Posts by LostGeneration

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Did any of us ever enjoy meetings?

by stephanie61092 in

this is a legitimate question.

did any of us ever find real joy in being at the meetings?

did any of us ever finish a meeting and think "i feel so enriched"?

LostGeneration

Great thread.

Anyone else get super nervous when the WT conductor would be way behind on time? Like on para 8 and there were like 20 minutes left to go in the meeting? You know its going to go overtime at that point! Then of course he would still ask those stupid ass review questions at the end. Then the stupid speaker would get up there and give a 5 minute prayer. GAAAAAAH!

I swear, the only thing worse than a meeting is being stuck at a meeting five or ten minutes LONGER than it should have been.

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Please, tell me.

by andrewlya in

hi, i am a christian and i would like to know jehovas witness's belief in god and whether you believe jesus is god.

please, any statements back up with biblical verses,thank you and god bless, in jesus's name.. i am new on here, so please be patient with me :).

LostGeneration

We are mostly Ex JWs here.

JWs do not believe Jesus is God. They believe he is a creation of God (Jehovah). Not many active JWs here but if one comes along they can give you their scriptural justification.

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2016 Regional Convention - Invite First Look

by pixel in

you saw it here first!.

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LostGeneration

A gripping feature length film on Sunday about Hezekiah?? Where do I sign up??

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our secret dating got caught...

by trueloveneverfails94 in

we both are 21 years old.

i am almost done with my study and working on to become one of an unbaptized publisher.

LostGeneration

You're 21 years old...both of you. Stop and think for a minute about these silly rules, where you aren't allowed to sit in a coffee shop and hold hands with someone you love without worrying about being tattled on and questioned. Its rather insane, isn't it?

Stick around here, lots of good threads on the JW religion as a whole. You owe it to yourself to fully understand what you are getting involved in, it will literally be life changing on levels you don't realize right now.

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I no longer feel smart as a JW, I feel dumb...

by thedepressedsoul in

i don't want anyone to take this the wrong way but i use to at least feel smart as a jw.

when i went to thursday night meetings, i at least felt like i was a student, that i was learning how to speak publicly, i could prepare my own comments, i could answer points that i learned from the weekly bible reading.

i even feel like an "idiot" studying for the meetings.

LostGeneration

They used to require you to know the doctrine. Now as long as you can say jw.org and hand out pieces of paper you are qualified. Oh and OBEY whatever the WT says.

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J R Brown

by Slidin Fast in

i have been reading john bechtel's blog.

someone provided a link recently and it is brilliant.

anyone that enjoys personal experiences including bethel tales will love this.

LostGeneration

I haven't heard a peep out of JR Brown in a long time.

Maybe because he is a shitty spokesman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfOx2BsS_6k

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Is the WT’s Paradise Earth doctrine a delusion?

by deegee in

the wt’s teaching that humans will live forever on a paradise earth will necessitate that given that there will be no more death, then immortal humans will have to be relocated to other planets in order to prevent the earth from becoming overpopulated.. so how many habitable, earth-like planets are there?more and more habitable, earth-like planets would have to become available on a continuous, never-ending basis ad infinitum as mankind’s population grows given that there will be no more death.. the longevity/sustainability of life on these planets will be limited by the fact that the sun serving these planets will eventually die:https://shar.es/1cko6n.

http://www.space.com/22437-main-sequence-stars.html#sthash.ejbt1xrz.dpuf.

so immortal humans will have to keep moving from planet to planet.

LostGeneration

Well, God's magik skillz will prevent what you are talking about, just like he had skillz back in the day with Noah and his awesome ark.

The real question is whether people will have free will in da new earth. Because if they do, they will eventually get fucking tired of petting panda and koala bears. Which means they will start fukkin each other outside of marriage (assuming they still have dicks and vaginas, questionable based on WT doctrine) or they may start smokin weed, snorting coke, or just going ape shit crazy on each other because they are stuck in a so called paradise being ruled by WT dickhead elders. Anyway, paradise earth under JW rules and regulations is nothin' I want to endure...

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"Reproach on Jehovah's name"

by Phizzy in

the longer i am away from the cult, the more very childish and downright silly it seems in many many ways.. just another example of the childlike way they do not think things through is their obsession with "not bringing reproach on jehovah's name", that concept was used to stop jw's doing all sorts of stuff, a lot of it quite normal.. but the worst aspect of this concept is that they cover up the evil within their org any way they can.. yet they only have to look back on all the cover-ups of the past, by other religions, by politicians etc etc to see that an open acknowledgement and an open dealing with the situation at the time is far better.. cover-ups get exposed in the end, and leave you looking far worse than if dealt with honestly..

LostGeneration

Reproach on Jah's name?

Like when "worldlies" find out the nice co-worker shuns their flesh and blood for years on end because they no long believe in their parents religion?

Like when JWs knock on the door on Xmas morning pushing a WT magazine into the face of the homeowner?

Like when JWs hide in at their desk while the rest of the workers sing happy birthday to a co-worker?

Like when JWs refuse to stand up during the national anthem because they think Jah will be sad?

Like when JW quietly cheer at terrorist attacks because it means the end is near?

Like when JWs walk into the coffee shop or McDonalds overdressed in Suits and ties on Saturday morning after participating an hour or so in a "life saving work", only to be stared at like weirdos because they look just like that, weirdos....

Reproach on Jahs name comes from JWs themselves, simply because the so called God they worship is a bumbling idiot.

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A few questions I need help with please.

by Pallbearer in

howdy folks!.

has that title changed?

if so, what is it now called?

LostGeneration

That's an interesting find! Printed right after the whole "apostasy" scare at HQ as well, so maybe it was to calm the troops down a bit and promote a bit of a supposed open door policy. For perspective, here is current light:

http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/402011767

They don't want to be bothered with your stupid questions is the basic summary.

I do believe they rotate the "chairperson" each year on the GB, but can't recall where I read/heard that.

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Got my memorial invite yesterday...

by OneEyedJoe in

i wasn't sure how this would be handled since the elders haven't harassed me as much as a lot of others have gotten, plus we live a ways outside of the territory so i figured there was a shot they'd leave me alone since it's inconvenient.

guess not.

two elders showed up unannounced toward the end of their recruiting shift.

LostGeneration

SSDD