Wait ... is that an App in his pocket?
No, he's just happy to see us!
i am jehovah's witness, despite some of the questionable teachings, crimes, and other outlandish behaviors of specific people affiliated with the religion.
i know that my relationship with jehovah is not influenced by any outside factors.
i do not condone any crime.
Wait ... is that an App in his pocket?
No, he's just happy to see us!
i am jehovah's witness, despite some of the questionable teachings, crimes, and other outlandish behaviors of specific people affiliated with the religion.
i know that my relationship with jehovah is not influenced by any outside factors.
i do not condone any crime.
and none for BOC
I'M TELLING JEHOVAH ON YOU. I LOVE HIM, AND YOU REJECTED ME.
i am jehovah's witness, despite some of the questionable teachings, crimes, and other outlandish behaviors of specific people affiliated with the religion.
i know that my relationship with jehovah is not influenced by any outside factors.
i do not condone any crime.
WHAT ABOUT MY COMMENT? WHAT ABOUT MY COMMENT? WHAT ABOUT MY COMMENT?
I LOVE JEHOVAH TOO! I JUST TALKED TO HIM!
i am jehovah's witness, despite some of the questionable teachings, crimes, and other outlandish behaviors of specific people affiliated with the religion.
i know that my relationship with jehovah is not influenced by any outside factors.
i do not condone any crime.
Hey? What about me? WHAT ABOUT ME? WHAT ABOUT ME? WHAT ABOUT ME?
i am jehovah's witness, despite some of the questionable teachings, crimes, and other outlandish behaviors of specific people affiliated with the religion.
i know that my relationship with jehovah is not influenced by any outside factors.
i do not condone any crime.
Look at how many comments are actually on subject. Lol.
I think LOVESJ has a point here.
As far as I can tell, I'M the ONLY ONE who ACTUALLY expressed my LOVE FOR JEHOVAH and WHY! [see above]
The BEHAVIOR of the MEMBERS of this APOSTATE FORUM is simply DREADFUL!!!!!
i am jehovah's witness, despite some of the questionable teachings, crimes, and other outlandish behaviors of specific people affiliated with the religion.
i know that my relationship with jehovah is not influenced by any outside factors.
i do not condone any crime.
Okay, okay. I LOVE JEHOVAH.
I'll tell you why: He's just so approachable. You can talk to him whenever you want.
In fact, I just got off the phone with him. It went something like this:
Jehovah: Hello?
Breakfast Of Champions: Hey, what's going on.
J: Who is this?
BOC: Don't you have caller ID?
J: Oh, yeah, that's right. Let's see. . . who is this. . . . Can't read it. Let me get my glasses.
BOC: Hey Jehovah, don't bother with the glasses. It's BOC.
J: Ah yes, ok. What can I do you for?
BOC: Someone started a thread on JWN called "For the Supporters of Those Who Love Jehovah" and. . . .
J: What was that?
BOC: You mean what was the titile of the thread?
J: Yeah, I was distracted a second there. . .
BOC: The thread is called "For the Supporters of Those Who Love Jehovah" and the person who started it. . . .
J: What the hell does that mean? "For the Supporters of Those Who Love Jehovah" --- Is that even grammatical?
BOC: Well, yeah, I'm not sure really what that means either. Anyway, this person wants to talk about you and how loving you are, but he isn't getting very positive responses.
J: Oooookay. . . . So he's on an apostate website and trying to get folks to chime in on how much they love me and shit like that.
BOC: Exactly.
J: Well, here's what I have to say: a) This guy shouldn't be on a goddamned apostate website in the first place. Tell him to get the fuck out of there; and b) Really Breakfast? You're wasting your time on this shit? You've got a life and real stuff to accomplish. Why are you even reading that shit?
BOC: Hey, great points. I should have thought of them myself.
J: Well, actually you. . . . well nevermind. Anyway, I'm interviewing someone in about 2 minutes and I've really got to get going.
