I've never been there personally but I eagerly await seeing it in the new system as that is where our direction will come from ;)
Posts by erbie
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45Did You Ever Make the Pilgrimage?
by Quendi inhow many of you have ever visited one of the branch offices or world headquarters of jehovah's witnesses?
i was an active witness for nearly thirty years and was associated with the cult for more than thirty-five before finally walking away for good last year.
during all those years i never made a trip to brooklyn bethel.
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Did any of you need counselling or psychotherapy as a JW?
by TimothyT ini have just started my new course to be a qualified counsellor.
naturaly i am studying this because of my own background and now i want to help others who have had similar strains on their lives.. i know the pressure that the jw organisation puts on its members, so i was wondering, if you dont mind saying so of course, did any of you attend counselling sessions due to the pressures and problems that the jw life brought along?.
i can imagine that the majority of my old congregation (myself, my dad and my brother included) would need some form of counselling or medication in order to remain sane.
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erbie
Yes, I too have seen a counsellor. Didn't go for years after I had left the borg and just struggled on doing what I felt responsible for. Psychotherapy does help one to see that they are/have been a victim of an extremely controling influence which affects the way we view ourselves and the world around us. There is no magic bullet and it's a long road to any sense of normality. When I look at the damage they did to me and my family I wish I could sue them.
Like discreetslave, I am looking to study psychology and help others as I feel it is all that is left for me to do.
I think many on the inside are a ticking time bomb.
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I believe this -- don't you?
by therevealer inthe watchtower ?
december 1, 2011 7. when severe calamities occur today, god's.
servants respond similarly.
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erbie
This is because Jehovah is the God of the one true religion and always cares for his own. Now, the nasty, wicked people on the other hand (that's us) will be completely destroyed at the great battle of armageddon in which we will fully realise our own weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Who ever said that the future was bleak!
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Disturbing Divine Behavior
by Terry indisturbing divine behavior:.
troubling old testament images of god.
by eric a. seibert.
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erbie
I can't actually bring myself to take the bible seriously or even read it. That used to trouble me but not so much now. I'm sure there is a creative force or inteligence but in what form I know not.
Just got my son a book on the Hubble Telescope photos. WOW!
What wonders!
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JW's and music
by Pink Floyd ini really resent the fact that the wt looked down upon alot of music.
rap was considered violent.
heavy metal was satanic.
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erbie
Ahhh, I remember when Nirvarna headed Reading Festival in around 1990 or so. Magic!
That's before I became knotted up with the Jobies. They put an end to all my fun-temporarily.
They even stopped me going fishing. They have no fun in them do they.
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I believe this -- don't you?
by therevealer inthe watchtower ?
december 1, 2011 7. when severe calamities occur today, god's.
servants respond similarly.
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erbie
Every word of it.
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I Called the Headquarters About the "Slaughter of Apostates" Quote
by DT inin 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.
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erbie
As if they haven't dug themselves in to a big enough hole they're still digging!
Someone lend them a JCB or a CAT.
They must be driven by their own arrogance.
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What is the best book about JWs (written by non JWs, of course), in your opinion?
by Chemical Emotions ini've never read any, so i'd like to know everyone's opinion..
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erbie
Oh yes, and James Penton's book is very good as has already been mentioned.
Sorry if I have left any out. I think things have moved on a bit since I left the WBT$
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What is the best book about JWs (written by non JWs, of course), in your opinion?
by Chemical Emotions ini've never read any, so i'd like to know everyone's opinion..
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erbie
Ron Rhodes did a very interesting and informative book entitled 'Reasoning from The Scriptures with the Jehovahs Witnesses'. If indeed it is possible to reason with them.
I do not have it now but I found it very helpful at the time.
Franz's books are the obvious starting point I suppose.
'Gentile Times Reconsidered' is interesting but I no longer feel that it is relevant because Jesus didn't show up in 1914 so to me the issue of when the Jewish temple was destroyed is of historical interest but little more.
Happy reading!
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Did you have any Elders CO's/DO's that were "Hung up" on certain things????
by karter inwe had an elder that was hung up on mens haircuts he had a real thing about how short mens hair should be and even told one bro off for parting his hair down the middle.. even told one bro to shave off his sideburns.. a c.o who was paronoid about sound always telling the bro in charge off.. .
a d.o who orded the attendants to remove crying babys from assemblys on more than a few occations...hans hubler for those that know him..
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erbie
We had an elder who was obsessed with the length of sisters skirts and their low-cut tops. It used to make me chuckle the way the sisters got round it by wearing long skirts with splits that were practically as long as the skirt itself.
Most of us came to the correct conclusion that this brother was sexually frustrated and didn't like to be reminded of it.