my brother isn't a witness but he was raised one like we all were.
after 15 years living his own life he decided about a year ago to have a bible study.
this being the case, as a non baptized witness he can still speak to me but he's getting a lot of pressure not to from elders and the rest of my family.
PE said: He rang me again today. He asked what he thought our dad would think if he were alive today and me being disfellowshipped, and asked do I think he'd talk to me.
Just to be Captain Obvious here for a moment... your bro is definitely having doubts about this religion.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-12/child-sexual-abuse-royal-commission-refers-1659-cases-to-police/7834972.
child abuse royal commission: police 'under pressure' after 1,659 cases flagged for investigation.
by brad ryan.
Agree with Londo111. Would like to know how many of those are specific to the JW ARC case.
From the article: "Commissioners have also met abuse survivors in 5,866 private sessions, with another 1,616 people yet to be seen."
Wow. That is a lot of harm that's been done.
ok not to throw no shade or no disrespect to the jw religion.
which i truly do respect because my girlfriend is part of but i just don't understand, i have researched so much about it.
so much about how its discouraged for her to be with me just cause of different religion.
ok not to throw no shade or no disrespect to the JW religion. which i truly do respect
I think I see what your problem is.
I feel my life is even more complete not having met this guy.
there seems to be confusion within christianity regarding whether or not god communicates with humans today and if he does, how does he do it?.
- does god still insert thoughts into people's minds today or is that something which he only did in the past?.
- some maintain that god is no longer giving persons dreams/visions or speaking directly to them or sending angels to speak with them today but he will nevertheless insert thoughts into their minds to guide them.
Does God communicate with humans today?
No.
just read a quote:.
"people want to ban pokemon go in places of worship, because they are sick of people coming inside chasing after imaginary beings".
i found this little jem this morning .
it's a little dated but describes the self-proclaimed jesus of nazareth by the name of a.j miller.
he was raised in the jw religion and was also an elder and pioneer.
Millie, you made me LOL!
I often wondered why my parents never really got 'chummy' with too many Witnesses. Seems my thoughts about a lot of them being wack-a-doodle is spot on.
besides being raised in the religion , why do people become jws?
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The JW craziness was brought into my family by my maternal grandfather. He converted from Catholicism to JW in the 1950s. He was disgusted with his religion when the coffins of the aborted babies from the Nuns on Nuns Island in Montreal, Quebec were discovered. He had seen the priests row over to Nuns Island at night earlier in his life and put 2 and 2 together. The coffins had been buried around the Basilica and were dug up when the subway was being constructed (according to the story my Mom told me).
so i was talking with my daughter the other day and she tells me that she doesn't want me to push my beliefs on her.i am agnostic.
which isn't a belief.
it's a lack of belief.
If the 3 main faiths of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam started out as Witches do... "And ye harm none, do what ye will" ... we'd likely live in a much better world.
Witches revere nature. They are Pagans believing all things in nature to be divine including the equal importance of God and Goddess.
when i joined jws my mother said " you know they don't take blood and their suicide rate is much higher than general public.
in last three years i have known three young brothers all dead at their own hands, a gun ,a rope , plastic bag over head.
i knew these guys personally, it's one sad story after another.
One of our own JWN members, Oompa, took his own life as he could not handle the shunning.
JWs are really kind of a death cult. If you don't die from boredom, suicide because you don't feel worthy enough, or lack of proper medical treatment, your life dies from the tedium of constant Field Serve-Us and meetings, meetings, meetings.
