(original version posted 2014).
notice: the following is submitted in full recognition of and with compassion and due respect for those who, due to personal circumstance, feel they are unable to employ this powerful strategy.. ---.
anyone who has awakened to ttatt and has conscientiously left the organization--especially a once-prominent, highly-regarded, studious true-believer from a celebrated multi-generational tribe of jws-- after decades of devout, high-profile "serve-us," who continues to put in an annual appearance at the memorial thoroughly subverts and undermines, by this one act, any hope s/he may entertain that his/her departure will stir family or former friends to question the whole watchtower bamboozle.
Well said. This will be our first time not attending the memorial. I often wanted to go and cause a stir but doing so is only self-serving. It won't change people's minds to how ridiculous the whole thing is and it only feeds the persecution complex.
I used to love seeing people make a stir at the yearly memorial on YouTube, but now they are just fools. Why waste a perfectly good night? Say goodbye to "the most boring night of the year!!" It shant be missed.
my dad told me this today..
Does poopie have a brother?
i am compiling my list.
you can add yours if you like to.. 1. the hypocrisy in religion.. 2. religion make good people bad and bad people worse and worse people worst.. 3. the false dates given in religion.. 4. religions use their fundamental books to suit their beliefs.. 5. wrong and distorted views about sexual life.
the list goes on.
Sure many bad things have been done in the name of religion AND it can impede free thought but some religion and religious people do good for our communities. Many volunteer their time and energy to help the poor and needy, put on drives to help sick kids, and get people together to discuss common problems such as chronic illness and loss.
Personally I've met both good people who were religious and non religious. It's all the same but clumping all religion into the same mold just isn't true.
i am compiling my list.
you can add yours if you like to.. 1. the hypocrisy in religion.. 2. religion make good people bad and bad people worse and worse people worst.. 3. the false dates given in religion.. 4. religions use their fundamental books to suit their beliefs.. 5. wrong and distorted views about sexual life.
the list goes on.
Not all religion is bad. We have friends of many faiths and there are some genuinely great people who are religious.
i have seen this statement or similar ones popping up in the study edition of the wt lately.
whenever they talk about undeserved kindness or jesus ransom they add this little gem to get the point across.
this is sick, why do they feel the need to tear down people's self esteem?
I not so fondly remember older brothers and sisters making such statements during the meetings. What did we personally do to "deserve" death? Did we kill someone? No! Did we rob a bank? No! Did we steal from an old ladies purse? No!
I can never understand someone feeling such contempt for their lives. Life is precious. These people hate living.
I made this observation in the past but it's worth mentioning again: I know a couple who have a beautiful home by the lake. They are both very successful and are die-hard JW's. I stopped by on a beutiful sunny day to check out a garage sale they were having. I asked the wife how she was doing? She said, "Just trying to make it another day......" Its like really?!! Life is that bad???!!!
Anyways they also feel they deserve death and that's too bad. What a waste of a good life.🙄
does the rank and file or the elders view us as disassociated or disfellowshipped or simply "weak" or possibly a "prodigal son" type?.
We are treated like lepers, even by our own family. Its ridiculous but then again, who needs those kinds of people in life?
i mean this with all due respect, i would like to hear from genuine people who think jw have it wrong and then what is the truth?.
im not talking about silly little quibbles here and there.. is jehovah real?
the the bible is word?
There is no "truth" with regards to religion, especially bible-based religion.
Just live your life and do good things for others. Karma is your friend.
i have some tricks to play.
i know it may sound childish but i feel that creating havoc and forcing the memorial to be postponed will be the highlight of the night!
wish me luck!.
You want to disrupt their Memorial? Do it by refusing to attend. Show by your not attending that you will have nothing to do with their satanic black mass ritual.
i was thinking today about the descriptions of the future "paradise" presented by the watchtower, and i was struck by something about it.
most of us are aware that the watchtower promotes an interpretation of the apocalypse that would result in the immediate execution of 99.9% of the population with no hope for resurrection.
additionally, we have been told about the large group of people that are supposed to side with satan at the end of the thousand year reign of christ.
Interesting subject, something I have thought about many times. Revelation says that those numbered and killed after the millennial reign would be "as sand on a seashore." So if that many AFTER the thousand years don't like their future prospect then how can anyone feel like they will indeed live forever in paradise? As you observed, one wicked, independent thought means swift destruction. Census numbers during such a period would be interesting to follow.
it was always a long shot anyway.
but, after a week of emotional pain for the mom, and extreme physical pain for a helpless infant, the baby's body finally succumbed.. all those prayers from the parents, from family, from friends, were absolutely worthless.
that is a deity for ya!
Very sorry for your loss. There is no comforting a parent who has lost a child no matter their age. Sadly time doesn't really help either. We are approaching the two year mark of our daughter lost at 20 weeks with no explanation and all I can honestly say is you never forget. The saying: "Always on my mind, Forever in my heart" are the truest words ever spoken. Just be there for each other.
The paradise hope the JW's vomit out as comfort is nothing but an empty promise from an impotent nonexistent deity. Comfort and healing can come with friendship with those who have shared similar loss.
