well, i guess i can't be shocked but it's been a while since i've been to a jw service.
i honestly felt like i was sitting through an amway sales pitch with my grandmother's name inserted every once in a while.
it's not personal at all.
I am sorry that you lost your Grammy.
And I totally agree with your description of kingdom halls...
" ghastly decorated underground bunker"
I have only seen one that didn't meet that description.
It was in a 3rd world country far, far away from any Bethel.
i just came across this gem on "the chatanoogan"... it was an ad/article about the 2013 dc at the nw georgia trade & convention center arena .... what i found most interesting was the fluff at the end of the article.... fast facts - jehovah's witnesses worldwide.
6 - new congregations formed each day30 - people baptized each hour on average239 - lands where jehovah's witnesses currently preach595 - languages in which they publish bibles and bible-based literature111,719 congregations worldwide7,538,994 - ministers who teach the bible19,000,000 - people who attend their meetings or conventions179,000,000 - bibles published by jehovah's witnesses in 116 languages20,000,000,000 - pieces of bible-based literature published by jehovah's witnesses over the past 10 yearsare you kidding me?
6 congos formed each day?
Fluffy articles inflate JW's opinon of their wonderful denomination and brings attention to their god who is going to kill you if you reject what is printed in their religious comic books.
is watchtower baiting apostates with this new awake?.
"is protest the answer?".
http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/g201307/is-protest-the-answer/.
"READ A BIBLE INSTEAD OF THE WATCHTOWER & THE NWT"
first time in a kh in over 20 years.
i am doing this for my mother and my grammy with the help of xanax and little bottles of grey goose..
I am sorry for your loss.
i was listening to the radio, a religous show.. the speaker started talking about how the holy spirit is the third person of the godhead.. they just assume that everyone understands what a godhead is, and it is a manmade term.
that is what makes their point of view so ridiculous.. is it like a godfoot, godear, god elbow?.
they have their scriptures to link the holy spirit with the trinity, and jws have their scriptures to unlink it, and never they two shall meet.. .
Rattigan350:
In response to honesty's comment "I didn't believe it when I got saved." This is another topic, but no one is saved as everyone has died.
You don't know me from Adam and you have not experienced what I have experienced.
Therefore, you are posting out of ignorance.
pedophiles knocking .
in a nutshell, it points out why the general public should be leery of jehovahs witnesses knocking at the front door.
my article is titled pedophiles knocking and is available at: http://marvinshilmer.blogspot.com/2013/07/pedophiles-knocking.html.
i was listening to the radio, a religous show.. the speaker started talking about how the holy spirit is the third person of the godhead.. they just assume that everyone understands what a godhead is, and it is a manmade term.
that is what makes their point of view so ridiculous.. is it like a godfoot, godear, god elbow?.
they have their scriptures to link the holy spirit with the trinity, and jws have their scriptures to unlink it, and never they two shall meet.. .
You don't have to believe that the Trinity is a biblical concept to get saved.
I didn't believe it when I got saved.
a few years ago, my in-laws got scammed by one of the reverse pension plan schemes that flourished at the time.
i found both the process of them getting scammed and the technique used by the scammers really interesting, and i'm sure you'll recognize the general deal:.
it began with a person they trusted saying he had found a great deal that seemed very promising: a small investment now would turn into a large reward in a short while, when the particulars had been straightened out.
It sounds just like another scam that I have a lot of experience with involving magazines.
so, i'm sitting there in the kingdom hall.
the watchtower study is what's going on.
lots of re-hashing the paragraph that we just read, so lots of time for my mind to wander.
A brother has made the comment that Jehovah's modern-day organization is the only way that people are ever going to find everlasting life. I can't believe my ears. And not so much as a flinch crosses the WT conductor's face. Not a ripple.
Until I woke up, I used to be just like the Watchtower Study conductor when I heard such comments.
I would even bob my head up and down in agreement as I commented that Jerhovah knew what He was doing when he appointed the faithful and discreet slave to watch over His people.
i'm in a pissy mood and would love to hear your stories.
personally, i'm thinking of getting a tatoo on my rear end saying wbt$ kiss this!.
Voted in every local, state and federal election.
Donated whole blood on many occasions.
Joined a church.
Said the Pledge of Allegiance.
Had good times with 'worldly' people and no one did drugs, drank alcohol or hit on members of the opposite or same sex.
Listened to Contemporary Christian music.
Gave the Watchtower god my middle finger.
