indeed thats just what witnesses are.
everyone hates them.
is there any other group in "christendom "that are hated as much as these.?
Actually it worst than that. Most people don't know what jws are about and frankly don't give a damn. There something much worst than hate and it's called indifference.
Great point MrsJones!
When my eyes were finally opened and I would tell people about my JW past they are astounded at JW beliefs. Its sad that an organization that is supposed to be spread knowledge and yet no one has any idea what they are about.
yay!
my jwn anniversary has more significance than my jw baptismal anniversary.
i have changed so much since i first started lurking here.
Cool happy apos-day!
theme of 2012 dc safeguard your heart..
Nice one Punkofnice!
..........said mrs punk!.
this was how she justified screaming abuse at me an slamming doors when she overheard me tell a bloke who was about to get baptized why i quit the meetings.
in fairness i wouldn't have said a thing but he asked me.
THERE IS NO LOVE IN THAT CULT!
Now that I got that out the way, this is just another example of how powerful the conditioning and programing is.
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what's the point of jesus if adam & eve did not 'fall' and condemn us all to sin?.
bttt
the sunday after every memorial they intruduce a new talk, which is the 'special talk'.. this year it's called: "is it later than you think".
anyone able to provide me the outline?.
Note to the speaker:
Exhort the audience "on the basis of love,"
Anybody else find it odd that they put "on the basis of love" in quotations?!?
"i contend that we are both atheists.
i just believe in one fewer god than you do.
when you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why i dismiss yours.
my apologies if this video has already been posted at some point in the past.
only recently did i become aware of this particular video.
the opinions of the author are expressed in a way that was new to me.
Darth you said: "If you claim the bible and said bible is used to destroy that argument the final reply is always some etheral aspect that just has to happen."
voices: I'm not sure I quite understand what you mean. I think you're saying something like 'putting down the bible, but then using it to prove a point.' ....i could be wrong, could you explain please?
What I mean is most religous folk point to the bible, but if I show them a scripture from the bible that proves my point or shows a contradiction, most bible folks response is along the lines that there has to be some unique spiritual event that happens in your life that will suddenly make you see or understand the nature of god and the bible.
just having a rant.. it has been over 6 months now since i was disfellowshipped for being gay or whatever it was, and i still do not give a damn.
it hasnt fazed me one bit.
we even went on our first holiday to italy the other week.
UM...Yeah whatever
Dude you need to tell us about this holiday in Italy!
I know this board is for rants ( I've done my share) but a vacation in Italy had to be great. I hope to visit there one day but its not in the foreseable future. Got any pics you can share?
ok i was a born in and never watched or touched anything to do with hypnotist's as we are told to avoid them at all costs and i always followed all the rules to the letter.. so yesterday we have the county fair going on and they have this hypnotist show so i went to it.
the hypnotist called up about 15 people on stage and tried to put them under.
about five of them he just could not put them under so that left about ten people on stage.. of those ten the hypnotist could do almost anything to them, it looked like it was staged expect one of the young women had been sitting right by me and her friends were right next to me, so it did seem legit.. the hypnotist had them fall asleep and when they were in that state he would tell them that when they woke up they would react to key words he had said to them or when he touched his face a cretin way.. it sort of freaked me out because it was like how i was in the religion.
Would like to say I do not necesarily subscribe to those beliefs, I just found this outsiders take on Franz to be interesting.
