http://www.jehovahsjudgment.co.uk/watchtower-un-ngo/.
this may have been dealt with before.
on this site the jw's defend their ngo status in the 1990's.
It was a deceivingly hidden hypocrisy that they tried to get away with to serve their own purposes and needs and you can bet whoever
signed them up wasn't reprimanded.
Since the GB are so high up in the social stature of the JWS, they get treated quite differently than the rank and file.
The UN policy or doctrinal pronouncement that they portray is one of their stupidest and nonsensical .
the watch tower bible and tract society was founded on the belief that armageddon is imminent.
in the late 1870s when charles t russell gave up his business interests and began preaching that christ had returned - invisibly, of course - in 1874 and that by 1914 the current system would be over with, a religious model pinched from the adventists and millerites, was established.. 1914 came and went, this old system lumbered on, and the wtbts in the person of russell began re-reading his favourite biblical texts and re-calibrating his 'pyramidological' calculations.
yes, his prophecies hadn't come true, but the bible students lived to predict another end of the world.
What keeps the growth continuing is their creed that all these things form a general 'composite sign' since 1914 that will culminate in the Great Tribulation.
In fact, most non-JW Christians would also say that we are in the 'season' Jesus spoke about before his return.
One has to take note though there is an obvious intension or unintentional expression of mis-information that get used by apocalyptic book and
and literature sellers like the WTS., pinpointing currant events and disregarding past events in human history. Perhaps its this lack of knowledge of history by the receiver
that makes the information coming out of organizations like the JWS unfortunately viable and truthful when the reality is something quite different.
New ideas will pop up when old ides become weak and falter, this is the direct responsibility of the GB members or I like to call them Marketing Executives of the
organization. Yes they are trending back now and weakening off the pressure put onto their followers , but thats most likely due to their new enemy the information
highway of the inter-net. Dam Al gore and his inter-net !
The WTS will always have the tentacle of fear and ignorance to manipulate and exploit people, its been working for them
for the past 100 years now, why change a good thing if you don't have to.
the watch tower bible and tract society was founded on the belief that armageddon is imminent.
in the late 1870s when charles t russell gave up his business interests and began preaching that christ had returned - invisibly, of course - in 1874 and that by 1914 the current system would be over with, a religious model pinched from the adventists and millerites, was established.. 1914 came and went, this old system lumbered on, and the wtbts in the person of russell began re-reading his favourite biblical texts and re-calibrating his 'pyramidological' calculations.
yes, his prophecies hadn't come true, but the bible students lived to predict another end of the world.
Well said GreenDawn
You might think as WTS as the big spider that sucks the life out its entrapped victims
to keep itself alive and thriving, only to replaced by new victims once the old ones die off.
i have been lurking around here for a few months and i'm really excited about participating in some of the discussions.
i have already enjoyed several late nights and early mornings catching up on some of the older posts.. .
when i first came across a link to this board my hand trembled as i held an outstretched finger just above the mouse button not quite sure whether i was prepared to go past what seemed to me to be the point of no return.
Humanity welcomes you to your new life and freedom from slavery.
the watch tower bible and tract society was founded on the belief that armageddon is imminent.
in the late 1870s when charles t russell gave up his business interests and began preaching that christ had returned - invisibly, of course - in 1874 and that by 1914 the current system would be over with, a religious model pinched from the adventists and millerites, was established.. 1914 came and went, this old system lumbered on, and the wtbts in the person of russell began re-reading his favourite biblical texts and re-calibrating his 'pyramidological' calculations.
yes, his prophecies hadn't come true, but the bible students lived to predict another end of the world.
The toilet bowl of the WTS is full of new light and broken promises that keeps on piling up, but you've got to hand it to them they're quite
good on covering them up and keeping the lid on the whole mess.
Its no wonder people who've looked at them say the are of Satan's power and control because they are indeed quite
the prodigious deceivers.
I hope one day someone flushes that toilet and send them down the drain where they belong.
hi.. i have been a witness since birth (will be 30 years in june 2009).
got baptised when i was 15 (pressured into it by my parents, plus, i was promised my first home pc if i did get baptised before turning 16).. both my parents serve in the uk bethel.
i have an older brother and younger sister, both of which are witnesses.. i am married to a witness and live in cyprus (i am english).
Jws are one of many religious faiths that pose difficult circumstances to people who eventually for one reason or another
stop believing and simply just do not want to not be involved with it, particular so if you have the majority of your immediate family
involved. You've made a good first step by coming here and expressing your situation to this forum because there many folks that
have gone or going through the exact situation that your going through.
It does become quite a conundrum of emotions when you have close friendships and family that you have but most of the connecting
relationships are there because of a religious belief that you no longer believe in.
I guess the best advise I could give briefly is become an pacifist unbeliever , be patient and accepting of other peoples complacent fears,
there is a lot of mental indoctrination going on at the KD halls that for some some isn't easy just to shrug off.
Welcome to JWN.........HTA
a web site called jehovah-witness.net where x-jw's and jw's who pretend to be jw's come to chat about how bad jehovah witnesses are and how they brain washed them etc, would it not be more productive to move on and forget than to let something most of you obviously hate take so much of your time and effort.. for some being a jw is about not being part of the world, what other religion is there that is as moral as a jw.
i am d'fed but i belive that jw's are the true religion.
sure some of them can be self righteous pricks but there imperfect just like anyone else,we all need to focus on us and not worry about what there doing because we can't change them.. .
There is only one " truth " and we're here to explain it, so if your interested ICE stick around
a web site called jehovah-witness.net where x-jw's and jw's who pretend to be jw's come to chat about how bad jehovah witnesses are and how they brain washed them etc, would it not be more productive to move on and forget than to let something most of you obviously hate take so much of your time and effort.. for some being a jw is about not being part of the world, what other religion is there that is as moral as a jw.
i am d'fed but i belive that jw's are the true religion.
sure some of them can be self righteous pricks but there imperfect just like anyone else,we all need to focus on us and not worry about what there doing because we can't change them.. .
Your right Sweet Pea ignorance is annoying, this fellow has lots to learn about life and humanity
jesus said in matthew 28:19
"go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit ...." watchtower 1966 october 1 pp.603-604
"we do not dedicate ourselves to a religion, nor to a man, nor to an organization.
Just one of the many ways religions such as this spin and manipulate to enslave people to them .
Thats the game folks, a well devised plan of intension.
so i'm daydreaming through the service meeting last night, (the end of the "supermeeting") and the ms is giving a part on always being ready to defend our faith.
blah blah blah.....you know the drill.
so he invites up a brother to do the demo part.
Maybe what should have been brought up is the Society's big promotional push up to 1975 that caused emotional instability
even bringing some people to commit suicide , the deadly results of the fruits of commercialism.
