there are threads on the content of the rc and reaction of awake jws here, but how are indoctrinated jws reacting to the convention.
my family and i have not attended yet, but i am bracing myself for it.
anybody talking in jw circles?
To be honest, the acting is so painfully BAD in these videos, it's like they're a parody of themselves.
I haven't any on the ground Intel about the JW reaction to them but knowing my old congregation, the mouths will say what a blessing from jehovah the videos are, while the eyes are rolling and the brains are saying.. what shite....
http://www.commentarypress.com/copyright/.
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https://youtu.be/fdzzl453drq.
http://www.commentarypress.com/copyright/.
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https://youtu.be/fdzzl453drq.
I definately remember the pdfs being promoted as a good thing here because I bought one, the ISOCF file for my e-reader after following a link from here.
I think it cost $12. Did ray's site ever sell the PDFs - anyone recall?
http://www.commentarypress.com/copyright/.
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https://youtu.be/fdzzl453drq.
this is an excellent read and i thoroughly enjoyed reading brenda's experience, so much of which i could relate to.
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This is an excellent read and I thoroughly enjoyed reading Brenda's experience, so much of which I could relate to. If you'd like to read it too, please check out my ebay listing
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121544714761?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
however, love for god and for his.
our love for god and his dear son = is of no value unless we are part of the human/earthly organization, the wts.
how many scriptures are actually read and applied at a meeting?
i had heard about the mormons, but i had not been the least interested in them.
in that 5 month time period from when i prayed to god up until the day i got saved, no mormons or jehovah's witnesses came knocking on my door and they would always come to my house on saturdays.
anna looked up to see her baby brother falling toward her.
i had heard about the mormons, but i had not been the least interested in them.
in that 5 month time period from when i prayed to god up until the day i got saved, no mormons or jehovah's witnesses came knocking on my door and they would always come to my house on saturdays.
anna looked up to see her baby brother falling toward her.
hi- i just wanted to say that i have been checking the website out for a few weeks and have read some horror stories and some sad ones.
but i have been studying with witnessess for about six months and can't help but feel that they're completely sincere and maybe even, the true religion.
i love the watchtower and awake and to me, none of that seems crazy.
Hi Penelope
You have been given some sound advice here by very experienced long-serving former JW's. May I just add my voice?
Trust your instincts with this one honey. You've been offered instant friendship, a pat answer to your "supernatural" question, and been shown pictures of a beautiful paradise earth where everyone lives in peace and happiness. Sounds too good to be true? It is.
The instant "friendships" are totally conditional on you continuing with your study, making steady progress and eventually getting baptised. If at any time before or after baptism you leave, these "friendships" will evaporate quicker than ice in the desert. This is in line with current Watchtower Society policy that states that all who are baptised and then decide to disassociate or are disfellowshipped, are shunned entirely. Even if they are a family member. It is NOT a scriptural command. The words in the NWT have been twisted. Research the scriptures the JW's use to find the real application. http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/disfellowship-shunning.php
I was a witness for 21 years and had many close friends and associates in "the truth". I worked hard and did as I was told. When I researched the Organization's history I realised I'd been following MEN for all those years. Deeply upset by the duplicity I disassociated 3 years ago. Since that time not one of those friends have spoken to me. Some have crossed the street to avoid passing me and others have turned their back on me.If Ive been brave enough to say hello, some have turned their head away as if I was a bad smell.
Do you want that? Then RUN.....
i was inspired by a recent thread i know i aint gunna crumble the wt, but a girl can dream to look at the effect we as individuals are having on the watchtower society.. 3dogs1husband quoted a story to show that even helping only one person is worth it.. it is encouraging to note that the one person you may have helped has lead to millions being helped, due to the power of compounding growth.. compounding growth is well illustrated by the rice on a chessboard problem.
if you start with 1 grain of rice on square one, and double it to 2 on the second, 4 on the third, 8 on the fourth, by the last (64th) square there would be 18,446,744,073,709,551,615 grains of rice.. likewise, if you help one person out of the grip of the watchtower this year, then next year you help one more and they help one, in a few years that is going to have a formidable result on the number of jehovahs witnesses.
look at the following statistics.
