sending the wrong message .
today i uploaded a new article to my blog addressing watchtower and whether witnesses are coerced to refuse blood transfusion.
watchtower lawyers argue that witnesses are coerced to refuse blood.
The blood issue - like any other issue amongst Dubs- all comes down to the Disfellowshipping practice.
They dont have to DIRECTLY coerce anyone on blood issue because every dub already knows that if you dont follow WTBTS to the letter
your ass is out the door and you will never speak to family and friends again
i would really like to talk to some ex-jws that have converted to buddhism, specifically sgi but any branch would be great.
i converted in 1990 but was raised jw from birth.
my father was an elder my mother a regular pioneer.
If you trace religious ideas back far enough - all the middle eatern religions go back to Hindusim (or Buddhism - but it is is an offshoot of hinduism).
So many parallels:
The Flood of Noah- One man instraucted the world would be flooded and to gather the animals
The flood in Vedas - Manu the king was instructed a flood was comign and to gather the seeds and animals
Devil named Satan was an angel turned bad and cast out of heaven
Demon named Ketu/ SETU lived in the heavens and was cast out
Jesus and Virgin Mary
Krishna and Mother Devaki who was not concieved by semen (Krsna was hoever raised by adoptive mother Yasoda
Krishna was a cowhearder
Jesus was a carpenter whose skill was not furniture but OX yokes.
To many more to list
i have read many articles in this website and have seen many people talking bad about jws and people talking good, so whats going on!!!!!!!!
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The truth is that JW do NOT have the Truth
(and what the REAL truth is exactly we wont know for sure till after we die.)
notice that they never ask the big question!!!!!
what do i do if i find out i am gay?
wonder why that's off the list??.
u missed the number chapter that all the youths flip to first: maturbation
lol
global network of anointed why not?
i have uploaded a new article to my blog answering the question of why watchtowers governing body does not form and maintain a global network of anointed ones.
i think reader should find it interesting, in view of very detailed records watchtower is known to keep.
Hmm thats very interesting they say they do not keep track of partakers
because My dad's service at each and every meeting was to do the headcount and on memorial night he would also be instructed to note how many partakers there were.
you murder somebody.. the police nab you.. should you confess or deny it?.
what about confession to god?.
from the standpoint of he who knows (god) what is gained if you do or do not confess?.
I believe confession of sins is a major psychological tool.
Its done so that you can stock of your actions and behavioral pattersn and then try to maske positive changes.
When you're hiding or in denial you dont change.
The best example of this in action, which we are all familiar with is AA (12 steps)
"Hi my name is ____ and I'm an alcoholic"
i am starting a list of similarities between harold camping and jehovah witness doctrine, which, when finished, i can print out and keep near my door to use to anti-witness to j.w.
's, and also to have copies on hand to "place" on windshields of cars owned by j.w.
's that i see who are going door to door.
Both claim that because their predictions failed it only means WE ARE NOW CLOSER THAN EVER to the end
the essay "self-identity and growing up in the jehovah's witnesses" by marcela sherwin was an interesting commentary on how being brought up as one of jehovah's witnesses affects one as an adult after they leave the cult.
only a small sample of ten adult xjws participated in the survey.
i thought it would be interesting to read the answers all of you would give to the same questions.
1. Were you allowed to make choices for yourself when you were a teenager? If so were your choices restricted to those approved by the WT?
No my dad was a hardliner with the ol': "Until you're 18 you live under MY roof and follow MY rules" (needless to say I moved out long before I reached 18) and of course HIS rules were actually WTS rules. (I did secretly used to watch X-files...like many teenage girls- because david duchovny was so cute :-P )
2. As a child did you fit in with the in-group at the Kingdom Hall?
We didnt have in groups it was too cmall a congregation. I was the oldest "child" even in my teens, every0ne else was a few years younger - or over 25. So cant really comment for this one.
3. Were you part of a school team, yearbook, multi-cultural club or other extracurricular activities?
You KNOW i wasn't allowed ;-) .... but i DID sneak into lunch-hour activities such as I was head of debating team, i played indoor soccer and also took aerobics and (heaven forbid) yoga classes
4. Have you struggled with adjusting to the social norms and values of society after departing from the WT in your adult life?
absolutely.... in fact i stupidly joined anothr cult (a hindu one) thinking it would be completely the opposite but it was just the same.
5. Have you struggled with making friends in your adult life?
No I do this very well... all that TMS crap actually paid off. I'm great at meeting people and make friends everywhere.
6. Have you attended counseling after departing from the WT?
Yes many times
7. What effect has your Witness upbringing had on you, positive, negative, or a combination?
I would be lying if I said it was all negative - nothing can be totally negative.
The positives are that I like to research things, I'm very well read, I like study.
However the negatives DO outweigh by FAR: im terrible at relationships, i start things and never finish (basically everythign I do is like this), I'm a nervous wreck, although I make friends easily I can just as easily forget people and lose contact, Too many things to mention
hey everybody, i'm in the middle of an ongoing debate w/some jws and they are asserting that everyone knows what they're getting into when they are studying and getting baptized and that nobody forces anyone to become a jw and that you can leave anytime you want.
ok, we know that's not true.
how would you counter that argument?
They DONT tell you a man oif a man has homo sex or sex with an animal it is NOT adultery (according to WT 1974)
yet his poor wife who divorces him will be DISFELLOWSHIPPED.
broken
