so yes, the brothers came for "encouragement" and of course, my husband is out of town on business... so it was me and the kids.. so i did let them in, i like these brothers...these are some things we discussed.... 1. i went over how that stupid "obey" email got all this started, got me to divulge to my girlfriend how i was feeling about the whole religion.
about how at the end of the call she said that she can't associate with me anymore, and then right after that call/ 30seconds later while i'm crying a pioneer called and asked "do you consider yourself one of jeh witnesses anymore??
" and i thought that was crazy for someone to try to trap me when i was sitting crying on the phone, upset with the last call... i told them that for all purposes i am already dfed since noone will talk to me anymore, and only one friend called to see what happened, everyone else just listened to the gossip of whatever spread, and wrote me off even though i'm technically in good standing.
Newlight's husband here... and I was SO proud to find out about all this! She showed more integrity than I could have. I probably would have taken the 'below the radar' approach, and just weaseled my way thru just to make them happy and leave me alone.
So this is good, although I doubt this is the end of it. If they tell the other elders anything about this, they may push for a JC meeting, or just announce our DA. Either way, we're in control here, and we have nothing to lose.
Freedom!
ok. i have a question that was never answered for me when i was going to meetings.
humorous answers are appreciated, but if anyone knows the real answer to this, i'd appreciate it, just so my curiousity will shut up.. the witnesses teach that the book of revelation is a book of symbols.
that's how they determined that hell is symbolic of being dead forever and that hell literal doesn't really exist.
It's because it's ALL BS, and all a lie!
from someone who attended:.
there was a big elders meeting in columbia sc on saturday june 9.. around 240 congregations, 2000+ elders.. the society wants to build a brand new assembly hall in columbia, sc, to handle the huge influx of jws moving to the us southeast from up north.. they expect to have it done in 34 months (finished by april 2010).
total cost estimated to be approximately $8 - 9 million.. they want to have the whole thing paid for by the time the building is done - no long term loans.. they "strongly suggested" that each of the 240 congregations commit to supporting "their share" of the expense.
The Society wants to build a brand new Assembly Hall in Columbia, SC, to handle the huge influx of JWs moving to the US Southeast from up North.
And what kills me is that they will talk about how the organizaiton is growing so fast... but it's not growing, it's just people moving down from the North. I live in NC, and all our 'growth' are also Northerners. There are very few actual 'new ones'.
hi everyone..... v just posted about this, but since i am interviewed in the video i wanted to start my own thread to get the word out... let me know what you think... my real name and pic are in the video, along with some of my gilead experiences..... lance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enkkm_aa_j4.
the link to this vid is:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enkkm_aa_j4 in case you want to comment there..... .
I had the priviledge to meet Lance last week in NYC when I was on a business trip. What a great guy, and what great stories he has with his background in the organization. What impressed me the most is that he has no anger or hatred to the Society. Very positive attitude. He is using the skills he gained as a missionary and (along with getting a college degree, congrats!) is doing well for himself. What a fine brother!
Lance, enjoyed your story, and look forward to part 2!
goodness have i been missing out!!!
i just signed up my daughter for day camp at a local church... they have daycamp, they have a music school, they have preschool, they have girlscouts, boyscouts, moms night out, family night, orchestra at the services.... the list goes on!!!.
why why why do witnesses fight any social interaction at the church!!!
goodfellas is my favorite.
(i love gangster movies).
Borat is one of my favorites...
witnesses believe in these last days, if you never spoke to a witness or heard about the kingdom, jehovah will not destroy you...you will have a second chance in the new system to study.
so why bother preaching at all....there will be time in "paradise.
" is this correct?
watchman class
God I hate all these 'classes'
witnesses believe in these last days, if you never spoke to a witness or heard about the kingdom, jehovah will not destroy you...you will have a second chance in the new system to study.
so why bother preaching at all....there will be time in "paradise.
" is this correct?
I have the exact same argument. Since 99.99% of people you talk to in service don't respond, you're actually condemming all them to death! Would be a LOT more efficient and loving to just not preach to them and let them be resurrected.
Thank god I found out this is all a lie...
yes i have a big metric cruiser and i stinkin love it!
but in the last two years of growth, which included my bike....i have come to appreciate that hd is a heck of family!
there is some very serious camaraderie among harley davidson owners.
Dang bikers.
Well as they say, if you can't beat em, JOIN EM!!
yes i have a big metric cruiser and i stinkin love it!
but in the last two years of growth, which included my bike....i have come to appreciate that hd is a heck of family!
there is some very serious camaraderie among harley davidson owners.
Shit. In case you all didn't know, leaving this cult adds a lot of unnecessary stress in life & marriage. But we'll survive.
Hey, if our worst problem is agreeing on a fridge, we're doing pretty well I would say :)
