this is my first post, so let me introduce myself briefly.
i am not, nor ever have been, a jw but i have a close family member who has been a witness for many years.
i have been curious about my relatives beliefs for some time but have only recently looked in any detail at what witnesses actually believe, which led me to this site.. i have seen references to changes to generational teaching but have not really understood what it was all about until i read the article let your kingdom come but when?
The vast majority never study. They couldn't explain their own beliefs if there was a gun to their head. They just go to meetings and occasionally repeat what they heard.
Understand it? Explain it?
Nah. Most of them couldn't quote 5 scriptures from memory. They don't even read the Bible.
if i have a addiction to cocaine, gay-porn and rock-and-roll, where does the bible indicate i need to confess my sins to the elders instead of confessing my sins here and have members pray for me?
whose brain-child was this idea?
i would rather confess my sins to you because the elders are not known for keeping their mouths shut.
No they cannot. Most elders that I served with had never read the Bible in it's entirety and were borderline dumb as stumps. But they got 10 hours of field service in (read: rode around in a mini-van for 7 hours, went to Starbucks for 2.....actually knocked on a door for 1)
when i was an elder, i had a few couples approach me to confess that they either played around or went all the way.. i suspect there were many more that did not admit to it, though..
Yes almost all that I married had fooled around prior to getting married.
I became very adept at applying the October 1972 Question Box......
I almost laughed out loud at Kingdom Ministry School several years later....and at a CO Meeting with the BOE.....when they highlighted that Question Box. It was VERY obvious tons of JW's were coming forward to admit they had fooled around many years earlier. The need for judicial committees was becoming overwhelming .....as were likely the elders letter back to NY asking if they had to deal with something that had happened so long ago.
hey gang....i've been trying to do something positive.
i'm not trying to reinvent the wheel....but as part of my own healing and catharsis, i'm trying to help others a little.. i know many here have done similar.. i'd appreciate any feedback you might have on my new facebook page.
thank you in advance!.
Hey gang....I've been trying to do something positive. I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel....but as part of my own healing and catharsis, I'm trying to help others a little.
I know many here have done similar.
I'd appreciate any feedback you might have on my new Facebook page. Thank you in advance!
an average of five kingdom halls being constructed daily, almost 8 million brothers and sisters, dissemination of bible literature in 595 languages, 111,795 congregations worldwide, distribution of 179 million bibles available in 116 languages, 239 countries where jehovah's witnesses have a presence, etc.. need i go on?.
on the other hand........... crisis of conscience, freeminds, the awaa, jw.net, ummmmmm........hmmm........idk six screens or something?
not exactly working out for you guys.
I don't think anyone is interested in 'besting' the 'organization'
I think most just want to heal and help others avoid the pain.
Am I wrong?
80+ branch davidian cult members died in waco, texas.
250,000+ #jehovahswitnesses have died refusing blood.
stop this #cult!
If ONE person has died...........and they have........that officially makes the Watchtower ......murderers.
# 3 newbie post.
first of all, the newbies have set a record here!.
have you ever seen a 4pg post where 21 new members reply!
Welcome to all those that have walked away from the lie.
There are amazing people here....I hope you learn as much as I did.
Welcome to....... LIFE!
"i'm perfect, you're doomed" by kyria abrahams, 2009, touchstone.. if you want a way to get people out of that horrible cult, easily, quickly and expeditiously, then here is how to do that.. i can say with a vote of confidence that anyone who reads this book will never and i mean never become a dub.
dubs who read it (assuming they have at least one or two brain cells left) will run from their religion like flies on shit when you pour bleach on it and blow it up with dynamite.. toss away crisis of conscience, apocalypse delayed, 30 years a watchtower slave and all those other very nice books and read this one.
i read those and all the other ones.
I loved this book. I thought Kyria was very honest about her issues, as well as how 'the organization' affected her. Great book, worth a read.
has anyone else read this or seen it?.
www.leavingjehovahswitnesses.org .
i am curious what anyone thinks of this ......
Thank you Fernando!
has anyone else read this or seen it?.
www.leavingjehovahswitnesses.org .
i am curious what anyone thinks of this ......
Has anyone else read this or seen it?
www.leavingjehovahswitnesses.org
I am curious what anyone thinks of this .....
