word is there was a fire yesterday at a residence building at congo bethel in africa.
lots of damage, a hundred or so out of a place to stay.
no one injured.
The WT are so greedy grabber that they self-insure, meaning they've put money into investment accounts designated for insurance purposes in case of accidents or fire damage, Acts of God like hurricanes and tornados, etc.
But you better believe they recoup those dollars and them some by trouble minds and misguided consciences of the Rank and File.
my apologies of this topic has been covered already - please redirect me if it has:.
current belief is:.
watchtower (study edition), april 15th, 2010 issue, pages 27-29:.
The 2008 generation teaching was that it was a 2000 year generation including all the anointed.
One would think that this 2008 teaching concerning the generation would have lasted them for eons without being forced to revise it.
But, the GeeBee being what it is, NOT-the-FDS that is, within a few years they changed the doctrine. Why?
I feel that there was a flurry of questions posed to the WTS about the doctrine, and that some traveling religion-mongers reported the publishers weren't feeling the urgency of the imminent end being just around the corner.
The result was a quick re-write by the writing department, and although painting themselves into a shabby new generational explanation, they are of the mind that they can always revise later what they teach today. Besides, the sheep are expected to play along nicely and accept every new idiotic supposition regarding the coming of their longed for Armageddon.
the wt study of may stated that no one is exempt from doing fieldservice.does that mean the gb also does fieldservice?and dont give me any if that "no they only give us insrtuction bullshit" because that would mean not everything applies to everyone, and thats never the case in the jw organisation!
it has been 2 and a half years since my departure from the religion.
i was told by my parents from the start that i would never speak to them until i returned to jehovah dog.
a few months later they told people they hoped i died before the end came, then all of this culminating in them telling my inactive / fading sister that they don't consider me a child anymore and they have given me up to satan.
Maybe lots of others with estranged families due to the shunning policy will now be getting the phone call ultimatums.
I agree with you that the coincidence of the "return to the flock" brochure release and Paul's situation makes one think so.
Wouldn't you doubt that the WTS is really sincere about welcoming back their lost sheep? Their abusive, controlling ways is what drives a lot of folks away from their religion in the first place.
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@paulmolark
Ah, I just read your reply right after my previous post and made a wrong connection. My bad.
I must say, though, I've always agreed with Oubliette that the WTS is a cult. A dangerous and hurtful, mind wrecking cult. And many of us have suffered to one extreme or another its abuses and controlling ways. Shame on all their hypocritical shepherds that abuse the flock rather than care for it.
it has been 2 and a half years since my departure from the religion.
i was told by my parents from the start that i would never speak to them until i returned to jehovah dog.
a few months later they told people they hoped i died before the end came, then all of this culminating in them telling my inactive / fading sister that they don't consider me a child anymore and they have given me up to satan.
Sorry Paul, you've got me pegged wrong.
Didn't mean to hit on any of your nerves. I'd rather "hit" the WT where it can hurt it best, and I believe that's helping others to wake up to their shenanigans and mind control.
BTW. I do hold a doctorate's degree.
Alas! It is not in "psychology."
Nevertheless I wish you well.
it has been 2 and a half years since my departure from the religion.
i was told by my parents from the start that i would never speak to them until i returned to jehovah dog.
a few months later they told people they hoped i died before the end came, then all of this culminating in them telling my inactive / fading sister that they don't consider me a child anymore and they have given me up to satan.
Wether she is mentally deranged or cult controlled is not my concern.
Paul, I'm sorry you suffered so much because of your parents.
I hope you continue to make a good life for yourself and your children.
a month ago someone inquired about where the case against watchtower in otuo v watchtower was at currently.
firstly the claimant has brought two separate claims against the watchtower .
case 1 relates to a suit in slander premised on the words , "frank otuo is no longer a jehovah witness".
Let them try to fight dirty in the courts.
Everything is on record.
They'll find themselves openly and embarrassingly exposed.
Every legal case helps to storm the Tower.
Yup! Storm the Tower; starve the beast!
this picture is in the new publication from this year's convention, titled "return to jehovah".
part 1the lost one i will search for.
personally, the animal looks scared of the shepherd.
the poor lamb looks like it's crying and
the guy looks like a lambophile member of ISIL!
it has been 2 and a half years since my departure from the religion.
i was told by my parents from the start that i would never speak to them until i returned to jehovah dog.
a few months later they told people they hoped i died before the end came, then all of this culminating in them telling my inactive / fading sister that they don't consider me a child anymore and they have given me up to satan.
No, Paul. I'm saying that they're victims of WT control. As you have been mentally, emotionally and even physically.
The WT is a selfish, disgusting drug pusher. The publishers in each congregation are its junkies.
Help take its junkies away and you hurt their business.
it has been 2 and a half years since my departure from the religion.
i was told by my parents from the start that i would never speak to them until i returned to jehovah dog.
a few months later they told people they hoped i died before the end came, then all of this culminating in them telling my inactive / fading sister that they don't consider me a child anymore and they have given me up to satan.
You do know that they're under control, mentally and emotionally, to the WT.
With this knowledge you may find it in your heart to see beyond their cultish behavior and focus on exposing the JW religion for what it really is, a harmful, cult that destroys families and individuals' lives, devours them for its own profit.
If you can help just one person not get trapped in this cult, or come out of it, you can help starve the WT beast.
