1) many who were on the destructive path have been transformed by their teachings (this includes me who was once vicious, and presumptuous and atheistic).
2) equal monthly pay to all members of the bethel community regardless of whether they are bc members or sweepers.
this is something that still remains as an unattainable dream for the world.
Isw196
Good to see your are still here.
I was talking to my 15 year old daughter (a born in) recently about shunning and disfellowshipping, about how even family members are not allowed to have any contact with a disfellowshipped family member. She said I was lying, because she could not believe how inhumane that is. As a family shunning/disfellowshipping was something we never discussed when I was in.
1) many who were on the destructive path have been transformed by their teachings (this includes me who was once vicious, and presumptuous and atheistic).
2) equal monthly pay to all members of the bethel community regardless of whether they are bc members or sweepers.
this is something that still remains as an unattainable dream for the world.
I think we could be more patient and go easier on them
I wholeheartedly agree with you on that.
today i was testing my co worker to see if he's really a jw.
with simple things like god bless you when you cough.
asked about his birthday and remember he wished me happy birthday a few months ago.
JYD
Good for you, I'll buy you a beer when we meet up!
1) many who were on the destructive path have been transformed by their teachings (this includes me who was once vicious, and presumptuous and atheistic).
2) equal monthly pay to all members of the bethel community regardless of whether they are bc members or sweepers.
this is something that still remains as an unattainable dream for the world.
punk
I think you are right, he bit off more than he could chew.
1) many who were on the destructive path have been transformed by their teachings (this includes me who was once vicious, and presumptuous and atheistic).
2) equal monthly pay to all members of the bethel community regardless of whether they are bc members or sweepers.
this is something that still remains as an unattainable dream for the world.
Isw1961
Welcome to the forum, it is nice to have you here.
You have every right to express you opinions and I am happy that you found this forum to do so. I agree with some of what you say, but not much.
I joined the JWs in 1986 and I honestly believed in what was said and I followed along like a sheep for many years, believing that the GB really had our best interests at heart, only to find out after 29 years that that is not the case.
The things that are wrong far outweigh the good things here is a list of some of the things that bothered me about the organization that caused me to leave:
Child abuse - 2 Witness rule (See "Candace Conti vs Watchtower as an example)
UNO - NGO membership
Environmental pollution issues
Owning shares in companies that deal in weapons
Owning shares in companies that deal in pornography
Intellectual dishonesty
Using mind controlling techniques in their literature and meetings
Flip - flops in teaching
Overlapping generation teaching
the list goes on. Have you tried "www.jwfacts.com" or "www.jwsurvey.org" for information?
It might be a good idea if you did that.
Like I have already said, we are happy to have you on the forum.
tight pants, colored socks, blue shirts, beards, wire -rimmed glasses... .
does anybody remember any thing else that was once or still is proscribed against faithful j-dubs?
when brothers in our kh started wearing different colored shirts rather than white, it caused a great stir and ruckus.
This is how a sister should dress.
tight pants, colored socks, blue shirts, beards, wire -rimmed glasses... .
does anybody remember any thing else that was once or still is proscribed against faithful j-dubs?
when brothers in our kh started wearing different colored shirts rather than white, it caused a great stir and ruckus.
This is how a brother should dress for the hall.
~2300 in attendance.
one day cost of $16,900!.
this was at romeoville, which was built ground up in the 90's and was fully paid for by the illinois circuits!.
for the last few days i was discussing with a colleague of mine at work about the stock market and how some people, even when losing money, they will hold onto their shares because someone said they will rise again.
this may lead to lost opportunities or even losing all their money instead of de-risking and offsetting loses by buying another stock, in other word jumping ship.. this got me thinking about jws (knowing that i am still in).
took one step back and looked at our family and what we have done by sticking to this religion.
D.Furious
It certainly makes sense what you said. I have recently woke and I am now beginning to scramble so that I may have some kind of retirement.
reading through a lot of the forum posts and wondered what tatt stands for (?).
any more acronyms that are special to this site?
Here is one I had problems with and had to ask.
Bttt - Back to the top
It is just to put the discussion at the top of the list, without saying anything.
