today at the watchtower study,they said that marriage counselors encourage folks who are having issues to divorce..is that the stupidist thing that youve ever heard?
like,how many of them have gone to marriage counseling lately?.also the thing about the man being the head,the decision maker,that aint'jus' aint'a settin' right w/me...so,i assume if i get reinstated,i cant be an elder?like,because i dont have a penis?..um,hello,its 2007!!
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Again, it's the don't trust anything outside the "Organization" crap. If the couple is unhappy, so what! If they are, they obviously aren't following "Brooklyn's Bible Principles" for husbands and wives. Eventually, if the husband or wife commits "wrongdoing" , they are disfellowshipped.
Don't those shepards take good care of the flock?
thinking back at the start of me questioning that perhaps the "friends" were not really true friends at all, were some experiences i will relate below: please share those that you have experienced.. after i had carpel tunnel surgery and was in a cast.....not one of the "friends" asked me about it?
at first i thought they wanted to be "polite" and not draw attention to the fact of the cast...but thinking more about it afterwards...it was just plain unloving and uncaring.
while i was still in the cast....the cong.
I've experienced and seen so many examples of injustices, I can't even remember them all. Plus, you are supposed to put up with your brothers and sisters so you don't stumble them!
several conversations with current jw's have thrown up this validation of their faith.
i can think of several lines of refutation: .
1 - ask 'is increase proof of gods blessing?
Brooklyn has been using this line for decades. I like #1, the dubs always have competition from the Mormons in preaching, so no, they are not unique. Just this quick fact alone refutes their statement.
how many did enjoy the symbols at the memorial 2007, anyone who know that, rather important to me.. regards manjana.
Maybe someone who is going to one of the summer District Conventions can see if they announce it.
i was never a witness, i joined this site after my wife started studying with them, and i got upset over some of the things that resulted from that.
however, i grew up in a similar high-control group called the worldwide church of god.
much like the witnesses, in the mid 70s ( i forget the exact year, i was only in elementary school in those days, but it may have been 75, just like jws), there was a big push toward the end being at hand, the great tribulation is coming, etc etc.
Whenever they say "peace and security". Keep watching CNN.
i made the biggest mistake in my life.
i got baptized at the wichita kansas district convention.
i had not thought about in quite a while, and then yesterday i had a flash back.
Well, when you are persecuted, you will be prepared with that baptism date! Just kidding.
You have my sympathies for having this event etched in your mind.
...and i hate to speak ill at songs that praise him, but those songs have made my ears bleed.
and tehy say they don't want people with talent.
::rolls eyes:: .
"Hey - remember when they took the piano out of KHs? the orchestra out of the assemblies? Can't have any lack of uniformity here. " Yes, I do remember this. I missed the piano at the Hall and I remember some sisters who played for the congregations were upset when we got the canned music. I couldn't blame them. What else were they going to use their musical talents for? Man, some of those sisters could put some life into those boring songs with a faster tempo. I remember the orchestra at the assemblies too. It was fun to watch them and escape the boredom. I don't remember the logic Brooklyn used for all of this. It was probably something about too much attention being brought to individuals in the congregation. You couldn't have one clone different than another clone.
this is my first dc with the blinders removed.
it seemed strange for some reason now, maybe my view of the org now is why.
today was super boring this time for me since i wasn't ignorant of the crap anymore, but i was suprised, that the "faithful and discreet slave" was hardly mentioned throughout the day.
I don't know how you got through the day, you should celebrate that you won't have to go again!
Hope your back gets better. Thanks for the update.
my 81 year old mother has alzeimer's.
visiting with her yesterday, she said she would rather go ahead and die ,because 'i have nothing to look forward to.
' this is a woman who's earnest prayer as she found herself getting old in this system of things, was to live to see 'armegedon'.
Darth, I'm sorry about your Mom. Thank you for sharing. My mom is in her late 70's but lives and breathes the Brooklyn crap. It's hard to watch her get older and have more health problems. She will die being a dub, thinking she's been in the right religion. I try not to think about it, but when I do, I always hope she will wake up in heaven and be surprised. She has always been faithful to God no matter what religion she was, it's a shame she got caught up wasting her time and energy with this one. Take care
i was raised as a jw.
i'm 51 now and i've seen many changes over the years.
in the mid 70s, when ray franz, ed dunlap (sp?
I think Brooklyn is preparing to prey on a whole new generation of JWs. As we all get older, they will concentrate their efforts on the young ones. I'm sure they will find some that will be stay in the Borg for life, so they will have a new audience. I'm sure that at some time in the future, they will try to control the next generation of dubs with another surefire date (just like they did to us in 1975).
