how many times did we hear the worn out expression "that anyone who accepts the "truth" needs to have the 3 h's".
yes, they must be "honest hearted.
hungry for truth, and humble enough to accept that they need to change".
When I was IN - i did my best to be those 3 H's as I am sure many of you did.
I don't think its completely fair to disparage every JW as if they know what they are doing.
I am fine with ripping the GB for the evil they do, but show some mercy on those who are Caught in the Web - just like Most of us were for years or decades.
Remember, most of them are Victims or Victims of VIctims.
Lets not be like the GB and paint millions of people with 1 wide brush.
look my life is not bad but sometimes i just think about all the normal things i missed out on.
and no i'm not talking about christmas and birthday parties.
i'm talking about your first kiss happening in your twenties instead of your teens.
Rainbow_Troll, - give it up man, go to a meeting and leave us alone.
due to last years success, i will post everything related to the 2017 regional convention in this thread.. to start us off.... thanks to exjw reddit user ich3b we have advance notice of the theme (this is not a joke!).
the theme for the 2017 regional convention is: "don’t give up!” .
as always, if you have access to confidential materials you would like to leak but need to protect your identity, pm me or email me: wifibandit1 (at) gmail.
jws and other christians would often point to the handful of the bible verses that seem to be scientifically accurate as evidence of its divine inspiration.
but not surprisingly, they ignore the ones that are scientifically inaccurate, or when they address those verses they put a spin on it like saying the account is not a reflection of what the bible is teaching but what men at the time erroneously believed and which god allowed them to record in the bible.
would you believe a jw actually told me that!
I mean you could go on and on and on...
It's almost like Genesis was written by Bedouins 4 thousand years ago who had no knowledge or understanding of basic science, chemistry, or biology.
Oh and by the way - the saying - 4 corners of the earth - comes from the bible. Why would a inspired writer say that about a Globe?
so last night i got an emotional call from a friend, the same friend that recently said "we sound like a cult.
" in last night's conversation she said she was tired of the truth.
tired of jehovah.
Point her to info to look at.
I think the Wikipedia articles are fantastic.
They show all the changes, crazy beliefs of the past "ha ha", the history of infighting in the GB, and on and on.
Just the facts of an encyclopedia can make the difference.
There are many pages and sections to go to.
i was standing at a red light and i noticed the little cart standing there.
they're barely noticeable and when i continued there was apparently someone on the other side of the street too.
the only problem, the location is a very busy intersection which has virtually no foot traffic and they're hard to see to begin with, as you can see from my vantage point i couldn't even read the cart and three people next to them on this side and two of them on the other side.. .
WHAT A JOKE!
How can any of them think its a good or effective idea?
I recently saw a cart on the boardwalk by the beach in 90 plus weather.
They looked like they had heatstroke.
Who in the world would approach them at the beach?
They looked insane!
one of the most frustrating things.
when you confront jw's about what they believe they will often deny it.
such as "if your child is disfellowshipped then you can't have contact with them ever again".
If you took a congregation of Publishers - and gave them a 50 Question quiz on "what they are supposed to believe" you would get LOTS and LOTS of failing grades - most elders would not get 25 right.
"the sons of the true god began to notice that the daughters of men were beautiful.
so they began taking as wives all whom they chose.".
it may be feasible to some to accept the bible's assertion that the first humans were tempted to pursue independence from god, especially since they were created in his image and he is independent from any authority.
i remember a brother making the above statement in regards to an elderly sister who had passed.
he stated we don't mourn or even visit grave sites because we have a hope that jah will resurrect the dead.
it seemed really creepy at the time, hell, even jesus wept when lazarus died.
I know 2 totally in JW families who had deaths in the family (before their time) who not only mourn - but more than 1 year later are destroyed by it still.
They are mourning worse than many of the "world".
Funny how just cuz you have "the hope" it doesn't always work as billed.
"what will go when god's kingdom comes?
" from april w/tower.
we start with a picture of jesus riding a white horse into battle, galloping towards terrified people in darkness.
never a JW
Dude it may have been pretty obvious I was using general figures, not to the penny?
I think the logic is pretty simple too.
Cut me a little slack?
Plus
Many women intend to get pregnant. Each year an estimated 123 million succeed. But a substantial additional number of women – around 87 million – become pregnant unintentionally. For some women and their partners this may be a pleasant surprise, but for others the pregnancy may be mistimed or simply unwanted ( 77 ). Of the estimated 211 million pregnancies that occur each year, about 46 million end in induced abortion (see Figure 3.2)
