imagine this talk being given at all congregations:.
"jehovah god has always used men to do his will.
he used abraham, isaac and jacob to usher the birth of a nation, but there was alot more work involved.
My belief is that it will never happen. Even IF it would happen, There are too few JWs to get the job done. Plus WE could defend ourselves from such attacks and ultimately rid the Earth of JWs in the cause of self-preservation.
Fortunately we have moles in the organization that would alert us of any such plans so that we could make a pre-emptive strike.
my favorites are:.
"paradise earth": not in the bible.
"great crowd" of "other sheep" - two unrelated texts... put them together, and voila!, you just changed the destiny of millions!.
The 3 reasons a wife could get a separation from her husband. Where does it say those rules in the Bible ?
I've seen women in the cong. use those 3 reasons to punish and leave their husbands alone and starved for female attention. When the husband breaks and gets female attention from a woman not his wife, the wife claims he committed adultery and is then free to change mates. All the while she remains in good standing in the cong.
dont just list one, list them all so we can laugh because in all honesty i can't believe we believed some of them.
for example, i was told annie lennox stopped a concert to ask if there was any jw's in the audience, and if there was could they leave as they were stopping the demons getting through...is this even remotely true?
did annie lennox ask the jw's in the audience to move because they were stopping the snack lady getting through...and it got twisted through chinese whispers.... the other day (i felt sick) one witness was banging on about how amazing it was that the watchtower society's building was the only one standing still...wtf...my stepdad responded with a 'wow thats amazing' and the first brother was like 'yeah i know'...grrrrrrrrr aaaaaaaah screaaaaaaaaam .
i was told Annie Lennox stopped a concert to ask if there was any JW's in the audience, and if there was could they leave
I heard it was the band Earth, Wind, and Fire that did that.
jws say they are clean and pure and undefiled and not like the world but in reality there are those that do very evil things and they either have fallen through the cracks, have gotten disciplined or disfellowshipped.. we realize that just because a person says they are a christian, it doesn't mean they will always act like one.. regarding pedophiles, do you believe that jws have a huge problem involving an infestation of pedos?
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Should'nt this be in the "abuse" section ? Plus, this subject has been beat to death.
bethel is the witness equivalent to mecca.
i never had a strong urge to go, unlike others in the borg.
its funny to hear people marvel at the speed of the printing presses there.
In the early 1990's, I forget the exact year, the bro I had a study with, arranged a visit to Brooklyn through Ralph Walls. Anyways, we toured the one hotel with the big painting on the wall, and the main building. I remember we passed by one room with numerous stacks of papers on a long boardroom type table and the guide said we could'nt go in there because the stacks of paper were District convention talks. We toured the printery and the best part was eating at the dining rooms. The food I have to admit was great. And the coffee was the best tasting coffee I ever tasted. I enjoyed my visit only because of the food and coffee.
my 16-year-old son works at the local wendy's restaurant.
the other day while my son was taking his order, a jw elder told him that i, his mother, was a bad influence on him, and that he should come back to the meetings.. i feel so undermined, and i really want to give this guy a piece of my mind.... i thought i'd ask you all first just what you would say...since you're all amazingly bright people and i'm not.. thanks in advance.. edited to add: we've been out for over 6 years now..
I know some people would object to my methods but oh well. I wish someone would say that to my child. The guys jaw would be broken by me personally.
That is way over the line to say something like that to someones child. That kind of behavior needs to be nipped in the bud quickly.
could someone help me with this question.
it might be that my memory is tricking me.. however, is it true, that the present or past bethel application form, includes the question whether one is homosexual or heterosexual?.
curious, since that topic came up in a discussion i had recently.....
I still have a Bethel Application form the early 90's. There is a question on there that asks if the applicant ever had a homosexual relationship.
pictures in the latest two wt study articles left me with an uncomfortable feeling, which leads me to wonder if hs is ever inspiring the gb members in charge (i suppose there are such ones) of editing wt study articles before them being printed.. first, there was that picture last week where a jw man is meant to give his work colleagues a fine witness as, during break time, he is reading his bible, and it is implied that, in doing so, he is triggering the interest of one of his work mates who, at first, looks rather suspicious.
in fact, that jw man is sitting ten steps away from his colleagues and reads his bible quite ostentatiously.
at watching that picture, instead of thinking of a fine witness being given, any onlooker will say that this mans attitude is pharisaic and delivers the message that he his holier than all those around who belong to the sinful world and he doesnt want to mingle with them.
As Bro. Franz said in his book, Governing Body members rarely review the material going out to be published. Also they rarely have time for any Bible study. Most of their meeting times are taken up with elder appointments and discussing what are disfellowshippable offences.
leaving the borg of jehovah presents a somewhat lonely existence for many of us fallen angels.
for a time we may seek to find an entirely new body-associate.
many may find that after so many years in a controlled environment like the watchtower that they have a hard time finding a large group of friends again.
I was df'd in 97 and I found myself alone around 2000. I turned to heavy drinking and smoking pot. I guess that got me into a type of crowd but I'm still a loner. I'd love to have a decent paying job and a beautiful, loyal wife. ONLY then will I feel content. As of right now, I only feel content when I'm either tipsy or stoned.
hope this isnt a repost, couldnt find anything on the subject.. have a friend who is marrying a jw.
he isn't a jw but she is (even though she doesnt really go or believe in it), her parents are strict jw's but wont goto their wedding cause of something about being unevenly yoked?
now they both want her parents to go, but the parents tend to think they are not allowed to go.
Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt. Matt - tell your friend to run for the hills !! When it comes to the jws, you never just marry the person, you marry the wacktower organization.
