they came to the rural black belt county of wilcox in alabama, in the year 1970. hailing from exotic places such as new york, new jersey, connecticut, and massachusetts, they were bright, articulate, and persuasive.. they said the end was close, that the year 1975 would probably be the farthest limit for the current "system of things.
" some of us believed them and embraced their theology wholeheartedly.
we wrote letters of resignation to our respective churches and hit the highways and byways, hawking the wt message to stunned families and friends.. 1975 came and went - nothing.
I remember this one elder talking about 1975 during a bookstudy, and he said that PEOPLE jumped ahead of the organization...and that it was PEOPLE'S fault for 'getting ahead of things' well...I believed it when I was a brainwashed dub...I believed it.
I read Crisis of Conscience...and it BLEW ME AWAY!!!!!
I was born in 1983, so I didnt know about any of this.
i was just thinking about this the other day.
it seems that people, both non-jw's and believe jw's, have this sense of emptiness inside of them.. maybe its because of the technology?
or maybe its because people catch on to bullshit quicker then they did say, 30 plus years ago?.
I agree with you.
It just seems that people nowadays arent satisfied with anything. I can't help but feel it whenever I go to work, whenever I talk to my parents, whenever I talk to friends, etc.
i was just thinking about this the other day.
it seems that people, both non-jw's and believe jw's, have this sense of emptiness inside of them.. maybe its because of the technology?
or maybe its because people catch on to bullshit quicker then they did say, 30 plus years ago?.
I was just thinking about this the other day.
It seems that people, both non-JW's and believe JW's, have this sense of emptiness inside of them.
Maybe its because of the technology? Or maybe its because people catch on to bullshit quicker then they did say, 30 plus years ago?
to the governing body of jehovah's witnesses..... the 100th anniversary of jesus' taking the throne is 40 months away.
this means you have less than 40 months to dazzle us with your verbal gymnastics and explain why armaggeddon hasn't started yet.
we realize that freddy is no longer with us, so before releasing any "new light tm" regarding 1914, please endeavor to be a lot more creative and make an effort not to insult our intelligence... (we now have more ways to call you out on your bs, so you'll need to really put your heads together on this).
...and the clock is ticking.
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often times, i read in the magazines that only among jehovahs people will you find true friendship.
True friends my ASS!
Their true friends until you start to realize that the friendships are based on organizational policies.
Someone slap me if I'm wrong.
some notes/observations on the new dvd:.
introduction:.
mention of "advertise the king and his kingdom" from 1922 cedar point convention blended seamlessly with preaching post 1925 and beyond.
Great outline TD.
Biggest piece of propaganda ever!!!
And my parents just sop it up like a biscuit and gravy!
Did anyone hear that guy curse on the dvd...John Wis-something, can't think of his name at the moment.
on reading this thread (http://www2.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/211600/1/society-doesnt-follow-its-own-advice-aug-15-2011-wt-internet-eve), i could but think of how much i had to thank the governing body for.. they claim that these days, thanks to the internet, anyone can pretend to be "in the know" and become a "desktop professor".
and they encourage everyone to distrust what they find over the internet.. dear governing body, i did follow your advice this one time.
as a worldly, i had no clue, and for some time had to check what apostates and opposers were saying about the slave.
What is that on there face...?
I know what they need to their face, they need a cream pie put to their faces, that what they need.
growing up as a jw, you see the world differently than most everyone else.
you see the world as something that is going to end very soon.
all that we know will be gone by the time we're adults.. when we were young, we were living in the last days and were expecting armageddon before we grew old.
@ no room for george....so true.
A bunch of indoctrine sexual repressed freak!
Thats why its important to reconnect with friends, family. That the realistic thing to do. Not waiting on some god that has basically turned his back on
people.
Oh, and to plan your future.
growing up as a jw, you see the world differently than most everyone else.
you see the world as something that is going to end very soon.
all that we know will be gone by the time we're adults.. when we were young, we were living in the last days and were expecting armageddon before we grew old.
I was born in 1983, and some people are STILL in 'armeggdon is coming' mode. I want to tell them, that I'm about 90% sure that the world 'doesnt end.' I'll tell you when your world ends: The world 'ends' when you die. My world ends when I die. Thats when the world ends.
Now live 'this life' to the fullest, cause this is the only life that you have. No wrestling with lions. No floating with the man upstairs. This is it!!!! So cherish it!
here is a link to their main site.
http://www.ucg.org/.
i've read a little about them and they do not believe in trinity, and have similar believes as jehovah's witnesses.. they also try to keep all ten commandments, in addition to that.. i did not research all their doctrines, but a lot of them look familiar to me.. what do you think?.
Hey mouthy how are you? I'm gonna PM you okay ;)
