flipper's brilliant thread got me thinking.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/244690/1/crazy-weird-quotes-in-1-15-wt-article-wt-society-opinions-nothing-more.
yeah, i know it's the 'writing committee'(tm).. who the hades are these jumped up nitwits?
PUNK: I wonder if any of the writers took NLP courses??
Interesting question.
Of course we'll never know for sure, but the evidence is clear that they know what they're doing with their propaganda and manipulative language. It's clearly willful, intentional and deliberate.
Wow, you've certainly got a difficult situation to deal with.
Hang in there.
00DAD
in the congregation bible study yesterday, the big stick regarding higher education was wielded again.. the question was -.
(a) how might a christian unwisely reason, despite counsel from the faithful slave class today?.
here is the answer:.
The truth is, it's not about truth, but about control.
The GB doesn't want the R&F getting educated because then they'd learn to think critically and to think for themselves. Clearly, the GB cannot control a bunch of people that think for themselves. That threatens them.
Also, they're probably jealous. What's their education level? Do any of the GB have anything beyond a High School diploma?
00DAD
in my case it was my best freind in the cong who decided to encourage me to answer up at the wt by... refusing to talk to me afterwards if i hadn't answered up!
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Judicial Committee: "We're disfellowshipping you to show you that God loves you, ... and so do we!"
my husband and i have two small children, one of which recently became an unbaptised publisher and joined the school.
my husband is an elder and firmly committed to our family and loves me deeply as i love him.
i would like to find a way for all of us to fade away as we have family in the organization that we do not want to lose.
Fallingaway, hello and welcome to the forum.
You're going through a lot right now, of that there is no doubt.
It's good your husband is not opposing you. Perhaps there is a chance you two can get out together, but you must proceed slowly and cautiously at first.
Have you considered bringing up to him the fact that JW practices and policies actually drive a wedge between family members, including a husband and a wife? Nobody feels safe to share their doubts and questions with anyone else for fear of being labelled an apostate, disfellowshipped and shunned.
Is this what Jesus would have wanted?
Hang in there. It gets better!
00DAD
1961 kingdom service questions: personal references to watch tower publications on moral matters..this booklet is the property of the_____________________congregation.
it is to be retained in the congregation permanent file.
its counsel is for the guidance of the congregation committee in handling matters with members of the congregation.
Thanks Atlantis.
Is this the first draft the WTBTS made at an "Elders' Manual"?
http://www.salon.com/2013/01/16/religion_may_not_survive_the_internet/.
congrats to our very on jwfacts for getting a shout out from salon.
the part where the mention jehovah's witnesses links to jwfacts.com.. .
Theocratic Sedition, beat me to it!
The whole article is really good, but I especially like the paragraph that TS highlighted about the importance of Supportive communities for people coming out of religion.
Thank you JonathanH for posting this article.
And thank you again Simon for providing us this playground and thanks for everyone that has come together to provide support and encouragement!
00DAD
jgnat, great illustration.
I was just thinking that when such a dragon circles around they inevitably end up with their head up their ass!
Here's what that would look like in a business suit (sans coat):
00DAD
there are really only a couple of reasons an active elder would be lurking here on jwn.. .
[if !supportlists]i. your ever growing doubts about the organization have led you here, or.
[if !supportlists]ii.
cantleave: I never found out which bastard from our congregation / circuit outed us on here.
I'm sorry you had that experience.
But I'm glad you shared this here. It answers problemaddict's question, addresses perfect1's concern and confirms why I posted this: Anyone that would lurk here and then out someone the found here or turn them into the elders are cowards and hypocrites.
If that person is themselves an elder, they their hypocrisy is correspondingly greater. They should be ashamed of themselves. I am ashamed of them.
The scriptures describe God and Jesus as shepherds, not policemen.
00DAD
right now the congregations in winnipeg are undergoing major boundary changes which will be put in action at the beginning of february.
our congregation is supposed to find out today but i decided to ask some people i knew who went the previous meeting if we were going to be put together with the people at our old congregation who are shunning me.
even though they knew, they refused to tell me because "the society" told them not to tell us.
Listen, Obey and Be Blessed!
