Happy Birthday Quellycatface .
It's been scientifically proven that Birthdays are good for you,
People who have more birthdays....live longer
.
i'm really looking forward to what the day may bring...... wish you were here to share it with me..
Happy Birthday Quellycatface .
It's been scientifically proven that Birthdays are good for you,
People who have more birthdays....live longer
Some Pioneer Sister, said I'll make you my Mister, if you'll just believe the New Light. She said they make it up son so just play along, soon you won't know your left from your right.
And I was blinded by new light, wrapped up in their truth didn't know my left from right, Yes I was blinded by new light wrapped up in their truth it seemed like somethin' wasn't right.
With a bookbag on my shoulder feelin' like a soldier, I rode their merry-go-round. I discovered the reason , cause' it was men that I was pleasin' and the whole thing just crashed to the ground . Some big shot forget me not standing in the parking lot said man where will you go from here? I said I knew what I was doin', said it's the truth they are a skewin' that's the one thing that is perfectly clear.
No longer blinded by New LIght, learned the truth about the truth found out all that wasn't right. No I'm not Blinded By New Light, wasn't kicked out or shunned out, I simply faded right out of sight,
I don't claim to have life's answers, still I gotta' take my chances, gonna '' trust God to be my main guide. And when his number one Son, finally does to us come, I' m hopin' I'll be there at his side. They misled me and they told me, if I questioned what they showed me, I'd be making that old Devil smile. But I came to the conclusion, it was men's word I was choosin', so their doctrines I put up on trial.
Now I'm not Blinded by New Light, not teachin' other people bout' things that just aint' right. Yeah, I'm not blinded by New Light, not alone in my leavin' cause' right with me came my wife.
We were in it since childhood, taught to question was just no good, but somehow we knew down inside. If they knew what they were doin' all the info they were spewin', would have been right the first time. No it hasn't been easy, and alone we knew that we'd be, not a friend in the world do we have. Though we're still the same people and our values are all equal, there's no love for us to be found.
They too are blinded by New Light, afraid to look around them just in case they'll see the light. Yes they're still blinded by the light, held captive by the concept that it's only they who have it all right.
You can talk to your family, and you know they'll see, the things you have shown them are true. But if they are not ready and their foundations are unsteady, it's easy for them to blame you. The whole things a set up to make those who dare speak up, look like they are just Satan's spies. They're so frightened of dyin' and to themselves they'll keep on lyin' convinced they have their eyes on the prize.
Tho they are blinded by New Light, you know that they are victims so you underatand their sad plight. Yes they are blinded by New Light but it doesn't really matter, so just save all your chatter cause one day they will get it right.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvyaa08taou.
marked
bibl3thumper has posted a youtube of the celebrations that took place for german delegates.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvs6_q7rqps&feature=em-subs_digest.
it's hard to believe that they are now using the kingdom hall to sing pop songs and for dancing.
I sent a couple of these videos to a JW I know...here's his response.
Funny, looks inner city..Not my thang,hate line dancing and the churchy emotion .I dont have sound on my Pc in this moment.Will watch later .When we were in Germany the had a Beer gaeden at the double kingdom hall parking lot and brought in 10 kegs of Beer for the delegates and made Bavarian food and we danced until 1:30 in the morning. The whole place was decroated and everyone wore the traditional costumnes. Felt very strange to have stein of Beer at the Hall. A lot of the prudish American's couldn't get into it, but many like me had no problem at all....Looks like the guy posting this video "Context Ministries" is got his own following......Hope he's having as much fun as these people seem to be...
the organization is shifting away from printed literature in favor of their new jw.org website.
the website contains content that is not printed in literature.
kiosks, trolleys, and storefronts are being used to showcase the website.
If scaling back of the printing occurs, what are they going to do with the huge upstate New York complexes and how will they keep all those Bethelites busy?
the society has improved their game.
i just got home from the regional assembly.
it was a well-choreographed, technically excellent affair.
It has gotten to the point now that the average person can print professional looking documents and put together decent power point presentations and well edited videos while sitting at home in their easy chair in their pyjamas. There is no reason to think the society is any more credible than it ever was, now that their programs are going more "high tech". Older people will be impressed, but I hear younger and more tech savy ones say they see these presentations as being pretty mediocre and recognize the obvious editing tactics used to manipulate the viewing audience.
so my wife and my parents are at their convention today.
this will be the first time in my life that i will not have seen a drama or baptism.
i will miss the public address, i will not see many of my lifelong friends that i have moved away from.
"I just wanted to tell you, Dad and I love you, (my wife) loves you and all your friends love you, as does Jehovahs. Please don't throw it all away."
Thanks Mom...I love you and Dad too. I'm not sure how you know for sure what Jehovah does or doesn't think about me but if he loves me as you say, he will always love me and he knows exactly who I am and who I've always been.
I know it's not quite the same thing but when I graduated and left highschool, you didn't say " don't throw it all away" . You knew that I'd always benefit from the knowledge I had gained there and I'd have fond memories of that experience. You also realized that even though it served a purpose and was beneficial for a time, there was no need for me to continue on there forever especially since there is so much broder knowledge to gain and experiences to be had by moving forward.
its been a long time since i have been this enraged at the evilness and shameless exploitation by the jws.
i just got back from the meeting (dont ask) and sat through the km article laying out plans to mass convert nursing homes all over the world.
i am not going to labor the obvious ethical travesty of this plan but i will say that it constitutes a major public health risk.
Maybe this is what the poster is talking about.
i recently did just that and had an unexpectedly uplifting experience.
whilst on vacay i was informed by my jw friend (only dimly aware of my faded status) that wed be visiting the local kh .
so there i was, far from home, not been to a kh in over a year and heading to the sunday meeting.
I can’t stress enough how surreal yet reaffirming it was to be there, far from the JW community I was used to, seeing everything with new eyes . First thing I noted was the self-importance the elders exuded
Attending a meeting or assembly where you don't know anyone is much like dining at a restaraunt alone or going to a movie all by yourself. Some people have never eaten alone or gone to a movie alone because the thought of it makes them extremely uncomfortable.
Going to an assembly in a strange City where you know no one, can be an eye opening experience, even for a long time JW. It's only then that you have the opportunity to see things as they really are and are able to focus on your own personal experience rather than being caught up in the spirit of the occasion, not because you are learning wonderful life giving truths, but becasue you are enjoying being with old friends and are in your comfort zone.
This is why movie and restaurant critics work alone. For anyone who is sitting on the fence in terms of continuing with being a JW, I highly recommend they try this.
they were written in hebrew script and were popular during the early 70's, when i came into the jw's.. as i recall, there was a qfr concerning them.. anyone else remember?.
It was our version of the Saint Christopher on the dashboard or the Cross hanging from the rear view mirror.
" Well I don't care if it rains or freezes , long as I got my plastic Jesus YHWH riding on the dashboard of my car...
Goin 90 it aint scary, long as I got the Virgin Mary YHWH assuring me that I won't go to Hell Sheol"