are certain boes and their application of principle the problem?.
were jws ever on the right track?.
are the gbs the source of all the org troubles?.
Are certain BOEs and their application of principle the problem?
Were JWs ever on the right track?
Are the GBs the source of all the org troubles?
Is the ORG the itself the problem?
Is christianity wrong? the bible? all religion?
Why the H3LL am I half-way through life and just now starting to think like this for myself?
i knew i would get you to look.
congratulations to me.
congratulations to me.
CONGRATS!
Now who's gonna SPANK THAT MONKEY?
the national average for publishers reporting feild service time in the untited states is just under 10 hours a month.
this has become the de facto standard for every member of the congregation.
if one fails to produce at the rate of others, he is "weak", his service is "divided", he puts the things of "this life" in "first place.".
Balsam: Will our ex-brothers and sisters ever wake up and understand they are working for a money making corporation and not God? Only time will tell. (italics mine.)
Balsam: I'm not sure if it was intentional or not, but I thought that this was a cool play on words!
were you associated with regularly?
did you have many friends?
were you the life of the party?
Interestingly, I was able to experience various levels of friendship in the org:
i found this game to be quite fun, funny and helps us learn a little more about each other and their personality.
here's the "rules":
i will start with a question and the next person has to answer that question and then ask a question of his own.
My bank account number is *********** (at least that what it shows on my screen!)
What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
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my parents & i stood up late and watched the ball dropped in times square on tv....but i like 2 kno if jw's do it...do they have gatherings on that nite?.
donkey lipz 05
If you want to learn the truth, just look at what happens at bethel on new years?
I got in at a very early age and totally believed everything.
However, I had to prove how serious I was to an unbelieving father, so I studied everything that the WTS printed. Before I was a teenager, I could explain so much stuff because I would do nothing but read the Aid book.
Plus, this was during the early seventies and everthing they said was being fulfilled in the news: wars andnuclear threat, political corruption (watergate), pollution, them bad russians, etc. They just had to be right, the 'end' was so, so near. I was so sure that I would never grow up and have kids of my own. In fact, everyone in my congregation told me that I would never make it to high school in this system.
Even my own family was living proof. My parents just could not get along, constant fighting, eventual divorce. Now that I look back on it, the only thing they really fought about was JW stuff. What a bunch of dumba$$es we were! My dad tried to tell us to get an education, but we just knew that satan was using him to keep us from getting everlasting life.
Frankly, the so called 'bad' JW kids are not fairing much better, but I still wonder how much further along I would be in life, had I not been so devoted.
jw experiences abound with testamonial proof that god's blessing& favor is on them and the org, as well as, opposing curses that afflict their enemies.
all sorts of positive things are attributed to god, while anything negative is god's allowance of satan's influence.
(i was just as good as anybody at telling these kinda stories!).
JW experiences abound with testamonial proof that god's blessing& favor is on them and the org, as well as, opposing curses that afflict their enemies. All sorts of positive things are attributed to god, while anything negative is god's allowance of satan's influence. (I was just as good as anybody at telling these kinda stories!)
Now that I speak with persons in christendom,pagandom & more, they feel just as sure that god (or who/what ever) is blessing their efforts. According to JW doctrine, this is simply impossible, since the witnesses have sole access to the 'true' god.
My question is, how do you NOW explain/resolve what was once evidence of your personal relationship with god and that you had the truth & his favor? Do you still experience such blessings/luck/fortune in your new religion or other post JW life?
what has given you the greatest peace of mind?
must one initiate their own exit or does it matter that a jc pushes an issue?
df or da or fade?
Wow! What GREAT comments from everybody. It's almost hard to believe that something like this can exist and entangle so many different lives.
u/d: So what do you REALLY think? - lol
By the way ljwtiamb......have you read CoC yet? I remember you made a post about doing so.
Thanks for asking. No, I have not yet. I have just made special arrangements to have the books sent to me.
All of this secrecy and behind the scene activity is probably going to be my final straw. I'm so frustrated that a grown man has to act like a frightened school boy hiding from the neighborhood bully.
Something is definitely wrong with this picture!
what has given you the greatest peace of mind?
must one initiate their own exit or does it matter that a jc pushes an issue?
df or da or fade?
What has given you the greatest peace of mind?
Must one initiate their own exit or does it matter that a JC pushes an issue?
DF or DA or fade?
How much does your exit affect your time to internal resolution? Even though you may leave family behind?
There seems to be pride in some to be able to say that 'I left WTS' instead of JWs kicked me out'. Does it really matter, at all?
So whaddaya think?
