a couple of threads about recent watchtower articles as made me wonder what they're thinking when they are writing them for a magazine that is supposed to be for preaching purposes.
i tried to put myself in the mind of somebody that didn't know much about jehovah's witnesses.
the stuff on weddings would have been weird at best, and the recent articles aimed at parents whose children leave the wt must strike normal people as down right creepy.
I think the non'JW's that read the WATCHTOWER has to be a very small number. Heck, most of the JW's don't really read it, often offering it in the door to door work when they themselves don't have a clue what the articles are about.
For the ones that do read it................it becomes a Talmud of Watchtower current rules and interpretations to keep the troops in line. What a 'boring' rag the magazine is!
Outaservice
your absolute favorite song of all time.
no lists.
just your absolute favorite and artist.. mine:.
Keep Your Eyes On The Prize, WTS
Outaservice
well i just got the new kingdom ministry for december and it has the publisher peak for august: 129,482!.
that is quite an amazing total when you compare it to the trend of recent years:.
2006 - 129,482. i wish i could produce a graph, but you get the picture - there has been a dramatic increase in the publisher peak number this year compared with the recent downward trend after the 1995 "generation" change and subsequent stagnation.
Who said "Figures don't lie, but liars figure?"
Outaservice
learning to find friends as an ex-jw.
i wrote this essay because of what i have observed and experienced in the way of disappointment and reward in the relationships and freinds i have made online.
i can relate to how you some x-jws feel about leaving online discussion boards.
Hey, I wanna be your friend too!
Outaservice
i think it will be around for years to come.
i do think that we can put the word out about this cult and help people get out or not join them in the first place.
but we'll never obliterate them, in my opinion.
It's not dead yet, but it is starting to get sick!
Outaservice (who's taken at least one brick out of the tower)
If so, what kind do you want?
Outaservice
i think most of us were probably trained to believe that money can't buy happiness, but is that really true?
i know i'd be a hell of a lot happier with more money....what about you?
of course, there are the big examples we all know of---people who had lots of money, fame, but they weren't happy.
Money won't buy happiness, so let everyone enjoy their grief however they want!
Outaservice (But if you ever get a sizeable chunk, don't send it to the Watchtower)
have any of you ex-jw's ever been bitten by a dog out in the service?
have you ever found yourself in any other dangerous stiuation?
being shot at, beat up, attacked by a naked lady, psychopath demonized person, or..........................?????.
Have any of you ex-JW's ever been bitten by a dog out in the Service? Have you ever found yourself in any other dangerous stiuation? Being shot at, beat up, attacked by a naked lady, psychopath demonized person, or..........................?????
Outaservice (who got chased by a goose once)
is it me or is it reality that most jws are troubled??
that is they don't seem to be the "happiest people on earth"?
I'd be depressed too, if I spent as much time in a Kingdom Hall as they would like you too, with no windows, no fresh air, and no light! It's SADD! And add the 'boring' repetitious talks on top of it, and it could start a man drinking! and possibly a woman .
Outaservice
this has been very interesting to say the least.
proof of ancient giants?
i don't think so.. i was talking this morning to a person that emailed me photos of giants that have been excavated and he claims this is proof of the nephilim.
NEPHILIN: GENESIS 6:4 & NUMBERS 13:33 NWT
Outaservice
