i realize some people feel they can't just leave the religion.
they have family, friends, position.. some elders mistakenly believe that they might be able to reform the cult from within.
the truth is, the religion is never really going to change.
Good advice. Perhaps if I had heard this advice 20 years ago I would have shortened the time to depart. If you are in and scared of what to do remember that time is ticking away and contrary to what you were taught - you will not life forever (sorry to break the news to you).
The longer you stay in this horrid cult the shorter the amount of time you have to enjoy freedom.
june 28 1914 archduke ferdinand was killed by a serbian government sponsored assassination team.. this was the trigger event of world war i. actually some have called it world war (part 1) followed less than 30 years later by world war (part 2).. in retrospect this was a useful date for jw's.. it has propelled them for 100 years.. of course jw's have massaged their predictions about the significance of 1914 over the years.. do you feel that jw's would be what they are today without that great war?
do you think that the shooting down of the passenger plane over east ukraine will be an equivalent moment that pushes putin into a corner where he will have to fight the west?
in other words will we look back on that event as the beginning of world war (part 3)?.
Based upon the advancements of science and society is the world a better place today than 100 years ago? If so I would like to say categorically, having Satan in the vicinity of the earth for 100 years is a good thing. I am more than happy to let Christ continue to wait to get the throne.
june 28 1914 archduke ferdinand was killed by a serbian government sponsored assassination team.. this was the trigger event of world war i. actually some have called it world war (part 1) followed less than 30 years later by world war (part 2).. in retrospect this was a useful date for jw's.. it has propelled them for 100 years.. of course jw's have massaged their predictions about the significance of 1914 over the years.. do you feel that jw's would be what they are today without that great war?
do you think that the shooting down of the passenger plane over east ukraine will be an equivalent moment that pushes putin into a corner where he will have to fight the west?
in other words will we look back on that event as the beginning of world war (part 3)?.
Top 10 events of the 20th century (in no particular order). The two world wars were important, but so was was a lot of other things.
WW1 & WW2
Successful vaccines (i.e. smallpox and polio)
AIDS
the 60s (Kennedy, Civil Rights, and the Beatles)
the Internet
Vietnam war
Genocide of Rwanda and a few other countries
Watergate
Man on the moon
Television
we had an assembly part here 6 months ago where a sister was interviewed by the co because she left her job to do more wt work, she talked about some jobs that she had recently been offered with good pay but turned these down.
most listening to this is would be thinking that this sister is being blessed by jehovah for taking this stand, how much faith she has to do this and what can we do personally with our own jobs, made me almost feel guilty for having a job.
anyway come forward 6 months to now, this family has had to move to another region because the husband couldnt find enough work to support his family here.
The moral of the story is that they did not do enough - therefore work harder. If only they would have worked harder for jehovah they would be able to be sustained. Their lack of faith is apparent.
And as they are providing free labor the mothership is selling off property for hundreds of millions of dollars.
omg.
would you have your kids do this activity?
so messed up.. .
Even at the height of my indoctrination with the watchtower, the example of Lot disgusted me. If he was an example of a faithful servant, jehovah was scraping the bottom of the barrel.
1. no fun.
2. doesn't teach good decision making.
jws cannot choose the color of their underwear without first consulting watchtower publications.
The society purposely takes away the childhood of the young ones growing up in the cult. They fill young ones with guilt and other negative emotions and takes away the normal childhood experiences.
I can remember feeling so guilty in Kindergarten because I knew I had to warn my friends of their pending doom at Armageddon, but I was so shy that I could not start the discussion. I knew they were going to die - but I also knew I was going to die because i did not have the courage to warn them.
That is a hell of a lot of guilt placed on a barely-6-year-old. What a fuc*&ng way to live your childhood!
Is it any wonder they lose young ones?
this was the theme of a talk at this week's 2nd weekly meeting with the co.. .
if you are a progressive thinker, so went the reasoning, you will accept all of the adjustments coming from the 'faithful and discreet slave'.. .
this so hurt my head when wife told me about it; really?.
If you are a progressive thinker, so went the reasoning, you will accept all of the adjustments coming from the 'faithful and discreet slave'.
No, I disagree. I don't want to argue, but this is so disagreeable that I think I will go vomit.
the best thing to come from the regenal convention this summer, is to see women used as attendants at the end of the program.
they were used in distributing the new publications to convention delegates..
My general question is "what it is about this job that requires a penis?" If no penis is required there is no reason for a female to be excluded. Just my opinion. Using this general question it is surprising how little value the penis is.
i was trying to find the source of the michael j. tyler quote in the was it designed article in the jul 15 awake, when i came across this website.. was this posted before the magazine?
is the watchtower passing someone else's work off as their own, or the other way round?.
also, can anyone find the source of the quote?
What was the quote from the Awake?
Also, didn't the Watchtower used to say the snakes had legs? Am I crazy for thinking that?
well guys, i finally got back from the dc or whatever it's called nowadays.
it wasn't really as bad as i expected but still, it was pretty bad.
the first interesting thing happened on the road.
Facinating story. I hope to continue your story soon
