They have to find me first, then find me at home and then and this is a big then, I would have to answer the door and they would have to recognize me. After all that, I may ask them what that means and why they asked and if they can not answer me with an answer I can accept ... well, why should I do the same for them?
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Presiding Overseer Says They Will Ask If You Still Want To Be A Jehovah's W
by minimus inthe local needs talk on thursday discussed a few different things, according to my mom.
but the one that stood out most was that he announced that based on the new book, the elders will be checking on those that have not been associating with the congregation for some time.
they will ask, "do you still want to be a jehovah's witness?
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Cook at home or eat out?
by greendawn indo you know how to cook, even just a few simple recipes, or do you hate the idea of home cooking and prefer to always rely on restaurants and take aways, or just prepare easy snacks like sandwiches and melted cheese on toast?
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free2beme
Depends on who is cooking and where were eating out at. Seafood is much better when someone else makes it.
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If Satan is truly in charge of the weather...
by Golden Girl inhe is having a field day in missouri!
we have had severe thunderstorms here every night for the last 5 nights!
i am tired of not having electric..so far they have been pretty good at restoring the power in a few hours..but i am waiting for the overnighter!.
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free2beme
I thought the government controled the weather? Or did those late night radio shows say something that wasn't true.
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free2beme
Although the wbts likes to describe the jw's as a religion of importance and world wide presence, it is virtually unknown by most people.
I agree with that statement. Still run across people all the time who know little to nothing about the religion and comment that they never knew one. Guess that is a reality check.
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Is it morally OK to try to free people from the WTS and how?
by DannyBloem ini have some serious questions here.
i am still a jw but fading away slowly.
still have some privileges etc, but that will not be too long i suppose.
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free2beme
Unless you have found the perfect religion (which is a oxy-moron), why? If their happy, leave them be. Otherwise you might have to deal with a friend who falls into depression, or worse and wish you just left it alone.
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Is the Disney company a Cult?
by Nosferatu inme and the wife are heading down to disneyland in the winter.
i've never been a huge disney fan, but she's a huge fan.
i've just recently accidently stumbled onto some information that i've never previously been exposed to, and i'm finding it strikingly similar to the jw religion.
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free2beme
I think that type of thinking could be applied to almost every large corporation. They cover up what could loss them millions and use legal means to protect the corporate name. Not really anything new.
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Why the Jehovah's Witness religion will live on and on
by free2beme ini have read in here a few post, and would expect to see these kind of post.
where people hope the religion will end some day and perhaps then all that has happened as a former witness to us, will be stopped and the witnesses will see the error of their ways and life will be good again.
i never think they will end, and here are some reasons why i think this way.. third world countries thinking.
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free2beme
I have read in here a few post, and would expect to see these kind of post. Where people hope the religion will end some day and perhaps then all that has happened as a former Witness to us, will be stopped and the Witnesses will see the error of their ways and life will be good again. I never think they will end, and here are some reasons why I think this way.
Third world countries thinking. I remember when Iraq was under Sadaam and even back when terrible things happened in Southeast Asia and Aftrica. It was always asked, "why do those people put up with that?" or "Why don't those people do something to change." The reason is this, when taking over the control of an actual nation, the first thing you do it make sure those in power have the most power controling tool, and take this tool out of the hands of the masses. This tool with nations is guns, and with the religion it is the power of guilt, control and fear. You take this away and reward those who report the problem makers and it becomes a game of, "who can you trust." Do you discuss your hatred of the government with your neighbor, because after all then your friend did this months ago with his wife he was taken to prison and shot. So who can you trust? To even suggest it to someone to test the water is a possible chance at death. You do not have the guns, and without the power of communication without possible death, you are better off saying nothing and just staying with the accepted government. In religion, or the religion (Jehovah's Witnesses), it is the same thing. Who can you really discuss your doubts with to organize some group change or movement. After all, wives turned in husbands, kids turned in parents, and the list of what and how someone got reported goes on and on. Even worse, there is always the mystery source no one knows about. So what do you do, you either stay and follow or talk and get the control, guilt and fear buttons aimed your way and off your go to certian death. One reason why the religion will not change.
Liking the life style. I honestly knew several people who loved the conservative Witness thinking and enjoyed the strict rules and regulations. I know one family in the Arcata, California area I knew as a teen who were so over the top poster child in their way of being a Witness. That to take them out of the religion and to put them into the real world, would have been like take a fish out of water to flop on the ground until dead. So those people will always have children and always hold to the religion, no matter what. Another reason why the religion will not change or end. After all, even when there was less then a million ... it was a known religion and if it shrunk to those levels again, they would apply a scripture and those left would accept it and stay.
No more right or wrong then any other religion. Religion as a whole if mix of myth, misapplied stories and fact based on faith and not evidence. So to say a religion is going to end or change because they are wrong, just shows you have just grasped another religions way of thinking and replaced your past judgement with that of another. No religion is 100% right, unless your a member. So the Witnesses have no perfect faith to go to, and they think they are already in the perfect faith anyway. Why end, why change.
These are just a couple (or should I say three), I reason on. I know there is the whole, new understanding factor, but that is not as unique as I thought it was. I know of other religions who do the same or have the "believe what works for you" way of teaching. To shame a Witness, is to make them stronger. To expect change as a whole organization is a waste. I say, expect them to last the long hall and move on. Those who are willing to defect from countries, do. Those who leave the religion, always will. Those who like the government style, stay and enjoy it. Those you like the religion, live and love it. In all though, there is nothing perfect and no religion that will fit everyone and perhaps life teaches us that every day. Millions of shades of colors, tons of places to live and food in so much variety that you will find something to please the taste buds. Yet we know, to each there own and to try to force change or your way on to another ... well that is just to religious to me.
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Did anyone find the DC encouraging?
by sweet tee ini remember going to the assemblies and conventions and feeling encouraged by the information that was presented.
in hindsight, i may have just felt that way because that's how you were supposed to feel.
i was a 100% brainwashed fool for many years, if the gb said it, i did, i felt it and i believed it .
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free2beme
Saying it was encouraging was a catch phrase you were expected to say. Not something you really felt. What was encouraging was chasing all the cute Witnesses around as a teen and catching a few from time to time.
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You Know You're Old Gertting Old When .......
by xjw_b12 inthey start making remakes of remakes...... i watched the original king kong, not at the theatre but on tv.
i watched the remake at the theatre and fell in love with jessica lange.
now they are remaking that movie.. i watched the superman cartoon series and the the tv series.
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You know your getting old when you see the fashions you were wearing as a kid, coming back for the third time! ... and you still think they are ugly
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Unless they are a sex cult, with really cute members, count me out.