so i was poking around jw.org a lil recently...... noticed this advertisement was still present in the 'privileged' section (ie you gotta have login access).
this was posted on jw.org a little over a year ago (as shown in pic) but since it is still viewable......figured it is fair-game for jwn fodder.
thoughts?????.
Glad to see you OK Yknot....
I lease my business cars for 4 years but I never buy them at the end of the lease because their residual value is often way more than the market price for the same used car.
So the only advantage of buying these off-lease cars would be that they should be very well maintained and clean...since you and I paid for that.
in the 22 years since i have left the jw religion, i have come across some precarious situations that i wanted to share and hear how other people handle it.
for the record i forced the hand of the jw and they df'd me.
i didn't care and i still don't, except for the family thing.
A woman at work approached me to ask a question regarding JW's compliance to family law and court proceedings. Since I was relatively new at this company and never identified myself as a JW, I was quite intrigued on how she found out. She talked with one of the company's directors who I have known for 15 years at a previous job that she was having legal trouble with her ex-husband who is a JW elder and he told her to talk to me since I am also a JW. Of course I helped her out and made sure she knew that I am no longer active, that I haven't fully disassociated to avoid being shunned by my family. She understood exactly what I was going throught since her ex-husband became a JW shortly after they married...in the end not wanting to join the JW was the cause of her divorce and a custody battle for their child...since then many at work have been offering their friendship and support , while others regularly enquire on how well I am copping with the situation.
i thought it would be interesting and informative to create the following survey.. please cut and paste it in the 'post' section and type in your reply under each question.. .
let the survey begin 10 questions.
1.rate on a scale from 1-10 the postive impact (10 being absolutely positive) of jehovahs-witness.net on your life.. .
Just to clarify my answer...I reversed the answers for questions 1 and 2...
1) 8 JW net helped me realize that I was not alone in thinking that there is something wrong with the "truth" and it reassured me that I had not fallen in Satan's snare. I have long stopped asking myself what's wrong with me...
2) 3 At first I was concerned when I read posts that perfectly matched the description the WT makes of apostates and how they are full of hatred, twisting things to make their point. But soon I realized that most posters can back up what they say with proof...often taken from the WT's own publications. I love Blondie's and Mary's posts. OTWO' situation is similar to mine and his insight helped me keep the peace with my wife.
sorry if this has already been posted, i enjoyed it, you might want to check it out..
I saw this episode and they mentioned JW's a few times...the boy was sexually abused by an extended family member from age 5, he was hit by his stepfather, the rod of discipline...and the mother did admit that the matter was handled the best she new at that time by the family head and the elders...my wife watched it with me and the room became silent when JW was mentioned...I hope she realizes that this kind of shit also happens amongst Jehovah's happy people. I live in the Toronto area but I did not recognize any of the relatives nor the general area where they live...it would be interesting to know if any of the participants in the intervention are still in the "truth". I noticed that his brother had the typical JW uncompromising attitude.
i thought it would be interesting and informative to create the following survey.. please cut and paste it in the 'post' section and type in your reply under each question.. .
let the survey begin 10 questions.
1.rate on a scale from 1-10 the postive impact (10 being absolutely positive) of jehovahs-witness.net on your life.. .
1) 32) 83) I love many of them but I know the only reason they are nice to me is because they want me to come back - if they really knew how I feel about the WT they would completely despise me...4) 15) False - someone approaching them is seen as an attack from Satan - in my case I started seeking answers for questions the WT couldn't answer. 6) C7) As a JW all my time for reading was devoted to WT literature - if what you want to know is what got me questioning the "truth" I can say videos from ex-gilead missionary, JWfacts, Free Minds and WT Comments...8) Losing immediate family and seeing my grand-children prisoners of a cult9) Freedom to think and to use my life as I see fit10) To the time before my parents were trapped in the cult - I was 4 years old...we could have had a normal life with all our relatives...instead we turned our back on all of them and today they are all strangers to me.
since i'm only now getting back to you since christmas due to pc-related problems, i'm hoping you had a wonderful holiday.. given my profession and connections to the art and music world, i receive many invitations to concerts, plays and recitals.
i received a ticket to a christmas concert that included many complex and superbly executed holiday-oriented musical pieces.
the audience was invited to sing "o come all ye faithful.
Bonjour CoCo,
I used to visit retail stores for work and during the holiday season I would catch myself singing x-mas songs after a while...it reminded me how I would have loved to join in when the class sang these songs at school. Some of the songs were nearly acceptable...like gingle bells in French is vive le vent...and except for the "bonne année grand-mère" it was a song about winter fun. Last week I watched the Junior Hockey World Championships and I actually sang O'Canada out loud for the first time in my life...it's amazing how I know all the words in English and French...when after 50 years I can't say the same for "Kingdom Melodies"...
today is my 65th birthday.. chances are you have no idea what that means.. would you like to know?
turning 65 can only be described using these two words:.
the first: anagnorisis the moment of critical discovery; the discovery of one's own identity or true character.
Happy birthday Terry.
I share many of the thoughts you expressed in your OP. I turned 57 last month, an age I believed I would never reach, that's what I was taught from my enfancy. Then I woke up only to realize that I had grown old with a very few years left to live. Today I no longer want to waste any of the valuable days, hours or minutes I have left to the pursuit of a false hope that sucked away 50 years of my life. All that matters now is to love and care for my immediate family...if they let me, because they still believe the lie and they have little time left for me. At the risk of sounding selfish, the freedom regained is priceless - with or without them.
BTW - for the first time everit was great to accept birthday wishes without feeling uncomfortable or needing to explain why JWs don't celebrate their birthday...
for some reason, i simply cannot remember any written review being done and graded in all my jw time (1962 to about 1980).. have i completely forgotten this, or did it get started after i had left?.
My parents became JWs in 1957 and I recall them telling me how they had to hand in their written review for correction...That was a problem for my dad who didn't know how to read or write. In time, he learned to read but he was never a good writer...I had to help him write his talks when I was still at home. I remember when written review sheet where distributed to all during the ministry school...and then we would grade ourself, adding up the points for each question. Then the questions were found in the KM of the month of the review and everyone was encouraged to prepare ahead of the review...
http://jehovahsjudgment.co.uk/watchtower-un-ngo/translatable.html.
there will be more to come folks, when i'm allowed to start another topic.
cheers.. to respond to the posting below (since i can't reply right now), it's because they weren't aware of the change until then..
Thank you Bangalore for posting these articles...
the latest jw email doing the rounds:.
"dear brothers,.
the latest we are hearing - still unofficial - is brighter news!.
When these 3 are raised in Paradise, will the survivors tell them how their death served as an example of what happens when you don't listen to the direction of the almighty WTS? I thought Jehovah doesn't intervene in men's affairs because He doesn't want people believe that Satan's way is working out fine...He rather watch millions suffer to prove His point...
