in australia the local newspapers usually run a story about jw district conventions when they roll into town, with crap that is probably fed to them by the watchtower society.. is it worth approaching the newspapers about the apostate hate speech talk and referencing perhaps the 'slaughter the apostates' article?
how should i approach them to best get a foot in the door?
is it a useless endevour considering that newspapers (at least the shit-house ones in australia) are mostly concerned with not making waves and just filled with advertising space..
That is right, zound. There is a department at the convention that writes news releases for the local media. I was a good typist in high school, and good at English, so I regularly worked at the conventions typing news releases. They were usually printed verbatim in the local newspapers.
It would be good to get the other side of the story out there.
i was raised as a jw from the age of 7. i was df'd for apostasy in 1971 at the age of 23. it has been 42 years since i have had contact with any jehovah's witnesses, including my family.
last year i moved to tucson.
when i read that a district assembly was coming to town, and that it would be at the convention center only minutes from my house, i decided to check it out.
Welcome to the forum, Theron! I've been free since 1979. Life is a lot more fun in the real world, eh?
my husband and i have had a long week worrying we would lose our niece, and yes the blood issue was very much part of the problem.
it is new to us to actually have the blood issue affect our family, but it really makes you think.
we would have immediately given her blood, but she and husband are still jws.
Sorry, Gayle, I think it sounds like the elders and others are afraid the DF'd new grandma might be about, and they don't want to bump into her. Or it could be that they just don't give a damn!
Anyway, gma, I'm glad everyone has made it through so far. Best wishes for your niece's full recovery and enjoyment of motherhood.
My congratulations to the new parents!
now that russell is no longer important do you think this is designed so they can drop 1914??
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Many other dates have been abandoned, e.g., 1844 (according to Adventism/Millerism which Russellism grew out of), 1894, 1925, 1975, etc.
They've put themselves in a bind with this one. Ever since the 1950's (and before), when we had our first contact with JW's, they have been preaching the significance of 1914. I can remember sitting and doing calculations from 607 BC.
After the end did not come (at least not visibly ) in 1975, there was talk about how long Adam was in the Garden of Eden before Eve was created, one of the few times a woman was significant in JW "theology."
So we are at last at the point where they don't have a date set. I think they're waiting for a new generation to set a new date. They need people like I was in the 1950's who never heard of the previous dates to hold the carrot in front of.
I am very proud of myself for realizing in the late '70's that I might have to live into old age in this world and needed job skills, a retirement plan, etc. It has made all the difference in my life.
"even many who claim to be religious feel that they are at liberty to do what they think is right, without any obligation to obey god and his commandments.
(ps.
14:1) this attitude may pose a real threat to true christians.
They're so much like the Roman Catholic Church that, given the choice we all have, why not just be Catholic?
Catholics are pretty tightly controlled if they're devout. But they differ in a good way from the JW's in that they are encouraged to put their family first, not making converts.
hey all, it's been a long time since i posted here.
life's been having its ups and downs, but that's a subject for another day.. anyway, this year i thought it would actually be nice to spend father's day with my kid.
his mom usually has him for sundays and for past father's days, i didn't mind because he was still kinda too young to realize what the day was about.
It is often someone other than the biological sperm donor who is a child's real father. Such is the case with my granddaughter, now 23 years old. Her dad died when she was a child. He never properly took care of her anyway.
Since she was 4 years old, my son-in-law, i.e., my daughter's second husband, has been a wonderful father to her. He has accepted her and loved her unconditionally since that time. She has not always been lovable or fair to him, but he does not hold a grudge. He is still very supportive of her and very giving. He loves her 4-month-old baby, too. He makes me wish I had had a stepfather.
Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there!
yep, that's right, i nearly forgot that jehovah's witnesses, even the young ones, are programmed with the "la la la i'm not listening" trait.. here's a brief conversation with my sixteen year old nephew, angelo:.
http://www.jehovahswitnessblog.com/cult/my-jehovahs-witness-nephew/.
let me know if you've been taken aback..... .
Xerxes has gone where the good doggies go.
prior to that we had been in a new congregation for about 9 months, and we were just irregular.
my husband rarely went, and i would go occasionally with our toddler son just enough to show our faces and keep the elders off our backs, and for the sake of some friendships in our old hall.
all of the reasons i had for going were just no longer important.
It is wonderful that you guys have freed yourselves at such a young age. You said that you signed up for some classes, but they didn't work out. Is there a community college in your area. They often have a class that's just one or two Saturdays in things like flower arranging or cake decorating or tole painting. It's a good way to explore things that you might become interested in.
In some neighborhoods, stay-at-home moms get together for play dates and have tea and chat while the kids are playing. Look into that in your area, too. You could organize a block party by going to your neighbors, and asking each neighbor to donate one food item and one suggestion for an activity. I'm sure you could find some ideas for block parties online, too.
Personally, I'm not terribly social anyway. Being a JW was exhausting for me because I'd rather have been at home reading a good book. I understand that each of us has our own needs and priorities. A book club might also be a good place to meet people. If you'ver never been a part of one, each person in the group reads the same book, a little bit each week, then they meet to discuss what they've read that week.
If you bowl, join a bowling league.
Best wishes with your fade. You have many years of happiness and freedom ahead of you.
6 months or so ago, me and my wife decided we will never set foot again in a kingdom hall.
about 4 months earlier than that, i stumbled upon an article about the wts being associated with the un.
that got me into finding out ttat eventually.
Welcome! Bienvenue! Wilkommen! Bienvenida! I don't know what your native language is, but your English is excellent! Congratulations on having an open-minded, honest family. You have many years of freedom and happiness to look forward to.
Keep coming back!
another wacky kool aid thread for your reading pleasure from the hardcore dubbs on jw talk dot net is here if you want to read it:.
they wax philosophical, they curse this horrible old world, they gently try to project how soon the big a will come, and then swoon when someone quotes a tidbit from a gb member that they overheard.
warning: those with weak stomachs do not read!.
So, they think things can't get much worse? They've never heard of the holocaust? The bubonic plague?
"No one expects the Spanish Inquisition," except, perhaps, JW's.
