after fading for roughly a year now there's some good and some bad.
the bad.
it is becoming increasingly difficult to go to meetings.
Good for you Hadriel , getting one of your family members out is a plus , after only one year.
Many JW`s spend a lifetime witnessing and never make one convert
You did well
I hope all continues to go well with your fade , it must be hard , take care
smiddy
i feel the need to share this with the group https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqjpzoljjg8.
I thought that was very clever , well done , it`s called hedging your bets.
He probably left out a few thousand other GODS he could have subscribed to though , just saying.
Well if your gonna cover all your bases , ugh ?
smiddy
well it took awhile.
i've downsized.
got rid of my bmw.
I think if you just look at the posters history you would not get sucked in LOL Quarterback
smiddy
just take a look at this video.
i think arguing or debating scriptures is the most pointless thing ever.
everything at their meetings are so basic with no explanation.
Going from D2D using a tablet ? instead of a Bible ?
Are they Bible students or tablet students ?
The majority of people , middle aged to older people , would respond to the message of a hard cover Bible , at least to give you a hearing , if they were so inclined.
The Bible in written form does hold a form of reverence , the Bible on a tablet does not have the same impact.
But using a tablet in witnessing at a strangers door and showeing them a video ? or whatever ? as an introduction ? , the mind boggles.
Jehovah`s Witnesses today are not Bible students , far from it , they are students of the Watchtower Publications .
The difference between the two ?
The Bible , doctrines /beliefs / has not changed in 2000 years .The same today as it was 2000 years ago.
The Watcchtower publications as regards beliefs /doctrines / practices , changes every few years with their new light revelations.
And all of that in a short period of only 102 years of their existence since 1879 the first WT.
And God has never seen once to change the Bible`s script in over 2000 years .
smiddy
i seems that the child abuse enquiry in the uk has hit the wall again.
its a great pity.. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/04/child-sex-abuse-victims-say-inquiry-has-descended-into-farce-as/.
It makes you wonder how many people in high places of Government , Judicial systems ,and the high end of society are involved to some degree with child pornography ,child sexual abuse in one form or another .
smiddy
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/may/19/child-sex-abuse-police-expect-30000-goddard-inquiry-cases.
police expect 30,000 new child abuse reports from goddard inquiry .
sandra laville.
The reason couldn`t be that their are more powerful , influential , people in high places of society that are involved one way or another in child sexual abuse , pornography of minors ,etc.etc. that it has become a hot potato to persevere with this inquiry could it ?
just asking
smiddy
every year i install the wt library on cd or dvd to my wife's laptop.
the 2015 dvd seemed no different than normal but today when she opened it up it said updates are available and to download updates.
it updated to 2016 magazines,and study articles.etc.
What reputable organization , religious or secular , is so ashamed/ embarrassed of their previous history , that they go to great lengths to destroy it and deny it ever existed. ?
Oh that`s right we are talking about Jehovah`s Witnesses , that explains it.
smiddy
according to jehovah`s witnesses christ jesus was enthroned in heaven in 1914 .. the international bible students ,c.t.russell as president was approved byjesus christ shortly after as the channell approved by jehovah god to dispense spiritual food to his faithful followers here on earth.. why is it that after 100 years of jesus christ rule from heaven over his chosen people , the jw`s , that their is no direct contact between jesus christ and his earthly channell of communication ,namely the wtb&ts , and no direct contact from jehovah god either.. jw`s do not claim to have direct contact with god or jesus christ , isnt that strange ?
after 102 years ruling as king ?.
jesus christ is the greater moses , moses had direct contact with god and his people , so shouldnt the greater moses ,jesus christ have direct contact with his people especially since he is now ruling over them from heaven ?.
No takers ?
I mean to say if God was supposed to be communicating with humans via dreams ,prophets , Angels etc. as recorded in the Old Testament , surely Jehovah`s Witnesses being his spokesperson for today so close to the Great Tribulation and Armageddon , Jehovah/Yahweh should have direct communication through Jesus Christ as his enthroned King , with his earthly subjects shouldn`t he ?
Why was God communicating with humans for the first 4000 years of human history , and is mute for the last 2000 years , especially since he supposedly approved C.T.Russells movement.
smiddy
in the late 1990s there was magazine article that asked the question, are jws a secret society?
obviously they said no, because they claim to be transparent to outsiders and new members.
but they really are not transparent at all.
An educated person wouldn`t / couldn`t buy into the Doctrines and practices of the WT Society, .surely.
smiddy
looking for some material to post on facebook or at least share with my wife to somewhat inoculate her mind before the convention this weekend.. found this gem...it's as if the writers are apostates reasoning against the tactics used at this years convention.....(probably old news to many here....quite new for me).. the cunning propagandist loves such shortcuts—especially those that short-circuit rational thought.
propaganda encourages this by agitating the emotions, by exploiting insecurities, by capitalizing on the ambiguity of language, and by bending rules of logic.
as history bears out, such tactics can prove all too effective.. [...].
It`s sad to say that all this very good information would just go over the head of the average Jehovah`s Witness.
They would see it as applying to people of all other religions but not to them .
As an example : When a JW is convicted of a crime the stock answer is " Well he/she wasn`t really a JW otherwise they wouldn`t have committed the crime"
If a member of one of Christendoms religions is convicted of a crime they say " That just proves how wicked false religion is."
smiddy
