so today after the meeting an older pioneer sister was outside as people were talking about the wonderful experience from the yearbook of the family in nigeria or wherever that went to the meeting and the plane destroyed their neighborhood.
but since they were at the metting they lived..... .
so she says, "you heard about the ones that died in a bus crash on the way to the convention????
straight to paradise ... hunh!! as opposed to the alternate where you DIE and wait to be resurrected, is this paradise in an unknown realm..
and not on the future earth... or do the just go to the front of the line in the resurection order..
I think the Koolaid is currently being served..
think about this .. are there any Cults that ended in a Good way?
I couldn't find any examples .. but, a bunch that end badly very badly
is the information on this webpage* regarding the socioeconomic conditions of jws a fair connection to the all too familiar wts quote of 1969?
does the report's statistics appear to be plausible given your personal observations?
*even though many others have copied and pasted the article (including the individual who created the page hyperlinked above), i'm apprehensive about doing so for copyright reasons.
here is Grandpa .. he was a Bible student born in 1905 died 2003.. his son my Dad was told he won't make it out of High School.. I was told I wouldn't need College..
The beautiful little Girl is now 22 and going to graduate college this year.. She is this original Bible Students GreatGrand Daughter..
I broke the the cycle of spiritual Abuse in my family
Yea for me and my Baby!!
Iam the Tater-T
so as someone newly awakened, my thoughts have turned to "why didn't i see this sooner?
how could i be so blind?
" part of it is that i never realized anyone may have left due to differences with the doctrine.
my thoughts have turned to "why didn't I see this sooner? How could I be so blind?
Totally feel you there.. I left thinking, they had problems but still had the truth... didn't think it good to teach to my daughter..
then one day while explaining to someone why I didn't celebrate christmas.. " I said God don't any of you people, research where your beliefs come from!!!"... light bulb went off ...I never did for the religion I was born in!!
I like to say JWFACTS showed me they were wrong... The poster on this site Terry showed me they are pure evil...
and now I want to picket Kingdom Halls .. but I'll probably just chase them out of my neighborhood if I see them.. LOL .. no really I will
good luck .. I know how you feel ..
when i read the gospels, i don't find a bunch of numbers.
i loved that jesus talked in a way that left me wide open to respond to god.
"love god with your whole heart, mind, soul and strength and your neighbor as yourself".
I love the dub term accurate knowledge.. was that the key to salvation? or as Ding said secret knowledge..
I left maintaining spirit and truth where enough for me..
It always bugged me all this chronologies stuff ... it blows me a way that people on here spend the time and energy they do on it..
To what end... I love this line from Jim Mora .. you think you know .. but you really don't know .. and you never will
when i read the gospels, i don't find a bunch of numbers.
i loved that jesus talked in a way that left me wide open to respond to god.
"love god with your whole heart, mind, soul and strength and your neighbor as yourself".
agreed ... when I realised " Does God really expect me to figure all this mumbo jumbo out, to please him? I think he would have made things a little more certain!"
He didn't doesn't care about that.. why should anyone.. I think anyone that thinks they can, or it matters is way out of touch with reality..
and narcissistic
Wrong!!!!! a cult has ONE leader ..they don't have One leader... so they can't be a cult..period
at least that is what they told me repeatedly.. when I was studing ... how can anyone argue with that stellar logic?
no $hit ?sherlock!
that article about jehovah's witnesses having the lowest retention rate for born ins keeps popping up every now again ... i'm just curious if any of you have noticed that this is actually the case.
in the congregation that i grew up in, i'm going to say that 95% of the young people in their teens to mid twenties are either regular pioneering, regular auxiliary pioneering, serving in foreign language congregations or where the need is greater.
both of my younger sisters are regular pioneers - and the young people in their hall even organize 8 pm to midnight service on friday nights of their own accord.
To those of you wondering about the 8-midnight service - they do informal witnessing - gas stations, pizza shops and the like.
sounds more like they are finding ways to have fun ..
Bye Mom Bye Dad....... Won't be home till after midnight.... Yep we are all meeting up for Service at the pizza parlor then the movie theater...
DUB's are gullible thats for sure...
bless those kids getting out every friday night.. and counting time.. genuis!!
