what would happen if a copy of crisis of conscience and a short well-written covering letter were sent to every single jehovah's witness worldwide?
i realise this is not practical and probably dubious morally, but that is not the point of my question.
call it a thought experiment if you will.
Why - and I demand to know - are people so convinced that WBTS is under threat? Are you serious. Here's what would happen:
- somebody spills the beans, org finds out and publishes a warning prior to the arrival of all the books
- every witness on the planet goes to every meeting for a month because of this new evidence that gods organisation is under attack. "Hooray, persecution, we must be right!! I'm quitting college tomorrow."
- apostates waste a lot of money, joke is on them
http://www.newswithviews.com/devvy/kidd359.htm.
despite the propaganda coming out of washington, dc., millions of americans are in deep financial trouble.
last week the media cranked up the mantra that wall street may be getting more optimistic.
My plan of a few years ago is now paying off; getting out of debt, which was mostly about no more purchases of random crap. We fixed our mortgage for five years and hope to have it paid off by then. We grow vegetables where the lawn used to be.
Oil prices have not peaked; demand has only just outpaced production. Oil prices will continue to grow. Get a smaller car, or no car, demand public transport, buy local food as much as you can.
allegedly!.
as some of you know i am an employment lawyer and trawling through my case law updates i came across this absolute gem of a case.
it has no real legal implications for jws but it did provide me with a chuckle.
Poor bastard.
it is mother's day on sunday and i cant for the life of me remember why the dubs dont do this one?
It's going to be awesome when WBTS starts referencing Wikipedia.
i checked many many posts, and at the end of each one,,even if they were not on a 'religious' topic, the bottom of the page has an add for 'scientology'.
every single one i checked,,mighty odd.
orb.
Every time you click on it, Jehovah kills a kitten.
ok heres the scenario.. i met this girl about 12 months ago, we dated for around 6 months then split up (another story).
we have started seeing each other again for around 3 months now.. the problem is, if i can call it a problem, she has two kids, whereas i have three that i see on thursdays and saturdays.
her ex has her kids every other saturday.
Face it, you're just not that into her.
otwo said this on the "suing the tower" thread.. why is this?
i have noticed it also.
i wonder whether some people would not be comfortable with the idea of a world without the watchtower?
I'm with you Noni. I think they should be left alone. Sure there are people in danger there, but there are everywhere.
i thought long and hard about posting this but the mis-information on this site finally persuaded me, i already accept many may not accept what i say on face value and get their appologist pens ready for making sure no pro-witness propaganda slips through the net on this site but here goes....... i've been on this forum for a few months my first post was about how i was thinking of returning to jw's and at my sisters recommendation to look at this site for both sides of the story before taking that step.. i faded from jw's 10/11 years ago now i left my hubby at the time divorced him to going on to have more relationships and kids, i was definately given the impression after asking on this site and with what i read that if i tried to return i might face df or at least a jc but definately a couple of elders questioning me over what i've been upto these last few years - none of these have happened.
i talked with an old jw friend (yes i do have then and she never shunned me quite happily accepted an offer of coffee from me and my asking for a chat) i told her i was interested in going back and was very frank about what i done in the last 10 years but not sure how returning was done now, she quite happily said she go ask for me to find out.. result!
she came back this week and said "all i had to do was goto meetings again" and an offer of a study was there for me if i wanted it to explore the open doubts that i had expressed i now had.. not quite the fire and brimstone welcome this site led me to believe would happen.. i will keep you posted with further updates if i feel the need to put them in future.. .
All the best!
i have been coming here for some months y i must admit that i am still in.
but i have serious doubts, i mean, i am 99.9% convinced, the jws are not the true religion, but i still live with my family, and they are jws, and i love them.
my parents have a long time been jws, and it is very hard for me to tell them the truth.
Hi and welcome. Why rush to tell them? Why rush to even make a decision? If you're young enough to be dependent on them, are you able to find a way to work around the stuff that bothers you, and let it go until you can take control of your life? Don't put yourself in a vulnerable situation unnecessarily.
it's not that simple of course but i would certainly appreciate the freedom and time that cash in the bank would give me.
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how about you?.
With a broad definition of 'happiness', yes. More money would buy me more time, and I could do stuff that makes me happier than working.
