Every single witness I see on the street.
Them: "Hey, we've missed you."
me: "You can text me."
Now I don't even say that. I'm tired of saying that. It's now more like this:
Them: "Hey we've missed you."
me: "yea"
thank you for coming to my house so often because you were so concerned about me missing so many meetings.. ( actually, the only time you visited was when the circuit and district overseers were in town.
you really showed them how concerned you were about your sheep.
i now know that it is more of a duty than a concern.).
Every single witness I see on the street.
Them: "Hey, we've missed you."
me: "You can text me."
Now I don't even say that. I'm tired of saying that. It's now more like this:
Them: "Hey we've missed you."
me: "yea"
all of the wts tactics and procedures are based off of your most basic mlm (multi-level marketing) schemes.
take your pick of amway, or any of the other vitamin or financial mlm's.
they all work the exact same way.
I remember attending a few Amway meetings. I got the exact same creepy feeling as the Jdubs. The lovebombing, the talks, everyone in suits and loaded language. It felt exactly the same.
A duffle coat. First time I ever walked out in 30 degree weather and feeling completely comfortable.
A duffle coat. First time I ever walked out in 30 degree weather and feeling completely comfortable.
Sounds like a great night to me as long as the drugs are moderate. Last week I ran into a brother after I finished smoking some weed. It was weird
did you know there is nothing more insane than being partly indoctrinated and partly free?.
the level of cognitive dissonance is ridiculous!.
i have told this story before, so i'll shorten it to cut to the chase.. in 1987, i was dating a professional psychotherapist with a view to marriage.
I've done that to people plenty of times. Now whereever I go, I just leave out that information as if those years never happened and I don't know anything about the bible. It also saved me from stressful conversations.
over the past couple years i have watched three young jw woman give up thier lives rather than accept blood.
the last was a new mother in her late 20s.
this is her story, as it unfolded on facebook:.
Damn. This is why I left the watchtower organization. And no funeral either? I know it was her choice but I feel like it was partly influenced by the organization seeing how they never respect or see a funeral as anything but a chance to preach.
yes, this comment was just made by the speaker today!:.
"if you find that you are lacking in joy or experiencing problems in life, this is evidence that jehovah's spirit is lacking or being blocked in your life".
i sat there thinking "are you kidding me brother?...
Evidently, if you lack JOY or experiencing PROBLEMS in life, it's also because Satan knows you're doing the "right thing" and putting trials before you. I was told to be appreciate my depression for that reason. A whole lot of bullshit right there.
so im at the meeting after its over and this elder says to me that god needs my voice because he, the elder, feels that my singing is not loud enough.
i did not tell him this, but singing just is not my thing.
he then went on saying how gods people are better singers than "the worlds singers".
I would have said yes. Your lyrics make you a bad lyricist, not a bad singer. Terrible analogy.
the revised edition of the bible teach book is up on jw.org with a new cover..
I think I liked the golden cover instead. The new one looks so dull and depressing. If I was someone at the door, it wouldn't capture my interest at all.