at this weekend's toledo convention a young woman was interviewed.
she had worked pt for a bank for years while finishing her acctg.
degree and pioneering.
Yes they go on and on about how when you are a JW your life is so much more happier and easier and less complicated then WORDLY PEOPLE *shudder*. Yet in reality they expect you to attend thousands of meetings volunteer thousands of hours of door knocking and work for minimum wage doing really long hours just to get by in life.
Horse crap.
after reading the article in sept 1, 2005 watchtower i was again astounded at the hypocrasy.
and the question came to me - who ever told this religion or the people that started the religion they had they truth - it's a matter of opinion surely????.
how do they know it's the truth - they wouldn't be able to answer.
some jackass was one day sprouting off in Crooklyn HQ. He was relating some highly convaluted story that no one else would believe to some fellow bethelites. "Its the Truth! Its the Truth" he yelled out. Some visitors passing by with the tour guide heard this amazing declaration. They rushed home to their congregations and relayed what they heard. And the message was relayed throughout the ranks of the JWs like wildfire. Eventually this new idea got back to the head honchos at Crooklyn and they began incorporating it into their propoganda.
And that is how the expression 'The Truth' came about.
i usually go with my boyfriend to his church, but i felt the need to explore this without him.
so since i liked his church (church of christ) i decided to find one in my area to attend.
i was a really nice experience.
Well good on you!
You have the freedom to make a choice, you made it and followed through on it. Be careful, trust your gut but don't let people criticise you for doing it. You are your own person and know if you have spiritual needs or not.
I am glad to hear you enjoyed the experience.
manna.
what is manna?
they asked, and he proceeded to bring quails, .
I'm not at all surprised. The amount of squawking that comes from JW Upper Management makes it entirely likely that they are feeing their parishoners bird crap.
it was announced that for the 2006 int'l convention overseas, only pioneers for at least 15 years or elders for atleast 15 years are allowed to be delegates.
has there always been restrictions on who can attend?
i can't remember as it's been so long ago.
What I can judge from past experience is that the International Delegates have a VERY important responsability.
At an International convention held in Sydney some years ago we had a lot of Japenese ladies arriving in traditional dress. Well what a lot of talk this generated. 'Wasn't it looooverly to see them in their traditional dresses' and 'do you think they still bind their feet' and so forth and so forth. I missed the Friday and the Sunday (alas alack) but one of my friends made sure to tell me how I had missed something great on the Sunday afternoon session. Turns out the Japenese delegates had all sung a kingdumb melody in Japanese no less. My friend told me 'everyone was crying because it was so beautiful how Jehoba unites us' yada yada yaday.
Not a single mention of anything theocratic...!
last week i had the opportunity to address 75 pastors about my experience.
as a third generation jw.
i had been an elder until walking away 3 years ago.
That is excellent that you are doing that. A lot of pastors and minister have no idea how to deal with ex JW's. Especially when it comes to explaining their doctrines on trinity hell etc... By helping these pastors to understand you are helping them to help others... Well done!
got a phone call from my daughter who lives in florida a couple of hours ago.
her significant other who i chose to call my son-in-law (because he is the best thing to ever happen to her) got a phone call that his 6 year old daughter was killed in an auto accident near lake placid, florida and his 5 year old son is in very critical condition.
the ex wife is also critical.
((((HappyDad))))
That's such terrible news. My prayers and thoughts are with you and your family members. I am so sorry to hear you have all been hurt by this tragedy. May you find comfort in this terrible time.
I've been running into them on a weekly basis lately. They still stop to say hello until the realise I haven't been to a meeting in around 2 years and then they flee.
.
there are so many unwritten laws, but most witnesses know when it's wrong to sit next to someone.. name a few cases, when it's ok to sit next to someone, and when it's not ok?
.
My old flatmate would refuse to sit on the end seat. She said she felt like it was not a sisters seat... WTF?!?!?! I didn't give a hoot either way but sometimes I would force her to sit there because of the stupidity behind her reasoning.
i remember back around the tsunami disaster someone on the forum called bethel asking how they could contribute.
maybe this is a good time for someone to find out what the wts has planned to help with the aftermath of the la hurricane.
any takers?
Yeah do it! and tell us what they said....
