http://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article120810221/die-frau-die-vor-den-zeugen-jehovas-floh.html.
the comments posted on the reddit site make for interesting reading too.. http://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/1o83fb/story_of_exjw_published_in_national_newspaper/.
story of ex-jw published in national newspaper (self.exjw).
Are you saying that you would rather I have died?” And she said, "Yes, I would prefer that you had died then to choose to leave."
How cruel of a parent to say such a thing. - It's the misguided belief that staying with the 'religion' equals doing 'Jehovah's will', and that you will not be resurrected to life in a 'new world' once you are on the outside.
Rather, die inside that belief system and get a second chance by miraculous resurrection.
i received the bootprint of jehovah on my ass 35 years ago.. i've missed a lot of meetings since that time.
well, i can't say i've emotionally "missed" them!.
while writing my book i had cause to reflect on what my life might have been had i not walked out of a kingdom hall for the last time in 1978.. what if i had gone on attending meetings?.
Multipy that 5,460 times 2 = 10,920 hours.
Hard to believe, but the numbers don't lie:
* * 1 Year & 3 Months * *
of time at your disposal they didn't get to rob from you - whoa !
December 2014 km ? >>> Not even Brooklyn has dreamed that one up yet!
.. .. watchtower's "first kings"..
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Watchtower's "First Kings"
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By chance or by design? They proceeded with the development of the site, and now they believe they have God's approval. Just wondering if they picked the site because of its street name?
For the "Glorious Eight" it sure must be a big ego booster to live there.
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.. .. watchtower's "first kings"..
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Watchtower's "First Kings".
december 2013 our kingdom ministry (u.s.) states in 2013, there were 3 classes of single brothers and 18 classes for couples.
for 2014 there will be 47 classes scheduled.. (these type classes developed as the 'traditional' gilead classes for missionaries have been dropped.
these classes have been developed to send to already existing congregations areas/cities that need help.
December 2013 Our Kingdom Ministry? . . . is it online?
actually, in my experience, i have not found them to be tighter or more generous with money.
i've found them to be about the same with handling money as non-jws, though less likely to invest their money, but unlikely to waste it on cigarettes, pubs/clubs and gambling like many non-jws do.
i certainly don't find them tighter or stingier than normal people though, and slightly more honest.. what are your experiences with jws and money compared to non-jws and money?.
Of course, they are.
JWs are encouraged to not persue higher education resulting in moderate income, instead they are cheered on in seeking low paying jobs. To make ends meet they'll keep on to the little precious money they hold in their hands.
my wife has been pretty inactive with the folks who have been trying to get her to study going on about nine months now.
just recently the last gal she studied with has been calling her and trying to get her interest again.
the congregation she had attended was a spanish speaking congregation and i guess i am wondering (actually thinking) that the renewed zeal is a bump from the agm.
It used to be called General Annual Meeting, others refered to it as the Annual General Meeting.
Nowadays it's just called Annual Meeting.
ANNUAL meetings of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania always generate excitement. (...) Invited guests from all over the world gathered at the Assembly Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.A. (2012 The Watchtower, 8/15 p. 16)
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a normal person, upon hearing that a new (or revised) bible translation has been released, would have 2 questions spring to mind almost immediately:.
1) who did the work, and what are their credentials?.
2) what manuscripts is the work based on?.
besty >>> 2013 Besty Revised Edition: "Get her for me, for her brazen ass is one of hotness."
Corrupting the scriptures, eh? Shouldn't it read: "Get her for me, for her brazen ass donkey is one of hotness." ?
up until now, everlasting life was dependent on "taking in knowledge".
it was a perfect fit for a publishing house to interpret that scripture that way.
if we didn't keep up with the endless stream of publications from the watchtower our salvation would be in jeopardy.
Not just coming to know, but their continuing to know, or rather, their taking in knowledge of God and Jesus Christ results in everlasting life.
w50 10/15 p. 390 par. 3
