i have been "lurking" for about four years now.. it was an incredibly weird experience just to look at a site like jwn or freeminds.
he came off very loving.. so, i decided that i would talk to one of my elders about the things i read.
if any of you have time to read this, thank you.
John 13:35 is such a great scripture.
You might ask your wife, "If you polled 10,000 people what's the first thing they would say to describe Jehovah's Witnesses?"
"What percentage would actually say that those people (JWs) really love one another?"
I bet it would be less than 1%, if any actually said that.
and i am finding the adjustment to the real world far more difficult than i ever imagined...i f...it has been about five years since i totally woke up to the fraudulant nwt and then all my other doubts i had carried for years were proved true as well.
but almost all of my few friends are exjw or slack jw's and i feel so isolated...my sons friends are mostly exjw too but not their gf's and they have way more normal friends .
how have you done at replacing lifelong friends and family?
Find yourself some worthwhile group doing something your are interested in and volunteer. Lots of people looking for volunteers. Become a Master Gardener, you'll meet people at the classes and then you are obligated to something like 50 hours doing things for the community. Onced that's done then become a Master Naturilist. Attend CERT classes and then you'll have more opportunities to volunteer than you know what to do with. There are a thousand things to do that really need to be done. Volunteer at the Zoo if there's one close by, pick up trash on the beach, etc. etc. You need to stop focusing on yourself and try to see how you can assisst the community. Too many ex Witnesses end up wallowing in their misery and enjoying every minute of it. DO NOT define yourself as an ex Witness, worst thing you can do.
hi everyone on this forum,this is my first post but i have been lurking around here for about a year.
i was at the hall this morning and as i was looking round i noticed that, if 20 years down the line i was stood a the back looking around, more than half of those at the hall i attend would be dead due to old age.
if anyone still goes to a k/h ,are the ones in your k/h ageing.
The last few congregations I visited seemed to be composed of mostly people over 50. I'd say something approcahing 80% Very few young families, if any. For a long time the Organization has depended on organic growth so I'd say this is going to become a real problem for them.
we are not going to have a political propaganda copy-and-paste-fest on this site.. we're also not going to have inflamatory insults posted targeting either side.. please take the hint ....
"as long as there is a black guy sitting in power"
Oh yeah, nothing political bout that.
these are the countries with 80 to 89.99% internet penetration:.
these are the countries with 70 to 79.99% internet penetration:.
these are the countries with 60 to 69.99% internet penetration:.
Congratulations, this is nice work. With reference to the thread title, as many have already pointed out, this is not "hard" evidence but it is very interesting.
the first hall i attended as a study was built in the 1960s.
it was basically an orange brick box with aluminium framed windows.
there was no air-conditioning and it heated up like an oven in summer.
I remember a rented KH that was in a pretty grim stone building off an alley. You had to wear an overcoat in the winter to keep from freezing. The carpet was about 1mm thick and the wals were a ghastly pea green. I'll say one thing, it was so cold in there that no one ever dozed off.
I had occasion to listen in on a telephone connection because I was caring for an aged parent. I must say that like the last two time I attended the talk was pretty mediocre. I used to give the Memorial talk and I spent considerable effort to make the talk special and the occassion solemn. Now it seems like the guys are reading a laundry list. Don't know if it's because the speakers are not very good, are just lazy, or if it's because the Organization seems to have sucked the life out of most meetings.
jerry bergman, ph.d. .
the first american study.
the watchtower influence was often not positive, and there was no evidence that it had in the long run helped those who had emotional problems when they joined.
Bergman is a joke. He's been repeatedly discredited so don't hitch your wagon to his work. He used to have a pretty good gig as an expert witness but he was so lousy that no one will use him any more. His Ph. D is in biology has nothing to do with this subject plus it's from a non acredited diploma mill.
based on this video shot from seattle, i think this 17-year african american teenage girl acted beyond normal expectation.
she is seen threatening or attempting to hit a law enforcement officer who was doing his duty.
the officer had to hit her face.
Good for him. People need to learn that actions have consequences and she earned what she got.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjs0novt3x4&feature=digest.
I'm all for building the mosque, just as soon as Christian churches are built in Mecca and Medina.
