He is up in heaven right now communicating to the Governing Body here on earth whether or not the people of Sodom and Gomorrah will/will not have a resurrection. We should expect new light soon in the WT magazine.
Quandry
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What Super Powers does Ted Jaracz have in heaven now??? Any?
by Witness 007 inso congrats ted your a "king and preist" in heaven ruling with jesus, so.....how is this different to his bethel job?
he can"t smite me for showing disrespect.
does he sit there and take down names for armagedon?
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What now....
by broops100 inoctober 2009 .
this is the date when somebody, somewhere, somehow, switched the light on and i realised i'd been part of a cult.
21 years of my life wasted.... since then i have gone through what i can only compare to losing someone i loved in death.
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Quandry
I think it is a case of too much of a good thing. At the meetings, you were with so many different people all the time. Now, you are concentrating your efforts on one person. By all means, get out and meet new people. Perhaps you can join others in a dance class, hobby, etc. Or you could go back to school, and get a different path in the job area. Also, you said:
Since then I have gone through what I can only compare to losing someone I loved in death. I have been upset, hurt, angry, confused & numb...
Please know that this is what most of us here went through as well. It gets better with time. Please allow yourself this time. It can't be hurried.
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What I don't regret about my experience with JW's
by tec inthey taught me to think for myself.. yes, you read that right, and no i'm not being sarcastic.
if i had walked into the church down the street, i might not ever have walked out.
i'm sure the doctrines are easier to swallow, and the freedoms are greater.
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Quandry
tec,
If you can look back on the experience and not just feel anger, then good for you. Perhaps that means that you are healing nicely.
I guess I could say that I wanted to serve God so much that I quit smoking, although I probably would have eventually anyway, I don't know...but the negatives still vastly outweigh the positives for me. I was "in" over thirty years. Now, my huband and I are "dangerous" so we are unofficially shunned. All the friends I had in my adult life are no longer there. It is hard to start over in your fifties. Also, no money for retirement was put away, as of course, we would not die. And my husband worked at low-paying jobs so that he, as an elder, wouldn't miss meetings. Mostly he was self-employed, doing auto interior work, until he could no longer take the heat and cold and physical work.
I wanted to go to school, but of course, that might not have looked encouraging to others in the congo, so I couldn't do that. Now, I'm in college at 58, but probably won't be able to finish before Alzheimer's sets in!
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This Video clip was funny about the WTS flip flops on the people of Sodom.
by Think About It inany new "new light" on the people of sodom not coming back?
what other wacky religion would spend so much time comtemplating, thinking upon and flip flopping on this shit?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0sdh239aii.
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Quandry
I am giving this one more bump. It is so enjoyable, my husband, daughter and I have to see it every day!!
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Update on me
by Junction-Guy inwell, it has been a long time since i have visited here, and an even longer time since i have posted anything.. .
alot has happened since i last posted.
amanda and i were finally divorced last september after 3 years of separation.
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Quandry
Thanks for the update.
I am glad you don't feel like you MUST be with a date to be happy. As you meet more people you will find someone special, I hope.
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My Daughter Just Graduated From College!
by GoingGoingGone inshe was about 13 or 14 when i first started having serious doubts about the wts.
when i informed her of my doubts a couple years later, she took the information and ran with it.... she never looked back.
i told her she could be whatever she wanted to be if she only worked hard enough.
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Quandry
Congratulations!! What a wonderful accomplishment. I know her dad must be proud too. I hope he has expressed as much.
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This Video clip was funny about the WTS flip flops on the people of Sodom.
by Think About It inany new "new light" on the people of sodom not coming back?
what other wacky religion would spend so much time comtemplating, thinking upon and flip flopping on this shit?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0sdh239aii.
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Quandry
I don't know why this thread didn't generate more comments, but I am bumping it again.....the person or persons that put together this video are talented-it is hilarious! It is well done....how could it be argued against? I wish every current dub could see it!!!
