what do you think are the reasons why the wts can't handle the truth on why members quit?
why must they disfellowship everyone who would say something like this to an elder on why he/she no longer wishes to be a member......................................................................................................... '' i do not want to be a member any longer because of the changing ''generation'' teaching,the wts is just a publishing and real estate corporation,the preaching work is just a means to distribute books and magazines,the baptism and disfellowshipping of teenagers is wrong,the meetings are boring,the meetings are repetative, the 144,000 is symbolic not literal ...etc.....etc.....
But--that's the very thing I need cured!!
Well then you're shit outta luck, my friend! Jesus loves 400 lb. fatties that can't make it to meetings thanks to dunkin donuts, cheeseburgers and ice cream with heart problems, high blood pressure and diabetes, but the guy that runs 16 miles every week and is in shape that enjoys cigar every two months....that cockbag is going to hell.
Terry, send me a PM, BTW. I need to know if you are near Dallas.
please answer the question(s) which corresponds to your current belief, if you believe in a. the bible and god.
b. just god, but no bible c. neither (atheist).
i'm asking for mutual benefit, in my quest for the truth (still a work in progress), some of the things i've run into you may want to think about, and in your answers will show if anything i haven't thought of or checked into yet, as well as all readying this.... (all the hours you've spent, vs just my own, having many combined may bring up a few good things for us all from everyones answers ).
I could try and answer you questions but I think I could best serve you by pointing you in the right direction.
I agree. Try a MaCallan 25, a Padron 1992 and follow it up with some naked time with a woman you love. Or at lease love for that night. That right there's heaven, my man.
what do you think are the reasons why the wts can't handle the truth on why members quit?
why must they disfellowship everyone who would say something like this to an elder on why he/she no longer wishes to be a member......................................................................................................... '' i do not want to be a member any longer because of the changing ''generation'' teaching,the wts is just a publishing and real estate corporation,the preaching work is just a means to distribute books and magazines,the baptism and disfellowshipping of teenagers is wrong,the meetings are boring,the meetings are repetative, the 144,000 is symbolic not literal ...etc.....etc.....
The Jehovah's Witnesses are a giant Placebo organization. It is a panacea (cure-all). You get many benefits from a placebo--but--only as long as you believe it will work.
Terry, have you tried more praying, personal study and field service? If not, I highly recommend it to correct your doubt problems. It fixes too much faith in god, too little faith in god, doubts, too much faith, low self esteem, high self esteem, materialism, poverty, materialism, ascetism, marital problem, being too happy in your marriage, hating your job, loving your job, being too homo, being too hetero, drinking too much, hating people who drink, having too much fun, having no fun....
about the only things it doesn't fix is being a fat dumbass.
just a couple more gems from the recent co visit:.
in his meeting with elders / ms, he was warning of the "dangers" of the internet.
following is a more or less accurate quotation:.
Here's why they don't want dubs on the internet. Information is too easy to find. http://xkcd.com/214/
what do you think are the reasons why the wts can't handle the truth on why members quit?
why must they disfellowship everyone who would say something like this to an elder on why he/she no longer wishes to be a member......................................................................................................... '' i do not want to be a member any longer because of the changing ''generation'' teaching,the wts is just a publishing and real estate corporation,the preaching work is just a means to distribute books and magazines,the baptism and disfellowshipping of teenagers is wrong,the meetings are boring,the meetings are repetative, the 144,000 is symbolic not literal ...etc.....etc.....
What do you think are the reasons why the WTS can't handle the truth on why members quit?
Because the "Keep Yourselves in God's Love" book said most people leave (are kicked out) because they are sinners, not becuase of doctrinal issues.
BTW, if you leave because of doctrinal issues you are just rebellious, which is a DF'ing sin, so really it wasn't because of doctrinal issues, just your rebelliousness.
has been bugging me since i read it.. she mentioned how a classmate took special delight in tormenting her due to mary's being a jw.. mary mentioned that this girl pointed to and mocked her when she couldn't share in a birthday?
celebration.. are some kids really that cruel?
where were the teachers?.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!!! Oh, I don't know why that's so funny to me!
I'm just that kind of guy, love.
Actually, I am not at all prickly, I just tend to say exactly what I mean, no more, no less. Nothing irks me more than people interrupting me to tell me I am wrong when they haven't let me finish my sentence (because I tend to start things with "here's why I am tossing these ideas out the window...") or when they say "so what you are saying is X."
My position is "No, if I wanted to say X, I would have said it. I said Y, which is exactly what I meant to say." I am just like your rose, lots of good stuff, but there are thorns that go with it.
and of course I lurves both you and Shelby :)
... that i just remembered.
it has been brought up in one of the many enlightening posts here, but i wanted to just share what he said.. the co was speaking about how the org growth has somewhat tapered off and not seeing the large increases as before (too bad we don't have a talk about how many that have left!
) and that the org is now 7+mil active members (yes, he said active specifically).
Man, for guys directly appointed by the GB who are spirit directed, they sure do seem to go off the rails a lot.
has been bugging me since i read it.. she mentioned how a classmate took special delight in tormenting her due to mary's being a jw.. mary mentioned that this girl pointed to and mocked her when she couldn't share in a birthday?
celebration.. are some kids really that cruel?
where were the teachers?.
Why are you so prickly, man?
Someone has to be.
has been bugging me since i read it.. she mentioned how a classmate took special delight in tormenting her due to mary's being a jw.. mary mentioned that this girl pointed to and mocked her when she couldn't share in a birthday?
celebration.. are some kids really that cruel?
where were the teachers?.
Actually, dear Undercover (peace to you!), Dr. Martin Luther King, comparing what he had seen in the South to the the racism he personally witnessed and was victim to during his visit to Chicago in August 1996 stated that although he had seen a LOT of hatred and racism in the south, "nothing there compared" to what he saw... and experienced... "in the north."
One persons experience, Shelby. I AM from the south, and I have listed in the north, spent extended amounts of time in Canada and Europe. People are people, there are some good and bad people everywhere. I realize that's MY experience, but, since it's just anecdotal, mine is just as valid as his.
please answer the question(s) which corresponds to your current belief, if you believe in a. the bible and god.
b. just god, but no bible c. neither (atheist).
i'm asking for mutual benefit, in my quest for the truth (still a work in progress), some of the things i've run into you may want to think about, and in your answers will show if anything i haven't thought of or checked into yet, as well as all readying this.... (all the hours you've spent, vs just my own, having many combined may bring up a few good things for us all from everyones answers ).
Do you think religions break down into two categories: False Religion and True Religion?
True religions get tax breaks, fake ones don't.
