hi, i just joined the board and wanted to present myself.. i'm active, in fact very active in congregation activities serving "where the need is great" in a foreign language congregation somewhere in western europe.
as a young brother, i'm seen as an example as i'm doing all a good witness should do.. i had doubts years ago but i decided just to ignore them and move to another congregation to preach more.
that worked for some years but i'm now at the exact same point.
Yeah, agreed!! Fear and unquestioning ''obedience'' is clearly what keeps the JW's inline. Fear of being disfellowshipped. Fear of being shunned by family, close friends. Fear of dying at Armageddon. Fear of elders. Fear of.....well.
Once you're over this ''fear'' your mind becomes more clear. You start to think independently and develop ''critical thinking'' skills. These ''skills'' are what enable people to examine half-truths and realize that evidence outweighs things at face value!!
my siblings and i have been talking about the money woes.
we have thrown around the idea for them to keep the preaching/pioneer arrangement to keep some busy.
to increase cash flow they can institute a new tithing arrangement.
The Borg is very thoughtful, clever at implementing things I find. With the new bible ''silver sword'' released 2years ago, I do believe the word ''tithe'' is fitted very nicely somewhere in there.
Since the Borg can fit things to fit their own teachings, they can simply have a WT study on giving ''to Jehovah'' and point out there it is, ''tithe''. Voila, there you go.
i live in a town.
there is a watchtower kingdom hall.
they do not pay any local sales tax or property tax.
The Borg is tax exempt because they are technically classified as a ''religious charity''. A multi-billion dollar business disguised as a religion. A huge corporation of sorts which takes advantage of every perk that a religious group receives. They take every advantage of this ''tax free'' break and give absolutely nothing back to those who grant this ''tax free'' break. Just imagine the money you as a person in the workforce would save if you didn't have to pay taxes. Well, with the Borg, the money they save with ''tax exempt'' status is probably more than a working person can imagine.
i was just wondering what the witnesses are saying now about the last days and how they know armageddon is real close, etc.
what is the latest teaching about 1914?
As far as I know ''the last days'' which commenced began in 1914 & to this day the Borg has held on to that understanding. For a lack of better words, lately we hear ''we are in the last, of the last days'', something to that effect.
Lately, the Borg has done some real tinkering with the term ''generations''. Refining the Awake magazine in Nov 1995 was one of those ''refinements''. An additional ''refining'' I believe in 2010 I think it was something to do with ''overlapping generations''. Then lately, there seems to be an overlap, overlap generation of anointed.
Where I'm going with this , I will venture and say the Borg will likely not drop the 1914 date, but it will become less and less of any significance, mentioned less and less and eventually of no value at all.
i wonder how many of us here hold on to this meeting place out of "loneliness.
could it be that we harbor feelings of "abandonment" and "loneliness" from being left cold and dry by the wt people and our families?
perhaps we do have a need to reach out to people with similar experiences.
I guess you can say people come here because of ''loneliness'' too. I find that this site offers huge morale support though, openness of mind comes to mind. To let go of all the ''immense doubts'' weighing down on you like a thousand elephants which are on your mind which you would never, ever let go amongst JW's.!!!!!
Talking to ''worldlies'', which I always found to be a ultra derogatory term, have no idea or clue what you're talking about when talking about your ''religious doubts''
d. trump or h. clinton and why.. i would vote for gun slinging trump..
comments have been made suggesting that records about child molesters within the watchtower society are held in congregation files indefinitely.
what would your understanding be on this subject after reading the statement below?.
.. "letter should be sent within one week.
And Again!!!!
Instructions yet again to destroy evidence!! Terrible.
comments have been made suggesting that records about child molesters within the watchtower society are held in congregation files indefinitely.
what would your understanding be on this subject after reading the statement below?.
.. "letter should be sent within one week.
hi, i just joined the board and wanted to present myself.. i'm active, in fact very active in congregation activities serving "where the need is great" in a foreign language congregation somewhere in western europe.
as a young brother, i'm seen as an example as i'm doing all a good witness should do.. i had doubts years ago but i decided just to ignore them and move to another congregation to preach more.
that worked for some years but i'm now at the exact same point.
The Walker. I just want to add that if your desire to the leave the WTBS eventually, it takes time. Every situation is different if you wish to ''fade'' out of the Borg.
Try to stay under the radar, of sorts. Try to establish friends outside of the Borg. Avoid ''Shepparding Calls''. What I mean is when the doorbell rings, look through the peephole.
It takes time to sort all of your doubts/feelings out though. It takes time. Like others have said, ''take all the time you need''.
God Bless!!
hi, i just joined the board and wanted to present myself.. i'm active, in fact very active in congregation activities serving "where the need is great" in a foreign language congregation somewhere in western europe.
as a young brother, i'm seen as an example as i'm doing all a good witness should do.. i had doubts years ago but i decided just to ignore them and move to another congregation to preach more.
that worked for some years but i'm now at the exact same point.
