since i have no one else to talk to about what i am going through, i just thought i would let this group know that i have .
crisis of conscience coming to my front door today.
i already know what i will say if my wife says something.
Here's a few more to add to the reading list:
"The Kingdom of the Cults", and "Jehovah of the Watchtower" by Walter Martin
"The Four Major Cults" by Anthony Hoekema
"When Prophecy Fails" by Leon Festinger et al. This is an academic study of a UFO cult's failed prophecy and its effect on believers. Although not directly related to the Watchower it explains a lot about why believers stick with it.
happy new year to everyone in this forum.. i need advice on business ethics like writing a curriculum vitae, being present for an interview, providing services like and answering customers needs.
thanks.
i am just 22 years and i need advice..
If you are in the United States (or many other countries I assume) the employment security office will have all sorts of useful linformation, and possibly even classes. You do not (at least here in Washington State) have to be on unemployment to make use of these programs.
Also a lot of private employment agencies and temporary agencies will be able to offer good advice.
when i first seen this website i actually thought it was a jw website hence the home page and not an ex jw website and i posted a topic thinking people were real witnesses then i quickly discovered it was not and all these people were commenting and embarrassing me and i couldn’t even delete the thread.
then i asked the admin to delete it and i said it was very misleading saying it’s a jw page and he’s like are you serious i deleted your topic and now you are attacking me and it clearly says ex jw page.
he was very rude and btw no where does it say ex jw and you should be able to delete your own threads you start.
Last I heard, starting, running, or visting a JW related website that is not JW.borg is strictly against the rules. It is amusing to watch someone disobey the people they say are God's channel of communication, and then complain about what they found.
a regular guy went into a vape store in georgia recently, to buy his wife some liquid for her e-cigarettes.
his big mistake was to wear a trump t-shirt.
the shop assistant went completely mental because of the t-shirt.. the customer remained calm throughout and eventually got the product he wanted (i think).. but what a scene!
LoveUniHateExams, I agree totally with your last two paragraphs. I'm no fan of Trump's, but the nonsense going on from the left is going to drive people into his camp.
a regular guy went into a vape store in georgia recently, to buy his wife some liquid for her e-cigarettes.
his big mistake was to wear a trump t-shirt.
the shop assistant went completely mental because of the t-shirt.. the customer remained calm throughout and eventually got the product he wanted (i think).. but what a scene!
Trump Degrangement Syndrome has nothing to do with autism, the comparison is unfair to people on the autism spectrum.
either here on this site or by a congregation member?
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Sort of.
In the spring of 1988 (long before the internet) I started reading Crisis of Conscience, hiding the book under my side of the bed, with some stuff I knew my wife wouldn't move on top of it. One Sunday morning my after deciding "I didn't feel well" and staying home from meeting. My wife decided the kids were coming down with something and didn't go either. She was doing a lot of cleaning, and I'm drinking coffee and reading the paper when she comes down the hall with CoC in her hand and a funny look on her face. Just as I'm thinking that this is where it all hits the fan, she grins and says "this is MY copy."
She'd found mine, and assumed I'd located hers and she was going to be on the receving end of the argument. Then she found her copy where she stashed it on her side of the bed. We didn't know it until that moment, but we were both Apostates!
so, i've been reading a bit about the picts recently.. i'm not sure there's a consensus on exactly who they were or what type of language they spoke.. even their name - picts - has more than one explanation of where it came from.
i've read some scholars believe it comes from latin pictus (painted), referring to their supposed habit of painting themselves and/or tattooing themselves.
other scholars believe that the name pict comes from another source.
I don't know who they were, but they grooved in caves with small furry animals.
a selection of my favorite scenes from comedy shows/movies where they poke fun at jehovah's witnesses.
in the old days whenever they'd mention jws my mum would change channel in outrage.. this one's my favorite!
skip to 1:19 - .
My favorite
glad to say just got the news that the man who was arrested on suspicion about the dead bodies has been convicted of those two murders.
his accomplice is on the run, search going on for him.
there are talks about raising more awareness in the country park area now.. this news helps us to breath a little easy now.. thank you all for your support.. peace..
I'm with John. Did you mean charged?
got a good joke or two?
why not share them.
here is a fun one.. retirement can be fun.
Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and Donald Trump walk into a bar. The bar tender looks at them and says "Is this a joke?"
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A farmer is sitting on his front porch relaxing when two men carrying big buckets walk past the house toward his property. He asks them where they're going and they say "we saw some milk thistle back this way and thought we'd go get some milk."
The farmer (wanting to see what will happen) says "That's stupid but go ahead." Later they walk back the other way, the buckets are full of milk.
The next day they walk by again, he asks if they're after more milk. They say "no, we saw some butter cups when we were getting the milk, so now we're getting butter." Again he laughs and lets them go on. Sure enough, later they come back carrying buckets of butter.
The third day, they come by again, but don't have the buckets. When asked what they're doing one of them says "Yesterday when we were getting the butter we saw some pussy willows...."
"Wait a minute," the farmer says "I'm coming with you."
