hey all, i'm new to posting, but i've lurked for a while.
quick intro: i'm a 25 yr old guy, brought up a jw, strayed for a while, then got baptized convinced it was the best thing for me, the rest of the world is satanic, etc.
i overcame that ridiculous belief and i know the truth about "the truth" but my friends and family are all deep into the cult so leaving is a huge risk that i'm not willing or ready to take.
something similar happened to me a long time ago. except we did actually like each other. one of the biggest mistakes of my life was letting these idiot men come between me and her.
do what you feel is right. screw this stupid religion and their plethora of rules. the worst thing they can do to you is kick you out (DF) but then that is a blessing in disguise. the only power they have over you is what you give them.
1983 yearbook p11.. the puerto rico branch tells about an interested person who was studying with a special pioneer but whose husband showed no desire to do so.
one day his five-year-old daughter said, "daddy, i want to grow up so i can be baptized.
" later she said, "daddy, please study the bible with jehovah's witnesses so that you will not be destroyed and then you can be with us in paradise.
his name was andre. unfortunately he suffered from a serious problem with pornography. but through constant bible study and prayer, he managed to quit his lucrative job as a pornographic distributor and despite no education, he received a job with the EU for 3,000 euros per month. now he is a pillar of strength in the congregation. and he owes this all to disfellowshipping.
(well it could have happened this way .. )
that's the facebook message i just got from one of my friends on facebook that is studying ..she was raised a jw but the family left for years.
her mom (widowed) is now back in and is trying to get her 35 year old daughter now staying with her to come in by telling her how she wil lbe destroyed if she doesn't..same old love.. snoozy.
unless a blood transfusion is involved .. then its physical
jw talk radio will launch this month on wed 5/11/11, 12pm pst.. .
here is a sneak peak of jw talk radio's first discussion topic.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft83y58xyy0.
i am guessing that Joe and Rick are not gonna be guests ..
i did.
still not finished with a degree yet but i'll get there.. how about you?.
i did. graduated last year :)
if its an awake, why does it say july 1 watchtower on the bottom of the page?
what sort of conversations could you have in a perfect world?
i have a hard enough time creating conversation in this world.
when i need a conversation topic, i might mention a news story, or some problem such as the price of gas.
typical witness in paradise conversation starter: wanna pet my lion?
it was a beautiful, sunny day.
i was in the supermarket doing an early morning shop when i see an old friend of the family, a jw sister.. she asked me if i'd gone to the memorial and i told her no.
she said that the end is so close what with all the earthquakes and brother truthseeker, you need to come back to jehovah otherwise you will die and so will your children.
i thought only the pagan gods of caanan killed children .. guess joohooby isnt much better
lol lots of fun at public wifi spots
either charles taze russell obtained his ideas from jehovah or he didn't.. if russell didn't get them from jehovah---from where?.
let's take a survey of the facts about william miller and subsequent adventist teachings.. then, we can ask this question again!.
when william miller (baptist farmer turned theologian) predicted the 2nd coming of christ in 1843/44 a large segment of america's population believed along with him.. miller was invited to preach in church after church.
quite amazing. as a member of the 'raised as' class, seeing history like this is just incredible. really makes a lot of their goofy teachings make more sense
