all jws are supposed to be “ ministers”.
i would think that anyone that is considered a minister should have immense knowledge of their religion and should be able to teach anyone who inquires of the teachings.
my understanding is that most witnesses cannot explain even basic teachings without difficulty.
They get out their mobile phones and direct you to their website to answer any questions asked now.
I'm guessing that's what they are instructed to do as perhaps only those with accurate knowledge of how the cult operates actually approach them and the org. knows JW beliefs crumble very quickly under expert scrutiny.
i faded from the religion and simply didn’t go back.
once people understood that my family and i left, people in the congregation didn’t know what to do.
should they call me, visit me, leave me alone?
It bothers me that wherever I go these days there seems to be at least one cart on route to wherever I am going.
Yesterday 2 of them categorically lied about shunning and denied their religion practices it.
in all of the art i`ve seen in christendom, angels always have the form of a male, and in the bible those that are named always have a male name such as michael ,gabriel , etc, .
nowhere in the art world that i have seen do angels have the female form, and in the bible they don`t have female names.. so if the angels are neither male or female why then are they depicted as males with male names ?and not female also ?.
the watchtower illustrators also follow this line .when they illustrate an angel it is always in the form of a male and never a female form.. the anointed who make up the 144000 comprise of male and females right ?
I'll play.
Even if not genderless just celibate I always wondered why when such angels took human form they supposedly all took male bodies and had relations with women. Did none take a female form to have their wicked way with a man. If not why not?
thanks for reading (i'm sorry this is a little bit of a sensitive topic, though i'll try to be gentle.).
a little back story.
i have been working so hard to build my faith this year, and i am finally at the point where i am beginning to trust god and i want to build an unbreakable relationship with him.
Honest opinion?
If I was your girlfriend and was shown what you had just written about me I would run a mile from you.
Learn to stand on your own two feet (without an imaginary friend) stop judging her and appreciate her for the person she is now not her past.
Is she already JW or will you spend the rest of your lives together with you trying to convert her so you can progress up their hierarchical ladder so you can have higher status within the religion.
If she doesn't convert what about children. No Xmas or birthdays if you are head of household. If she's the head they will have them.
Ask your girl friend to come on here so she can be forewarned about what her life would be like if she marries a JW.
Wishing you all the best but please, please research jwfacts and stop going behind your girlfriend's back informing total strangers about her past. She may not be comfortable with that at all and it is also a good indication of your own character (trying not to be judgmental) the fact that you did this to your potential wife!
Perhaps you would be better asking us here whether we think you are suitable husband material for her?
do you celebrate and how long have you been out?
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3 years for me and yes i do..
Just in time for Xmas you can purchase a Caleb bear and Sophia pen.
in a conversation i had with a jw at the door some time ago he mentioned that their were heaps of apostate websites dishing out false information about jehovah`s witnesses .. i mentioned to him that if they were ex jw`s , so they knew about the religion ,maybe they are trying to tell you something.?.
it just went over his head and that they all had an axe to grind.. anyway i was just wondering if anybody has done a count as to how many do exist in the whole world ?.
even approximate guess-timations ?.
I got "About 37,800,000 results (0.76 seconds). It only shows that message on my computer not my phone tho.
in a conversation i had with a jw at the door some time ago he mentioned that their were heaps of apostate websites dishing out false information about jehovah`s witnesses .. i mentioned to him that if they were ex jw`s , so they knew about the religion ,maybe they are trying to tell you something.?.
it just went over his head and that they all had an axe to grind.. anyway i was just wondering if anybody has done a count as to how many do exist in the whole world ?.
even approximate guess-timations ?.
I only visit this exjw website now but I've lost count of how many separate exjw groups I belong to on Facebook.
There used to be a plethora to choose from and I joined quite a few when first exiting but they were harder to navigate and often a repeat of posts already here.
A few years after I had left the cult I realised the cult still hadn't truly left me but I needed to cut down the time and attention I gave it so picked my favourite 2 sites to visit but the other one folded so now I just visit this one.
do you celebrate and how long have you been out?
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3 years for me and yes i do..
We don't celebrate the birth of Christ or anything religious but we do have decorations, lights and a tree, exchange presents and eat a turkey roast with all rhe trimmings on the 25th.
This will be our 9th Xmas.
several years ago unless i was dreaming i read a watchtower quotation that effectively said that they would execute us as disfellowshipped individuals if the law would allow.. was i dreaming?.
several years ago unless i was dreaming i read a watchtower quotation that effectively said that they would execute us as disfellowshipped individuals if the law would allow.. was i dreaming?.
My memory fails me regularly but I am sure those exact sentiments were in a magazine around the same time of the "mentally diseased" study article.
Wording along the lines of an attitude or being like Jehu but being restrained by laws of the land.
Found it. November 15 2011 Watchtower
Jehu Champions Pure Worship
