wow so here we are, april 25th.
3 years ago to this day something within me made me google my former religion.
it was all the the years of doubts concentrated into one all nighter to have the veil drop like a sack of shit.
dear gutted,, Just to let you know I "like" your comments and the process for us that we relate.
We will never 'feel' top of the most knowledgable of the world. the most righteous, the 'only' good or the 'only best' anymore. Nor do we 'want' that anymore, as it was only a 'lie,' a falsehood from the WTS.
Therefore, we grow better in peace and non-judgementalism, one day at a time.
our congregation is rationing regular bibles like they're gold bars.
i was told that bethel is out of stock!
anyone else hear about this?
I saw a site selling paperback Bibles for a few dollars each. I don't think the WTS wants to go through the bother, even if they could get a few dollars "donation?" I don't think even 'legally' they can "suggest" a donation amount, right? Printing Bibles is too much of a risk for them, money wise. Better for them to build assembly halls and kingdom halls to get their money increase.
have the faithful followers been informed of the new light yet?
i know its going to be in the july wt (i think) but i dont remember how far in advance those get released.
would someone who doesnt read this forum know about it yet?.
It's a new light of a lie in the first place.
last night my husband and i watched a special on the history channel about the knights templar.
about two weeks before i showed my husband the 607/587 blunder.
first off, he didn't even know that 607 was relevant to jw teachings.
If most JWs don't even know, that "607 BC" has been an important year to the WTS preaching it was the destruction of Jerusalem, the beginning of the so called 2,520 year prophecy pointing to their 1914, to be the beginning of the end of this system, then, no wonder, when the WTs changes anything, they don't get it, because they never even believed it before. Amazing, what they don't even know about their own religion and teachings.
i will discuss the watchtower's "unholy trinity" (relating to levels of secrecy in the organization).
http://freeminds.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3200:how-the-watchtowers-unholy-trinity-speaks&catid=16:ethics&itemid=702.
call in and fry me.. blog spot radio.
I appreciated the program, Randy!! It also struck me your reason of compassion why you would not the WTS to. . .can't remember exact words, but why you would not like to see the organization to just 'completely' end shortly, you showing a genuine concern for many WT followers who would have critical difficulty in adapting. Very thoughtful.
we have an older very faithfull elder body and whenever they talk about armegeddon or the end of this system of thiings, they always use "very near, close, soon, etc".
well on the stage one elder when talking about the great tribuation this week , he said "possibly in our lifetime" !!!
that really caught my attention and even my wife's too!
their CO said: "Since it's been nearly 100 years since the statement "Millions now living will never die" and all of those people are in fact dead, it became obvious that the F&DS was wrong about it's understanding of "the generation",
How does the CO and everyone else, not go into the next thought of "what else could they be dogmatic about at this time, that is also 'wrong?'
this case is in it's 9th year an has been touched upon briefly on and off.. the latest from the federal court is that all gated communites in puerto rico have until april 23 to provide the watchtower corporation full access.... this means the entry code or remote control devices that open the front fence.. this is clearly an act of provocation in order to create "pseudo-persecution" thereby increasing fs hours and "voluntary donations"....
JWs forcing their "right"(?) into these areas isn't going to win points with such areas. Anyway, Puerto Rico had "0%" increase last year and decreasing in baptisms.
went to the weeknight meeting this week for the first time in a long while.
the study was all about how having children was ill-advised in this time of the end- the comments dwelled on what a burden children are, how you can spend more time in the ministry without children, and look what they did in jerusalem- they cannabilized their own children!
it's going to be so horrible to watch our children suffer during the great tribulation!
A religion without children is a dead-end religion. Sure, if people don't personally want children, fine, but that should never be imposed upon, not by an organization. Yes, having children and raising them is a full-time 'ministry' onto itself, and those children should not be imposed upon to near skip their childhood and raised to be little adults (suit & tie life) for a cult.
I heard this all the time in the '70s. My first was born end of '74. I remember fearing when I got pregnant. I was so very happy, yet there was that fear/concern about the great persecution breaking out any time then. Well, I am a grandmother now and having my children and now having grandchildren is such a joy to my life and pride.
The organization warped in so ways.
we have an older very faithfull elder body and whenever they talk about armegeddon or the end of this system of thiings, they always use "very near, close, soon, etc".
well on the stage one elder when talking about the great tribuation this week , he said "possibly in our lifetime" !!!
that really caught my attention and even my wife's too!
"possibly in our lifetime"
doesn't sound too urgent that way, does it? not so necessary to just give up on 'this' life, to give up on marriage, having children, just to deliberately eke by, go to extremely boring repititious meetings and knock on doors with no responses, etc etc.
I just recently have email contact with a JW that just left couple mos ago. She said some JWs are sensing something is wrong and not happy with recent changes. I suspect there is an undercurrent happening, but many are stuck in the "where else is there to go" mode. Anyway, this attitude & spirit won't be bringing in "new" ones, nor be retaining their young ones.
ok gang, i love each and every one of you.
but, it's time to move it along.
obviously, the aawa blew up before they left the launching pad, but it's over and done.
thx, villagegirl,,appreciated your comment.
