Nordic;
I dont know why but it seems like the memories are flawed to me.
HCM
i now 4 girls all raised in the truth, that can rember that they as little girls was rape under satanics ritual and the men was elders and some ms.
Nordic;
I dont know why but it seems like the memories are flawed to me.
HCM
we heard new light this evening.
a local needs talk was given about how anyone that knows someone might be dating a non- witness and doesn't report it to the elders is actually hindering the free flow of jehovah's holy spirit.
yes, if the "sin" goes unreported, the whole congregation will be affected, just as in the case of achan and his family!
Spies! their all Spies! I tell you. ( said in a maniacal voice and tone)
HCM
one thing that i've learned within the last couple of years, is that there is power here.
the exposing of the united nations connection was huge.
the pedophile problem in the organization is known because certain people got out and did something about it.
Minimus;
if a person has found out that their relatives can't talk to them and they sadly bring out that they are crushed because the Society changes or reinforces a rule again,they should simply"decide who's life will be wasted"?
I'm not getting into feelings of sorrow or loss in my statements in the answer to you, just stating facts. Timing and waste of ones life is up to the individual to decide. Comfort to a person is not "simple" as you state, and that is not my premise here, you brought it up.
HCM
one thing that i've learned within the last couple of years, is that there is power here.
the exposing of the united nations connection was huge.
the pedophile problem in the organization is known because certain people got out and did something about it.
Minimus;
Your assumption is correct as is my statement. However one must still decide who's life will be wasted, your own or the family member under cult control that will shun you.
HCM
one thing that i've learned within the last couple of years, is that there is power here.
the exposing of the united nations connection was huge.
the pedophile problem in the organization is known because certain people got out and did something about it.
Minimus;
I would say , stop going to most/all of the meetings and deminish the authority the WT has in your mind.
HCM
most people never really change!
our personalities, whether we are active witnesses or are inactive ones, apostates or almost apostates, are the same.
if we tend to rant here on this board, the probability is we were ranters elsewhere.
Minimus;
"ADMIT IT, DIDN'T YOU FEEL SPECIAL being a JW?"
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=35674&site=3
I just noticed this thread you started a few minutes before this one. Just the title compared to this one is a contradiction of terms in regards the subject of change isn't it?
HCM
Edited by - HoChiMin on 30 August 2002 8:40:20
most people never really change!
our personalities, whether we are active witnesses or are inactive ones, apostates or almost apostates, are the same.
if we tend to rant here on this board, the probability is we were ranters elsewhere.
Minimus;
Because I personally am feeling very different from when I was under WT control. The effects have not fully worn off yet, but they may some day. I am not as critical of other life styles any longer and no longer as prejudice of other religions as I was while associated with the WT.
These are just a few noticeable traits I can feel good about and it certainly is a change.
HCM
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Edited by - HoChiMin on 30 August 2002 8:52:33
most people never really change!
our personalities, whether we are active witnesses or are inactive ones, apostates or almost apostates, are the same.
if we tend to rant here on this board, the probability is we were ranters elsewhere.
Minimus;
the odds are that we will continue to be the same whether we are "in the truth or out of the truth"..........This board reflects who we really are and what we always have been.
That is total bullshit!
HCM
for decades i heard people say "if i was an elder,i would change this or i wouldn't allow that.brothers and sisters alike would always try to get the ear of an elder so as to enact a particular cause.everybody has their own pet peeves in a congregation.
knowing what you know now, if as an elder you could make a major change in the congregation or organization, what difference would you make?.....this is hypothetical so it can be answered by male or female.
IF I WAS AN ELDER, I WOULD..............
Kick your ass out. That's a joke by the way.
HCM
how's the weekend goin'?
been too busy to think on really serious things?
that's good, because this poll doesn't require too much thinking!!
Ozz;
Bethalite & Worldly
Two that always made me crindge.
HCM