Of course you are right. Ignorance is a bliss.
I would guess that less than 1% of active JW's today know about 1874, 1878 and 1925. Maybe less than 0.1%
as i have said many times, i did not really study jw teachings in depth until i went to prison.. i had a period from 1959 to 1967 when i---sort of----could explain things to a shallow depth.
once i entered that profound place in my head (while in federal prison) when everything got serious.....i entered a secret room, so to speak, where.
all the mysteries were hidden!.
Of course you are right. Ignorance is a bliss.
I would guess that less than 1% of active JW's today know about 1874, 1878 and 1925. Maybe less than 0.1%
but our situation is very difficult and quite high profile.... i was raised as a jw and my mother was very strict and abusive.
i got baptized at age 14.. my mother actually called on my (present) husband's mom in service.
she was on the initial call resulting in his mom coming in the truth and him being raised in it from about age 8 or 9.. despite a very abusive step-father, he followed his mom's lead and came into the truth.
Well well....still "high profile case"! :-)
some people recently raised concerns about security of the site relating to whether forum members could be watchtower plants trying to obtain information about people.
apparently, this was because a previous forum that was setup was either owned by or later handed over to someone who used it to collect personal information about people which was then used to harrass them.
i don't know all the details, i'm just paraphrasing what i've heard and recognize that it's a concern to some people.. i want to first of all put people's minds at rest: i've been running this site for what will be 13 years next month.
"The Ex Jehovah's Witness Recovery 3 Facebook group is being watched. We found that out last week when two elders showed up at someone's door telling her they knew she was participating on the group, as was her sister. They were looking to find a time to confront the second person as well. I guess we'll see what comes of it.
This website is much safer and more secure because of its high level of anonymity. On Facebook it's a whole different world and with new people joining just about every day, the likelihood of there being JW spies is quite high. The general consensus is LET THEM! Who knows maybe they will even learn something, but it does make some people pretty nervous and some are using fake profiles out of fear."
I don't understand this. Are you letting new people in in a secret group every day? This does not work. You have to check out every potential member. Some people are really naive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcic4g5tulw.
http://www.jwactivists.org.
facebook the association of anti-watchtower activists.
They are coming.......
as on now the awaa website is down for maintenance.
is was meant to be out for 48hrs.
it was down over 72 hrs ago and promises to be up in a further 12. .
I don't think so.
I think they have great problems in the organisation.......my guess is that it's getting really serious in the AAWA-board.
as on now the awaa website is down for maintenance.
is was meant to be out for 48hrs.
it was down over 72 hrs ago and promises to be up in a further 12. .
Maybe it's going to be re-released with trumpet blasts at Cedars Point, Ohio?
i have always wondered who will be raised first people such as noah, job, enoch, etc; or people who die right before armaggeddon?
if noah, job, are raised first would not they be terrified with all of the modern inventions they will see such as cars, airplanes, clothes, watches, tvs, radios, and all of the modern technologies.
also, if people lived to 900 years back then would not methusalan be shocked if a person raised tells him they were only 20 years old when they died?
So, Villagegirl, why don't you give him you own answer?
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my wife and i are atheists, raised and living as jehovah's witnesses.
So noone of the firstborn in Egypt had the right heart condition?
Yes, you are right, this is not WT-dogma. But that's good, in that case she is going outside WT-teaching to defend god/WT. In that case, try to get her to give reference to her statements. But you still have to act careful.
1 - reconsider your existence - there might be a reason why the most effective resources to date have been solo efforts.
2 - recognize that even well-intentioned organizations will firstly seek self-preservation.
3 - be aware that egos and emotional stupidity have torn apart much grander edifices than aawa.
It's down now again! This is really strange.
the aawa website jwactivists is down for repairs or whatever, so here is my prediction of what it will be when it comes up:.
* the site will have removed all mention of jwn.
* the site will have revised their own history.. * the site will have a registry that will be contingent on confirmation of identity in relation to the wts, but will also limit the function and communication of naysayers of john cedars' only working organization on earth.. * privacy will not be addressed.
Isn't it Juan Viejo that's running that site? I am a bit bothered that he could be in trouble now.