considering the history of the "organization", and how beliefs, practices and attitudes have changed through time, was there ever any time that a "international bible student" or jw was relatively more enlightened or had more freedoms than members of other religions?
or have they always been enslaved to one set of superstitious beliefs or another, to a greater degree than most other religions?
You will find they were Crazy`s from the begining.....Nut`s I tell you!.....Right out of they`re Frigg`n minds!
Yeah, but at least they were actually active in their crazy back in the day. Now they just make you sit through hours of boring sales meetings! Where's the excitement?
considering the history of the "organization", and how beliefs, practices and attitudes have changed through time, was there ever any time that a "international bible student" or jw was relatively more enlightened or had more freedoms than members of other religions?
or have they always been enslaved to one set of superstitious beliefs or another, to a greater degree than most other religions?
Like many religious movements based on apocalyptic speculation, the early days must have been exciting. The picketing, the conventions, radio stations, campaigns, ect.
What I find especially interesting is that the Watchtower seems to think it can recreate the excitement of the 1920's-1950's by simply telling people that they should be excited. You can't force that level of enthusiasm on people, mainly because it's spontaneous. It's of the moment, determined by history. I am actually quite surprised the Watchtower hasn't really caught on to the differences between the 1920's Watchtower and the 2008 Watchtower. There was a reason people were more excited back then and it's worth their while to figure out why.
i've mentioned this to a few jwd friends but haven't posted it.
on september 1, 2008 me and my wife (who posts here as 'amber rose') had a baby boy.
just wanted to share!
Thanks all!
a tragic event happened to 2 year old joseph.
the house was on fire and he was in his bedroom.
2 firemen risk their lifes, entered to the flaming house and resqued little joseph.
That's just awful. We'll keep you in our prayers...
i've mentioned this to a few jwd friends but haven't posted it.
on september 1, 2008 me and my wife (who posts here as 'amber rose') had a baby boy.
just wanted to share!
I've been seeing your thread title over and over the last couple of hours as I browse and it has started to strike me funny. You don't sound very excited. Like "well, we got a new dog" or "oh, by the way, we had a kid" LOL
Lol
I suppose I just would hate to be one of those parents that goes around gloating about their kids ;) That and the fact that he was born 6 weeks ago, so a little bit of that intense feeling has passed, followed by many loooong nights.
It's a lot of fun though, I love him so much. Having children is a wonderful thing.
i've mentioned this to a few jwd friends but haven't posted it.
on september 1, 2008 me and my wife (who posts here as 'amber rose') had a baby boy.
just wanted to share!
He looks so grown up in that last picture!
must be the plaid ;)
i've mentioned this to a few jwd friends but haven't posted it.
on september 1, 2008 me and my wife (who posts here as 'amber rose') had a baby boy.
just wanted to share!
here's another one: 
i've mentioned this to a few jwd friends but haven't posted it.
on september 1, 2008 me and my wife (who posts here as 'amber rose') had a baby boy.
just wanted to share!
How fortunate for him to come after you found your freedom from the cult of JWs
Yeah, i'm so glad I don't have to go to three meetings a week while having a newborn!
i've mentioned this to a few jwd friends but haven't posted it.
on september 1, 2008 me and my wife (who posts here as 'amber rose') had a baby boy.
just wanted to share!
I've mentioned this to a few JWD friends but haven't posted it. On September 1, 2008 me and my wife (who posts here as 'Amber Rose') had a baby boy. 
Just wanted to share!
-Drew
Jehovah has provided us with some excellent letter writing territory....
