what do you believe happens when one of jehovah's witnesses dies?
do they go to hell?.
if you do not respond, does it mean that you are only looking to discredit and bash the jw's?.
Change Name, your religion calls me "Mentally diseased." I think I have the right to respond by calling the WT out for what it is.
Oh and keep in mind, we are all going to be dead for a lot longer than we've been alive. We are all just dead people who haven't died yet.
i mean the most arrogant, jaracz-like tyrant who could stone to death anyone who dares to question gbs authority etc?
pierce?.
otoh, who is the most tolerable one?
Morris or Losch.
i know some here have said they pretty much hated the elders.
did you personally feel the elders were abusive men?.
The elders have a hand in mentally abusing members of the congregation. Everyone who listens to an elders talks or counsel is being abused.
Personally, when I tried to make the decision to step down from pioneering, they abused me by not respecting my wishes. They refused to let me stop pioneering even though there was no way I could get the hours.
however- many jw's who have come into the jw organization from like 1985 forward virtually may have no knowledge of the wt society's 1975 debacle and false predictions of the end times or armageddon predictions.
just like in in the book 1984 by george orwell the wt society has a way of not only erasing it's history so no newer witnesses will be aware of their false predictions, but also they are re-writing their history as if those false predictions never happened.. so for those of you here who may have never read or heard of how whipped up into an emotional frenzy witnesses were in the years just before 1975 by the wt society claiming the end was any day now- this threads for you.
to see the pressure that was put on jw's by the wt society to get rid of everything before " armageddon " .
How can you not hold them responsible? The WT for JW's is on par with the Bible. Maybe they never specifically said that 1975 was going to be Armageddon, but they sure hinted at it. They used just enough double talk so they could try to weasel out of it.
a topic on here about 1975 prompted me to write about how, for me, that is and never was or will be an issue.. also, the 144,000 and 'two classes' with memorial partaking, and child abuse are not issues with this religion.
everyone has their unique teachings and personnel problems.. the real problem with this religion was highlighted in the 2008 yearbook.
it gave a story of a young woman who was from estonia who was on the equivalent of american idol for estonia.
At least other cults like Scientology and Mormon let you have a life outside of the religion. For the JW's, they are not allowed to serve themselves at all. Everything must be done for the WT. If you have a talent like drawing or playing a musical instrument, you had better not make a display of it. I find it interesting that when I was growing up we used to have talent shows (or something akin to a talent show). During the last 5-10 years that I was a JW they stopped doing them.
The cult sucks all humanity out of you until you are nothing but a shell.
anyone planning to watch 'the bible' tv show march 3 on the history channel.
five episodes focusing on o/t and five about the n/t.
any thoughts?
Wait, they still have shows about history on the History Channel? I thought all they had was ice road truckers and people digging through the garbage for junk.
i know of two couples who left the congregation i faded from, they two have never received a shepherding call, i was usually the one who came by with food or offered to help clean their homes.
most of you are beyond this like i am, this goes to the new members arriving here who might think the "friends" are coming to check up on them.
the elders in my former hall were too much into drinking and eating, average body weight was 265lbs with pumpkin shaped bodies.
I still talk to some occasionally. They never visit or want to hang out. I always offer to go out for a beer or two but they always come up with some excuse. Overall, I don't think they want anything to do with me.
so i`m sitting at my desk... finding new ways to laugh at the wbt$ on jwn and... i hear a knock on the door... *knock..knock..knock*...... who could that possibly be?...
i`m in the middle of friggin nowhere!..
it`s 2 young jw girls 12 or 13... with an invitation to the memorial... .
Why didn't they just send a letter?
London Calling, specifically the song Clampdown. London Calling is my favorite album ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RteJxZMkuWQ
After that, I'd say Rubber Soul from The Beatles.
but i might consider this one:.
http://i.imgur.com/fflupeb.png.
I might have to steal that one, if I ever get around to getting any tattos. I want a couple but I've been putting it off.
