a few months ago there was a thread about a couple of elders at the mill hill bethel being disfellowshipped because they disagreed with some wt doctrine (i can't recall exactly what it was) and that several other betheliteswere under 'investigation'.
i haven't heard anything since, does anyone know anything more about this?.
borghater xx.
I have a similar attitude to Dave Brown towards the G.B.
I left the Witnesses because I witnessed the moral collapse of once decent people because they put their trust in the G.B- Turning such people into condescending and patronizing morons
.The governing body also corrupts the meak in the congregation with its narrowing and desensitizing definition of appropriate behaviour.
Acolytes
okay, first you will need ten pennies.. .
heads=prayer answered.
tails=prayer ineffective.
Hi Terry
I think it would be interesting to review everyone who has refused medical treatment in favour of prayer.
That list I think is strangly unavailable.
Acolytes
i want to tell you what truly irritates me.
when i see a person come off as being extremely confident and punky, and someone else will say, "he/she is like that because they are really insecure".....yeah, right!.
if someone projects an image of supreme confidence, always tells everyone else why they're supremely right, and puts down others and always exalts themselves, would you believe that their behavior is because of their being "insecure"??
Minnimus
It is oftern said that many a celebrity(Actor, Musician,Comedian)are really insecure people who use their talent as a mask-
I think when people are relaxed about their masculinity or feminity they usually come across as less superior and dominating making their company prefable.
Acolytes
surely it does'nt take a rocket scientist to see that this is just another church,.
one wonders if they deliberately ignore the facts and continue to control and dictate their way of thinking onto the rf jw's while they know this is not as true a religion as they make it to be..
Hi AGB
Iam certain that if the Leadership/GB of WBTS took a lie detector test.
Question do really believe .(Name a doctrine...) what you teach
Answer. Yes.
Result. Failed.
Acolytes
this is a true story, more than 10 years ago, i went to the memorial and there was a very hot bible student female.
we met each other, she gave me her phone number.
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Hi Magwitch
Sorry for your loss.
I have noticed their is a lot of phychology involved with recruiting and keeping people in once recruited. I remember my first meeting and the love bombing . I now recognise all the manipuation that went in to my recruitment and as the saying goes with friends like that who needs enemys.
I was trying to understand the behaviour of the elder(Who telephoned you). I remember at a service meeting once the congregation was encouraged to place the "What happens when you die" booklet to people mourning loved ones at graveyards. The elder who phoned you in my mind saw this terrible event as an opportunity to reach you at your lowest ebb. The fact that he never rang you back to apologise is something he will only confront should he leave the organisation for consciouse reasons.
Acolytes
having never really met or been friends with a jewish person, i must say that i was quite amused by his amusement of my little cult experience.
he is serving on a board to help fundraise for his synagogue, and i met many people there, including a lesbian sitting on the board.. gay people in a religion?
strange?.
Most of my favourite American comideans are Jewish.
To name the first one" Seinfelt"
Acolytes.
without a life expectancy, would mankind stagnate?
what incentive would there be to stay busy, set goals, desire a mate and children, or care for others who would never be in harms way?
why would we do anything today if we always had a tomorrow?could it be that death is natures prod and a necessary motivator of life and should be thus celebrated?.
According to the bible death is the last enemy.
My thoughts are life is so uncertain the only time a person can possibly say they had a wonderful life is when they are dead.
As to if death is an enemy that can be defeated I have know idea.
Acolytes
sorry about the false start.. .
this above phrase was recently said to me by a dub, when i told them that i didn't attend any more and that i felt much better for it.
" i asked " did i have so much agony with low self esteam, self hatred and no confidence while in a religon that is supposed to have gods blessing, and yet when i leave it all those problems dissapear?".
Sadly the deluded witnesss does not understand that making coverts to the Jehovers Witness Organisation is not a good thing to do-
Acolytes
something is true if it matches reality.. a true statement cannot contradict reality.. but, the mind can interpret anything into its opposite.
all it takes is black and white thinking and a belief things should be otherwise.. if jeffrey dahmer's mother thought he was a good son, then, he could not possibly be the guy who is eating people.. if o.j.simpson was a fine, upstanding fella with a great personality, then, he couldn't possibly have brutally murdered two people with a large serrated knife.
a ton of proof means nothing when belief is everything.. black and white thinking won't permit any facts to slip by the core belief and become refuted.. are you guilty of black and white thinking?.
Terry
There was a recent post and video about the Worldwide Church Of God.It was very interesting how recently their leadership has willingly tested its teachings realised it was based on false premises and corrected it.
I think the greatest problem is not the living a lie. Jehovers Witnesses need not accept the lie. It is enough for them to have accepted their life with it and in it. For this is the reason some witnesses will never change "The main pillar of their life is the life within the lie"
Acolytes
I think if this site is moniterd it would also have false posters. Why?
Because if this site is moniterd they know their are many on this site(Elders ect) who need to be outed from the society.
I noticed a recent post was started. Whilst the post may have been genuine I noticed it obtained a lot of useful information for any moderating the site.
Acolytes
