my sister got baptized at 17 or 18 years old in 1983. she was ripe for the jw picking as she was shy, quiet, naive and with low self-esteem even though she was tall and beautiful and she attended one of the best high schools in philadelphia.. she wasn't outgoing and she only went out on a couple of dates prior to her baptism.
she worked at a day care center.
she loved children and animals.
Funchback, Its dissapoiting to " awake" and realize the power we gave " organizational men" over our life's. If your sisters wedding became a defining moment that woke you up, I am sure that would be the best belated wedding present she received. Most importantly you are now bonding with your sister again, so the relationship hasn't been broken beyond repair.
I wish you all the best.
just wanted to share something with you guys!
i found this on the web:.
http://www.readersdigest.ca/travel/canada/50-weird-and-wonderful-town-names-across-canada/.
You should visit Watford all the undesirable residential areas have names like:-
Quuens Avenue,
Kings Road,
GLADstone road,
Victoria Palace,
Appletree Walk,
And as for the prestigious areas like Nascot Wood, their is hardly a tree to be found in the entire area. Watford Council certainly knows how to take the piss out of its citizens.
so, i am around 50,4th gen born in- christmas.
strange thing this christmas thing.
i've been watching people this year, really watching them.
" You can make. Christmas what ever you want it do be"
Next year dare I dream its in Australia.
as a witness i now realise how little control we really had over our life.
therefore naturally upon leaving everything became less certain.
this is because really leaving only happened when i let go of that past.
Vidiot " Evidence and reason to reach a conclusion"
Then " Vidiot" when leaving the Jehovers Witness did you believe in yourself and leave having spent many afternoons researching indepentedly, or did you have outside contacts? If you did it by yourself, your tough mentally.
on december 12, 2015 this statement was made by the copyright holder:.
i am presently considering three different routes to publishing crisis of conscience.
i hope to make a decision within days and plan to publish within weeks.. it has now been 50 weeks since that statement.. has the book been published yet?
I own a copy of crisis of concience,and I recognise it is a reputable news outlet on the " truth "about HOW the governing body worrked " But why not publish the " Finnished Mystery" by Chales Tate Russell? I think that book is all anyone need know about the organisation and " Jehoversm Witness " wonderland.
as a witness i now realise how little control we really had over our life.
therefore naturally upon leaving everything became less certain.
this is because really leaving only happened when i let go of that past.
Scratchme1010 " That's such a great post"
Thank you. Glad you got the insight.
Its funny I was once 50/50 to stay a witness, glad I chose real life. It's not something we should put off. It is however a different road for each individual. Glad my journey found my way here.
when i was a jobo, i used to thing of 'life without end at laaaasssssst'.. having been on my journey out of the wbt$ slaveholdery, i have found that something that makes sense is that life doesn't owe us a meaning.
psalms 146:4 was actually bangeth on the money-eth 'his breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.'.
although i am now very atheist, and really do not even think there is the remotest possibility of a god, that bible passage is correct.
:-)))
when i was a jobo, i used to thing of 'life without end at laaaasssssst'.. having been on my journey out of the wbt$ slaveholdery, i have found that something that makes sense is that life doesn't owe us a meaning.
psalms 146:4 was actually bangeth on the money-eth 'his breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.'.
although i am now very atheist, and really do not even think there is the remotest possibility of a god, that bible passage is correct.
Punk, is that you? I have been away awhile. Anyway I love your new "avatar " I think that's what it's called. Is it one of your drawings, what's the history behind it?
from their history, it is evident that jehovah's witnesses are just another doomsday cult.. cults are run by autocrats.
on purpose they are ideologically fixated and they demand that their devotees hold the same absolute certainty of belief without regard for evidence.
the suspension of critical thought is encouraged and by focussing on the objectives of the cult belief in a like minded community, it gives both a sense of direction within a sort of ‘family’ and a hope of paradise perfection.. the leaders have everything to gain by controlling their followers; all the income goes in their direction.. democracy has strictly no part in a running cult.
The G.B are not stupid, so each and every Jehovers Witness is indoctrinated to not believe in democracy, but theocracy. So it's not a democratic organisation it's a theocratic organisation. Sadly the members are very proud of that.
Did you ever vote in a K.H as a J.W.? If you did, theocratic government at its best. Hands up in a Kingdom Hall was never a secret vote allowing an individual to vote otherwise without repercussions.
Thanks for spell check, it allowed me to spell repercussions.
when i was a jobo, i used to thing of 'life without end at laaaasssssst'.. having been on my journey out of the wbt$ slaveholdery, i have found that something that makes sense is that life doesn't owe us a meaning.
psalms 146:4 was actually bangeth on the money-eth 'his breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.'.
although i am now very atheist, and really do not even think there is the remotest possibility of a god, that bible passage is correct.
Unpredictable.
But our life can also be an opportunity, and we won't have that opportunity for long.
On the negative I have noticed on my recent shopping life is also inflation :-(
