I would think the toughest thing, if one had close friends who are jws, would be missing their friendship - because as we all know, when one leaves or even becomes less active, those friendships become affected.
Posts by jack2
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46What Is The Hardest Thing About Leaving The Truth?
by minimus inif you've left or are considering leaving the "truth", what is the most difficult thing that you must deal with?
is it losing family or friends?
is it feeling isolated?
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jack2
I have seen the Lord!
Hey Latte, good one!
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Jah's Organization Expands...!
by Latte inwatchtower july 1st 2002. jehovah beautifies his people with light.
jehovahs organization expands.
para 9. the worldwide kingdom proclamation that began in 1919 drew in thousands of new ones to jehovahs service.
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jack2
Expansion is viewed, as we all know, as evidence of God's blessing. But lately. expansion has been meager at best in all but what are mostly third-world countries, or at least 'under-developed' countries.
Also, other religions have grown at a faster rate over the past century. I believe there are posted stats on this at feeminds.org.
Edited by - jack2 on 12 November 2002 14:52:25
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Prayer? Why Bother?
by ChakkaConned indid it seem that jw's truly valued and promoted the avenue of prayer as a real force in one's life?
when you *sinned*, it was like you needn't bother jehovah with your pathetic self through prayer and a one on one with the almighty and receive peace and complete forgiveness via this precious privilege god provides.
oh no....you should talk with the elders and let them handle your pathetic, sinful self and leave jehovah and jesus out of it.
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jack2
I don't pray much either.
When the elders do handle some matter involving 'sin', they normally do ask if you've prayed to Jehovah for forgiveness. However, the religion is not really geared toward people seeking God's mercy on their own - they are supposed to get the elders involved. While this can at times be helpful, it often creates an atmosphere of fear and enforcement of sanctions.
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Tornado hit my brothers home
by Tinkerbell4125 inmy brother and his family are just thankful to be alive!
sunday night with tornado warnings out through the state of tn.
about 7:30 that night, my brother went out on the porch to look at the lightning.
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jack2
Wow Tink, yes, those storms were very nasty. I'm sorry to hear about your brother's difficulties!.....that's quite a story, and of course shows how uncertain life is.
Edited by - jack2 on 12 November 2002 13:55:53
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JW News Article - "Satan's Witness"
by UnDisfellowshipped ini have edited this to correct some of the errors and wrong info.
while checking out http://watchtower.observer.org i found a very old news story about a jw pedophile from 1977!.
here is info about that article:.
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jack2
"Secretly relocated by the Watchtower leadership" (same thing the Catholic Church has done, which the Witnesses were always too happy to publicize), and of course, not one of the unsuspecting folks in his new congregation would have a clue as to what type of man was now in their midst.
Thanks for the informative post Undisfellowshipped.
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How likely is a fatal accident in an airplane?
by cyberguy ini'm trying to reconcile the society's stats in the
awake, dec. 8th, page 8!
they claim that there's a 1 in 5,100 probability of being killed in a plane crash!
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jack2
I recently returned from a trip involving flying, and I tried to keep in mind the low risk compared with driving. Flying will always make me apprehensive though......there's just something about packing a tin can with people and luggage and then flying it at 39,000 feet that will always bother me.
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Youngest df or da?
by avishai in.
what is the youngest you've known someone to be da'd or df'd, and what for?
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jack2
This goes to show why so many young people want to put off baptism....or forget about it all together. It's tough enough being a kid, then when you make a mistake it's usually announced in front of a hundred people, then to top that off they become the object of speculation and gossip.
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Any violence against the WT?
by czarofmischief ini am curious about the history of the watchtower.
if everyone hates them so bad when they leave, do you know if they ever attempted to exact a temporal revenge for spiritual hurts?.
czar
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jack2
Well, striking out against them would also be just plain wrong. Violence is wrong and accomplishes nothing but more hurt and pain. It's very sad how they have hurt people - but retaliation does no good.
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What does your jewellery say about you?
by Beck_Melbourne inthe other day we went to a christening for one of andy's grand nephew's.
andy's neice is half aussie half italian and her husband is full italian...so what a grandiose affair it was...i loved every minute of it.
the first thing i noticed was all the gold...every male wore a gold necklace, usually italian gold and not aussie gold - apparently.
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jack2
Hey Beck
I wear nothing at all......jewelery wise. Not even my wedding band (which, by the way, has a chain-link pattern in it, well symbolizing the eternal, uhm, prison that marriage constitutes ).
Anyway, I wear no watch, rings, pendants or anything like that, on a normal day. I do occasionally wear my watch to the meetings or special occasions.
I almost lost my wedding band twice, that's why I don't wear it. I wash my hands alot (almost compulsively) and I left the ring in the restroom at work on those occasions; luckily it was still there when I realized it was missing. But overall, jewelery just seems to get in the way, so I don't bother with it.