during the dark days of the second world war , the monsters that ran a concentration camp decided to hang a child.. they hung the poor little chap so that it took half an hour for him to die, all the while making the other inmates look into the face of the child.. where was your god then ?
was he not strong enough to do anything or did he just not care ?.
if the first then he is a very weak god, if the second then,.
Religion has no answer to such a question.
Considering the evil that has been carried out on millions of children makes me so sad & angry.
A loving parent (should he exist) would never allow such horrendous things to happen. And if he does exist & justifies the permission of such perverted evil then I personally don't want to know him.
If god exists then he is a child abuser/paedophile enabler.
i see that you have a lot of snow!
should we do a roll call?
a head count?.
We've had it here in Scotland for 3 weeks now.
The English need to 'man up' a bit!
Poofs!
as stated in part 1 the latter part of the 1980s and 1990s were very good for my wife and i. we are doing well spiritually and both had good jobs.
our increasing income allowed us to move at a relatively young age to a nice area.
we wanted to stay in our old congregation but i was told as an appointed man i should support the congregation in my new territory.. this new congregation had a completely different feel about it to our old one.
Thanks.
I also had a brother Neilson in my cong. He was a complete arsehole & was instrumental in my eventual feelings regarding 'appointment by holy spirit'.
My only regret is not addressing his problems with him personally. I would have loved to have told him exactly what the cong thought of him.
In the end I would have liked to have told him to "f**k off" to his face.
Looking forward to your next part.
in the end years i would.
after the public talk and after the tms.
in fact there would often be a mass exdous out of the door.
When we had no children I would sit through the whole lot & then 'take care of my responsibilities'
When we had 1 & then 2 children 'taking care of my responsibilities' bacame extreemly tiring. No-one wanted to help me out.
Eventually, the work load took it's toll (among other matters) & I just walked out of the hall, never to return again.
PS - we had some awful speakers. At times, even when just my wfe & I, we wanted to scream. You just wanted a beer, a bowl of crisps & the TV.
just for newbies, lurkers and as a reminder for all.
mary undertook a huge compilation of critical analysis of many of the key watchtower doctrinal points.
it can be downloaded as a 150mb pdf - only 2mb so won't kill your internet connection.
Very many thanks for this.
Some extreemly interesting & dare I say 'debatable' points in there.
J
if this has been posted, then i missed it... .
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They like to cover absolutely every aspect of life with the Qu from readers don't they.
How unbelievably & utterly controlling.
anyone who can turn their back on their flesh & blood sons and daughters, mothers and fathers fulfill this prophecy perfectly.. people who do this are utterly unloving & cruel.
it has lead thousands of people to feel issolated, alone & in many cases suicidal.
how can such a thing originate with god?.
Anyone who can turn their back on their flesh & blood sons and daughters, mothers and fathers fulfill this prophecy perfectly.
People who do this are utterly unloving & cruel. It has lead thousands of people to feel issolated, alone & in many cases suicidal. How can such a thing originate with god?
I'm no psycologist but I suggest that parents who can do this are not mentally right. They must have a screw loose or somehing. To most right thinking people taking such action is simply not an option. But these freaks glorify in it. Wearing it like a badge of honour as if they are actually doing it for god.
All such people disgust me.
Have a good look at yourselves. You are fulfilling scripture in all the wrong ways.
group c - england vs usa.
"englund!
" boom,boom - "englund!
I hope USA tear England a new one in that game.
Mon the yanks!
i would be interested in your opinion of the following:.
a friend told me about an incident that had happened in a neighbouring congregation.
she told me that a sister from the congregation needed to get back to work after a meeting but discovered that she was boxed in.
Whay are so many elders complete arseholes?
what's good a-ebody??
just thought i'd share this email with yall real quick.
it still amazes me that i was a jehovah's witness for 27 years and never thought twice about these types of talks other than i need to make sure my act is together when the end comes, and now i can't even read/hear it without getting mad.
I (and many others) foresaw that they would use the new 'family study night' as a big stick to beat the living s**t out of each other. Isn't it sad that they fulfill everyones expectations so predictably?
As for the 'burning bodies' bit. All I can say is - CULT.
The fearmongering that goes on among the 'happy people' really is astounding.
Lets talk about evrey conceivable depressing thing under the sun! Dying, the recession, what you're not doing in the truth, the graphic end of world content. Sheeesh! No wonder they are so misderable & depressed.
