Bluecanary, is that true about there being a 3yr rule for elders and MS servants?
wantstoleave
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Is Will Smith studying?
by Gram ini heard that someone saw him at a dc sitting in a row behind catherine (katherine) jackson and that he is studying.
anyone heard this before?.
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wantstoleave
I think he's a scientologist....IF he did attend, maybe he was supporting Katherine?
What's the latest on Prince...is he still a brother? Last I heard, about 6mths ago....he was. I know someone in his congregation. Curious to know if he's still in as I haven't had contact with the sister in his hall for a long time now.
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we are truly in the last days of this wicked system
by knows better inu.s. life expectancy has risen to a new high, now standing at nearly 78 years, the government reported wednesday.
the increase is due mainly to falling death rates in almost all the leading causes of death.
the average life expectancy for babies born in 2007 is nearly three months greater than for children born in 2006.. .
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wantstoleave
The annointed growing in number, I was told that was because some who had the heavenly hope had obviously left the truth, thus their spot was given to someone else. What are your thoughts on that?
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'Sign of the times'
by wantstoleave inas someone who is still wading my way through fading/leaving.....im looking for thoughts on 'signs of the times'.
example, 'earthquakes in one place after another'......things like that.
world powers etc......peace and security....basically anything that has been taken from the bible to signify living in the last days.. i have to admit, when i hear about all the earthquakes around the place, especially in recent years being so many, i get a shiver of fear.
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wantstoleave
Thanks Narkissos......I enjoyed reading your explanation.....
Can someone tell me how/who then interpreted the bible into the teachings we have today? We have been taught to understand that the GB receives holy spirit, but has it solely been them that makes the rules? I really dont know as much as I should about something Ive believed all my life.
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'Sign of the times'
by wantstoleave inas someone who is still wading my way through fading/leaving.....im looking for thoughts on 'signs of the times'.
example, 'earthquakes in one place after another'......things like that.
world powers etc......peace and security....basically anything that has been taken from the bible to signify living in the last days.. i have to admit, when i hear about all the earthquakes around the place, especially in recent years being so many, i get a shiver of fear.
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wantstoleave
He's a good speaker...and what a great head of hair! Fascinating stuff. I only got to 9 mins in...can you paraphrase the rest of it for me?
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Life can be Fulfilling without the Watchtower
by KW13 inmany who are considering leaving the witnesses are frightened by the thought itself.
at first though you will possibly feel like there is.
before you jump to conclusions that we made an easy and selfish decision, read on.
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wantstoleave
Great post! Really enjoyed reading it. And it was so true!
I have felt in the vice spoken of, when attending meetings. I feel there is the 'wall' you mentioned. I neither feel in or out. Kind of like I'm dipping my toe in water....testing it out. Everyone is nice as pie, but I dont feel I belong there. I havent felt I belong there for at least 10yrs. I kept 'in' though, telling myself it IS the truth. And asked myself things like how could I leave and displease Jehovah? I worried too that if I did leave, would I end up like so many that leave, and go 'off the rails' as it were. The thought of leaving and defaming Jehovah's name scared me witless.
Now I am questioning myself. Is it possible to leave, yet still love Jehovah? Can I leave and still love him, but serve him in my own way - with love in my heart? Does 'wholesouled' devotion and service constitute endless meetings, field service, restrictions in daily life and the constant feeling of not being good enough or does it mean to be at peace with yourself, with those around you, to be a good person and enjoy life?
Does stopping being a JW mean doing a complete turn around and dropping God altogether? Have we been poisoned so much that we feel he doesnt exist now? Do we then openly criticise the organisation in hopes of turning others against it?
There are so many questions going through my mind. Which one am I.....what will I do....what will I believe. At this point I would like to just drop everything and have blank thoughts lol. Time to recover I suppose. I think I believe there is a God, and that his name is Jehovah. But do I believe he can only be served within the confines of the organisation? I am not so sure. Do I think he will destroy all that dont heed manmade rules of congregating and preaching? I dont know. I hope Im not alone in my questioning and discovery :)
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LaidOff Bethelites: Weeping And Gnashing of Teeth
by metatron indon't let any of the watchtower's propaganda deceive you.
i encountered some private conversations among witnesses about the subject and it's ugly.
yes, there is suffering as many of these victims try to live on charity and can't find jobs in the worst economy since the depression.. some of their private observations include shock that you need a college degree for nearly any job and that the watchtower society couldn't have picked a worse time to do this to them .. all the while these complaints are discussed, i try not to show that i am astounded by their bizarre "logic".
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wantstoleave
I went against the grain and got myself a college degree and was severely criticised for it. Many times the elders and others counselled me to give it up. I didnt, graduated and now have a secure job. Without it, Id find it hard to get work due to being a single parent (time constraints, childcare costs etc). Im glad I persisted and got my education.
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'Sign of the times'
by wantstoleave inas someone who is still wading my way through fading/leaving.....im looking for thoughts on 'signs of the times'.
example, 'earthquakes in one place after another'......things like that.
world powers etc......peace and security....basically anything that has been taken from the bible to signify living in the last days.. i have to admit, when i hear about all the earthquakes around the place, especially in recent years being so many, i get a shiver of fear.
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wantstoleave
As someone who is still wading my way through fading/leaving.....Im looking for thoughts on 'signs of the times'. Example, 'earthquakes in one place after another'......things like that. World powers etc......peace and security....basically anything that has been taken from the bible to signify living in the last days.
I have to admit, when I hear about all the earthquakes around the place, especially in recent years being so many, I get a shiver of fear. Does anyone else? What about things like Korea and Russia....world power wise. And then waiting for the call of peace and security.
What are your takes on things mentioned in the bible, and drummed into us, and them being a sign of the last days?
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Im new....posting hesitantly :)
by wantstoleave inhi everyone...i have a confession to make, i actually joined 5mths ago, but never came back to the site.
ive had doubt for a few years now.. my parents came into the truth when i was a toddler.
no other family members are witnesses.
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wantstoleave
Oh thankyou so much everyone! You've lifted my spirits!
Asphereisnotacircle, if I told the elders that, they'd immediately contact his elders overseas to confirm it. To which I know he'd say 'not true'. Then it would be my word against his. As it stands, the elders have continually said to me that statement, its his word against mine.
Is inactivity just not going witnessing? Or does it include meeting attendance? If its witnessing, Ive not put a report in for close to a year.
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wantstoleave
Yes, I guess I did. Told my parents Id heard a witness girl talking about how she'd been smoking. My dad rang her dad. Dont suppose anything was done, she wasnt baptised. She left the organisation as soon as she left home.
When I was unbaptised, I tried a cigarette, felt SO guilty, told my dad and he had the elders come over immediately. Ive never been so embarrassed in my life. They read me a whole heap of scriptures, got me to read some, cracked some joke saying that I wouldnt have even been able to 'inhale'. I said, 'actually I did and I didnt cough'. He sat there blank.
Kids do silly things. Kids experiment. My dad was just overly zealous and feared 'for my life' *shrugs*