BOC: New Governing Body member?
J: Haha, you'll see. . . Hey, take care BOC.
BOC: Ok, you too J. Later.
i am jehovah's witness, despite some of the questionable teachings, crimes, and other outlandish behaviors of specific people affiliated with the religion.
i know that my relationship with jehovah is not influenced by any outside factors.
i do not condone any crime.
I have received death threats from former friends.
You gotta be shittin' me! How is that possible?
i am jehovah's witness, despite some of the questionable teachings, crimes, and other outlandish behaviors of specific people affiliated with the religion.
i know that my relationship with jehovah is not influenced by any outside factors.
i do not condone any crime.
I have the sneaking suspicion that someone decided to stop taking their meds because they thought they didn't need them anymore. . . . . .
http://nerdinthebrain.com/2015/01/25/why-i-spent-my-morning-in-a-kingdom-hall-partying-with-jehovahs-witnesses/.
he seems to have quite a positive view of jw's.. bangalore.
Thanks for your response NERD IN THE BRAIN. I do see where you're coming from.
But also try to see where a lot of people here are coming from. . ..
When you sat down in that Kingdom Hall:
Three rows up from you was a lovely pioneer sister. Happy, smiling caring person. I think she even said "hi" to you.
A week from now she will get involved in a terrible automobile accident, and the only way to save her one-and-only life will be to take a blood transfusion. She will refuse it, as she has been programmed to do by this cult, and die.
You also might have heard a really bright, young kid give a terrific answer at the Watchtower study.
Not only did he give a good answer, the kid is smart as hell. He's the type of kid that could grow up and be part of the research team that finds out how to beat cancer.
But he doesn't. He doesn't even go to University, because he and his parents have been beaten over the head with cult propaganda that college and is DANGEROUS, WORTHLESS, and a TRAP devised by SATAN to destroy a young person's faith. He spends the rest of his life in a mindless job that just barely supports his existence as a pioneer.
And then you have that young girl sitting your left, about 9 years old. She was just baptized at the last Circuit Assembly because -- as we have heard recently -- anyone who is beyond the toddler stage of life has no reason not to be baptized.
However, about 15 years from now, she will come to realize that this "religion" is a complete crock of shit, and that there is no way she can continue in it. She tries to leave gracefully, stating she just doesn't believe, but in the end is disfellowshipped for apostasy, and loses all of her friends and family. They will never talk to or even acknowledge her existence ever again.
Actually, this may not be anything like the Kingdom Hall you went to.
But this is very much like the Kingdom Hall I and many others here grew up in.
http://nerdinthebrain.com/2015/01/25/why-i-spent-my-morning-in-a-kingdom-hall-partying-with-jehovahs-witnesses/.
he seems to have quite a positive view of jw's.. bangalore.
After reading these comments, I took a look for myself at the article to see what the fuss is about.
Yeah, I don't particularly care for it either.
It seems voyeuristic/touristy.
Like when your parents take the bus tour to the Great Pyramid and rave how lovely/amazing it was, and what a sight. . . .
In the meantime. . . . behind the bus. . . . in Cairo. . . .
. . . . . lies rot and filth and stench and unescapable misery for thousands and thousands of people.
But the Pyramids were such an architectural marvel and our tour guide was a really nice guy!
Also, if NERD IN THE BRAIN thinks his MIL has fully accepted him and has NO EXPECTATION WHATSOEVER of him ever converting, he does not understand the power a cult has over it's members.
NITB: Your MIL (if she's an honest-to-John JW) believes you are dead meat at the Big A (which is coming SOON).
Sure, she'll deny it, or say "Only Big J can judge," but as of now, you are worldly, dangerous, and doomed.
How do I know this?
Because this is EXACTLY how I was programmed to think and feel by this cult.
[Edit to add]: I also must call into question NITB's statement that the music was "beautiful."
Are you sure you were in a Kingdom hall?