MadGiant- is that what Mormons believe? I knew they were wacked out but that is even crazier than I thought!
Compared to Mormons witness teachings make sense!
i am a member of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints, and i have written a heavily-documented response to the official magazine of the jehovah's witnesses, awake!, that claims to teach what we believe.
i saw an article from last year's watchtower about a guy who had barely been mormon for very long, and obviously did not know what we believe, who was given this magazine by jw's to show him "the truth.
" he claims to have proven to himself that it was true from information on the lds church's website.
MadGiant- is that what Mormons believe? I knew they were wacked out but that is even crazier than I thought!
Compared to Mormons witness teachings make sense!
after the recent decision to ditch the cbs during the circuit visit, i've started wondering if it is the first step to losing it altogether.
at the current rate, the draw close book will be finished at the end of next year.
based on the way things are going, even the most recent publications will be out of date by then (acts book and organization brochure were out of date when studied) so what is the point of doing them.
I think the CBS will continue. It takes so long to get through books now, they can do the Imitate Their Faith book next, after that God's Kingdom Rules, by the time they finish that more new books will be out.
why did you get baptized?.
what do you think they would reply?.
because it is the truth!
When I was a witness I would have said "To symbolize my dedication to serve Jehovah like Jesus did".
not really, it could anyone of those guys who shows a sign of humaness/compassion and regret and go on exposing them all to the media worse than ray franz ever could have.
yes i know this may be wishful thinking/computing on my part but i feel it is a harmless indugence or may be it is just my deep unconscious foretelling a likely scenerio.. and it is good to create a distrust among these guys each one trying to beat the other to jump ship because thier unconscious is giving them fits to get the hell out when the getting is good.
maybe even report their fellow gbs to the authorities to be granted clemency or something.
Do any of the gb really believe in "the truth?".
quite a few here on jwn seem to have grown and developed in leaps and bounds, sometimes beyond their wildest dreams.. others seem to still be struggling.. what do you think makes it possible to flourish?.
the degree to which our mind has been liberated from watchtower thinking?.
if so, this seems to happen in many different ways, so what is the secret?.
This is an interesting thread.
In my case my ill health, pain, financial situation have caused me to be in a much darker place then I was before learning ttatt,
clarify- now the tatt keeps me away!
(although I do want a copy of the new book "God's Kingdom Rules!')
i used to like wearing the name badges- I saved mine with the programs as souveniers of the conventions I went to. First one was 1977 Joyful Workers."
Last Convention I went to was in 2000. The heat kept me away.
as of june 01,2014, please what do you think in term of us dollars, is the current net worth of the watchtower society?.
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I have no way to know for sure but my guess is, if you include everything, probably 3 billion dollars. The wts are extremley secretive when it comes to finances, they probably have more than what we even imagine.
so i pose this question to everyone.
if you were a jw and lived in germany in wwii, how would you deal with the harsh cruelity of hitler?
would you join his side so you may have a chance to live (meaning you'd serve in the miliatry and be on the front line) or would you keep on serving god and be executed?
Being I am Jewish I would not have been given a choice. I would have fought against the nazis and tried to escape and tried to help others escape.
a loud get well grace from all of us to you.
everyone, grace has been in and out of the hospital and i'm sure she would love to read your get wells.
we miss you grace:) wish i could post pictures.
Sorry to hear you were in the hospital Grace. I hope you feel better and have a fast recovery. :)