...and they're clearly in the mood for pushing it on youtube.. .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lerx3gkthxk.
what is it with all these random youtube channels, each showing polished and highly-produced videos.
Two people in the video are definitely currently at Bethel. I recognize and know them personally.
A third one used to be at Bethel and perhaps still is.
That in itself confirms to me that the Society is behind it (aside from the message at the end).
CoC
i've been browsing here for some time now and i've read the erroneous arguments supporting 587, the petty feelings over the un, blah blah blah.
this is a community of disgruntled people telling each other what they want to hear.
you've all essentially created your own truth, tickling your own ears.
Am I too late to chime in? If not, then...
http://exjehovahswitnessforum.yuku.com.
http://www.jwsupportforum.com/index.php.
http://www.jehovahswitnessrecovery.com/.
Thank you blondie.
After reading this article, there is only one way to describe the WTBTS.....
because i was raised a witness, i don't think i was "uncomfortable" knocking on strangers' doors.
(weirdo).. but as i got older, i simply didn't want to bother anyone so i was at there door for no more than 30 seconds.
at the end i hated being there..
As far as the ministry, I never really liked it. I am not a born in, but close enough to feel like one.
I regular pioneered 3 different times, all the while believing that the more I involved myself in the ministry, the more I would grow to love it. I even tried to convince others of that yet never really believed it. I realize now I was just parroting what I heard from the WTBTS because that never happened. My love for it never grew. I always felt like a bother.
I also, while I don't mind dressing up for other occasions, hated doing it for service. I hated, both as a kid and and as an adult, leaving my house and having my neighbors see me dressed up on a Saturday morning. It drew undue attention to me and I couldn't stand when I was asked why I was dressed up.
It was hard to stop going out in the ministry though because I feared what others in the hall would think. But thankfully, I grew a pair and haven't looked back in just about a year already.
Damn how I love my weekends! Why the hillbilly did I wait so long to take them back for myself?
CoC
because i was raised a witness, i don't think i was "uncomfortable" knocking on strangers' doors.
(weirdo).. but as i got older, i simply didn't want to bother anyone so i was at there door for no more than 30 seconds.
at the end i hated being there..
varian - TTATT stands for "the truth about the truth".
The kool aid I believe is a reference to Jim Jones cult - a poisonous drink that people ingested with confidence in their leader without realizing it would kill them. Sound familiar?
The Watchtower expects all to accept their words, a.k.a. "kool-aid", without question, even if it brings harm to you or your family.
CoC
...........is
you know what i'm talking about: the trite, often-repeated phrases that convey the person offering the prayer has drawn a mental blank, and utters these words while their brain desperately searches for the next cliche', so they can conclude the ritual with the required tag, "in jesus' name we pray".... (is that like the postage stamp?).
ok, i'll kick this one off, and take the most obvious:.
"forgive us where we fall short....".
".......that everything may take place decently and by arrangement..........."
Boy, do I hate the repeating of that part of the scripture! Prayer, or any JW function!
CoC
i joined the site a few months ago, made a big splash then kind of dissapeared for a while.
i would like to thank those who i came into contact with and let me into their lives and hearts.
if anyone worried about me during my absence at all then i apologize; i have not regressed or been kidnapped/re-brainwashed by the borg.
the scene is familiar.. a jehovah's witness family with one member who has awakened from the lie.. the split comes down to an interesting wrong terminology:.
unbelieving mate vs believing mate.. .
the context of the entire family is as a jehovah's witness family.. damage has already been done.
Loved this thread Terry!
I haven't had any issues with the elders yet, but this is great mental preparation in case something goes down.
CoC
i have a new article at http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/birthdays.php outlining why the watchtower stance against birthdays is wrong.
there have been a number of threads on jwn discussing this, and the article collates and summarises the points raised in these threads.
please feel free to point out any errors in grammar or logic.
Awesome article! Thanks for sharing jwfacts.
CoC
