yesterday, talking to a dear wise friend, she said about jehovahs witnesses, "they don't own god.
" that simple statement said so much to me.
she said that so many religions have taken god and act like they and only they own him.
one wonders just what God would think, looking down and seeing a small group of people leading, counselling, punishing, setting rules, boundaries, etc..In other words usurping HIS headship and authority.
Was it Stephen King or someone else that asked something like the above question in their writings and responded with, "Jesus is coming back, and is he ever pissed."
a jehovahs witnesses elder was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for raping two teenage sisters in his congregation.
read the rest .
rado vleugel.
Catholic Priests, JW Elders, Cult Leaders, there are slimeballs everywhere. Yeah, this toilet bug will have fun in prision.
Hey Mary, be careful, pig dog sounds way too close to Big Dog.
Sitting at my desk in my office, taking a break from typing a boring brief.
it has been over 10 months now since i stopped going to the kingdom hall.
i had imagined how i would really find my way to god now that i was no longer being misled by the wts ( for - profit) publishing company.
i kept reading the bible, because people on jwd had told me how i would see it in a different light.
Fairchild, I was raised a JW but was never baptized. I left when I was 18 and it has been over 20 years that I have been away from it. During that time I went through cycles of disbelief, being p.o.'d at God, apathy, you name it.
I think its like what people always tell you about romance, when you try to force it, that doesn't work, and when you least expect it romance blooms. I think being spiritual can be the same way, when you try and force it, or think it has to be a certain way, the more you try the farther you get away from it. I think maybe just trying to be and let your spirituality come naturally is a much better way to go.
in another topic on the recent education issue of the watchtower society, this question came up.
below is what i wrote on that topic.
i was wondering if anyone else remembered this?.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, unless its the WBTS menu.
gawd, i forgot how immersed jw's are.
everything you see has some part of the wts involved with it, from the calendar on the fridge to the pictures on the walls, you can't get away from it.
of course i love my brother to death, but i tell ya, i've only been here overnight and it's already getting to me.
Mrs. J, those things won't burn, heh.
WLG, we got your back man!
gawd, i forgot how immersed jw's are.
everything you see has some part of the wts involved with it, from the calendar on the fridge to the pictures on the walls, you can't get away from it.
of course i love my brother to death, but i tell ya, i've only been here overnight and it's already getting to me.
Those calanders are just so bad because they are like posters for the Stepford Witnesses. The pictures are just so lame, with the little families talking to the enraptured householders, or pictures of some frog eyed kid NOT getting eaten by a lion while it pulls its tail, with all the little scriptures all over. Those things are demon posessed if anything ever was, they just scream "You are getting sleepy, sleepy, you have no will, the WBTS knows what's best for you, obey, obey."
gawd, i forgot how immersed jw's are.
everything you see has some part of the wts involved with it, from the calendar on the fridge to the pictures on the walls, you can't get away from it.
of course i love my brother to death, but i tell ya, i've only been here overnight and it's already getting to me.
Oh man, the calanders, I think I hate those the worst. Those are about the most lame things I can think of.
gawd, i forgot how immersed jw's are.
everything you see has some part of the wts involved with it, from the calendar on the fridge to the pictures on the walls, you can't get away from it.
of course i love my brother to death, but i tell ya, i've only been here overnight and it's already getting to me.
WLG,
I just had a flash of you like some poor Viet Nam vet having a flashback about being back in the jungle fighting Charlie.
I can see you running out of the house screaming, "I won't go back"
gawd, i forgot how immersed jw's are.
everything you see has some part of the wts involved with it, from the calendar on the fridge to the pictures on the walls, you can't get away from it.
of course i love my brother to death, but i tell ya, i've only been here overnight and it's already getting to me.
Cue creepy Twilight Zone music in the background.
