i am one of the few people on earth who never had a jehovah's witness knock on my door.
my wife was the first witness i ever met.
i did notice certain personality traits after being around some of the people who left the religion.
I've noticed that JWs and narcissism seem to go together, but I'm not sure it is a cause and effect relationship. I think it's just as possible that the Watchtower's teachings attract narcissists who want to be part of "the chosen ones" as turning people into narcissists. But either way, it's filling the empty void where a balanced self-image would normally be.
Oh, and welcome to the forum!
my priorities in my life have recently changed fundamentally.
i have always, deep down, felt a yearning for the circus.
my teachers growing up would always catch me doodling picutres of the circus with me in them being a jolly circus laborer.
So judging by your avatar, I suppose you're running off to the Ringling Bros. Clown college?
let's get in the mood with george carlin.
and for the chicago contingent...steve goodman.
play ball!.
hey y'all!
my name is kourtney and i am new to this form and jehovah witnesses.
right now i am studying the book "what does the bible really teach".
then why is the site called Jehovah witnesses if its just EX??
Way back when this site was started, it was a pro-Watchtower forum. Over the years that changed as forum members, including the site's sponsor (Simon), began having doubts about "The Truth" and left the WT. There are some active Jehovah's Witnesses here. Some are on their way out, some are staying in the organization for the sake of family unity, some are honestly examining the other side, and some are actively proselytizing. All who want to participate and are willing will follow its 11 rules of decorum can join, there is no membership test.
Please stay around. Despite the ruckus that occurs from time to time, you can learn much here with just a little effort.
hey y'all!
my name is kourtney and i am new to this form and jehovah witnesses.
right now i am studying the book "what does the bible really teach".
Kourtney,
Welcome to this forum!
Please take a good look at the other posts. There are folks here who will be happy to help you study the Watchtower teachings, but it will be from a significantly different point of view. It will be worth your while to study the teachings of any religious group carefully, to see if they really are teachings from the Bible or man-made laws; to see if the congregations members usually "practice what they preach" or if they are hypocrites who say one thing, but behave differently.
I encourage you to keep an open mind and study both sides, not just what your recruiters tell you to study. It is too important a decision to make without being fully informed of all the issues and all the consequences that are involved.
just wanted to drop in and share the good news that i have been accepted to "the big city university" this fall.
sorry i haven't been around much lately, this is a busy semester as i'm just getting on with a really exciting life.. wow, has my life changed as i look back over the years!
and jwd/jwn has been an important part of the positive direction that my life is now headed.. my previous thread and history are in the private section for members.
Congratulations, Billy, you worked hard and earned it!
it was very interesting.... of course, the first thing i noticed was the building.
very different from a "kingdom hall" - this catholic church is in an extremely modern, six-sided building.
as one enters the building, their "holy water" font - fountain(???
Zid, see your PM.
hi i need some help to show that the scriptures used to uphold the disfellowshipping policy are actually only meant to apply to those that deny the christ blah blah.
not for me but someone close to me.
parents have disowned her.
Matthew 9:
[9] And when Jesus passed on from thence, he saw a man sitting in the custom house, named Matthew; and he said to him: Follow me. And he arose up and followed him. [10] And it came to pass as he was sitting at meat in the house, behold many publicans and sinners came, and sat down with Jesus and his disciples. [11] And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples: Why does your master eat with publicans and sinners? [12] But Jesus hearing it, said: They that are in health need not a physician, but they that are ill. [13] Go then and learn what this means, I will have mercy and not sacrifice. For I am not come to call the just, but sinners.
Matthew 18:
[10] See that you despise not one of these little ones: for I say to you, that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father who is in heaven. [11] For the Son of man has come to save that which was lost. [12] What think you? If a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them should go astray: does he not leave the ninety-nine in the mountains, and goes to seek that which has gone astray? [13] And if it so be that he find it: Amen I say to you, he rejoices more for that, than for the ninety-nine that went not astray. [14] Even so it is not the will of your Father, who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
(Bible text from newadvent.org)
boy am i glad we are not witnesses anymore.
my son is having two large cysts removed tomarrow, they are in sort of a delicate area.
because of where they are located, the potential for heavy blood loss is high.
I'm glad to hear it went so well!
just got this message on my youtube:.
jehovah's witnesses are dead right.
your understanding is false and not up to date .
Just a simple question for him, can he point out the scripture that says it's OK to receive a transfusion of hemoglobin vs. a transfusion of a mature red blood cell.
And ask them where that hemoglobin and the other minor fractions come from, since they refuse to donate blood. Who knows, he may have some of my Type B "worldly" hemoglobin flowing through his veins!
