why do the jws consider pansuits worm by women not appropriate attire?.
pantsuits are considered appropriate attire in the conservative business world.. secretary of state hilary clinton wears pantsuits quite often.. would pantsuits be considered appropriate for a visit to bethel?
if someone showed up at bethel wearing them, would be be asked to leave?.
It's just more man made rules. Nothing more.
I remember briefly popping in bethel some years back because I had to drop something off to a 'brother' and I was there dressed in my hip hop style three quarter shorts and nike shirt.
Next thing I know, a week later there was some announcement at the tms that it was noted that some 'brothers and sisters' have been dressing inappropriately while visiting bethel.
Hmmmm........
i went to this business convention with my friend lynnette back in april of this year here in milwaukee...and boy oh boy did it remind me of a jehovah's witness convention.
except they didnt have a lock stock and barrel legalistic approach like the j-dubs have, but bascially same messaging in a different kinda of way.
they clapped, but they actually yelled at the speaker on the stage (basically picture the arensio hall show x1000...lol) woo-hoo!!
LOL that's cult business.
Me and my wife got caught up in a company I'm not going to name....and we're still literally paying the price. We DO plan to be entrepreneurs eventually and it will happen, but we have had to learn the hard way that many of these things are simply scams.
Rick Ross (not the rapper lol) even mentions these conventions because of their cult like tactics. They actually do operate like the witnesses and other cults and here are the similarities: They play on your emotions by convincing you that you're in such a bad position and that things are only going to get a zillion times worse quick fast; they post examples of the very few people who do actually make it and have you believe it is so easy; they make you envision a time when you'll be totally debt free and living the life of your dreams on a tropical island somewhere in a mansion with a yacht sipping a martini with a toucan bird on your shoulder (paradise earth??); they make you believe that if you DON'T sign up right there and then, you will forever miss out on the opportunity (even though they promote their services 24/7 and all their so called 'deals' and 'discounts' are always available). Not only that, but I have noticed their are many similarities with cults the way they make you repeat certain phrases and slogans and do stretching exercises and all kinds of silliness to distract from the fact that's it's all bullshit.
Basically they play on your emotions and get into your psyche because they know many people are struggling and dream of a better life.
Meanwhile the R&F rarely benefit or end up with a lot of debt while those at the top live lavish lifestyles on the back of them without a care in the world - you know, similar to the watchtower corporation.
You can watch videos on youtube with many regular people who became entrepreneurs and you know what, they did it with HARD WORK and PATIENCE. It didn't just happen overnight and they didn't have to attend no gimmicky business convention to make it happen.
Don't waste your time with these things or get yourself into debt like we have.
^^^What keyser soze said.....
so, i am getting ready to move across the state.
we bought a home there, and have taken a couple of loads over, with the main move being this next week.
i went over this last week cause i wanted to paint the kitchen and dining room before we moved in (a lot easier to do without grandkids and dogs under foot).. anyway... here i am painting away when there is a knock on the door.
It shows how pathetic and stupid these people are. It never once occurs to them that in this information age there actually people who know a little bit about their religion. Either that, or the apostate accusation is just an easy copout because they know good and damn well they can't answer half the questions posed to them.
There was a youtube video with some guy debating witnesses who wasn't even an ex-JW but simply said "Governing Body" in the conversation and the rude cow said to her accomplice "he's an apostate, let's go" and abruptly walked off. This has happened to a lot of people who aren't even ex-JWs. So much for giving a "good witness" when YOU show up to someone's door uninvited then have the nerve to call the person names and immediately put an abrupt end to the conversation. Then they complain about "persecution" when people finally tell them to f*** off after having dealt with that kind of behaviour.
on a different thread (http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/members/private/211210/3/my-life-well-the-first-part-at-least.
someone commented that.
as a sister especially you are nothing when not attached to you husband.. this made me curious.
Some "brothers" simply didn't want to get married and frankly I didn't blame them. I can't speak for where you guys are, but as for my own locality (North London to be exact), most of the women in the congregations here are either so rude/disrespectful, vain/shallow, have their heads up their arses, or have ridiculously unrealistic expectations or are just simply crazy as hell that the men simply keep to themselves because they just don't need the hassle. Trust me, if there is anyone here familiar with the congregations around here, you'll know what I'm talking about.
They complained about "brothers" not wanting them, yet I've known COUNTLESS guys who have been really good men get rejected and then made fun of mercilessly by these same "sisters" because the "brother" 1)didn't "look the part", 2)didn't have a title, 3)wasn't part of any clique, 4) didn't have a high paying job, 5)didn't come from a popular family etc. I knew one "brother" who was an elder and pioneer who got rejected by this "sister", because, and I quote: "he only looks ok, but I want someone whose really good looking and has a lot of money".
They behave like this, then seriously wonder why brothers who observe just say "f**k it" and don't give them the time of day. Also, a lot of the "sisters" got jealous of other women from other parts of the country who would visit London and always seemed to hook up with "their" "brothers". My wife who is from the midlands faced a lot of jealousy from some of these women. I wanted to get married, but "sisters" from around here were a no-no if I wanted to keep my sanity.
The "brothers" always seem to get the blame for "sisters" being single or going out into the "world" for a partner, but don't be fooled. A lot of women in there only bring it on themselves. Life is way too short to be dealing with some immature broad in her 30s who still acts like a 16 year old.
he watched satan watching adam and eve and him being able to read hearts knew jealousy was building within him, did he do anything?
nope.
inaction is an action within itself.
LOL.......
Oh...@CaptainSchmideo
One of the "sisters" parents actually forced the guy to marry her!! Apparently they put a ridiculous amount of emotional pressure on him to marry their daughter.
I never heard of the comic book thing either.
I don't know why they even bother if they're so ready to kick someone out over the smallest thing.
he watched satan watching adam and eve and him being able to read hearts knew jealousy was building within him, did he do anything?
nope.
inaction is an action within itself.
@Vachi
LOL!
With the Adam and Eve story, I never bought that stupid example the wts made about God being able to switch off his frequency like someone choosing not to listen to a radio (something like that anyway), therefore he could have chose not to watch what was happening in the Garden of Eden. Of course he conveniently just happened to turn a blind eye, considering there weren't any other people on earth existing to be concerned about!!! He then blames THEM - two humans with absolutely no backlog of life experience at all - for eating of the fruit from the tree he enticed them with in the first place in order to "test their love and obedience" for him!
Besides, how can something that's perfect suddenly become imperfect? How can the desire to do bad come into the heart of something/someone that would never have known the concept of evil in the first place???
Adam was rightly pissed off when he realised he got set up, but I'm supposed to believe he's the bad guy?
So as imperfect humans, we can't produce pefection, but someone that's perfect can produce imperfection.....HUH?!?!?!
dear member of the governing body,.
thanks to you, i did something a few nights ago that i promised i would never do again.
i lied to someone.
This is the reason why I want nothing to do with JWs. I swear, sometimes I really hate these people.
I hope everything works out EntirelyPossible.
I wish the GB would just die off....
