i always cringed so hard when a "brother" or "sister" would make some overly heartfelt comment about jehovah-something, usually related to a personal experience of theirs, and get all teared up and/or start crying.. once this fringe dude that's been df'd twice now was giving a talk and kept having these long awkward pauses where he looked like he was real stressed out, then he would start up again, stutter, slip up, and repeat the process until he looked down and went "i, i just can't do this" and walked off the stage and left the hall.. it also made my spchincter pucker when a young person would give some super devotional comment on how much they love big j and whatnot, which would make the congregation all smile in their hearts and wag their heads in approval..
Confession I was the emotional commenter. It was never for show it just happened.
As to what made me cringe was sweeping generalizations about the world or when they would be insulting in regards to outsiders from the platform. I hated asking new people to the meeting for fear of them being offended.
wtbts and jehovah's witnesses continue to hold ngo status within the council of europe.
documents recently declassified by the council of europe confirm that the european association of jehovah's witnesses continues to officially hold ngo status.. .
the six page document dh-dd(2010)61, entitled "communication by an ngo in the case of 97 members of the gldani congregation of jehovah's witnesses and others against georgia (application no.
Watchtower Babylon & Crap Society lying since 1879
today i got accepted to a christian university and we had an earthquake!!!
the college is located here in va and is the largest christian university in the us.
my husband is worried about the money but the fact that it's liberty u upsets him more.. otherwise things are good between us things are tense on meeting days.
@LITS I understand your feelings I'm feeling similarly.
@MadSweeny I was going to take online classes. Thanks for the advice
@LeavingWt I am in no rush to figure out god & the universe. I need to figure myself out first.
@Desirousofchange he lets my 2yr old stay but my 8yr old can't catch a break unless she's sick
of course, i would be very surprised if the watchtower society ever retracted or apologised for anything.
still, it could gain a lot of publicity and put pressure on them to curb their hate speech.
if they refuse to apologise, it could demonstrate that those statements were intentional and not just a slip of the printing press.
There is a petition on the facebook groups for any interested
in case you haven't heard, the november 15, 2011 watchtower, page 5 made this comment.
"today, no servant of jehovah uses physical force against opponents of pureworship.
"vengeance is mine," god says.
What I want to know is why they need to use the works of Bible scholars? They say they are God's sole channel, they say holy spirit directs them, they came out with new light about anointed ones like crazy Freddy revealing things to them. So why use the works of men who don't believe their crap?
Why the hell did I not ask myself these questons years ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
just posted by vampire665 on facebook.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/28/jehovahs-witness-magazine_n_985479.html.
I don't know where the Huff Post ranks but I remember recently hearing they are a threat to convential newspapers herre in the states.
I think the story got past theem because they have been very busy this week. The OSCE meetings and it's annual meeting week so the timing was good. I find this all very exciting but the child molestation thing came and went. I think the flames need to be fanned with awareness of the child molestation issue again. If the case in Australia can be brought to peoples attn as well as revisisted here in the states. As well as pointing out they are being brought up for charges in Brazil in regards to shunning. A perfect storm situation. Even then I don't see them crumbling all at once but if it slows growth down and keeps people from joining it their true colors will start to be apparent to more inside.
just posted by vampire665 on facebook.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/28/jehovahs-witness-magazine_n_985479.html.
I wonder if there will be mention of this at the annual meeting
I'm about to border on obsession with this story.
just posted by vampire665 on facebook.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/28/jehovahs-witness-magazine_n_985479.html.
Just posted by Vampire665 on Facebook
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/28/jehovahs-witness-magazine_n_985479.html
i have been inspired recently by some of the comments on this forum regarding the society having reached a "tipping point".
it's been observed that, despite the overwhelming weight of evidence that the society is nothing more than a damaging cult, the number of witnesses continues to increase, albeit gradually.
the latest figures i have available are those in the 2011 yearbook, showing a global 2.5% increase between 2009 and 2010.. as we all know, the internet is steadily rising in accessibility (or "penetration") around the world, and it provides a wonderful resource for those who are curious about joining the faith, helping such ones to quickly identify precisely how warped the teachings of the watch tower society really are.
@Cedars The comparison was brought together by saying that opposers of God at Babel were uniting in defiance of God so an act of defiance against the organization is the same as an act of defiance to God. It was said it's interesting how the world can now communicate with each other and unite for a common cause. Jehovah seperated the languages because" . . .there is nothing that they may have in mind to do that will be unattainable for them. . ."(Genesis 11:6) JW's feel everything revolves around them in the Bible & in the world. I wouldn't be surprised if they used this as some sort of new light.
BTW thanks again for getting the word out.
i have been inspired recently by some of the comments on this forum regarding the society having reached a "tipping point".
it's been observed that, despite the overwhelming weight of evidence that the society is nothing more than a damaging cult, the number of witnesses continues to increase, albeit gradually.
the latest figures i have available are those in the 2011 yearbook, showing a global 2.5% increase between 2009 and 2010.. as we all know, the internet is steadily rising in accessibility (or "penetration") around the world, and it provides a wonderful resource for those who are curious about joining the faith, helping such ones to quickly identify precisely how warped the teachings of the watch tower society really are.
I've heard it said among JW's that the internet is like people returning to Babel. Everyone can now communicate thanks to the WWWeb. Satan is helping people to unite against his organization. So the internet and the use of it by apostates is part of Satan's scheme to attack Jehovah's people.
