now that there are no meetings to physically attend, i am in a position where i listen in to my wife's zoom calls.
i thought some of the ideas in last week's clam were a bit strange, for instance they harped on about being 'friendly' to non-jws but not to become 'friends' with them.
the poignant question being put to the audience; 'what is the difference between being friendly to an unbeliever and being his friend?'.
Good thing Priya didn't also happen to be a JW who's father wasn't reaching out for privileges, or worse yet, an unbeliever. And forget about it there was another JW in the class with Priya and Sophia. Mean worldly kids on one side, gossiping JWs on the other.
Do any of the videos have legitimate interactions between JW families? The few I've seen always seem to be just Sophia's family against the world.
'he remained faithful to jehovah up to his death.'.
i guess that means he never got in trouble with the elders.. .
'he enjoyed spreading the good news about god's kingdom and helping others...'.
They just do that to save on postage for the ghoulish JWs that peruse the obits for their letter writing campaigns.
You know because they are so loving and thoughtful.
i used to read this site everyday for years!
i am still learning to be ex ex jw.
did i miss any big news, etc?
The new definition of a generation. They are up to two full lifetimes with just a smidgen of overlap.
It's so stupid it seems to be\have an agenda that I'm not quite sure what it is.
this is not mine, and i check and didn't see me posting it in the past, but it’s appropriate with what covid did to the door to door preaching work.. considering we are living in the last days, and everlasting life is at stake……….
and the only means of salvation ------is the preaching work……... why would jehovah allow door to door preaching to stop for a whole year-----maybe longer?????.
all jehovah’s witnesses never noticed how dumb the door to door preaching work actually is.. jehovah is the greatest emergency responder.
Not to mention that this was pretty much the opportunity of a lifetime considering that almost everyone was at home.
I was keeping my eye out to see if any of the rocks started preaching.
i was just watching an old episode of criminal minds and there was this description of cults:.
"cults commonly have their own language.
they invent or redefine certain words only the cult members understand.
I've always said: If you have a ready reply as to why you're not in cult you're probably in a cult.
must be a very understanding body of elders there is all i can say.
lol.
successful graduate spared jail after being exposed as paedophile by police.
Hard to call that one a mistake. Who knows what effect being a 29 year old virgin in a world obsessed with sex has on you though.
Are we sure he was in good standing with the WT:
He went to Manchester University and he obtained a degree.
i don't think anyone has mentioned that the february 2021 study wt (p. 15, 16; par.
8) changed wt's long standing view on headship within the congregation.
wt used to view all baptized males as being the head of all baptized sisters.. this view led to such absurdities as a sister having to wear a head covering on a bible study because her baptized 10 year old son was sitting in on the study with her.
With all the flip flops I wonder if the WT even knows what the current beliefs are on anything. Do they have a master book with all the current beliefs?
It has always been my understanding that the elders don't speak to a wife directly but should go through the husband. Which has problems of it's own.
This whole thing is probably because they're having a hard time getting young men to reach out for "privileges".
Getting to handle the microphones isn't the thrill it once was.
On a side note those study articles have stopped even pretending they aren't spoon feeding you what they want you to believe anymore. Ask a question and provide the answer underneath. At least we used to read the paragraph before they told us what to think.
i had seen a video evens did where he said that jws now say if you gambling for entertainment its ok. anyone have any link to the cult actually in print or video saying this?.
If Sister Blue-Hair catches wind of your Friday night card game and runs to the elders in a self-righteous snit, well, that's the end of that.
That's why you always invite an elder to your Friday night card game
i am in need of the current copy of the newest dpa blood card as some of the jw's in my mothers congregation are asking about if she signed the latest copy after she passed today.
i am curious as to why they are asking about this specifically and not offering condolences on the loss of my mother.
there has been some shady interactions leading to my mother requesting me to talk to certain elders to request that certain people not interact with her further.
Here's one from Cedar's site:
no clue if it is the latest version.
some call it reverse discrimination.
whatever you want to refer to as, in your opinion, are white people being unfairly picked on?
it seems acceptable that if you are white you are viewed with disdain.
Nah. But I do think white people are expected to be more PC than other cultures.
