i am new here and this is my first post although i have lurked here for a couple years.
i started having doubts about the org back then and my curiosity overcame my fear of so-called apostate websites so here i am.
i just resigned being an elder 2 weeks ago.
Welcome!
Would you be in a position to switch congregations to facilitate your fade? I was fading, then went inactive when I moved away to university.
There are mental and emotional adjustments to make along the way. I went through counselling. But I sure don't miss being an elder. Such a waste of time and energy.
hello all.. my name is dteve and i live in the uk.
i hope i can make genuine friends here and not pretend friends.....like that among jw's.. i left, went back, and have left again, but this time it is for good.
so i tried to work things out, but she carried on.
Welcome!
it was in this week's bible reading.
mark 6:21: "but a convenient day came along when herod spread an evening meal on his birthday for his top-ranking men and the military commanders and the foremost ones of galilee.".
look at the various renderings of this verse.
"too much cake?"
Actually, in the olden days, cake hadn't been invented yet. So at birthday parties, there was no birthday cake to cut. So they would cut people instead.
found this on a pro jw website .
is this what they are telling the witnesseskelly wallaceyou realise bethel in brooklyn new york are selling up the buildings and moving.
you know why- they realised come the great tribulation they are too exposed.
What an idiot. Hasn't she heard of drones and missiles? If the government would decide to get rid of JWs, it would be easy to blast Wallkill, Patterson, and any of their other rural real estate. And the bethelites would be easy to round up and throw into prison just by blocking a few roads.
The government wouldn't be able to do that to their NYC property. There are too many rich people around the Brooklyn properties to open fire. And from Brooklyn, bethelites could easily put on T-shirts and disappear into the subways.
If they were really concerned about being "exposed" the GB wouldn't plaster their pictures and names all over their litteratrash. They might as well say, "start by shooting us!"
i saw this at the visiting nurse book sale in february and it was too macabre to pass up.. .
the book is written by ken ham, an australian born, young earth creationist.
briefly, two children go back in time using the bible as their "time machine" and discover that dinosaurs of the entire mesozoic era coexisted with adam and eve:.
Dinosaurs had to be in Eden. The Bible says that Adam named ALL the animals. So if they weren't in Eden, they wouldn't have any names.
there is rumors that in this years dc nwt will be released and also new tracts.
any other rumors about new releases?.
Perhaps it will be a Simplified New World Translation.
today's watchtower made out that the combining of branch offices around the world is a loving provision from jehovah to streamline the production, but i had to ask an elder afterwards, even though i already knew the answer.... "if the wts is selling off bethels and brooklyn property and cutting the publishing costs and commitments, then where is all that money going?".
elder replies, "well the donations are just not coming in anymore and so they have to sell off property to stay afloat.".
gee, i thought if this was jehovah's approved organisation carrying vital truth to the world, then he'd be making sure the donations would be sufficient.
With the public ragazines being cut to half-size, how can they ignore the fact that the publishing empire is failing. So they have to cash in real estate to pay the bills?
This is when you can use their line on them and say, "They just need to rely on Jehovah to provide."
good morning jwn-land.. since my parents and my husband and i have learned ttatt we have been keeping quiet, mostly.
we have held off on revealing our true names, my dad has held off joining jwn and telling his story because we have been waiting for one special event.
my dad talking to his mother about ttatt.
Even if grandma isn't prepared to listen, she can't ignore the fact that the rest of you are getting on with life... without Watchtower and their unfulfilled promises. Glad to hear about your uncle, at least you've gained that family member.
i'm feeling like sharing stupid things from the wt/gb/fds, so here it is (underline mine):.
from the april 2013 km: 2013 distric convention reminders (no theme yet):.
[...] avoid eating or drinking during the program.. .
Just wear Depends so the bathroom lines and going during the program aren't an issue.
Go to sleep early enough during the session so that you can be well-rested for having fun after the lame DC program.
hello all i have the part in the yearbook and cannot find anything on the "smear campaign" and "media attack" on the witnesses in norway.
any ideas?
i have googled all kinds of inquiries and came up with nothin..
"Oh well i will do my best."
All the time I spent trying to do my best for lame SM parts was such a waste of time. Most of the audience is asleep with their eyes open.
