here is your map:.
1. i suspect the truth isn't what i thought it was.. 2. omg--i realize i've been lied to and duped.. 3. what should i do?--i don't want to lose my wife, kids, family, friends, dog, pet hamster .
.. 4. what if jehovah's witnesses really do have the true religion and it's simple human error screwing it up?.
6 1/2
And I will never be to number 7. I don't like the idea of messing with people, and 99% of the time, coercing someone to leave the JWs does not work. They have to be ready to leave on their own and they have to use their own two feet to do it. Everybody is free to believe what they want to believe, and I have no problem telling somebody I disagree with their belief, but trying to make me sound "right" and them sound "wrong" never works.
I understood BORG to mean Brooklyn ORGanization so I guess things change as they are selling Brooklyn properties. I like G.BORG for Governing Body ORGanization.
Ha! That is so funny! I never thought of that! I wonder how many people have come here over the years and see the "borg" referenced and decide what meaning it has to them, not thinking it has anything to do with Star Trek. I might be wrong, but I think Star Trek is mainly an American phenomenon, so maybe that is the reason? I have always assumed it was a comparison to the Star Trek's Borg.
For the non-Star Trek fans out there, here is a description of the fictional Borg race from Star Trek. You can see why the comparison to JWs is so fitting!
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg_(Star_Trek)
Borg is a collective proper noun for a fictional alien race that appears as recurring antagonists in various incarnations of the American television and film Star Trek franchise. The Borg are a collection of species that have been turned into cybernetic organisms functioning as drones of the Collective , or the hive . A pseudo- race , dwelling in the Star Trek universe, the Borg force other species into their collective and connect them to "the hive mind "; the act is called assimilation and entails violence, abductions, and injections of microscopic machines called nanoprobes. The Borg's ultimate goal is "achieving perfection".
i'm into politics but i still don't consider myself patriotic..
Now that I am not a JW, I love discussing world issues and politics, even though it often makes my blood pressure go up! It is so refreshing that I can have a completely different view on something from one of my friends and we can still remain friends. (Though I leave shaking my head wondering what in the world she can see in Sarah Palin!)
I would not say I am especially patriotic in the sense that I think America is the best country in the world and I would go fight for them. Some beliefs die hard, and I don't think that will ever change. I am a staunch democrat now, and there are clearly 5 idiots on the Supreme Court!!! See? Democrat!
With that being said, I salute the flag everyday M-F for 9 1/2 months out of the year!
I still prefer Borg, but I have always been a Star Trek fan. The meaning esapes you if you are not.
check it out and download before i am forced to take it down!.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf_rfrusa1c.
They have TOTALLY ruined the Happy Song for me!!!!!!
What a strange flurry of emotion watching that created!
This cannot be true. I always read about new upcoming announcements on the internet before they are ever announced at the meeting. I have faith in our "secret agents" that they would let the internet community know first.
Besides, I can't see them ever getting rid of the Ministry School. That is considered their training sessions to go out and preach, and I can't see them ever stopping that either, despite the speculation I have read online.
from australia: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/how-being-a-teen-mum-growing-up-as-jehovahs-witness-and-my-kids-prepped-me-for-masterchef-fame/story-fni0cvc9-1226974154930.
renae smith with her two daughters kyah and paris who had to agree before renae went onto masterchef.
picture: richard dobson.
sparrowdown .... she definitely does not represent the majority, I don't think.
... the group sold the space because of an aging and diminishing congregation due to people moving away.
Riiigghht! I bet it had nothing to do with JWs leaving the Watchtower in droves!
hi to everyone, my name is jerry, i am 56 and i live in tralee, kerry ireland.
i will not bore you with the all too familiar details, suffice it to say i was a prime candidate for indoctrination/ brainwashing.
the surprising aspect is that my wife, a staunch catholic started a study soon after i did.
Nice to meet you! Shunning is so cruel, especially when it is your family. Give it time. You never know which of your family members will wake up. When I left, I was the only one out. Now there are four of us! :)
from australia: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/how-being-a-teen-mum-growing-up-as-jehovahs-witness-and-my-kids-prepped-me-for-masterchef-fame/story-fni0cvc9-1226974154930.
renae smith with her two daughters kyah and paris who had to agree before renae went onto masterchef.
picture: richard dobson.
I always heard the Califonia JWs were the wild and crazy ones!
