred year mark, i find myself looking to see what a modern jehovah's witness is believing.
could i get kind of an update on some things.
I am faded and not treated as disfellowshiped...yet
Also, the bookstudy was cancelled and wrapped into the TMS and the mags only come out once monyh. There is a public watchtower and a witness watchtower that contains the study articles.
There are 2 one day assemblies each year and the district is now called a regional and it's always 3 days. I think it will shrink to 2 days in a year or two.
The anointed numbers continue to climb. There are now over 14,000. 1935 no longer has significance.
i had a horrible conversation with my 14 year old last night which i regret.
im still in but doubting more and more every day.. she is recently baptized.
she is outgoing and gorgeous and make friends easily, although not so much with the sisters in our hall, who pick her up and drop her again regularly , leaving her out of parties etc but then bringing her back into the circle, dropping her again...and so on.
we were waiting for my mother in law to come out of surgery.not much was talked about on "spiritual" matters (since i haven't been to a meeting in years).however, i got to hear about :government conspiracies to shut down alternative energy.. gmos are bad.
gmos are bad.
gmo's are bad!!!
I know a few older ones who excitedly bought tablets and started trying using them for service and the meetings. The young ones have a full time job helping the older ones out with technical problems.
On some level the older ones must feel like they are being left behind. The frustration must be incredible. You're older, less able physically, the end hasn't come and a lot of those you were friends with have passed away, the society is changing beliefs left and right and now to top it all off the society has embraced technology that you barely understand much less can operate. And the younger ones do get frustrated doing all that technical support.
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hello all, it's been a long time since i have posted.
well, things have not changed on my end.
i am still going thru the motions.
