Yeah, going from JW to christian to agnostic was a struggle, but it also was a natural and honest process.
The only meaning I can find is this life. I have no proof of something else.
just wondering if this is a common thing for you guys and girls?
when i left the jws it was hard to make a connection with people, much of the time i felt that whatever they wanted to talk about just didn't seem relevant/deep/meaningful.
i find myself filtering my mind to get to a level with others (small talk mostly).
Yeah, going from JW to christian to agnostic was a struggle, but it also was a natural and honest process.
The only meaning I can find is this life. I have no proof of something else.
since leaving the borg i jumped both feet first into classes i've always wanted to do but was never "allowed" to.
two of which are life drawing and photography.
i've been studying for almost two years now and have seen more nude men and women in our classes than i care to remember.. today in the photography studio i was working in with three others (two women, one man) we were told we had a new person modelling for us.
Could it be that this sister secretly believes in nudity in paradise?
Lol Herd & Lett!
thanks man
what if the gb in desperation gave over their position as god(guardians of doctrine) and allowed ai to do a complete make over of policies to bring back profitability and avoid bankruptcy.. what kind of changes do you think artificial intelligence with some very good deep mind learning algorithm would make to policies to shield the corporation from further lawsuit in the future.
what type of policies would it develop in short order to save this corporation from going belly up?
what type of investments and divestments would it recommend in order to bring it back to financial solvency.. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/google-ai-robot-answers-the-meaning-of-life-and-tells-humans-how-to-be-good-10353668.html.
today, i took the day off to go with my husband to san francisco on bart to see shen yun.
coming out of the station, were two elders at a watchtower cart!
my husband loves to witness to them.. started off with a smile and they smiled back and he told them he had been associated with jehovah's witnesses and now he is not but he wishes to tell them that even though they are going to hear things that are upsetting in the news, there is life after jehovah's witnesses.. they smiled and asked him if they could ask what religion he has gone to, or what he is doing now.
Nice job! The bORG must be grinding their teeth for not being able to use a do-not-call list for the cart witnessing. The only protection against seeds of TTATT is to take your cart and leave. It makes then more vulnerable and will definitely cost members.
Didn't the GB see this coming? True, the D2D work is in decline so maybe they had no other choice than to do this, but still quite naive to assume that apostates would not open that door to greater activity.
with all those happy holidays gorby took some time to search in online dutch newspaper archives.
great to see how much information is on the net.. i searchedon the subject jw and many articles, from negatie to positive and all in between came on the screen.. like the blood issue, 1975 worlds end, ray franz incident, former witness, finance,etc etc.. the question i asked myself, is that if there is so much kind of scandals and negative information over the years,how can a person ignore this?.
if it looks like a pig, it smells like a pig and makers the noise of it... it has to be one.. g..
...how can a person ignore this?
Because it's a cult and they are brainwashed but...some will escape!
back again!.
so as i'm still pimo and living under my parent's roof, how can i get out of service?
cause i really don't want to go and i feel dirty just knowing i could be influencing someone into this garbage..
Haven't read all the posts but kudos to you for not wanting to spread lies.
My suggestion? Do return visits alone as much as possible and when you are alone... do absolutely nothing what you don't want to do.
Good luck, please let us know how you're doing and what suggestions worked for you.
i'm noticing what seems to be a higher incidence of the above among the local jws than in the "general" (read: worldly) population.
i don't say this lightly, my wanderings around the fringes of jw society locally is revealing an alarming trend here.
the poverty doesn't help (there are good jobs, but you need a degree or qualifications to get one).. anyone else see this?
I'm thinking things are breaking down from the inside out, and finally the cracks are showing.
Spiral, so much pressure from both the inside and the outside must be almost impossible to bear, and 2018 will only bring more misery and deception.
Hopefully the realisation that being in the bORG can tire you out physically and mentally will make some receptive to TTATT. The GB can lie and just live in an ivory tower, but the rank and file are terrified by so many incomprehensible doctrines, talmud-like rules and all the gossip and social control.
1972 : we started studying with the jehovah's witnesses when my uncle became an elder and put fear into our family that armageddon was close.
1974 : my mom, my brother and i were all baptized after all the convention talks and watchtower magazine articles that 1975 would likely end this system of things.
1999 : being told that the year 2000 was going to mark the 6 thousand years of mans existence and that the 1000 year kingdom in the new paradisewould come in the year 2000.
20th century etc
No wonder the gb have asked all the faithful to get rid of old libraries.......
Zeb, most here will know that this quote can only be found in the original single issue. Not many will have saved it.
But guess what?
I only recently found out that I have that gem in possession! During the 90's I got a lot of single WT magazines from a (now deceased) biblestudy, put them in a box and never looked at them again because I'd rather use the "handy" bound volumes.
The wife asked me to clean up a bit and to see what possibly could be thrown away, Voila...there it was! In Dutch!
Thought it would be nice to post a few pics for those who are interested...
how about .... the international brotherhood of stupidity.. the righteous zombies club .
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