i took a quick trip to the store and i happened to see a young man (about 26-28 years old) who got baptized about the same time i was leaving- about 2 years ago.
a couple of pioneer sisters found him in the door to door work.
one of them, a very attractive girl.
Really enjoyed this! He tried to shun you...LOL. I noticed the lack of substance in their materials while in high school then when I went to University I simple tried to humble myself under their guidance. That only lasts so long because here I am...FREE.
Regarding the pioneer woman not taking the trips, should make for a good convention experience but I'm sure they'll spice up the story for her.
quote from the watchtower, simplified edition, september 2015, "how can we show that we love jehovah?".
higher education often makes them lose their love for god..
They misspoke...education assists you leaving the JW religion. God ain't got nothing to do with it. Some of the most educated people in the world are active in some form of worship to a higher power.
Personally, I don't do opium in any form.
it has been 2 and a half years since my departure from the religion.
i was told by my parents from the start that i would never speak to them until i returned to jehovah dog.
a few months later they told people they hoped i died before the end came, then all of this culminating in them telling my inactive / fading sister that they don't consider me a child anymore and they have given me up to satan.
Given that she called you out of the blue, means she was getting ready to cave but then others decided to rally around her and convinced her to call you. This whole situation was funny, maybe not to you but it reminds me how non-sensical JWs are. I think you handled it well.
this is from the last talk of the convention ......... clip 1:30 minutes longhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrej8tlyiso&feature=youtu.be.
If one gets their license suspended or decides to give up driving to take public transportation, what are the consequences? If one decides to give the JW religion for a different religion or no religion, what are the consequences? Getting your driving license and making a life-long dedication to this organization are not comparable.
Poor analogy but by the audible acknowledgement of the audience they thought it was genius. Now parents will force their kids to get baptized as a condition to get their drivers license.
this is going around the kingdom halls now, i thought it was a hoax but are not all the end time dates produced by the organization some hoax or con?
the reason why the end did not come in 1975 was the watchtower society had not put eve's creation in their equation.
i was told when we had a "meet and greet" if "we knew the date of eve's creation we would know the year jehovah was going to destroy the earth.. it's been 40 years since 1975, can you believe it's been 40 years since "stay alive till 1975!"?
When JWs get to rambling on about their Armageddon timeline theories, I simply remind them that no one knows the day or time not even the Son. Speculations are pointless. On the other hand if you happen to be a scientist and your cousin is an archeologist, I might listen to what you have to say.
The real reason they continually try to figure it out "the day and time" is they want to be right so badly about their beliefs because deep down inside many of them know they've been duped.
hi everyone, im begining to notice patterns of mental issues in the congregations and among the witnesses as a group.
do you think this is a trend in the entire world or is it exagerated in this organization?.
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From my experience, the religion seems to attract people with mental issues mainly because of a promise of paradise with no problems where life is perfect. For those raised in the religion I do think they become out of touch with reality and once you have awakened, frankly, everyone seems a little weird. For some that have aged in the religion, it leads to depression due to failed promises. Most of the female witness I know over 30 are on some type of medication for depression and some even share their medication with others blaming it on Satan and this system trying to wear Jehovah's people down.
I don't know if its higher in the JW organization, but its definitely noticeable.
The current wave of illness to recycle through the witnesses is fibromyalgia. Not mental but I'm sure it gives them something to talk about between RVs.
we talk here about the importance of being mentally and physically out to be really free.. what about being emotionally free?.
i realized for me, i had to be emotionally awake first.
i had been yo-young back and forth for years.
Getting out mentally was easy for me as I had questioned the religion for most of my time in it. I tried doing more to strengthen my faith. However, the more I did the more I realized something was wrong. Once I realized it was all fake, mentally I was out fairly quickly and physically out in less then six months.
Emotionally, that's a different story. It took me a few years to be emotionally free, most likely because I was raised in the religion and have so many family members and so-called friends that are super active.
An exit that works for one person may not work for the next.
This must be the really big thing that everyone was waiting to be announced at this year's meeting. I have no plans of watching but I'm sure the JWs will be all over it. Next will come a live stream of the meetings. I'm guessing this will be available to the public so they will have to tone down "if you are not a JW you will die" schpill and save that for meetings at local KHs.
If it launches on 10/6 then there should be announcements about it at meetings today.
i hope no one here get's injured when they see this and their jaw hits the floor:.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=689701664435095&set=vb.100001858044479&type=2&theater.
I'm glad their having a good time. Good for them. In the areas where they've held international conventions in the States, the local JWs are filled with unbridled enthusiasm which was somewhat disturbing.
I wonder how long until they start local choirs.
my jw daughter is getting close to being 18, and she was baptized at the ripe old age of 11.... so i feel like the shunning is coming.
my sister is also on the verge of getting baptized, even though i have been able to show her many things about the watchtower proving it is full of lies, she is still falling for it.
she spoke to an elder about the shunning policy, saying she wouldn't join if she would have to stop speaking to me....and they said they couldn't make her do anything...so she took it as them not caring if she speaks to me.
Hi Megs, what's your sister's reason for getting baptized? Even though you're out is your daughter still a believer? This would have been a perfect out for a teen.
