otwo said this on the "suing the tower" thread.. why is this?
i have noticed it also.
i wonder whether some people would not be comfortable with the idea of a world without the watchtower?
I can't imagine going to my local hall and marching with a protest sign.I think it would just convince the dubs there that I was under Satan's spell.
Others can't imagine why they should not march with the sign.
OTWO, I feel the same way as you. It would be completely ineffective and not something I would be interested in doing.
I have noticed that others are getting involved in other ways which I believe would be more relevant. The UK charity commission thread recently is a good example.
otwo said this on the "suing the tower" thread.. why is this?
i have noticed it also.
i wonder whether some people would not be comfortable with the idea of a world without the watchtower?
you are free to join and free to leave them whenever you want.
Ha ha, I think a few thousand people here may differ with you on that one.
otwo said this on the "suing the tower" thread.. why is this?
i have noticed it also.
i wonder whether some people would not be comfortable with the idea of a world without the watchtower?
Thanks for your replies. The resistance to authority thing makes sense. I wasn't pointing fingers, I just wondered whether other people had the same resistance to group think that I do.
otwo said this on the "suing the tower" thread.. why is this?
i have noticed it also.
i wonder whether some people would not be comfortable with the idea of a world without the watchtower?
OTWO said this on the "suing the tower" thread.
Why is this? I have noticed it also. I wonder whether some people would not be comfortable with the idea of a world without the Watchtower? Maybe their experiences would be in some way diminished if their former captor was gone? I know some feel that they have wasted enough time and energy on the WT and that's fair enough. It does seem though there is a good number of people here interested in doing something constructive but little consensus as to what. I also wonder whether other ex-JW's are over sensitive to being controlled by others or working towards a common goal?
i'm pretty new here.
after being on my own 10 years, i'm finally coming to grips with my past (which i previously just ignored/didn't think about).
thanks for existing everyone, its been very existential.
If those of you who are out fantacize about it imagine how those are still in feel about it?! Wouldn't it be fantastic to remove the Hobson's choice of DA or fade?
I think it will be around for a good while yet but will change at an unprecedented rate. The only way to have an impact is to drain them financially. Law suits and more law suits.
i hate this scripture.
and i hate that it is because of religion that i actually hate a scripture.. if you just read it you can see that it has nothing to do with religious enlightenment.. it has to do with a righteous persons way or path through life being better that one who is unrighteous.. just read it, dubs, lurkers, etc!!!!.
just a short rant by, one..
It was a real revelation to me when I read the context of that scipture.
i thought long and hard about posting this but the mis-information on this site finally persuaded me, i already accept many may not accept what i say on face value and get their appologist pens ready for making sure no pro-witness propaganda slips through the net on this site but here goes....... i've been on this forum for a few months my first post was about how i was thinking of returning to jw's and at my sisters recommendation to look at this site for both sides of the story before taking that step.. i faded from jw's 10/11 years ago now i left my hubby at the time divorced him to going on to have more relationships and kids, i was definately given the impression after asking on this site and with what i read that if i tried to return i might face df or at least a jc but definately a couple of elders questioning me over what i've been upto these last few years - none of these have happened.
i talked with an old jw friend (yes i do have then and she never shunned me quite happily accepted an offer of coffee from me and my asking for a chat) i told her i was interested in going back and was very frank about what i done in the last 10 years but not sure how returning was done now, she quite happily said she go ask for me to find out.. result!
she came back this week and said "all i had to do was goto meetings again" and an offer of a study was there for me if i wanted it to explore the open doubts that i had expressed i now had.. not quite the fire and brimstone welcome this site led me to believe would happen.. i will keep you posted with further updates if i feel the need to put them in future.. .
If you are seriously thinking of going back you should not be on this site. You could be disfellowshipped just for being here. It seems you want the best of both worlds; which if fine, but at least admit it.
guys, for those who know me here, i apologize in advance for being such troublesome pain in the ass.
i have had some scary low spots these past two years, and was imo on way too many meds.
i really had a death wish for awhile, and do not want to revist that feeling.
Oompa are you having any therapy?
1. bethel in ny suspect high level apostate, cant identify it but know its there.
2. major organizational changes about to start rolling out, one is changes to the "service committee" and titles, po to be done away with, thats all i know for now.
was told that if you are the sort of person that cant handle changes, you wont stay in the org for long.
The word about "big changes afoot" is coming from all angles. I've heard at least half a dozen people mentioning it now independent of jeffrey's thread. I sure would like to know more about this "high level apostate" situation.
many here are familiar with the wts request to "hold" the cash funds of congregations so that a higher rate of interest can be earned, not for the local congregation benefit, but for the society to use in the worldwide work.
in particular, the funds are loaned, with interest, to other congregations that need to build or remodel halls.. .
however, a new opportunity has presented itself to the wts.. .
In England and Wales each congregation is registered separately as an individual Charity. In the case where the KH is an asset owned without debts I would assume the charity holds the asset. So for a London cong who are sitting on a multi-million GBP asset it would be interesting to see what happens if the cong was dissolved.
In view of the Charity Commission consultation that situation may change though?
