i'm new to the forum and couldn't find a place for new members to introduce themselves... so here i am, starting a new topic!(bold!).
i started studying with the jws a few months ago.
we're now on chap.
Ask them this question:
If I become a JW and have a child that decides at the age of 14 to be baptized as a JW, and then in their 20s decides that the religion is not for them, verbally disagrees with some teachings of the JWS and is consequently disfellowshipped, am I allowed to have a normal, loving relationship with that child?
They probably won't give you an honest answer to that one.
were you ever called into "the backroom"?
why??
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Yes. I was a teenager. It was a scene very much like the one in the movie "Worlds Apart". Very chilling for me to watch. I highly recommend seeing this film for anyone who has had the experience of leaving the religion. In the Los Angeles area you can view it on cable, On Demand, IFC movies. Pay the $5.99. See it.
dear brothers and sisters in the worldwide brotherhood of jehovahs witnessestm,.
there has been much public interest in our beliefs lately, so we have prepared a very brief summary of our core beliefs in a new pamphlet which you may offer to interested persons.
hopefully, this pamphlet will generate enough interest with honest-hearted people and enable you to start many new bible studies.
Farkel, best bit of satire I've. Ever. Read. Thanks.
okay, in order it goes like this for me............brother peace 1980-83, brother rose 1984-86, brother yasko 1986-88, brother sekella 1988-91, brother billy ford 1992-95, brother davis 1996-99, brother irskin 2000-03 and then it gets kinda blurry....brother burge and another, brother hairston.
okay, that just about does it.
i have this topic becauce i tried reading the favorite co and do thread, but did not recognize any names......
It was John Paluso, wife Nancy. They are in Santa Monica now.
q: what's it like to be satan?.
a: it sucks, man.
i get blamed for everything that goes wrong.. q: you sound bitter.. a: what are you?
Brilliant Farkel. This post inspired me to go back to read some of your early posts and I was laughing so hard at some of them I was crying. You should consolidate all of your posts into a book and sell it on apostate websites.
I mean it.
i wind up sitting next to a friend of my wife.
the hall, but has no idea why.
nobody is doing the worldwide work except jw's.
Yeah, and how effective are they with the message? Do you think the average person walking out of a Rite Aid Drug store with an ice cream cone can explain what JWs believe the Kingdom of God is???? All they know is that we don't take blood or celebrate Xmas. Great job guys.
so i was thinking the other day about how the jdubs always mock the catholics for baptizing infants who can't make a true commitment to god so the sybol of dedication is empty.
well, as anyone who's been in the org knows there is a culture of pressuring teenagers to get baptized.
if u r over 12yo it is a question that is constantly asked.
NO! It is much worse. They tell you not to get married as a teenager, yet encourage a decision that potentially can have devastating effects on you and your family for the rest of your life. Stupid.
[2 john 9 11, nwt].
[john 14:6, nwt] .
[john 14:6, nwt] .
This is a keeper. It is powerful and yet kind. Thank you so much for sharing this.
...and so to the end of a great evening with new friends and a familiar lover.. my feet are up and the sounds of socal stillness punctuated by occasional dreams departing from lax.. is there more to life than friends, lovers, brandy and hand rolled cuban companions?.
Why Besty - You are quite the poet! Who knew?
so the po confirmed what many on this board already know.
at latest round of co to elders meeting, the co quoted from the society outline.
any elder or ms who encourages college for his kids or others or who allows his children to go to college will no longer qualify.. he then asked if i was going to take the cos encouragement and reach out again to be an elder and get my hours on the ministry up.. i replied "i will never be an elder again - i strongly approve of further education and college and have been through college myself.
Billy the X - just love your posts. I was an elder's wife who absolutely insisted my son go to college. He got his BA and we never really got any flak about it. However, this was a few years ago before the recent crack-downs. Also we live in a metropolitan, affluent area and most of the elders in our cong were pretty tolerant unintrusive guys. Even if they weren't, having been denied education myself, I never would have crippled my son. Interestingly, he is the only one in the family who still attends a few meetings. So there you go.
