The more that I studied the WTS and what they do and have done, and study other religions as well, I realized finally that the WTS does not have the truth. Not even close.
There is nothing that would make me go back.
like i don't like that un involvment, record keeping.
i don't know what to think about the paedophile stuff, because you could accuse the catholic church of that too.
but apart from those things i still believe that god's name is jehovah, his son is jesus, no trinity, and he died on a torture stake... i love reading the new world translation, i believe it's the best one, but i love reading other translations too!
as jws we heard this over and over again.
we still see this phrase used time and time again on this board.
what, exactly does this mean to you and how do you think it is applied or should be applied?.
my experience as a jw teenager was total repression and control from my parents and i know that the majority of my friends at that age in the congregations suffered the same.. now...what's happening?!.
i come home and find a regular full time pioneer smooching with my non jw son on the sofa.. i"m reliably told that jw youngsters are in the local pub after each meeting and have to be thrown out at chuck out time.. they seem to behave in a far worse way that some non bible believing youngsters that i know.. are they finally feeling their feet and the wtbts due a huge exodus in the next few years?.
i'm slightly embarrassed at the behaviour of some of these youngsters when i'm told what they've been seen getting up to.. or am i just getting old?
ever since leaving the org 10+ years ago, i have often wondered about wearing a cross and if it is wrong to do.
i think the jw's see it as an idol, and i do know that the baptists actually pray to the cross because after i left the org, i became baptist for 2 years and they did pray to the big cross on the wall.
i'm not sure i believe that praying to the cross is such a good thing to do, but is wearing one as a symbol of my belief wrong?
my ex-best friend still lives in the area and we haven't spoken since i was announced as being df'd although i had left years before.
anyways, i decided to call her up.
we used to hang out, we went on trips together, we had a blast!
I think it is great that she talked to you, but yes, it is easy to see how people can get into a rut, and especially when witnesses live the ultimate rut, in that there is not much time for anything else.
Another problem with witnesses, is that you really are not allowed to dream about a better life, unless it has to do with the "new system." So people just stay in their rut, with no real hope of the future, except this pipe dream of a paradise, that deep down I don't think most witnesses even dream too much about that.
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what if we all printed up some flyers advertising ..........seek the truth about the truth.go to jw.com for the answers to questions youv'e had or may have.read articles from the watchtower that the society hopes you will never find.. could we legaly put those on their windshields during a meeting?im sure we could do it at least once,and then if asked to leave comply with their wishes.its a well nown fact that out of 100 or 1000 or 100,000 that some will take the bait and check it out just due to human curiousity.. if we all started using the same informal preaching as them such as dropping flyers at laundry mats and phone booths and grociery stores etc you would think it would catch on.i havent counted all the members of this board and how many countries are represented but it sure looks like a lot to me.. what do you guys and gals think?..............ken
looking over the beliefs once shared in the borg, it's a little disturbing to see just how intrinsic and profound our allegiance to the organization was.
rules and reasoning for nearly every thought, wish, dream or idea.
i know it's a stupid question but, couldn't we have seen this coming?
everyone is aware of the wt difficulty in retaining their young population.
the target audience for vh1 being of that same age demographic, it seems that this could be a bigger blow to the wts than it seems to appear at the present time.
take a look at the types of ppl this will have somewhat of an impact on:.
recently my father and i have been arguing over scriptual interpretation getting nowhere so i wrote him this email to see what his reaction would be...check it out!!.
here is my email to him...maybe we should take a break from these conversations on.
interpretation of scripture.
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i am pretty sure this is what i am.
i would love to chat with anyone else who might want to sort some stuff out with me.. many thanks!.