as if the other sept. 15th wt thread i started weren't controlling enough - in another study article titled " run ..... that you may attain it " were you aware that just eating and wearing clothes on your body - might be a " stumbling block " to you ?
in a prior article on pg.
12 , paragraph 6 the wt society sets up what they are trying to get across by stating, " people of the world tend to seek personal interests first as " men of this system of things, whose share is this life.
its crazy, back in the 90's when i was heavily in, the bad things in watchtower articles or listed at conventions were murder, fornication, adultery, stealing, lying, etc. now in 2011 the list of bad things includes, food, clothing, shelter, entertainment, jobs, and relaxing.
lol what a crazy cult the watchtower has become. wow
just a synopsis of this aspect of my story.
i hope others will join in and tell us how this modern marvel of communication affected your exit [or your investigation, or perhaps entrenching] from the organization.. we all have doubts at times.
mine were scattered over almost 5 decades, from the age of four when my mother accepted the religion.
without the internet i would have never woken up. yeah i may have left, but i still would have thought it was true. now i know not only is it not true, but its a full blown cult.
religion in general takes away enough human dignity as it is: born in sin, indebted to christ, worthless, imperfect, dirty, and in need of salvation.
watchtower takes it to a "whole-nutha level" for people in search of this salvation: hoarding the heavenly hope to a select few, demanding faith only by enough works (...and then only "probably you" may be saved), cock-blocking our way to christ by claiming he only mediates for them...etc.. in addition, their oral laws rob us of individualism, free thought, investment in future, healthy sex lives, education, free choice, association and emotional and financial stability.. any story of rape or molestation we read about uses one word when referring to the victim: innocent.
when a woman or young person is raped, we read that "their innocence was stolen" when that crime occured.
the phrase "its a cult" came to my mind, but also what came to my mind was "yeah, but what is the God of the OT's excuse?"
there are two parties that are "sick fu*s".
another piece on the joys of witnesshood.. http://heraldsun.com/bookmark/14860998/article-jehovah%27s+witnesses%3a+a+family+conversion#.tj2jip7llug.
unky punk is this swarm potential?.
Nickolas brings up good questions, im not sure how exactly stuff like this happens, but when I see sentances like:
"We don't think we're any different than anyone else," she said. "We found different answers now, different places to find strength and hope."
and
"They check versions of Scripture in different Bible translations, including Greek."
I call propaganda. Now if its the author, or the newspaper itself I have no idea. Seems like this are creeping up more and more, or it could be the fact that its convention season.
another piece on the joys of witnesshood.. http://heraldsun.com/bookmark/14860998/article-jehovah%27s+witnesses%3a+a+family+conversion#.tj2jip7llug.
unky punk is this swarm potential?.
this article is 100% propaganda.
wife has been to two already....hers and another with a gf for a gf weekend dc thingy....her cuz has a part on the dc about two hours away and she wants to see him and fam......so taaaadaaaaa my elder/dad is taking me to the hospital.....the good ol...we can talk to you if it is a family emergency option overide ......good god (not) this is so insane....i feel like i am the twilight zone...........oompa.
i mean morals...natural inborn morals....that you love and protect your family and you show them love and not just say it......
reminds me of when my wife was on the phone with her boss about 45 mins before the meeting and her boss basicly had a stroke while my wife was on the phone. her husband was not home, just her young children. so my wife and I call 911, rush over there and find this women passed out on the floor with one of her kids standing there. long story short, police and paramedics came, took her to the hospital, we stayed and watched the kids until the father came home causing us to miss the meeting. at the next meeting while telling this story to an elder that asked why we were missing last meeting, he felt as though we should have let 911 handle everything and still came to the meeting. sick.
also reminds me of when my mother was working full time like 50 hours a week, in addition to taking care of her sick mother. this caused her to miss a couple meetings. when my mother explained her situation, they asked "cant you put your mother in a home?"
they are sicko's
i remember one time when i was about 17 years old, i wanted to arrange a costume party for the young brothers in the congo around my age.
i suggested it to one of my friends and was told that the elders had advised against it because it could be construed as pagan and masks have their roots in demonism.
of course, i was never shown any biblical proof of this but just that response took the wind out of my sails and i decided to just not go through with it.
one of the stupidest things i ever read was in a series of letters written by an elder to the watchtower (i think its on ajwrb) where in response about fractions the watchtower gave the illistration about what if your mother told you not to touch the pot of potatoes on the stove, and the watchtower went on to say if you took the potatoes and broke them down into fractions then you were obeying your mother. it was one of the key things that helped me realized how insane the blood docterine is.
a while back djeggnog said to me.... "evidently you want the readers of your book to believe what jehovah's witnesses believe[d] (down till 1919) to be a matter of embracing the beliefs of these dead men (russell and rutherford).
but jehovah's witnesses embrace[d] the teachings of jesus christ, our living lord.".
"captives of a concept" presents 48 examples where jehovah's witnesses (bible students) did in fact embrace the beliefs of the now dead men russell and rutherford.
damn as soon as qendi broke down exactly what djegnogg does, djegnogg does exactly as quendi wrote. LOL
that is classic
lies are lies, no matter how many words you type son.
djegnogg is so delusional he actually thinks people who read his bullshit buy it. there is no one on this forum other than victims of watchtower mind control, (most of which avoid forums like this) who buys a word of what you write.
clearly you must be counting time, otherwise you are wasting a hell of alot of your life. i pity you.
even worse, you admit you have read both books, if you have read both books and you still havent woken up, you are simply a fool.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/child-abuse/213724/1/victoria-australia-steven-unthanks-press-release-jws-hierarchy-formally-charged-today-with-child-abuse.
call to action.
bad publicity is a proven effective method to decrease recruitment and encourage current members to think/leave.
done. hope it works.
are baptized jehovah's witnesses allowed to go to a catholic priest's funeral?.
would elders allow this?
(without them being reproved)?.
LOL @ "I'm not a Jehovah's Witness myself"
ok, and im richard nixon
