the current growth of jws no longer exceed the population growth, and in many educated countries it is now stagnant.
http://www.jwfacts.com/index_files/statistics.htm in 50 years the whole 1914 thing will simply be an embarrasing irrelevance, so for the religion to even exist in 2057 will take some major doctrinal changes.. decrease is quite common for christian religions, except pentecostals, who are experiencing tremendous growth.
maybe they have jesus' blessing.
shower with 20 year old bethelites, the girls i mean...show them the 'attention' they need and deserve so they can have better opportunities to chose appropo mates.
seriously, any gb member who looks deep into his soul for the truth would make public apologies and seriously reconsider where the jws are now and what needs to be repaired and take appropo action.....like that'll ever happen.
here's a little video i made about the baptism questions.
comments?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ri82brdee3g.
so, when did these questions change? AND, if they changed and some of us were baptized before the 'are you in the borg' question, we should be free of answering to the wtbts and not be df'ed for apostacy if it doesn't conflict w/ the bible.
right?
so here's the story.
my brother invited me over to his place, just to hang out, watch movies, etc.
he was supposed to work until 4, so i should come by anytime after that.
i would've been tempted to crawl out the window and slash their tires, but that would've prompted them to stay longer....no, i would've unscrewed the license plate off of the back of their car b/c that would've gotten them back for wasting your time since they'd have to go to dmv to get new plates and probably be pulled over before they knew it.
advice for next time to feel vindicated. :)
we're very fortunate, the way our place is set up we can see people from the neck down, so how they are dressed let's us know to come downstairs or not.....ups, fed ex, etc., easy to spot. hippies with clipboards pretending to care but getting a buck a signature, easy to spot. jws easy to spot. jws have only been here twice in our five years here....oh, but since our last name is french we're also on the french congregation territory, don't speak a word of french, so they really shouldn't be counting their time. c'mon, brett favre is a french name, do you think he speaks french?
i'm a 4th generation witness.
however, i have jw cousins with grown grandchildren (that makes 6 generations), and two of them are married--all in the "truth.
" if they have kids, they will be 7th generation.
wow leslie, that's amazing!
i'm a 4th generation witness.
however, i have jw cousins with grown grandchildren (that makes 6 generations), and two of them are married--all in the "truth.
" if they have kids, they will be 7th generation.
my parents were converted/baptised when i was four years old, then i was baptised @ 16, kind of w/ the silent but known agreement that if i was old enough to get a driver's license, then i was old enough to be a baptised jehovah's witness. aka, 'you won't get your driver's license until you're baptised' aka, 'you can't drive to your girlfriend's house and makeout and you'll have to continue to stew in this house of boredom b/c you can't hang out with worldly people, read anything worldly before reading latest wtbts publications (so, never read), and go out of your mind with hormones spinning out of control'.
i got baptised.
not that i was under the indication it wasn't the truth at the time, i thought my chances of dying at armageddon were pretty good b/c of my lustful thoughts and feeling girls in their nether areas.
i guess that makes me 2nd generation?
as i dont come on the board too much anymore, please forgive me if this question has been raised before.. if prince is a jw, what congo does he attend?.
thanks,,.
dino .
are the jws finally figuring out the genius of scientology recruiting?
if it was the 70's/80's/90's, prince would've had to give up his career, like 'cristie love' (vaguely remember her, might not be her character), but now it's ok for him to keep pursuing his singing career.....a big no-no years ago b/c it would be promoting idol worship.
can we buy a billboard in brooklyn right next to 'read your bible daily' of the wtbts flip-flopping like a fish out of water when it comes to laying down the rules of the bible as they interpret?
is it wrong to even think about it?
how can a religion take over and have so much control.
i know truth, but only when is walks up and sticks a finger deep into my eye socket.
sorry to hear the shit you're in.
change doctors if he sucks...some doctors are arrogant bastards. is it a psychiatrist who is prescribing your meds? i have a psych who prescribes, i let me doc know what i'm taking adn then talk to my therapist every week.
one of the huge changes in leaving is the social change, having 100's/1000's of "friends", down to 0 when the shit hits the fan. i faded, didn't do anything wrong, but the minute my friends found out i was missing meetings and i grew an evil goatee, it was all over, i was a hired hitman for satan or something.
the shit hit the fan for me when i realized not one of them were my friends for a second if i wasn't active....even people who i had just stood up for in their weddings.
it's hard to build trust again.
i took acting classes, writing classes, stand up comedy classes and made friends there, then i started working volunteer at a radio station, all stuff i was totally interested in with good hearted people who the wtbts has drilled into us all our lives that they're selfish/godless/worldly/"them", but in reality they are the ones that wouldn't drop me if i decided acting wasn't for me or if i stopped volunteering for radio.
it's so fucked up, my thoughts are with you.
im thinking often about finding a therapist to talk my burden off my shoulders.
since many years i have noone to talk to.
im lonely while having plenty of friends.
the one thing that sucks is getting the therapist up to speed on jws beliefs b/c that seems to take a while.....but it's definitely worth going to therapy.
here's a new video for your appraisal.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ouohw8nwwze
w.once
best video yet, great message! excellent editing, perfect music, rock on!
if anyone has more recorded talks that have as much idiotic reasoning as the higher education talks, as well as the same higher education talks that have been posted, but from different assemblies, i would love to have them..
either via web or pm me with a location..
i think i've received one from britain and one from dc..
if anyone has more recorded talks that have as much idiotic reasoning as the higher education talks, as well as the same higher education talks that have been posted, but from different assemblies, i would love to have them.
either via web or pm me with a location.
i think i've received one from britain and one from DC.
thanks in advance.