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If I'm so intelligent how did I get drawn in to it all?
by Lozhasleft ini consider myself an intelligent woman...maybe not strong on the 'common sense' front, but academically i've done pretty well...so...how on earth did i not see through it all when i was studying in the beginning???.
i remember worrying about their 'sales pitching' styles and their arrogance of believing they had the 'truth' ...but still i got involved and became totally immersed in it all.
i feel like i sacrificied our whole family to them, who now shun me.. yesterday, my new son in law, he's a lawyer, asked me how i could have believed it wasnt a cult (topical word this week here) he said he didnt understand how i could have been persuaded to believe it all and trust them with so much and for so many years...... i feel ashamed of myself that i did and that i brought all this upon our family...anyone else relate?.
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Quandry
I am studying Abnormal Psychology right now. It is interesting that the textbook makes this point:
Existential psychologists assert that the central human fear, and the one from which most psychopathology develops, is the fear of dying. Anxiety about death is most prominent in, and best recalled from childhood. One way through which some people protect themselves from death fears is by cultivating in themselves the notion that they are special. It is a peculiar notion in that it holds that the laws of nature apply to all mortals except oneself.......... Protection against the fear of death or nonbeing can also be achieved by fusing with others. Fusion is an especially useful strategy for those whose death fears take the form of loneliness. By attaching themselves to, and making themselves indistinguishable from others, they hope that their lot is cast with them. They believe that much as these others continue to live, so will they. They also develop a fear of standing apart, as they believe that if they do stand apart, they will not longer be protected from death.......Yet, fusion may also lead to much unhappiness. A person may engage in inauthentic, or false, modes of behavior. He may say things to others that he hopes will please them, but that he does not really mean. For example, he may conform his opinions to theirs, bend his behaviors to suit them, do the things they do, even though his mind and body would rather believe and do something else. Gradually, he may come to lose sight of what he wants to do, while finding his conformity to others' opinions and behaviors only a pale pleasure. He may pay for a tenuous security against the fear of death by sacrificing his won authenticity.
Well, it explains a lot to me. I didn't think at 21 when I became a JW that I had a fear of dying, but I did like the notion of being "special" and not having to die like everyone else. It really hit me like a ton of bricks when I realized a few years ago that "Wait a minute.....the $%*t they said about not dying.......I'm gonna die like everybody else....I wasnt' supposed to do that!" Now that I'm heading toward 59 years old.....and realize that it could come sooner that I think!
So, it all goes to show that we are human, and like everyone else, want to be special...and at least we are intelligent enough to get out now!!!!
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Verbal abuse and an apology
by Cagefighter ini have enjoyed the battles like any gladiator but i realize that my behaviour on and off the interenet is often seen as verbally abusive.
just because someone dissappoints me is not a reason to attack them or their character.
so to all those.... beks, dinah, sammieswife comes to mind i apologize.
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Quandry
It made me think...what if I don't express my dissappoint in others especially women so colorfully. Maybe things would change and I wouldn't be so damn lonely half the time.
How about this....instead of expressing your dissappointment in others....work on being the kind of person that does not need to fight men and verbally abuse women, then apologise. I think you'll be kept busy for quite awhile, but eventually I'll bet you won't be so lonely, because you'll start having friends.
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The 144,000 Belief - What Will Happen To It?
by mentallyfree31 inwhat do you think will happen to the 144,000 belief as the years progress?
will the wts convert that to a "figurative" number and leave it open-ended?
or will they come up with another date and insist that anybody after that date should not partake?.
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Quandry
"It is to be regretted that some ran ahead of Jehovah's Heavenly Organization and perhaps said more than they should about a literal number going to Heaven." However, long before 1914, the Holy Spirit was instructing the Faithful and Discreet Slave, pointing forward to this being a figurative, rather than a literal number. When we examine the scriptures, it is evident that.........