i've just had a telephone conversation with my wife about 1/2 an hour ago.
we have had a visit from the local jw's this morning.
from the upstairs window my wife conducted a brief conversation where she basically told them thst she wasnt the best person to speak to, as her husband used to be a jw.
They replied "Oh, he has fallen away from the truth has he?" (Quite politely tho I'm told) After which they nodded and left.
They have to immediately classify you. It's interesting to examine how the JW mind works. With that one statement they both condemned you, and justified themselves. The WTS is so slick in they're mental programing.
my wife attended the special assembly day this last sunday.
here are some interesting points.. 1. attendance was 700.
(typically, attendance tops 1000).
My wife attended the Special Assembly day this last Sunday. Here are some interesting points.
1. Attendance was 700. (Typically, attendance tops 1000)
2. One person was baptized. (That's right only ONE person).
3. Just before lunch it was announced that the cost of holding the assembly that day was $4000. At that point only $2000 had been contributed, and could the brothers please pony up the rest? (The assembly hall is owned by the Society, for at least 20 years. The obvious question is what the f&ck costs $4000? There was no breakdown in costs given, only the usual quilt laden request for more cash).
4. My wife talked to some old friends from our circuit (she's was attending with her parents, who live in another circuit). Apparently the attendence at our assembly day was 500. Now that shocked the hell out of me. When I was still in, an assembly day was shoulder to shoulder, with at least 1200 people attending. The assembly hall is built to hold at least that many, so I can only imagine how bare it looked with 500 "loyal christian witnesses" there.
5. An interesting statement was made....."All major prophecies in the book of Daniel have now been fullfilled, the end is only moments away."
6. The WTS is apparently increasing their rhetoric against higher education of any sort.
apparently, many of the dubs can't keep their eye simple, so they need an assembly to tell them how to do it.. youths, are you pursuing spiritual goals?
is one talk for the afternoon.
(education, careers).
My wife is heading off the Special brainwashing day this Sunday. I can't wait to hear about all the "new light" about higher education. Especially since I just went back to college for my B.S. Hahahahah!
Hopefully there will also be some more dictates about following the local elder bodies without question, that always pisses her off.
can someone explain fully the restrictions that a jw must accept when dating or trying to date a person not of the same faith - protestant.
can she still date.
is marriage permitted even though objected too by jw.
Looks like you've been given some excellent advice already. I would just add.....don't give up merely because she's a JW. Love conquers all. You never know what may happen.
yes i know the standard answer - they want to sell books but hang on a minute.. .
something that has always bothered me is that the average jw is incapable of explaining some of the most basic teachings without a wt book in hand.
after all those years, all that time, all those meetings, why is it so hard to understand and teach to someone else?
The constant release of books is a control method employed by the WTS. It keeps the faithful coming back. It creates the illusion of forward progress, and an ongoing communication between the GB and Jehovah God.
The publications are the smoke screen the WTS hides behind. The wool that is pulled over the eyes to distract you from the simple truth that JW's are just another garden variety sect, with absolutley no releavence whatever.
Jim Jones and David Koresh made a larger impact.
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Very typical. She probably didn't measure up to the spiritual standards of her hosts, therefore she had to go.
a man wanted to get married.
he was having trouble choosing among three likely candidates.
he gives each woman a present of $5,000 and watches to see what they do with the money.
I have a simple litmus test for how to pick a good women:
If she can't carry her end of the canoe, then she's not worth your time.
i have this theory.. someone once said to me.....' its no good coming into the truth if you are a sensitive person.'.
i have found in my experience as a former elder that a lot of elders have very large egos.
my theory is this:.
We discussed an important point in class the other day.......One of the greatest benefits of higher education is tolerance. Most elders are uneducated, thus are intolerant of any who oppose them. The circular, false logic of the WTS supports this.
What's sad is that so many good people choose to submit to this un-Christian arrangement.
we weren't at the circuit assembly this weekend but a friend told us the circuit overseer made this very strong comment.
didn't even say anything about learning a trade.
Yes - because Armageddon is just around the corner
It's just a really long corner!
think about everything you could have been doing while you were an active jw.
and even if you weren't a "true believer", think of all the wasted time you put into the "truth"-----for nothing!
sucks, doesn't it?
Yeah, I want my childhood back. How much is 25 years worth anyway?
