any takers?
we can pick a date and pull the plug?
lol .
Just to say ........if there had been a campaign like this & I heard about it while in my confusion from all the changing doctrines & rules, and being ignored by the cliques .........this would have saved my sanity! I would have been encouraged & woken-up a lot faster!
Glad we are doing this ......love that we have organized persons onboard.. good luck to all of us who ....."are crying and sighing over all the detestable things" ...................
clarity
the new "bible teach" book is out!
thetruthbr has posted links for this and several other of the new publications.
as an educator, i am very interested in where the society is heading with their alleged "bible education" program.
while i was sitting through another grueling watchtower, dying from my brain being turned into cult pudding, i had this thought after i heard this read: .
when we express our most intimate thoughts to god in prayer, he may answer us through a bible passage, an article in a magazine, or an encouraging word from a fellow believer.
-august 2015 watchtard.
My fav comic (RIP) George Carlin on prayer. Warning for those who won't tolerate 4 letter words!
the october 2015 jw broadcast, hosted by gerrit losch is quite positive actually.a lot of focus on "field service" needs to be balanced with other good works - supporting those in need around you - either in the congregation (witnesses) or in your classroom or neighbors (non-witnesses).
visiting and encouraging the sick and elderly is mentioned.
jesus parable of the merciful samaritan is highlighted.
Totally agree with all of you. A BIG IF here, but if they softened up on helping & embracing the rest of the world, could we forget the damage they have done & still do by their miserable & dangerous actions?
It would be the most hypocritical slap in the face for me!
clarity
been reading for about 2 and a half years, thought i would take the plunge and sign up.. my circumstances... i live in uk, serving as ms. i am fully awake.
i can not leave due to family, so just treating the meetings as a bit of a social club.
i would like to give out more details, but i think you all know the drill.. complete disillusionment and i suppose natural curiosity woke me up.. don't know what else to say right now, just hello, and i hope to get to know some of you guys better.
Big welcome to you Major...do you have any family out, some one to talk to? Has your mate woken up at all? What was the major thing that did it for you?
Wish you all the best
clarity
alright, i want everyone to list your top three reasons for jw to be cult and/or not the true religion.
1.you can't look, or wear whatever you want.. 2. blah.
3. blah.
my congregation was in charge of host week where the d.o.
spend the week with a congregation the week before an assembly.
didn't show up because he was "sick" so the c.o.
"the organization is moving rapidly and we need to keep up."
Hamsters move pretty fast too! Faster & faster... going nowhere!
clarity
ive been reading all these posts about bethelites and special pioneers being kicked out in the street and being forced to get a job to provide for themselves..
and im trying to put myself in their situation and feel the emotions that must be going through their mind.
what if my wife and i both dropped out of school to pioneer and got married at 18. and what if we were very faithful in listening to everything the organization says.
Well John ...I am with you .....not your story I hope but this is a reality. (don't know about all those guns but..) Younger people may not realize it yet but after 50 there are so many losses. Parents friends siblings health. If children were born to you ........ all you have to do is question the gb, speak badly about the new lite, stop believing and have a "brazen" attitude and guess what ..............they take your children, their loyalty is now to 7 men in Brooklyn! Not you. So you become elderly ...they don't care. The society keeps hammering on all that crap with everything they write. If any are in this situation NEVER give up! Fight them - expose them!
clarity
are the governing body of the wt wickedly smart with extremely high iq or are they leaders of the wt because they were at the right place at the right time.
(in other words, pure luck )-think lottery.
ive seen them talk in jwtv and you can never convince anyone in the whole world that these guys are in the same category as someone smart or cunning like jim simons who founded renaissance technologies or bill gates.
How many of the GB members went to college??
It would be interesting to see a chart with GB names and their levels of education.
clarity
any takers?
we can pick a date and pull the plug?
lol .
James ...I do know that but we will need a means to 'talk' to each other about organizing a "movement", hopefully with currant awake R&F joining the Exes.
