Welcome Brainfloss, Mrs. Floss and the little toothbrushes.
I am glad that you and your wife found out TTATT before you wasted 30 or 40 years in the cult.
well,i have been lurking here for a couple of years.
i was babtized at 16 for all of the wrong reasons and when i moved out after highschool i really never looked back, although i suppose i always thought it was the truth.
at 36 i met the love of my life.
Welcome Brainfloss, Mrs. Floss and the little toothbrushes.
I am glad that you and your wife found out TTATT before you wasted 30 or 40 years in the cult.
acts 20:28 nwt.
pay attention to yourselves+ and to all the flock, among which the holy spirit has appointed you overseers,+ to shepherd the congregation of god,+ which he purchased with the blood of his own son.
king james and other translations.
It's simple if you really believe what John 1:1 says in a real bible.
i'm only asking because we haven't seen a single sole......(sole being a living creature not a floaty spirit thing!
lol) and nobody has had one down our street at all.........
Nada.
The fools gave up on my street 5 or 6 years ago.
Too many neighbors know what questions to ask them.
apparently the jws are doing a new handbill campaign.
they were just at my door and offered it to me with one of their heartless and scripted presentations.
the religion has just become so dumbed down.
SFPW, how can you sleep at night knowing that the tracts you are distributing to your neighbors who you are supposed to love contain false teachings?
I threw 20 minutes of Watchtower bullshit at them.
excellent material can be found within the reasoning book, page 328, para.2, 3. occasionally, i see posters make presumptuous comments like, "all you need is the bible", or, "i'm born-again, so there's no need for spiritual assistance from another christian", or,"i'm saved", or my favorite, "jesus talks to me directly.
" on one hand, i can't be overly critical of such ones because they do attempt to read and understand the bible on their own.
(acts 17:11) not to mention they're generally peaceable folks, just self-misguided when erroneously believing that they can go it alone.
Stand for Pure Worship can you tell me if a person can really know for sure with scriptural proof to confirm that they have eternal life now?
myself and my family have had some odd experiences in our current congregation.
i have'nt been to meetings since september because of this.. 1. the co told the elder who was studying with my husband that he was doing it as an "academic exercise.
" my husband is very intelligent, been in the military, has a degree and a masters and a good job.
You have been away from the meetings since September.
Give it another 4 months and you will never want to go back.
Go to www.jwfacts.com and learn what the Watchtower Society does not want you to know.
a little background, i faded in 2007 and have been out ever since.
i started studying at 18 and have no jw realitives.
i'm returing because my life is heading in the wrong direction.
I can't imagine sitting through ONE meeting at a kingdom hall after knowing what I know now.
I would rather be dead.
over many years i have looked at jwn.
in fact barely a day goes by without my fix.. .
it is a site of contradictions.. .
At least you can tell the board to F*&% off, leave and then come back in a few months and most will not shun you for 6 months to a year.
And... you can agree or disagree with folks here without having to worry about getting hauled before some dumbass window washers and janitors who will decide if you are worthy of eternal life or not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skpfnsn2yvc.
Just fill in the form and a deceived cultist with be happy to study a Watchtower book with you and will use out of context scriptures to prove his/her cult has the only religious truth on earth.