Dan,
Dude! You can find the equivalent to all of that in your Bible.
there was once a christian that was attending seminary that felt unusually bold one sunday morning.
he decided to go to a random church that he had never attended before.
he went to the service and sat in one of the pews.
Dan,
Dude! You can find the equivalent to all of that in your Bible.
its a generalization from my perspective maybe because i've left ?
oh should i define the words time period like the fds.
lets see i hope its not like generation ?
Welcome to the board, jeckle!
i mean wiki says everything and you can cross check usually everything from there , its all over the web now.
I was surprised at all the info on the wiki page. Wasn't there a recent reference to Wiki by the WT about how inaccurate it is? Lol!
its a generalization from my perspective maybe because i've left ?
oh should i define the words time period like the fds.
lets see i hope its not like generation ?
Iquit,
That was me! I got kicked out because of the rules. But when I decided to finally make a decision, I stumbled across an ex-JW story on the BBC website which led me to the SilentLambs website. And it was all downhill from there! I'd be interested to see how many have left because of the doctrine changes as opposed to how many just get kicked out. And I'd really like to know how many of the ones kicked out happen to find something that opens their eyes. Has anyone done that? It'd be cool to have an anonymous survey through the ex-JW sites.
i was wondering about that half-table/half-podium thing that jw's use on the platform.
is that unique to jw's & do they build them, like shakers had their own furniture?.
WTWizard,
Lol! So that's what you were doing during the meeting instead of paying attention to the abundant spiritual food?!
i was wondering about that half-table/half-podium thing that jw's use on the platform.
is that unique to jw's & do they build them, like shakers had their own furniture?.
Wow, that pic brings back memories. I've never seen them anywhere else either and every hall has the same design.
Off-topic: That stage set-up is subtle. Every hall, it's the same with some decorative variation. But you have the same podium design, microphone stand, the text on the wall behind the speaker's head, and chairs for demos one side and a chair for the watchtower reader on the other and their always the same sides of the stage. And you spend about 2 hours looking at it. And every hall you visit has the same set-up. Other churches of the same denomination don't do that, do they? Anyway, that's weird.
its a generalization from my perspective maybe because i've left ?
oh should i define the words time period like the fds.
lets see i hope its not like generation ?
InterestedOne, I would love to see that too.
A lot of the kids I grew up with left around the same time as me. A lot went back too. It's one thing to get kicked out for not following the rules, it's another to wake up and realize you want to no part of it ever again.
i used to love reading.
i would go through books like mad.
but as of the last few years i find myself fading further and further from reading.
If you're looking for something light, try the Jack Reacher books by Lee Child. They're like action movies but better because they're books! I've never been into that genre, but I love that series.
http://www.watchtower21.org/2011/02/danger-of-naive-and-credulous-research.html.
it's been my experience so far, that anything a person wants to find out about jehovahs witnesses, they can find out from jehovahs witnesses.
any and all information ever published by jehovah witnesses is accessible to all.
Freeze,
You know that's a baldfaced lie, right? The Dag Hammarskjöld Library does not require registration as an NGO for it's use and it didn't between '91 and 2001 either.
good day, again everyone.
before delving into my topic, i just want to make it known to people who have pmed me that i have received your messages but it's not allowing me to reply!
i'm not ignoring you.
Marking.
I just read that a week ago so I'm not gonna cheat, lol! It's your thread. But come on-- just say it already! It made sense to me at first glance but I haven't really thought it out. I want to hear the problems with it.
i realise that you are between a rock & a hard place.
but i strongly urge you to take stock of your situation & leave the watchtower religion behind if you really do disagree with it's policies.. you see, i and many others have been in that place.
attending meetings, preparing talks & going out in field service while knowing all the time that the religion wasn't right.. the watchtower religion fulfills prophecy when you see how jehovah's witnesses show 'no natural affection' in the following circumstances:.
btt