can't these people see the $$$ dollar signs that are being made here for the last 100 years??
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Most of them have so much time and $$$$ invested in the Watchtower that they are afraid to leave.
Also, the Watchtower has reviled all other denominations to the point that JW's beleiev they have nowhere to go for spiritual food except at a kingdom hall.
i have noticed with "apostates/exjws" they always resort to "watchtower-bashing" whenever you show them inconsistencies of the bible.
we could be talking about contradictions, such as where did cain get his wife if adam,eve, abel, and cain were the only ones on earth?
the usual answer when they cannot answer will be "well the wt gave false prophecies in 1975".
Okay, fess up.
Who peed in Booker's bowl of Cheerios?
george smith pulls into the kingdom hall parking lot one sunday morning.
he is excited because today, for the first time, he will handle the mikes.
some days the visiting speaker asks questions of the audience.
Brother Smith will not be handling mike duties this morning.
He will not be handling mike duties or have any other 'privileges' for at least 6 months after he removes that pagan name from his personal company vehicle.
Only spiritually qualified, exemplary brothers can be a mike mule and Brother Smith demonstrates that he is still too immature so let's get that 12 year old who was baptized at this summer's Regional Convention to handle the mike this morning.
im curious, how many people on here had belonged to another church, or have enough knowlege of one.
to have thought the kingdom hall was a better option?
the wt articles often in the past, critisized other churches as being full of false christains, i have one from 1955 that rips on the roman catholic church.. not that they are free of guilt, but, i thought, gee, how many of these critisizers ever went to a small church to make that judgment?.
I have.
AFTER I left the Jehovah's Witnesses.
Before that, I only knew about churches and church people from what I read in the cult's books and magazines.
The Watchtower lied.
im new here, and dont know much about jw, other than what im reading.
i have my best friend who is having bible study in her home with 2 witnesses, and she is soaking it in.
she is very defensive and is getting more and more closed off.
It will not be long before your friend quits having any contact with you.
Her 'Bible' Study teacher will show her 1 Corinthians 15:33 in the Jeghovah's Witness book they mistakenly call a bible.
Which says that "Bad company corrupts good morals" in most English language bibles.
You are considered BAD COMPANY by Jehovah's Witnesses because they believe that everyone who is not a JW is bad company and has no moral compass even though the direct opposite is true, Jehovah's Witnesses have no moral compasses because they allow 7 wicked men in New York to dictate their so-called morality.
If you attempt to show her any information that is critical of Jehovah's Witnesses she will reject it and believe it comes from an apostate (You).
The best thing you can do is show her scriptures such as Luke 7:48-50, 1 John 5:12-13 and John 10:27-28 and ask her if she believes what Jesus said is true.
usually by this time in the year we are getting km's through telling jw's what to wear, where to eat, where to sleep, how much to tip (and not to take all the breakfast food to the assembly as your packed lunch) and how to get to their summer conventions - nothing coming through here in good old england - how about where you are?.
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It used to be 15%.
i found out that my husband has not only gone to the elders, but has been going to members of my family about me over a period of a few years.
this piece of news is just so depressing.
i've been wondering how my family knew i didn't go and thats why so many of them have becoming more and more distant.
You may be better off if you divorce the loser.
Finding out for sure that they don't have the truth.
the problem isn't just that kids are getting raped by people in their congregation.
the problem's also that anytime someone has "serrious charges" brought against them the elders add notes to that jws publisher file.
and, if the elders don't take the matter to the police or, as is often the case, tell the victims families not to take it to the police either, this establishes a level of accountability.. take daniel fitzwater for example.
It's all about WHO knew about it, WHAT did they do about it and WHY did they do nothing about it.
i am new to the site.
i started perusing it this weekend and wish i had found it 10 years ago when i was on my way out.
anyways, long story short, was df'd for you guessed it...fornication or "loose conduct" even though i had been a pioneer with an elder father, grandfather and uncle and no previous issues.
Welcome eyefell4it2
I love your handle.
I have a couple of questions you can answer privately to yourself.
1. Do you still believe the Jehovah's Witnesses have da troof?
2. Do you believe that other denominations may not be as evil as the JW's believe?
I hope you enjoy the board.
I have been out for 10 years this month (November 18) and have more real friends in than I ever did in the JW's, unconditional friends at that.
Some of them are christians, some are not.
Some are even members of the opposite sex and contrary to what JW's teach, none of try anything when we are alone together.
I saw more fornication, adultery and broken up marriages in the JW's than anythingt I have seen in the world.
Most of the marriages I observed in the JW's were miserable and one or both spouses were very depressed and unhappy.
Personally, I believe the denomination causes a lot more problems in marriages than happines.
It certainly doesn't provide and viable solutions to screwed up marriages.
Most marriages that survive are the ones where both spouses ditch the wacky religion.
