i grew up in the org and never got baptised, however i was wondering recently about how much money my family and old friends are wasting in all that.
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i remember of course never talking in amounts, that it was important to give from what you can not what you have etc but i admit i have no clue how much the average witness gives (say in % of their income).. i'm sure it varies greatly, i'd love to hear what you guys have to say..
I grew up in the org and never got baptised, however i was wondering recently about how much money my family and old friends are wasting in all that.
I remember of course never talking in amounts, that it was important to give from what you can not what you have etc but i admit i have no clue how much the average witness gives (say in % of their income).
I'm sure it varies greatly, i'd love to hear what you guys have to say.
probably my favorite band of cinephile miscreants on youtube is red letter media, which has, among other things, a series called "best of the worst".
they have a sub-series of that called "wheel of the worst," where a bunch of crappy old vhs tapes, either sent in from fans or added by the guys, are stuck to a plywood wheel and 3 of them are randomly selected for forced viewing.
here's the thing.
I love them.
When i saw the young people ask vhs i was hoping so hard for the wheel to stop on it haha.
They had no idea what it was, it could have been a good laugh.
i've heard some weird stories coming from jws about the paranormal.
i know about the warnings about items that come from unbelievers -- those don't interest me as much.
what i am interested in are actual experiences in stories of the paranormal you've heard or experienced yourself.
Fear of demons haunted my childhood and maybe teenage years also. Then you hear those crazy demon stories from people you know and who are not insane.
The closest ive been to a "paranormal" experience must have been sleep paralysis, multiple times, so awake and almost totally paralyzed plus strong auditory hallucinations but that thing has a logical scientific explanation...last time i had one i was not scared at all.
I do not believe in those things anymore but i think its interesting how spiritism still has a huge impact on many people and some parts of the world.
looking at the figures for 2014 to 2015 the numbers have dropped from 180,343 to 176,585.. any idea why?.
civil war
this was a comment i made from another post, but i would like to hear some people discuss this.
i know the social justice warriors will scream i'm some sort of trump supporter for what i say even though i don't agree with his ideas and no i am not voting for him... i accept this is a go to for them.. i think we have fallen into a pc vacuum.. criticizing someones religion = racism!.
telling someone to not be so sensitive = misogyny!.
to make mistakes is human, to make mistakes dictated by faith is also human but foolish.
i am pretty sure that as jws we all have made decisions that later on we regretted, in some cases they have been minor and in others they had profound effect in our life; major items were like blood and education related.
i am going to post one decision that was a major disaster for the person involved and if you know of something similar please contribute.. in a spanish speaking country where "machismo" was the norm and it was common for a man to have several mistresses, there was a sister married to a wealthy man and they had four children.
ok, i'm willing, and thinking about going to the meetings, but there is a catch.
i'm not, nor ever be a jw.
i know too much about their beliefs.
Trust me, your children hate going to the meetings. Every meetings.
I remember my days were ruined at the perspective of going to the meeting after school or on a saturday evening, i was so happy whenever i missed one (didnt happen often).
This can be hard with your wife but it really is one the biggest help you can provide to them if you say that they can also stay at home instead of going to the meetings (and i'm not even talking about the saturday morning preaching)
my first post here and unfortunately it is asking for help.. i was a born in jehovah's witness and from my earliest memories, i know i hated being one.
i hated the embarrassment of being the "outsider" at school and i hated not being allowed to have any friends.
of course i had the obligatory friends in the kingdom hall - none of whom were my age exactly and none of whom i would have personally chosen to be friends with if i had been left to pick them myself in a natural setting.
i left home and the religion at 19, unbaptised, i also kinda shuned my family more than they shuned me.
the difference with me is that i still thought that it was the truth and respected the religion, i just thought that i could not do it and i managed to live happily not caring about it at all. I never talked to anyone about my background until recently where i started really seeing the WT for what it is.
It's a strange feeling because i was not shocked, everything was already beyond me but the difference it made is that now i feel no shame talking about it at all. It's who you are, how you were raised, not your fault especially if you left so young so many years ago.
Im almost excited when i reveal it now, people just react with surprise and curiosity. I don't know what else to say, your friends and family know you and love you for who you are, there is no shame at all you should feel.
I even think that growing up in the "truth" and leaving early without much complications is a strenght as it gives you a certain perspective on things and you really enjoy your freedom. You come from a very different background that people cannot understand but they know it and wont care much. One guy even said to me : " wow my childhood was just plain boring and ordinary, this is something. " almost felt proud lol.
You lived the best years of your life happily =) it's not like others who waste much more precious time in the cult.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmbpbb5k_mc
" very clear explanation "
lost it
this came up in another thread and i wondered if any one else thought this way while they were still in..... - that it is actually better not to preach as people who don't hear "the truth" are said to be given a resurrection rather than the poor saps who refused a paltry magazine and now merit everlasting destruction..
this paradox always made me laugh.
knock knock, you open the door and say no like 95% of em ? oops too bad you're condemned now, hope you'll grab your next chance if you have time.
