i believe in god but i'm not sure of anything....what about you?.
I lean closer to an agnostic. Just not sure.... there is 'something'.... but is it the JW's version of God? No.
I used to consider myself a Christian after I left.....but....to be candid, I believe I have changed. After much study of the Bible... it's just a book of mostly ripped off stories, legends and concepts from throughout cultures/history.
If there is a god that has the power to stop the misery much of humanity suffers under and he isn't doing it???
He isn't worth worshiping.
http://bayfiles.net/file/1jpu5/qhxxxl/w_e20141115.pdf.
select "premium download".
(thanks breakfast of champions).
LOL
They lack no shame.........
http://darrinhart.hubpages.com/hub/a-message-from-jehovahs-witnesses-fat-people-will-die .
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always open to some criticism ;).
Oh, as a former elder, I was a victim of the expensive "hospitality" arrangement many a time.
Nothing says 'hospitatility' like ASSIGNING someone to take the speaker out.
http://darrinhart.hubpages.com/hub/a-message-from-jehovahs-witnesses-fat-people-will-die .
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always open to some criticism ;).
http://darrinhart.hubpages.com/hub/A-Message-from-Jehovahs-Witnesses-Fat-People-Will-Die
always open to some criticism ;)
http://www.zazzle.com/watchtower+buttons .
these are so funny ....i think i broke a rib.
http://www.zazzle.com/watchtower+buttons
These are so funny ....I think I broke a rib
i stumbled upon the website e-watchman today and while i didn't have time to read over everything i found this thoughts so far quite interesting.
recently when reading matthew i can't help but feel that jesus warnings about the pharisees also applied to the gb and elders.
actually everytime jesus brought them up i realized how similar they are.
He is well known having been a JW in the area I live in.
He is ...ummm...how do I say this?
Nuts.
there's a lot of talk right now about how stupid it is to have jws hand out leaflets with urls on them.
"why go to someone's door to tell them they can visit a web site that lets them ask for someone to come to their door?
" well, i'm sorry, but i have to weigh in with a contrary opinion here on how clever the society is.
Yeah......for the mindless, which is exactly who they are targeting.
You would have to literally suspend all thought.....ALL thought.....to hand someone a tract and say you would back it with your life.
Jehovah's Witnesses are one of several human tragedies. It's a study in laziness and chosen ignorance.
I would be willing to bet that the majority of JW's never visit their own website.
i cant figure out how some persons like my husband and son, simply got too 'busy' and gradually stopped going to meetings, and were totally left alone, and yet some persons.
seem to indicate that people were constantly in persuit of them, for a way to disfellowship them.. the ones who fade never get 'disfellowshiped' unless they write a letter formally requesting thier name be of the membership.. just like the jw org tells people who get baptised to do to thier former church,.
i havent been to a meeting in a few months however it is also under a 'remodel' im sure im not missed.
You're not under obligation to do ANYTHING. Do what you want to do!!
These people have NO power....only the power YOU give them.
I will say your observations are true: some are able to leave and be left alone; others are hunted. I think it comes down to the personality of the elder body.
I was a well known elder and got up and walked out one day. Not one soul has bothered me. But....to be honest......I make it known that if they come anywhere near me, I'll treat them as a threat..... and they are rightfully scared.
Do what you want......you do NOT have to write them a damn thing!
it's been quite a while since i lasted posted anything on jwn.
i was in hiding previously, but only because i wanted to avoid the shun gun until i had the opportunity to tell my former congregation what i think about the org./gb.
i last attended a meeting over 2.5 years ago but it wasn't until june--when i earned my bachelor's degree--that i finally had the time to collect my thoughts and get them down on paper...i decided to write my letter in a style i felt would be most appealing to my target audience--jw's still under gb mind control --in the hope that at least a few would read it and actually "think".
That letter is the most outstanding 'read' I've ever had on this board.
Thank you for posting that...... that is incredibly well done.
It hurt my heart knowing those that read it reacted with ".....er, duh.....duh.....let's ignore it"
Cult.
this is very good, at least it will be in a few years.
sorry if it's been posted here before already.. it's in the watchtower magazine may 15th, 2014, last page: from our archives: they talk about a public speech held in sao paolo in 1923 where they also distributed the brochure "millions who now live will never die" (pictured in the magazine!).
a quick calculation: 1923 -> 2014, how many people in the world now are 90 years old or more?
I wish I could remember which WT issue it was....but it literally had the paragraph reading "May never die...." right next to a picture of the book which read "Will never die...."
I laughed for weeks!!!! I pointed it out to someone I knew still 'in'....and he said 'maybe it was just a mistake?'
LOL.....I knew then I had to let go of trying to help people get out............ that brief convo was so shocking. Literally RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER....and they still 'reasoned' it away.....
