i have read a couple of threads the last couple of days that dealt with what you have to give up when becoming a jw.. most posts that i read said they have to give up getting a higher education.
my question is this: is that still a trend today?
that elders frown or discourage young jws from going to college or university by telling them to put kingdom's interest first?
Ajax,
i'm sure there has been articles, i'll do a search on the CD-Rom later today....4 year colleges are not officially approved and are a great cause for concern, 2 year colleges are the norm for most JW kids after high school...if they go to college.
i'm sick and tired of hearing things from uptight-short-sighted-narrow minded hypocritics. all i want is the truth just gimme some truth - John Lennon
i have read a couple of threads the last couple of days that dealt with what you have to give up when becoming a jw.. most posts that i read said they have to give up getting a higher education.
my question is this: is that still a trend today?
that elders frown or discourage young jws from going to college or university by telling them to put kingdom's interest first?
they allow college now, but it is still frowned upon by most people within the congregation.
i'm sick and tired of hearing things from uptight-short-sighted-narrow minded hypocritics. all i want is the truth just gimme some truth - John Lennon
last night at meeting they told us to just use our blood cards from last year.
in the past they've always told us how important it was to get it signed every year so that people could see our current views as jw's.....doesn't this new arangement negate everything they've ever said in regards to this?
absolutely nuts!.
the brother didn't know what he was talking about, sorry to say. The society never said that, that was the brothers opinion. The blood cards have been printed up for months....same with the KM that said they would be handed out. don't be so naive
i'm sick and tired of hearing things from uptight-short-sighted-narrow minded hypocritics. all i want is the truth just gimme some truth - John Lennon
prices and run down of organised activities for any one who fancies a trip to see buck house.
http://www.bethelcoachtours.com/scot_ire_lon_wls.htm.
nelly
tours are ONLY for JW's....the chosen race. pretty funny...this all sounds familiar....sort of like the nazi's.
i'm sick and tired of hearing things from uptight-short-sighted-narrow minded hypocritics. all i want is the truth just gimme some truth - John Lennon
last night at meeting they told us to just use our blood cards from last year.
in the past they've always told us how important it was to get it signed every year so that people could see our current views as jw's.....doesn't this new arangement negate everything they've ever said in regards to this?
absolutely nuts!.
you are wrong trisha, they were only handing out the blood cards IF you didn't already have one from last year or had lost one. That is a HUGE difference.
i'm sick and tired of hearing things from uptight-short-sighted-narrow minded hypocritics. all i want is the truth just gimme some truth - John Lennon
what would happen if everybody on earth who was a jw woke up tomorrow morning and didn't remember anything at all?
something like having total amnesia?.
what would they think of their collection of watchtower magazines?
the new world translation isn't god's word....its been altered.
i'm sick and tired of hearing things from uptight-short-sighted-narrow minded hypocritics. all i want is the truth just gimme some truth - John Lennon
i downloaded the 1999 version of the cd-rom today, overwriting the 1995 version.
does anyone know if they've gone in and changed anything that we "apostates" have brought up and pointed out?.
i'm sick and tired of hearing things from uptight-short-sighted-narrow minded hypocritics.
I've had the CD-Rom sitting around my apartment for the last 3 years...
i downloaded the 1999 version of the cd-rom today, overwriting the 1995 version.
does anyone know if they've gone in and changed anything that we "apostates" have brought up and pointed out?.
i'm sick and tired of hearing things from uptight-short-sighted-narrow minded hypocritics.
I downloaded the 1999 version of the CD-Rom today, overwriting the 1995 version. Does anyone know if they've gone in and changed anything that we "apostates" have brought up and pointed out?
i'm sick and tired of hearing things from uptight-short-sighted-narrow minded hypocritics. all i want is the truth just gimme some truth - John Lennon
suddenly i am hit with this overwhelming feeling that we are wrong and that there are logical explanations for all of the things that dont make sense.
aaaah.
this is awful.
suddenly i am hit with this overwhelming feeling that we are wrong and that there are logical explanations for all of the things that dont make sense. aaaah. this is awful. there is no way to know. nothing makes sense anymore. and even when it does something else does too that is the complete opposite so what the heck?
who needs this kind of aggravation? i mean maybe being a dub isnt so bad. at least then you have all the answers to lifes questions. who cares if they are true on not if you believe them thats all that matters. least you can live and die with a purpose and meaning to life. oh forget it, i know that makes no sense.maybe i've been talkin to too many dubs lately. i mean they make no sense when they try to answer my questions about things i have found out but its like they dont need answers cause they are perfectly satisfied that this is the Jahs org and they will happily serve in it forever. maybe its not so bad to turn a blind eye. at least you have a group of people all over the world that you are a part of. at least you are a part of something ya know? and not just thrown out here alone in the world with no one.
maybe compromising ones conscience isnt so bad if its for a good reason, like keeping you from a lonely miserable existance. especially if we could be wrong anyway then it wouldnt be a compromise afterall.
being a part of "the crowd" is a comfortable feeling, but i'd rather have my own thoughts and at the very least the illusion of some sort of meaning in my life. "going with the flow" will get you nowhere in this world - especially if you are a follower of the JW's....nothing you ever do will be enough for anyone...mark my words. email me in 15 years and i'll prove to you that i'm right.
i'm sick and tired of hearing things from uptight-short-sighted-narrow minded hypocritics. all i want is the truth just gimme some truth - John Lennon
many of you are no doubt familiar with the nov.1, 2001 "letter to all branches" putting forth the the library card defense.
(the letter can be seen at: ) i gave a copy of the letter to a jehovah's witness friend of mine who took it to one of his elders.
the elder said the letter is a fake because: (1) it is not written on official wt letterhead and (2) watchtower does not send such correspondence via the (eeeevil) internet.
this letter is not a fake...it is word for word the response that "badwillie" received....it is a form letter for anyone who asks about the UN connection. pathetic pathetic pathetic.
i'm sick and tired of hearing things from uptight-short-sighted-narrow minded hypocritics. all i want is the truth just gimme some truth - John Lennon
