in a recent thread, i was basically called out in this manner.. here is part of the quote:.
mean no disrespect with the following but i have to ask, when you disassociated yourself what did you think would happen?
did you expect witnesses to suddenly change to accommodate you?
But you can’t change the way the organization treats people who DA.
Lola, that sort of reasoning is precisely why the Org are able to continue treating DAd folk like myself and my wife the way they do.
Why do so many exJWs - faded or otherwise (although I suspect it's the faders more than any other group) - need the WTS to be so powerful?
my wife encountered a jw today at the uptown laundry where she goes to dry blankets and large items from time to time.. i had just asked her an hour earlier to look around and see if any mags were laying around there - i don't know why.
i just wanted to see if any major layout changes were taking place with the watchliar and asleep lately.. i have not opened them.
i am looking though at the cover of the tower - cover title 'how can you choose a good religion?
They are absolutely watering it down these days; think back to the "End of False Religion is Near" tract campaign. Now it's just "find a good religion"?
in a recent thread, i was basically called out in this manner.. here is part of the quote:.
mean no disrespect with the following but i have to ask, when you disassociated yourself what did you think would happen?
did you expect witnesses to suddenly change to accommodate you?
I'm with you AK - absolute bullshit. The person who said it, have they "faded"?
hello all, i have been lurking, looking, reading, and digesting for around 2 years and it seems the time is right to post.
i recently had one of those moments at the kindom hall where i found myself looking around thinking "am i the only one who gets it, why doesn't anyone else have this puzzled look on their face?".
said during is second talk to the congregation "all of our food, our magazines, and all our wonderful books, and videos come from/through these 9 men".
Excellent observations, welcome to the forum.
his article was published by f18news on: 23 july 2009. russia: jehovah's witness lawyers deported for defending extremism cases?by geraldine fagan, forum 18 news service <http://www.forum18.org>.
four lawyers defending jehovah's witnesses have been deported since march, forum 18 news service has learned.
a leaflet by a traditional mari el pagan priest is among the latest additions to the federal list of extremist materials, meaning it is banned throughout russia.
While it's sad to read of the woman having a miscarriage, it's stunning to read that the WTS are actually trying to play the human rights card!
this the second half of the judicial committee meeting with the elders in which the decision is taken to "disfellowship" me.
the reasons are given at the end of the meeting.
here is the link to the audio podcast 10. here is the link to the webpage which you can leave comments on if you wish death or obedience.
at this point Matt wasn't attending..
...well.....
some excerpts:"treated like a nobody".
"when officially sanctioned (disfellowsipped by wbts) discrimination can lead to such evils as ethnic cleansing(kicked out of the congregation).. "bigotry and intolerance (don't talk or help a disfellowshipped person, fired him from an elders construction company) where there are laws against discrimination".. the right education can (on this forum) expose the root cause of prejdice (disfellowshipping) and help us deal wisely with prejudice when we are victims".. 'prejudice may be sown by those( you can add those here) who deliberately promote warped views of other cultures (religion such as the roman catholic church)".. we should choose our associates wisely(if we associate with workmates or other religions we will be discriminated>disfellowshipped<).. don't get me started on p22 clergy-laity.. by the way i just read "blues brother wt 15/10/09-re d/f'd friends.now i am really pissed-off.. bob.
So it is down to all of us to expose them as the charlatans they are, at every opportunity.
What Wobble said.
Btw, does anyone have a scan?
this is the brother of rahm emanuel not liking the spotlight being pointed at him.......we are in trouble folks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho-0shfeggo.
Nope, you'd rather get advice from an archaic book which is at best a piece of shit.
At the end of the day, scientists rely on funding and they are usually funded by people with a vested interest in the outcome of their research. Follow the money.
A university education? Is that all it takes to impress you and put your balls on the line? As I've said before, good luck to you.
this is the brother of rahm emanuel not liking the spotlight being pointed at him.......we are in trouble folks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho-0shfeggo.
Plenty of eugenics in the bible. Just look at the flood & the early Isralite's exploits after the exodus.
But we're talking about scientists; considering you view the Bible to be a bunch of fairy stories, it's probably best to keep the the facts. Also, does these stories in the Bible negate or perhaps even validate what the scientists are doing?
hobo ken and i were chatting about this yesterday.. the wts has past experience of losing vast numbers of members very quickly.
from their post-25 and post-75 experiences they will know how best to prepare their organisational structure to remain afloat when they experience another exodus.. we're only 5 years from the 100 year anniversary of ct russell walking into the dining room and announcing the gentile times had ended.
since then, millions of people have molded and adjusted their lives and personal expectations based on the date 1914. the wts must know that 2015 is going to bring with it one or two upset jws.... so, is the wts preparing for a mass exodus right now?.
Southcentral makes a depressingly good point.
