being a non-witness, i'm unsure of the official teaching on this.
Do JWs love and care for non-believers?
Just from my personal experience I would say no. They will use you to suit their needs/wants and then when the decide you are no longer of any value to them, they will drop you completely. Of course I can't say that all are like that, all I can speak of is my personal experience.
those of you who saw my threads, know that my grandpa was going to die.
you may also remember the fact
that he went from the catholic religion to jw"s, may have had this wrong at first, but in 2003. we discussed the fact
Cindy,
I'm so new here that often I am hesitant to comment on things, but your post just broke my heart. Please understand this isn't meant to be a negative comment towards you in the least. What I mean is that it just breaks my heart to see that an organization, any organization, would encourage someone to do something they don't want to do or don't feel comfortable doing just to gain the fellowship of their family. It's blackmail plain and simple. How truly pathetic that this organization not only resorts to this type of behavior, but actively and freely encourages it.
I do understand the need and desire to be an active participant in the lives of family and friends, so I wish you the very best ,and hope your journey is a good one. We all must choose our own path in life, and do what we feel is best for us, and I support everyones right to do just that, whether I agree with their choices or not.
My best to you always,
RM
What I don't get is when the head is bouncing along, it's just that..a head. But when it stopped and I did a screenshot of it, it looks like a good portion of the penguin is still there. That's rather odd!
JH, I wish I could do as well as you. , better yet, I wish I had photoshop abilities. Oh the things I could do!
I love this game!
before you read anything, you should be aware that i do not know what i am talking about.
it seems clear now that the watchtower religion has already started to decline, in the western world at least.
how will this decline play out in the future - this is one of the most interesting questions relating to the watchtower at the moment: will the witnesses enjoy a slow leisurely decline over many decades, or can we expect a major split and disintegration in the near future?
what_Truth? posted:
I'll run the writing department. The first publication will be called "an oral and anal sex guide for new christians."I would like to help in the research dept for this guide, please and thank you!
this should be fun .
name your best quality, and your worst fault.. quality: i'm very fast at everything.
fault: i'm easy to influence.
It's both my best and worst: I trust and believe in people too easily.
i've wasted most of a day putting this quiz together.
it's only 10 questions, please give it a go and see what you get!.
if you think it could make a decent anti-witnessing tool, i might dress it up with links to the quotes site and the watchtower site to prove the accuracy of the points made.. if you see any inaccuracies or misleading comments, please let me know.. url = http://www.thebentinel.com/jw-quiz.php (embedded below).
I'm 20% JW. LOL, I've never been a witness either (never wanted to be either). Guess that 4 door car put me in the game. Hey, I've got kids, I need the space!
in holly's good-bye thread, quotes mentioned that he felt that some people were better off in high-control groups.
i've heard othes say similar things.. but i have a difficult time with this.
is it not true that high-control groups stiffle a person's emotional and intellectual development?
I think that there are people who are better off within a high control group. Some people just don't have the wherewithall to 'do it on their own". They really need that structure, and organization in order to maintain a semblance of normalcy. Without it they would completely crumble. Once you have been "trained" within that type of organization, for many it may well mean finding, or having that, throughout their lives in one manner of another. In that manner, they don't have to think for themselves, or make any major life changing decisions for themselves, as it's all basically done for them. If somewhere along the lines there is a bump in the road, they have someone else to take care of it for them, and they can continue along blissfully without worry that "they" made any wrong choice, because they have left all the choices up to others.
It reminds me of the Shawshank Redemption, when Red is finally out of prison, and all he can think of is going back, because the daily routine of having everything planned out for him, without his having to even think of anything is so ingrained in who he is, that it's hard to break free of that. He can't get used to not having to ask to take a piss, since for nearly all of his life, it's all he's known, and even after being told he doesn't have to ask anymore, he's free to go when he needs to, he just can't seem to do that. Many don't want to break free of that control, and would be unable to handle it if they did. Now that doesn't mean I think there is a large percentage of people who are that way, in fact I think it would be relatively few, but I do believe that they are out there.
thousands upon thousands
I guess I will never understand the deep rooted belief in an organization that tells you one thing, then changes their mind over and over again. To say you are offering the "truth" and then that "truth" constantly changes over time would really seem to be a clue that they aren't honest. For me, when I started looking at this religion, the biggest clue was "don't question". When anyone ever says that to me, well, I start questioning immediately. I see it as if you can't stand to have something questioned, then you are hiding something.
i am currently following the ongoing saga of a person who is studying to be a jw and her unbelieving husband's attempts to sway her in this endeavor.
he has gotten her to read cofc and she's halfway through it, but nonetheless, she remains bound to the jws and wants to continue her persuit.
he has tried to call into question that the wts could have been appointed by jesus as the "faithful, discreet slave", but the person she is studying with flat out told her that jws do not believe that jesus chose the wts as the fds and, that they don't believe that they are the one chosen religion/church.
It does not say that, of course. Wise up.
So you claimed earlier that the WTS "IS" the faithful and discreet slave, and that is what they claim, are you both liars? Or do you both make false claims? If it's not a biblical based belief (how can it be if it's not stated in the bible) then it's a false belief correct?
