study the bible on family worship night?
nah!
let's study the organization and dress up like rutherford!
If they really wanted their followers to have some fun they should come up with a game "Who Wants to Join a Cult?!"
Then they could make all the players face different worldy attacks and they would have to answer them correctly to move on.
They would go to their "earthly grave without hope of resurrection" if they failed.
They would move onto baptism once they had gained enough points. - So on and so forth ;)
in greek, meaning to 'transform.'.
i remember giving a talk as a ministerial servant which included this analogy.
it was supposed to be an illustration of how one changes from the filth of the world to the beauty of being a christian.
I am so happy for you! It's amazing to be free of it all.
I have also morphed into a much happier person. I honestly never thought that my life could be this full and contain this much joy :)
This new found freedom has changed me forever, life is awe inspiring. My children bring me joy beyond compare. My new found love for God overflows from every pore of my being. It's wonderful.
think about the people on the other side of the jw preaching work.
the jw mind control takes a decent amount of time for it to "take effect" so-to-speak.. if you have the internet you should be looking up all watchtower claims and verifying them for yourselves.
if you get snared because you didn't have all the facts in this day in age... shame on you!.
Preach it!!
Back in the day there was no internet, there wasn't a way to talk to anyone on the outside about the cult.
It was hammered in so hard how we had to stay away from the apostates, how we weren't even to look in their direction. I remember going into many conventions and there would be apostates standing out front shouting and trying to get people to listen. The brain washing worked, I would turn my nose up to them and then look the other way. Who would have thought now I am the one trying to get through to my family and loved ones...
In this day and age there is knowledge at our finger tips - so I guess then that jay dubs will have to rethink who they target....the homeless and poor won't have internet and can't goggle the cult...
hi guys n girls.... i slipped under the jw radar just one year ago.
i wasn't happy going to meetings as i always felt worthless and everything i did wasnt good enough.
well having managed to miss a few meetings, i thought nothing of sneaking a look at apostate websites.
WOOHOO!!
Congratulations to you!
there was a 'white elephant' gift exchange at my job today.
i finally got involved, for the first time ever.
(i couldn't last year because i needed plausible deniability, as i was still a jw on paper at the time.
YAY - and welcome into the fun!
I say that as I look across the room at my fully lit up Christmas tree and my house decked out with Christmas stuff (a lot of which my children has made for us at school )
Coming from a jay dub to this, is so surreal. Back then I had those "oh what if" thoughts and "oh it would be fun"....I remember my very first Christmas tree that was bought and decorated. I was still a bit torn, a part of me wondering when the lightening bold was going to come from the sky and strike me dead....it never happened.
I am glad that you enjoyed today, and it's such a wonderful feeling to be free!!
not that i'm joining .
Oh yes...I like those as well Zid.
and to add
-it controls every aspect of your life:
buy a car that is suitable for field service - must have 4 doors, plenty of room for your family as well as others to ride with you.
clothing, hairstyles, jewelry, accessories, home furnishing, choice of music, movies, books etc should not be in any way worldy.
-your time should be 97.9% used to further the kingdom, 2% work to earn money to donate to the kingdom, .1% sleep. you do anything other then that and it's questioned.
-never want to be anything more than a jay dub, because there isn't anything other than being a jay dub
not that i'm joining .
-it's all hypocrisy, lies and cover ups
not that i'm joining .
-you are not allowed to think for yourself
-you are not allowed to question anything
-you are in the "truth" thus you must present yourself as that in every single aspect of your life every second of your life
-you will not know true happiness
-you will not have a true relationship with God, but with a religion/cult
-once you are "clicked in" it's not so easy to get out
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzrf0pbagsk&feature=youtube_gdata_player.
good stuff!!!
this past week i flew out of town to attend a seminar for work, then afterwards i drove 150 miles extra to go and visit my dad.. two years ago my mom died, and the lack of concern/caring from the so-called "friends" from two different states was a major reason why i walked away from the jw religion.. anyway, my dad is depressed and his local hall has him doing more fs, and attending the meetings,,, ok so that could be a good thing for him.. but i noticed that service and meeting attendance is the only thing that they are pushing on him.
nobody seems to check up on him, he just jumped at the chance to go out to eat with me.
and the negativity !!!
Very sad indeed, and I can see that that will be my not too far off future. :(
I am now an unbeliever as are my sisters, so my parents are stuck with us...hahaha. It's not funny really, but then I do get a kick out of it as well. I am proud of the fact that I grew up and got a brain of my own and I can now think for myself.
And everything with jay dubs is "undeserved kindness" - we don't deserve it, but our heavenly Father gives it to us, and for that we have to give up our lives and happiness for the sake of "it".
It's all brain washing. Why better yourself? - The end is coming.
Why pay off your debt? - The end is coming.
Why strive for any happiness in this life? - The end is coming.
