is anyone doing the wt study review anymore?
i haven't seen blondie's wrap up in a while.
is it on another site?
Blondie,
I also wanted to express my gratitude for the weekly WT review you post. My wife and I have benefited greatly from this review. Even thought I rarely comment on the study or post about anything, I wanted to let you know it is appreciated. I'm sure there are tons of people who read it regularly who haven't even built up the nerve to register here yet.
Take care of yourself, first and foremost!
my wife is going to a jw baby shower today............
insearchoftruth:
It doesn't make sense, does it? Welcome to our screwy little "religion".
BTW, I've enjoyed reading your posts. It is refreshing to hear the opinions of someone who has never been in, but with your insight and understanding.
fighting an awful sinus headache and not being able to sleep the other night, i turned on the television to watch a movie.. my choice?
"mvp: most valuable primate".
a classic child's story and hockey fans favorite about a chimpanzee who leads a hockey team to the championship game.. will they win it all with jack?
I live in a Canadian city, and hockey is huge here even among the JWs. There a couple select elders that will condemn hockey and other sports because of their competitive nature. But for the most part, most JWs inluding elders regularly watch NHL hockey on TV and attend the local junior team's games, which include fighting. At least the JWs in my area are somewhat normal in one respect.
hiya guys and gals.
im not trying to be self-righteous but i want to understand the thought process of someone who knows the origins of christmas, but starts celebrating it (putting up christmas tree, exchanging wrapped gifts; repeating merry christmas to everyone they see in the month of december)??
it seems very silly to me (imo) after knowing how and why christmas was created (to cater to pagans sun worship and convert to christianity)!!
I'm not celebrating Christmas this year as my family still has some contact with me. That being said, once the shunning begins, my family (wife and kid) will be celebrating Christmas. I could care less what the origins of Christmas are. As cantleave said, condemning Christmas is a means of control by the WTS.
*** lv chap.
10 pp.
110-120 marriage-a gift from a loving god ***.
Thanks for the summary. What book are they studying right now? I'm not familiar with lv.
SM
i was about 4 or 5 years old.
they must of been talking about prejudice in the meeting or something.
that's when i first learned about it.
Tea drinker:
Excellent synopsis of the KM article and its ramifications. You are a gifted writer. I would be very interested to read any further portions of your research project that you make available.
I'm ashamed to admit that at the time this article came out I was still a true believer and it didn't disturb me in the least. In fact, I remember feeling upset that this article had to be published, because we clearly know all we need is WTS literature!
i was about 4 or 5 years old.
they must of been talking about prejudice in the meeting or something.
that's when i first learned about it.
My first major doubt happened years ago at Pioneer School when I realized that WTS teaches that all non-JWs will be destroyed at Armageddon. I was still a true believer, but I refused to believe this was true. More recently, finding out about the 1995 "Generation" teaching change, and reading up on 1975 has made me realize this organization makes too many mistakes to be able to claim God's direction.
this is for an upcoming youtube project.
i would love to do this on a mass scale... think there might be something "big" in the results.. 1. were you a born-in (including those who's parents converted while they were still children) or did you convert as an adult?.
2. when you left, did you still (a) fully believe in the truthtm, (b) partially believe or (c) realise it was all a load of crap?.
EDIT: I see another question was added, so I'll edit my answers:
1. Were you a born-in (including those who's parents converted while they were still children) or did you convert as an adult?
Born-in
2. When you left, did you still (a) fully believe in the truth TM , (b) partially believe or (c) realise it was all a load of crap?
c) realized it was all a load of crap
3. Now, do you still (a) fully believe in the truth TM , (b) partially believe or (c) realise it is all a load of crap?
c) still realize it is all a load of crap
4. When you left, how afraid where you of armageddon TM ?
Not afraid
5. Do you class yourself now as (a) christian (b) agnostic (c) atheist or (d) other (please state).
Unsure, as our exit is still fairly fresh. I would have to say agnostic at this point.
over 100 years into the reign of christ and six more years of damage from the internet.
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what do you envision?.
Hmmm, the 2034 end date sounds familiar:
*** w03 12/15 p. 15 pars. 6-7 Our Watchfulness Takes On Greater Urgency ***
6 In Noah’s day, Jehovah declared: “My spirit shall not act toward man indefinitely in that he is also flesh. Accordingly his days shall amount to a hundred and twenty years.” (Genesis 6:3) The issuance of this divine decree in 2490 B.C.E. marked the beginning of the end for that ungodly world. Just think what that meant for those then living! Only 120 years more and Jehovah would bring “the deluge of waters upon the earth to bring to ruin all flesh in which the force of life is active from under the heavens.”—Genesis 6:17.
7 Noah received the warning of the upcoming catastrophe decades in advance, and he wisely used the time to prepare for survival. “After being given divine warning of things not yet beheld,” says the apostle Paul, “[Noah] showed godly fear and constructed an ark for the saving of his household.” (Hebrews 11:7) What about us? Some 90 years have passed since the last days of this system of things began in 1914. We are certainly in “the time of the end.” (Daniel 12:4) How should we respond to warnings we have been given? “He that does the will of God remains forever,” states the Bible. (1 John 2:17) Now is therefore the time to do Jehovah’s will with a keen sense of urgency.
Does anyone know if they've alluded to 2034 since this '03 Watchtower?
I can't wait until this fails.
i am watching the movie "the perfect world", and they have a scene of a jw family eating dinner and then the doorbell rings and the mother answers the door with her kids following behind.
she opens the door and there are several costumed children saying "trick of treat".
the jw mother says that they don't participate in such activities.
I'm looking forward to Halloween this year! This will be our (pmgirl and myself) first Halloween. We haven't decided if we're going to stay home and pass out candy or not. Friends of ours have invited me to take their son out trick-or-treating this year. I think that will be a blast, and practice for my own kids some day. A lot of firsts coming up over the next year...
