hi new to this forum but not so new to ttatt.
i was just wondering how nice it would be to know each other in real life.
i have got few friends in jw who are fully awake but still hanging because of family.
Hi , Consciousguy ,
Welcome to the forum .We hope you enjoy your stay here , open up , let`s know something about yourself OK ?
Your not new to the TTATT ?
You want to know about each other in real life ?
OK
How about you start , tell us a bit about yourself , name ? where your from , Baptized ?Born in ? How long have you been in the cult ? What woke you up to the cult ?
Start anywhere you like buddy , pm me I`m always ready to talk with newbies and new interests.
smiddy
warwick article.
Their going to have a Bible museum ? When I first joined they were using the American Standard Version as opposed to the King James version , then they acquired the Byington`s bible , and then the King James Bible..
While producing the books of the Hebrew Scripture before producing the individual books of the Christian Greek Scriptures
It`s certainly not going to win any friends in real Bible Scholarship.
It will only , and that is the intent, of blinding the minds of the believers.
Oh and another thing , they have an observation tower ? over the complex ?
WHOOOPPEEEEDOOO
smiddy
smiddy
just finished a walk today i came onto a happy family group of all the generations celebrating a tiny ones birthday.
they all sang ..happy birthday and i sang with my bass baritone the chorus, .."why was she born so beautiful why was she born at all.." silly words but they are happy words.
the family cheered their pleasure at this outsider joining in.
It`s the little things like that zeb that make us human ,well done , and also a happy birthday to you.
smiddy
god is going to fix everything.
you would just not believe how great he is going to make it.
it's going to be the greatest.
GOD bless Ricky Gervais,
The whole 3000 of them .
smiddy
hello all, things for the most part have been somewhat better for me because my parents haven't talked about baptism or anything recently.
i got a scholarship to go to art camp for a few weeks which has been fun (since its free, my parents didn't refuse) but it has also been very nervewracking for me.
i haven't been around any non jws for more than a year and its like being in a different world, a world where people are actually real and genuine and not mindless drones.
Don`t play the "victim" card with your school friends they can`t grasp the JW mentality/outlook on things just be as "normal" as you can be with them , interact with them and join in as far as your conscience will allow .
And whatever you do , don`t even bring up JW stuff with them.
smiddy
sorry i thought it was a new morning worship video but it is 6 months old and has already been discussed on here.. it is presented by gb helper k flodin and about this generation.
the delusion and hypocrisy runs deep.. he reminds the cult members not to speculate because they aren't supposed to know the day or the hour.
then he proceeds to speculate that armageddon will occur before 2040.. https://tv.jw.org/#en/video/vodprogramsevents/pub-jwbmw_201511_3_video.
No wonder their is no urgency to the preaching work nowadays. What ? the young ones can now party and dilly dally for years before they get serious and come back to Jehovah in the few years before 2040.
They can enjoy both worlds now.
How the rank and file ( the average Jehovah`s Witness ) can not see the Governing Body to continually dangle the carrot stick (Armageddon, New World , Paradise ,Great Tribulation ) in front of their members for over 130 years beggars belief , with their continual changes to their beliefs with the excuse of "New Light" from Jehovah
In other words the "old light" was false
you don`t have to be a rocket scientist to figure that out.surely.
smiddy
i'm one of those who "would never grow old in this system of things".
i was promised that back in 1969-right!
i was 22 then and now i'm a few months short of 70!.
Six days with no response ?
that`s sad "eyes" So here goes , my 2 cents worth :
You still have contact with JW`s to be able to say those things to them ? and they still talk to you ?
Every little bit helps anyway, you never know when a seed will sprout and they eventually learn TTATT
I know what it`s like to post something and nobody responds LOL
Keep up the good work.
smiddy
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/06/entertainment/prince-birthday/index.html.
Did serena and Venus williams attend ? How about George Benson and all the other celebrities who claim to be JW`s.
smiddy
today marks 13 years since my wife and i have stepped inside a kingdom hall.
after 29 years full on being a jw and a number of years serving as an elder then as the presiding overseer we pulled the plug.
yes 13 years ago coming home from the first day of a circuit assembly i said to my wife “that’s it i am not going back”.
I think the first time i ever had a doubt was when the Borg tried to distance themselves from 1975 .
The next was when they printed the Revelation Book about the seven trumpets starting with the Cedar Point Ohio convention ? I couldn`t get my head around that one .
I /we never left until 1993 , however with the internet it still took me a few years to shake off the influence the JW religion had over me.
Welcome gerry , thanks for your post
smiddy
my rant tonight is against the quasi religious apologists that post on this board.
those who at once rail against the jw's then later talk about how "orderly" and "neat" the witnesses are at their conventions.
those who site the benefits of bloodless surgery to some who have the luxury and time to actually make an educated choice, while ignoring the tens of thousands who've died because they happen to be in an accident or succumb to a disease for which there is no other treatment.. i understand the power of cognitive dissonance.
If you have been in or associated with the JW`s for many years , then yes it can take a long time to finally rid yourself of all the garbage that goes with the religion.
smiddy
