i mean stuff that is right now, this minute on your table or desk, not something you might read someday?.
my desk is currently littered with;why won't they listen?
ken hamwhat the cults believe.
Mystical Christianity
Written 100 yrs ago the writer actually responds to the common belief amongst xtians of the time of physical resurrection plus much more.e.g. Why jesus was sent to Egypt and what he did in the missing years.
He certainly make smuch more sense than wtbts
i dont see my dad anymore.
i just have my mum and my brother.
all the friends my mum used to hang with are gone and i liked them.
What a shame Force
Being 15 is tough in the best of situations. It appears that mum is lost in her new belief and she has forgotten her priorities.
Where has dad gone? Can you contact him? Or another relative?
If not, hang around here. Plenty of bros and sis and mum's and dad's.
Welcome
Andy
i've never posted anything on the net before.
just want to see if it works.
i left the wts in '73 - just couldn't wait those extra two years.
G'Day Wombat
As a young feller in Qld I dimly recall all the old guys shooting Bundy rum with pot(as in beer glass size) chasers!!!
Caused a few punchups
Welcome to the board
Andy
it seems the wtbts is gearing up to blame nearly every failure by congregation members on greediness.
materialism is greed.
addiction to pornography is greed.
I'm not greedy, I have a hormone problem...
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what percentage would you say came into your old or current congregation(s) via the door-to-door witnessing?
it is understood that your response is a guestimate.
It's a bit like pyramid sales, word of mouth amongst relatives and friends.
That's why so many whacko sales crazes went thru the jws, marketers saw a gold mine.
I too cannot inagine more than 20% max who became jws via door to door
ok, if you had to choose between looks and personality, which wins?
guys: if a girl is only mediocre in the looks department but is absolutely fab-u-lous in the personality dept...........which is more important to you?
or are they equally important?
It may sound corny but when I'm truly attracted, it's beyond the physical.
I was walking down the street one night and glanced across the road into a restaurant. There was a woman working hard in there and I was just..... Couldn't see her face clearly, how tall, body shape(she was behind a counter in the kitchen) as she was 40mtrs away!
I told my friend that was with me that I am going to ask her out!
He thought I was joking. I didn't stop to think
Walked across the road, introduced myself. Found out she was single and asked her out.
She was gobsmacked but said yes.
This has happened many times to me.
in a post by syn that lady lee has brought up again, there is this statement by syn.
i could underline my watchtower in 10 minutes, tops, and be sure that all the answers were right.
many esteemed researchers have shown that repetitive imprinting of ideas is a primary cult tactic, and i tend to agree with them.
Don't try to reason with him, just feel deep pity
I'm serious
in a post by syn that lady lee has brought up again, there is this statement by syn.
i could underline my watchtower in 10 minutes, tops, and be sure that all the answers were right.
many esteemed researchers have shown that repetitive imprinting of ideas is a primary cult tactic, and i tend to agree with them.
I apologise Sweet Scholar.
I truly hope you find peace
Soon after the paradise hope is held out to new jws the fear of displeasing god is inserted.
Slowly the paradise fades and the fear takes over.
Then guilt of never being good enough.
I transfered this guilt on to others by judging their behaviour . That is correct jw thinking
Whether "worldly" people by telling them about paradise and what they needed to do to get there (see above) or my bros and sis so we could keep the cong "clean"
hi, i am willow tree.
i am 26 years old and from england.
i haven't been to a kingdom hall for 4 and a half years, i totally cut myself off from the jw's after their outright lack of love and concern for me while i was ill. all they cared about was getting me back to the hall, the fact i was sick made no odds to them.
G'Day Willowtree
The greatest difficulty when I broke free was talking to people who had no experience with jws.
As I had removed myself, these were my new friendbase.
So bring your "stuff" here. Anger, jokes, personal thoughts.
We understand
Oh yeah. Welcome to a new exciting journey of finding true meaning
