when confronted with all of the inconsistencies and atrocities of the bible, many believers invariably claim that they don't base their faith in christ on what's written in the bible.
so what is the basis then, if not scripture?.
and please don't tell me "the lord has revealed himself to me".
Perry posted it like it was for me too.
Another problem as a JW was that I asked Jehovah to forgive me when I should have been asking Jesus to forgive me.
As soon as I put all my trust in Jesus and asked Him to forgive me my whole world changed for the better.
I suggest you read Romans and Galatians beginning at chapter 1 in each book and ask Jesus to reveal Himself to you.
Most people listen to the radio during their commute to and from work and today's consumer would rather listen to music, sports talk radio, etc. than ruin their day by getting put to sleep by some "the end of the world is soon, soon, soon!" monotonous fool who barely finished high school.
i stumbled upon this website a few weeks ago due to the jw.org ridiculousness, since then i haven't been able to pull myself away.
the thoughts, feelings, and concerns i have had the past few years aren't just mine.
it's global.
Take your time and thoroughly research the history of the denomination.
It may help to have your husband assist you.
Within a month of serious research you will realize what many of us found out.
We were deceived by a bunch of false prophets.
i heard several stories of the watchtower taking in loans and donations given by rich witnesses who have fallen on to hard times and asked for the money back and the watchtower won't return the money.
have you ever heard of the watchtower only paying the money back on "conditional loans" once legal experts get invovled?
one of the stories that is around is a family donated a large chunk of their nest-egg to the watchtower and the husband got sick and the branch refused to contact him when he asked for his conditional donation back, would the watchtower screw people out of their money?
They screwed a sister out of over $30,000 she loaned the kingdom hall to pave the parking lot.
3 months after she loaned the kingdom hall the $$$$ she received a letter from the Watchtower Society thanking her for her genorous donation.
The wicked elders sent her money to the Watchtower Society, turned around and borrowed the $$$ back from the society and tacked it onto the kingdom hall mortgage payment to the society.
the elder was just giddy with excitement!
20,000 hours put in!
14,000 tracts and brochures!
What a crock of poo poo!
hi,.
i'm new in this forum and it seems from a quick recce that jw's give this site a miss?
is there a site that jw's use - other than their official one which is restricted to active jw's?.
A lot of JW's use this forum:
this is my first post on here so bear with me.
currently i am still an active jw with serious questions about the jw org.
i was hesitant signing up but really need as much input from the people on this forum to get a clear understanding on things.
The reason things practiced by Jehovah's Witnesses bother you is because God's spirit is making you aware of them.
As far as the morality taught by the Watchtower Society; it is skewed and distorted because no matter how hard anyone tries to live a morally upright life it is out of our reach because all of us are sinners.
If you try to go it alone you will fail miserably at maintaining moral purity.
The only way that you can have a measure of it is through the Holy Sprit, which the Watchtower lies and says is available in full measure to only 144,000.
I suggest that you read Romans (especially chapter 8) and Galatians in a real bible instead of the perverted New World Translation where you will find treasures from God which will lead you to the Holy Sprit.
He will then lead you into all truth and give you a peace you have never experienced.
i saw an online post with pictures of all the witnessing carts all around the 9/11 site during the anniversary of the tragedy.... im appalled at how opportunistic they are, and how they prey on people in a mourning and vulnerable state!.
apparantly they boast of: "there are 65 carts, with 200 witnesses manning the area... and so far 15 new studies started!".
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Can you post a link to the online photos.
I would like to see this for myself.
has anyone had success with a high traffic website or blog ?.
it might take a team of people to accomplish.. ads pay and people count, lots and lots of people.
does jehovahs-witness.net make money every time someone looks at the web site?
Sarahsmile must be either constipated or suffering from PMS.
just curious.
"touching the unclean thing" or working for or attending "babylonish" church service or functions was taboo in the past for jws.
has this changed recently???.
No, it is still considered a 'sin' for a baptized Jehovah's Witness to work for a church.
But it is not a 'sin' for the Watchtower Society to sell one of their kingdom halls to a church.
The 'sister' can technically say she is working fr the bridal party and it is just a coincidence that the photos needed to be taken inside the church and on the outside steps.
Her elders will look the other way.
Some elders here work on renovating churches all the time.
I have seen 5 or 6 of them at the same time painting a new nursery addition at a Baptist church.
I was at the church on 'secular' business with the pastor when I saw them.
They were very surprised when I showed up but I told them I wouldn't tell anyone at the hall.
They kept their mouths shut about it and so did I.
No need to get them in trouble for making a living.
