when i was growing up in the 70's you rarely heard about "so and so" has "disassociated" themselves and are no longer one of jw's.
that was how i remember a jw's sister being announced as "da" in 1975. her family and my family were best friends and it sent chills down my family's back.
i was very young and i kept asking my mom, "can we speak to sister x-witness" "is sister x-witness still a jw's" "will she be destroyed at armaggeddon?
The preception is that DA witnesses do what they do because are wicked apostates. There is nothing worse than that.
When some one is DFed the generally preceived reason is for some sort of sexual situation. Most can generally relate to the DFing act. But not the dreaded apostate.
increase in jws evidence of divine blessing when people are joining the jws in large numbers, they say it is "evidence of jehovah's blessing".
(watchtower july 1, 2002, p.13, paragraph 17-19).
but ... when the numbers are down they claim it's because "the greater number has cooled off".
Science is condemned for promoting evalution. The society goes to great lengths to discredit science. However, if the same scientists say something to support the society's dogma that the world is soon to come to an end these statements are used as the authority to prove the society's assertions.
the elders cames to my home on saturday and i didn't answer the door, so they told my sister to relay the message.
the message was "you know what it's about, we're going to make the announcement next meeting".
i knew it was coming...but it feels so weird.
You sign on as "Thinking of Leaving." It sounds like the decision has been made. Congratulations!! You should consider this very good news.
as i've mentioned a few times before, i'm working on a round of articles for austin cline's site.
the final "big daddy" article is an evaluation: is the wts a controlling, harmful cult?
but i don't plan on doing an attack article.
Didn't this site start out as a forum of pro-jws?
ok so we all know how these jw's pass these urban legend emails around passing them off as actually events.. i got one sent to me.
it talks about how this one sister was dying she wanted to be buried with a fork in her hand because when she was at these congo get togethers they would say to keep your fork because dessert is coming.
just remember to 'keep your fork' .
While this has become part of the jw lore, I am sure it did not start with a witness. Many of these stupid stories start from some other christian source. The story works just a well with most religious beliefs. A witness is not creative enought to think of such a story.
hi everyone.
just wondering - is anyone in the tampa, florida area?
I now live in Ft Lauderdale. Same state, but wrong side.
...without doing anything unscriptural.. what made them jealous, nervous or afraid of your behavior that wasn't against anything in the bible?.
for me, i find plenty of information on this forum way before any in the congregation (or circuit/district for that matter).
everything from new campaigns, death of gb members, letter to the body of elders (as in the new wt format arrangement starting next year), question from readers in wt magazines that haven't even been delivered to the congregation, ordering the new revelation book in paperback with the revisions already in it while the entire congregation is cutting and pasting out of the kingdom ministry insert...etc.. how do i know all of these things?
In a closed society like the wt the thing that gives power is having special knowledge. This board gives the R&F access to this special knowledge. We knew about the tract work long before even some of the elders. We have an inside track to the goings-on of bethel. We have access to the elder's letters... and so on.
By casually letting other know that you have this information, you will most definitely make the elders nervous.
about 7 months ago i asked the school overseer to take me off the school, as i was 'busy with work exams' things have been good since then (well, sort of...) no talks for 7 months!
but then, my wonderful father, decides to ask the school overseer to put me back on!
he puts me back on!
Start the talk this way:
Ask the question very dramatically: Would a god of love murder 99.89% of the total population? Have a long long pause and then just walk off the stage.
a snail gets thrown down a fifty foot dry well.
everday he oozes up three feet, but slides down two feet every night when he's asleep.
how long does it take him to get out?.
The easy answer is that he makes progress of one foot every day. However, on the 48th day he reaches the top of the well. But does that answer the question??? Reaching the top does not get him over the edge.
My answer is the 49th day. Because that is the day he get's over the edge.... Unless, of course, he is doing the pioneer shuffle.
and that's all i know.. he was 101 and appointed as a governing body member in 1977.. .
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/97874/1.ashx.
yesidid.
He was our CO in Florida in the late 70s. He also stayed with my parents many years ago while in the circuit work.
It is about time he died. Who lives to over 100?
