Because Jehovah's Witnesses have been deceived into believing the 8 man Governing body instead of believing Jesus.
Deep down inside they know that they are rejecting Jesus but satan makes them believe that evrything is going to be alright because they swallow the lie that "he who has died has been acquitted from [his] sin" and besides, jehovah's Witnesses have good intentions even if they are wrong.
i could go on and on about my personal journey over the last 2 years or so, but i don't need to.
everything i needed to hear to finally lay my doubts to rest happened on one meeting night.
it could only be divine providence.
i have been posting on here for a few weeks now and i know i have been quite colourful in my language.. i hope i have'nt offended anyone, if so, i am sorry.. i'm just so damn angry about everything.
i feel like an idiot.
i'd been falling for the bs for so many years.. will these feelings ever fade?.
Most of us went ballistic when we found out that we had been bamboozled by the Jehovah's Witness false teachers.
As I tell nonJW who see JW apologists on other boards lashing out at the messengers who show them direct quotes from the Watchtower Society, "Sure they are mad as hell. Who wouldn't be when you have been told all your life that some anonymous writers in New York speak for God and if you don't accept what they say you are going to have to be destroyed."
i conducted the wt study tonight on higher education.
i wondered what the reaction of the bros and sis would be.
there was no deviation from the idea that a university education is not a good idea.
I received my university education by reading 2 companionized religious comic books...
The Wackedtower and the Asleep!
My postgrauduate thesis was "How to effectively trick the sheep into believing that every word uttered from the platform came directly from God even though 99.9% of it is bullshit."
just letting you know that today's meeting is cancelled.. it's been a while since we have seen the girls - if we need to change something so they can attend and or make their bible study - please let me know.. hope we see you at the meeting soon.. bro brown".
my response.... "simon,.
please remove me from your email contact list.
Perfect reply.
this to me is simply unreal!
imagine having to answer the following:.
km 2014. awake march 2014. were visiting briefly to try to clear up a misconception that many have about this bible verse.
Dumbasses.
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?
