i am not a jw but one thing that they really get me on is when they call the outside world a "wicked system of things" and say it is run by the devil.
i know the world can be great and people can be wonderful but on the flip side, the bad seems to be getting worse and morals seem to be flying out the window.
i don't know, what do you guys think?
How is it that a skank with a sex tape rakes in the millions and is glorified and thrown over every popular magazine while the poor guy who works his butt off at an honest job can hardly feed his family? Sure sounds like Satan's in control to me.
Hmm, according to the witnesses. If humans manage to create a prosperous and utopian society, then Satan wins the bet.
So the only one who has anything to gain by human failure is god. . . Sounds like Jesus really may HAVE become king in 1914.
I was figuring that right near the end, the video would have some monster screaming at me to scare the hell out of me.
Nope. . . worse! They asked for MONEY!
Bunnies are endagered species you know. They just don't like to reproduce as often as, say, pandas.
i think from now on i should just start talking figuratively whenever i want.. but i'm not gonna tell you when i'm talking figuratively.
you'll just have to figure it out.. .
so in some other thread if you see me talking about the time i smothered a 2 year old i was babysitting, you'll have to guess whether i'm being literal or not.. and when i tell the tale about the time i laughed so hard i shot pepsi out my nose, i could be serious, or i could be being figurative.. and if i say that i'm a 32 year old billionaire heart surgeon with a third arm that helps me with surgury.
LOL OTWO, I haven't seen that many figures of speech crammed into one paragraph since Revelation chapter 12.
i think from now on i should just start talking figuratively whenever i want.. but i'm not gonna tell you when i'm talking figuratively.
you'll just have to figure it out.. .
so in some other thread if you see me talking about the time i smothered a 2 year old i was babysitting, you'll have to guess whether i'm being literal or not.. and when i tell the tale about the time i laughed so hard i shot pepsi out my nose, i could be serious, or i could be being figurative.. and if i say that i'm a 32 year old billionaire heart surgeon with a third arm that helps me with surgury.
I think from now on I should just start talking figuratively whenever I want.
But I'm not gonna tell you when I'm talking figuratively. You'll just have to figure it out.
So in some other thread if you see me talking about the time I smothered a 2 year old I was babysitting, you'll have to guess whether I'm being literal or not.
And when I tell the tale about the time I laughed so hard I shot Pepsi out my nose, I could be serious, or I could be being figurative.
And if I say that I'm a 32 year old billionaire heart surgeon with a third arm that helps me with surgury. . . you'll just have to figure it out.
It might be a bit weird, but I guess if that's what Yahweh does it must be better for SOME reason right?
i will post a serious list of the beliefs that make jw's unique.
but i want your thoughts, including anything weird like "beards are evil" or that "smurfs are from the devil.".
the top 10 jw beliefs:.
Seventh day Adventists also believe that Jesus and Michael are the same critter.
just felt a tremor in boston and was on the phone when it happened with a coworker in dc - shook the building there :).
must be the last days!.
Felt it in South Central PA. . . wasn't bad or anything. But it was the first earthquake I've ever felt. Kind of felt like being on the second floor of a rickety old building during a windstorm for a few seconds. (But without wind noises)
Time to beg jehovah for forgiveness and prepare for armygedin.
in first amendment law, a heckler's veto is the suppression of speech by the government, because of [the possibility of] a violent reaction by hecklers.
it is the government that vetoes the speech, because of the reaction of the heckler.
under the first amendment, this kind of heckler's veto is unconstitutional.'[5].
I'm not sure I understand the definition still.
So I'm giving a speech about how Pepsi is WAY better than coke.
Some hecklers yell: "BOOO! Coke is king, pepsi is . . . ecksi! BOOOOOOOO!"
The police think the hecklers are about to get violent. So the police ask ME to stop speaking about Pepsi? That would be a 'hecklers veto' ?
Or did I misunderstand?
..when you got baptised, and when you discovered the truth about the truth?.
me: 20 and 27.
13 and 31....(odd flip flop of numbers there)
Maybe you should be glad you weren't baptised at 19 then?
hi everyone, first i just want to say if it wasn't this forum, i'd be baptized!
i haven't managed to successfully end my studies with a zealous jw.
she uses everything against me to brainwash me into believing i need the org.
You have to understand that lot of witnesses are actually sincere, but incredibly stupid.
She probably actually thinks that if you go god will bless you and you will miraculously feel better and well enough to attend.
That's cause these imbeciles sit in their seats throughout the entire convention and see the 105 year old lady in a wheelchair sitting in the disabled section and they figure that 'if she can do it, so can I' . . . but of course they don't see her being hauled off to the ER on a gurney during the afternoon session because she's a freeking century old with health problems and there's no divine help to keep her from falling apart during the convention.
Witnesses get all these stories of pioneers being pushed going around in iron lungs from door to door and think they're immortal so long as they try to do what the society tells them.
In short, when she says: "oh you'll feel so much better when you're there" She actually believes it. (and in fact if you were a religious person the adrenaline rush and exitement would very likely make you feel better for a while.)
first and foremost....if anyone out there has access to one and trusts me...please pm me.
i am dying to get my hands on a full copy.
but if not....can someone at least confirm.....does it expressly say (somewhere in the manual) that simply not accepting society based doctrine is grounds for disfellowshipping (on charges of apostasy?
Lore - I am still relatively new to teh community so I didn't know what confidential tools may or may not get shared with newbies.
Heheh, what do you think we are? the elder body? We don't have confidential tools. . .
At least none that I'm going to tell you about.
