anyone else have a #3 talk tonight?
i wrote a talk but i don't like it.. anyone have one written they wanna post?
i'll show you mine if you show me yours!
better late than never...
anyway, as usual I blew them away with a bunch of fluff I copied and pasted directly from the CD ROM
JW kids nowadays have it easy, I used to actually write my own talks from bound volumes. even type them out on a TYPEWRITER !
now its ctrl-C, ctrl-V and done! I can't imagine this type of easy access to information is actually going to help teenagers that copy and paste homework projects in a matter of minutes and then get right back to Call of Duty ;)
ok i know some of you are going to mock me but i don't give a shit and you'd better get dafaq outta this thread if you don't beleive in this stuff.. .
so,you ever seen somethin strange?shadow people?felt cold spots?touched by something you can't see?beaten by an unseen force?heard voices/whispers/growls/screams etc?are you sure about it or was it just your imagination?you ever been into the occult?c'mon share your experiences and stories!personally i've never had an encounter with the other side..
i experienced sleep paralysis once, like others here, I too thought it was a "demon attack" of some sort. I now know better.
My mother used to go through my music collection whenever she had one of her infamous "demon attacks"
Now when R&F talk about "demon" events I have no qualms making it known I think its all horse shit. JW's hate it when you do this, they want these events to deepen their faith, so when I tell them I believe otherwise they take offense.
I've asked some: "how is it your [relative] had so many demon attacks over the years with the whole family serving Jehovah? Worshiping Jehovah is a protection for us, what was he/she doing to invoke the demons? I have never had a demon attack in my life. Why are they picking your relatives to attack?"
Questioning the "spirituality" of their relatives usually quiets them down.
My favorite is the old "garage sale item" story.... you know, where they bought an old tea pot or blanket at a garage sale and suddenly start having demon attacks and they threw the blanket in the fire and it wouldn't burn until they called out "Jehovah!" repeatedly.
well what about your used car or old home? should I only buy new everything for the rest of my life??
i have been noticing in recent threads that people have been observing that the zeal has been waning among r+f jws.
i have observed that most zealous, die hards have gone to foreign lands, or foreign language congregations, leaving the others in the stagnant english congregations.
when you think of it, if you cared at all about bringing people into the cult, you probably would be preaching where it is fertile, the foreign field.
now that its gone i can't imagine having to dodge 3 meetings per week instead of just 2
for the last year the BS was around I missed almost the entire year of studies. When it went away my average meeting attendance came way up and I didnt have to change a thing
has anyone here left jehovah's witnesses to join the churuch of jesus christ of latter-day saints?
what was your motivation for doing so and how has it worked out?.
if you haven't joined the lds or considered it, as an ex-jw, what is your general view of the lds faith?.
NEVER!!!!!
I knew mormons that studied with witnesses.... trust me, JW's are the WAAAAY less crazy option of the two
"albert" was 55 years old, and the fifth-born of seven children.
i am the second oldest and babysat him often while he was growing up --- and while i was still at home.. yesterday, albert was out taking his usual morning stroll around his small town, when he collapsed on the sidewalk.
the doctors said it was a heart attack.
that is very sad news. I am sorry for your loss. I can only imagine the pain of losing a sibling. I do not look forward to my turn to be in your shoes.
May you find peace with your brother in your heart
woj
i have been noticing in recent threads that people have been observing that the zeal has been waning among r+f jws.
i have observed that most zealous, die hards have gone to foreign lands, or foreign language congregations, leaving the others in the stagnant english congregations.
when you think of it, if you cared at all about bringing people into the cult, you probably would be preaching where it is fertile, the foreign field.
its a HUGE fear of mine. I highly doubt they will do this, but all it takes is for a GB top dog to drop dead and just as everytime a president died, a whole bunch of shit changes.
If a new GB prez loves the book study and sees it as the key to control the R&F, it will come back
i was thinking about using a tactic of asking questions revolving around "noahs flood" to try to start my wife doing some serious thinking.
unlike doctrine that cannot often be proven one way or another, this issue can be proven beyond the slightest doubt that it is impossible.. i was thinking about asking a question something like this "i was reading about coral reefs today, and they sure are amazing!
what amazed me the most is how long it takes for them to build the reef, and how long they live!
"radiocarbon dating is stupid. They have no idea what they're talking about."
"8000 years old? PHHH! You KNOW that isn't accurate"
"Obviously its only 4000 years old. As if scientists know anyting"
the society are at it again.
witnesses at a local congregation are getting rid of old literature that predates the early 90's.
you can imagine why.
i had a bonfire.
without my 2012 CD I would only have jw.org
anyone else have a #3 talk tonight?
i wrote a talk but i don't like it.. anyone have one written they wanna post?
i'll show you mine if you show me yours!
hey all,
ya its the Messiah talk. I just slapped it together. Not exactly my best work but could care less
the scriptures used (Luke 24:44 and Gal 4:4) aren't exactly the greatest scriptures for the subject, hard to develop in 5 minutes. So I kinda just read them and say stuff after that sounds like its right. No one is listening anyway
Hey DS211 - could you post the talk here??
what might the wts do to counteract growth stagnation and attrition?.
of course they could ditch certain teachings and practices such as blood, shunning and homophobia.. how about if they closed the kingdom hall network (all proceeds back to mothership) and built out more regional mega-churches?
<assembly halls>.
the WTS wants every congregation have its own, dedicated Kingdom Hall with no multiple congregation KH's. That is their ultimate goal.
make travel to the Hall easy and close by, central in the territory and now they own 3 properties instead of only 1
