sorry,couldn't think of a better title for this post,without it being long.. i was thinking this morning,if ex-jws, who were born into the group less likely to join another religion after leaving.
vs. the witnesses who belonged to a church before joining the religion.. from my own prespective,being raised a witness,i have no intention of joining any religion.
and it seems that born-ins are less likely to join a religion after leaving the cult.. in my own experience,i think it's religious burn-out to tell the truth.
Born in here, Watchtower does a great job of poisoning the well. Once you realize they are fake too, I had little desire to tie myself into another church.
If God is up there, he's gotta be laughing his ass off at all of the people running into buildings over and over to constantly tell him that he's "da man".
"stay alive till '75.
" remember that?
note: this is the year 5774 not 2014. why didn't they tell you that in 5735 (1975 ad?
Wow. All over the map on that one.
recently i was going through some of my old storage boxes and came across my 1988 copy of the watchtower issued book "revelation.
its grand climax at hand!".
as i flipped through its pages i was reminded how blinded i was in regards to rational thinking.
Thanks. I was recently appointed an elder when we studied that book for what, the fifth time???
I remember going through the motions with the group. Everyone was lost like we were studying Greek for the first time. There was one guy in our group who simply had this look of disdain at the study, he left with his family a year before I fully woke up. I know now that he knew it was all bull---- as we were going through the motions.
So many zombies still stuck inside. I really hope they can find the courage to get out.
recently i was going through some of my old storage boxes and came across my 1988 copy of the watchtower issued book "revelation.
its grand climax at hand!".
as i flipped through its pages i was reminded how blinded i was in regards to rational thinking.
Thanks donny.
My own wake up call started with the last time we studied the book, probably around 2006-07. They sent out revisions that we were cutting out and pasting into the book.
Something really felt weird about that, revisionist history happening right in front of my nose.
in doing some research, i recently ran across a september 1, 2000 wt article that contained a brother's testimony about his years of service in the organization.. he said, "as we arrived for the meeting one sunday in 1938, two elderly sisters greeted us, and one said: `young brother, have you taken your stand for jehovah yet?
you know, armageddon is just around the corner!
' i knew that jehovah is the only true god, and i was convinced that this is his organization.
Pete,
They took the 1914 generation teaching out back and shot it in the head in 1995. A chart for further reference:
in doing some research, i recently ran across a september 1, 2000 wt article that contained a brother's testimony about his years of service in the organization.. he said, "as we arrived for the meeting one sunday in 1938, two elderly sisters greeted us, and one said: `young brother, have you taken your stand for jehovah yet?
you know, armageddon is just around the corner!
' i knew that jehovah is the only true god, and i was convinced that this is his organization.
Doesn't the WT claim that all content is vetted by at least three GB members before going to print?
Obviously, three copy editors with a high school education can't quite get the job done. Thus the continuous avalanche of flip flops, contradictions, and outright lies slip through the cracks and into print, year after year.
There is ZERO quality control at Watchtower headquarters. That is why if you are trying to get an active JW out of the cult, it is always best to use their own words without any outside information. That is what got me out.
approximately 25 yrs ago today, i left the borg forever.. .
thank you jwn/jwd for helping me heal by listening to me.
there are not many greater gifts than freedom..
No matter how much we may struggle after leaving the cult, I always say it takes a person of real courage to leave. The strong are out, the weak remain in shackles.
all my family members and friends (that include some elders) advised me to divorce my wife whose only joy was to pick up fight with me for everything i do, except my grand-mother who said: when you married her, you looked for only her good pointher regular pioneering despite having an opposing family.
for being good, you will ultimately reap something far better through her.
stick on to her.
Ha ha, you caught your wife on a good day, right after your prayer.
Come back on Monday after she rips your ass a new one and tell us how helpful God was.
Here's your answer, no prayer needed though I do accept paypal donations - DIVORCE HER ASS!
i know this has been talked about in the past but im new here..
There are so many things the JWs spout off about that they say are "good" or "right" when the reality is completely opposite.
Morality is one, as already exposed nicely by Cantleave. Add to that they really aren't any more moral than the rest of humanity. Plenty of sex outside of marriage, lots of alcohol abuse, and I'm sure they watch plenty of porn on the downlow. Drug use is probably lower, but then again they lie about how much the world uses drugs.
Lying is a biggie with JWs, starting from the top down. When you lie about being God's mouthpiece, you pretty much lose any high ground when it comes to morality.
sorry my bad englich i need the new book for pioners , edition 2014 !
in pdf or doc, please!
New pioneer book below, 1 page only:
Go hand out worthless leaflets for 70 hours each month.
Repeat next month.
