Topic by Eustace

32

Why is it so important to them to let child molesters go out in the field ministry?

by Eustace in

what's up with the watchtower society still letting those they know to have sexually abused children go out in the field service despite that being crucial to the ruling against them in the conti suit?

they don't let men with beards go out in the field service in america with the justification that "beards are not the custom" and that therefore they "are not considered acceptable for christian ministers," but having sexually abused a child is somehow acceptable for a christian minister?.

last i checked molesting children isn't considered socially acceptable according to the customs of the united states and certainly finding out that child molesters are allowed to be jehovah's witness publishers is a whole lot more alienating to potential converts than them seeing jehovah's witness publishers with beards.

12

If the Governing Body are the Faithful and Discreet Slave, Could the Governing Body all die at once?

by Eustace in

i'm thinking that if all the governing body members all died at once, it would disprove this whole "the governing body are the faithful and discreet slave" business once and for all.. the faithful and discreet slave, according to watchtower teaching, will continue to exist into the time of the end.

so if the governing body all die at once, that means they ain't the faithful and discreet slave.. they need more youngish gb members quick!.

8

Bible School for Single Brothers

by Eustace in

i heard through the grapevine that those who graduated the bible school for single brothers around the end of february have already gotten their assignments.. i thought they were usually given assignments only after about a year?.

also while in the past not every graduate of the bible school for single brothers was given an assignment, in this class all were given one.. this smells like a bait and switch to me.. what's going on?.

.

17

Are the Family of a Disfellowshipped Person Told in Advance?

by Eustace in

in another thread a comment by mamochan13 related this experience:.

of course, after i was df'd my perspective changed.

one meeting a couple of months into it they announced that a young girl, about 17, had been df'd.

1

A Parable Relevant to Those Who Say We Should Wait on Jehovah

by Eustace in

jw
friends

hint: the "drowning man" represents the jw hierarchy, and the men in the rowboat, moterboat, and helicopter represent those who complain about injustices ("in france, a former elder believed that he had been the victim of an injustice, and he became bitter...").. "the drowning man".

a fellow was stuck on his rooftop in a flood.

he was praying to god for help.. soon a man in a rowboat came by and the fellow shouted to the man on the roof, "jump in, i can save you.".

28

Jehovah's Witnesses and Divorce

by Eustace in

jw
friends

i really hate divorce.

it was my parents getting divorced that helped messed up my childhood.. part of why i came to conclude the jehovah's witnesses don't have the "spiritual paradise" they claim to is how many of their marriages end up in divorce.my parents i could dismiss as an exception to a general rule, but i could never understand how often it seemed to keep happening to lots of different people when the watchtower society teaches that divorce is wrong except in case of adultery.. but what really brought things home for me was this study by the pewforum on religion survey showing that even though jehovah's witness are less likely to be married than the general population, they're more likely to be divorced or separated.. http://religions.pewforum.org/.

they really have a nerve telling people in the jehovah's witnesses religion that they shouldn't have sex outside of marriage when they've done so little to protect jws who get married, and their children, from the extreme stress and conflict of divorce.. it's really messed up.. heck, even the catholics they're are always dumping on have a lower divorce/separation rate than the jws.. jw divorced/separated = 14%.