it seems many awaken for so many different reasons......for me...ya...changing the bible and making it say what they wanted it to..........oompa
I was confronted with the blood issue, with my unborn son, in 2007. My critical thinking skills were turned on, the rest is history. If one examines Watchtower's history on the blood issue with (1) an open mind and (2) the Bible, he or she will quickly realize that Watchtower is dangerous cult.
I sometimes tell my little boy that he saved my life.
-LWT
esp.
interested to hear from any who have traveled or moved around a bunch....i am talking climate, nearness to mountains or beach or both, cost of living, etc.....as much as i love what california has to offer naturewise, the natural disasters and cost of living there bum me out....since i like mountains and beach, a climate a little less hot than florida.... i lean toward virginia straight south down through georgia, so both carolinas too.
maybe maryland too, but the further north you go, the colder the water and worse the winter, but still the new england coastal states are incredible........oompa.
I lean toward Virginia straight south down through Georgia, so both Carolinas too.
Amen.
were the majority of witnesses in your hall somehow sick?
either physically, emotionally or mentally?.
most jws i knew had some unexplainable ailment or 2. and a number suffered from depression!!
"Half of us go to the Drug Store, the other half go to the Liquor Store."
-LWT
i don't know how the folks here feel about u.s. automakers (aka the 'big three').
nevertheless, right now there is a 'bailout' on the table for these folks who seem to have run what were potentially viable companies right into the toilet.
there is an article over at boing boing that i just had to share.
Uncle Sam will bail them out. It may be a loan or a structured bailout after bankruptcy, but they will not go out of business. Too many VOTES at stake, by way of retired auto workers that are drawing pensions.
i have been virtually non-stop studying everything i can get my hands on with regards the wtbts, and "apostate" literature and information.
in all honesty, 80% at least is non-sense and over critical.
however, i do find about 20% (if i have to create a percentage reference) is appropriate in its line of reasoning and questioning.
johnny your points on the mind control issue pretty much reflect my own too, I think it is one of the weaker arguments of those that no longer agree with Jw's
Still waiting on either a court decision or an Awake article to give you permission to accept the term Mind Control, eh?
Denial. It's not a river in Egypt.
Of course, if you're sympathetic to JWs, then you'll understand us when we say we believe your mind is being controlled, thereby preventing you from accepting the truth about the issue.
A classic impasse.
i have been virtually non-stop studying everything i can get my hands on with regards the wtbts, and "apostate" literature and information.
in all honesty, 80% at least is non-sense and over critical.
however, i do find about 20% (if i have to create a percentage reference) is appropriate in its line of reasoning and questioning.
if we condemn Jws for this we should also condemn 90% of the rest of christianity
Don't JWs condemn all other religions?
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i hope this link works but there has been virtually no sunspot activity since the beginning of this year and the suns magnetic field is down 60%.. if this link does not work, you might like to try googling: sunspot activity 2008 iceage.. the last time this happened we moved into a little ice age which lasted from 1100 to 1800.. global warming lies may well have met their match with reality.. so how will they tax us for the 'ice age?
do we get our tax back that we paid because of 'global warming'.. is this why they have made fuel so expensive....because they know what is coming and they want to make a killing?.
i have been virtually non-stop studying everything i can get my hands on with regards the wtbts, and "apostate" literature and information.
in all honesty, 80% at least is non-sense and over critical.
however, i do find about 20% (if i have to create a percentage reference) is appropriate in its line of reasoning and questioning.
I guess he forgot which phony identity he was using.
It still puzzles me why active JW's, determined to defend WT, frequent "Apostate" sites.
When I was a JW, the leadership stressed the importance of not partaking from the "table of demons" and such.
On a related note, do any of you have knowledge of an apologist that has ever awakened and left the cult? In general, they come off as being completely under the spell of the mind control tactics.
i was just reading today's new york post, page 6 headline, "spread the word".
it's about how prince tells this week's new yorker that "since he joined the christian denomination two years ago, he started leaving his gated community to knock on doors and proselytize.".
imagine prince knocking on your door?
When asked about his perspective on social issues—gay marriage, abortion—Prince tapped his Bible and said, “God came to earth and saw people sticking it wherever and doing it with whatever, and he just cleared it all out. He was, like, ‘Enough.’ ”
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2008/11/24/081124ta_talk_hoffman
has anyone seen it?.
sis and i noticed that divx has it uploaded.. http://66stage.com/movies.php?pl=div2&url=qzrgqcbcuaku&w=320&h=240.
is it worth 106 minutes of our time?.
Saw it last night...
It's an awful "Bond" movie, but a decent action movie.
It's essentially, Bourne Part IV, as has been noted.
