after posting on another thread it became apparent to me that it can be difficult for some ex jws to totally shake off all wt teaching , even after leaving the org.
do you still feel guilty going into a church for a wedding or a funeral .
can you bring yourself to celebrate birthdays or christmas .
Though my kids are still young enough to look forward to and love Holidays, they really have no meaning to me.
Has nothing to do with "teachings" from being a JW, its the lack of tradition.
Memories and joys with holidays buildup from childhood.
They become things you look forward to and cherish, and are surrounded with memories with family and friends.
I have none of those, so they have no meaning to me now.
the fact that there are pomi ex-jws who have been disfellowshiped or inactive for years who still live in constant fear of armageddon indicates that watchtower will manage to exist in one way or another for years, if not decades, to come.
watchtower, like all other religious cults, operate on the premise that "you can fool some of the people all of the time...and that's enough!
".
slimboy - so when is it over for them?
You see the writing on the wall I don't.
When do they fold? 5 years, 10, 15 50?
What do you say so I can check back with you.
They have paid out tens of millions in the US alone, with more to come. The costs could easily reach hundreds of dollars per publisher. What JW wants to contribute money to pay towards that?
Ha, practically none of them know or care. Its satan attacking them as the WT says.
the fact that there are pomi ex-jws who have been disfellowshiped or inactive for years who still live in constant fear of armageddon indicates that watchtower will manage to exist in one way or another for years, if not decades, to come.
watchtower, like all other religious cults, operate on the premise that "you can fool some of the people all of the time...and that's enough!
".
1. Historically their main source of income from print media dried up decades ago.
YES BUT Their costs with being a printing house are also GONE.
2 They’ve sold most of the valuable property they accumulated in the good times.
YES - BUT THEY HAVE BILLIONS IN THE BANK TO INVEST AN LIVE OFF OF
3. After years of cutting costs the cuts keep coming.
YES SO NOW getting $1 is like getting $10 in the past. ALSO so little money is going out comparatively.
4. Their pattern of KH and Assembly Hall sales and demands for local funds indicates ongoing financial stress.
THIS IS THEIR NEW REVENUE SOURCE, WHICH BY ALL ACCOUNTS IS DOING JUST FINE.
ALL HALLS ARE PAYING LIKE THEY HAVE A MORTGAGE TO THE WT NOW.
5. The worst of their legal costs have not yet hit them.
THEY HAVE PAID OUT VERY LITTLE, and will continue to shield themselves.
Don't get me wrong - i wish them gone, but its not gonna happen for a long time.
page 24 of “the origin of life” cites henry gee:.
a second, more serious challenge is the lack of proof that those creatures are somehow related.
specimens placed in the series are often separated by what researchers estimate to be millions of years.
This entry seems to blow away all I was taught by the Science Experts at the WT. :)
alice laughed: "there's no use trying," she said; "one can't believe impossible things.".
"i daresay you haven't had much practice," said the queen.
"when i was younger, i always did it for half an hour a day.
The angles were Noahs GPS.
remember top shelf tony da turd broadcasting that world wide 2 years ago at the end of the convention?
well 2 years later do we see the slightest hint of the nation's declaring peace and security or going after religion?
so how was it imminent?
Its closer today than yesterday!
Thats what "friends" used to say :)
i apologise if this has been discussed while i was on vacation, but i've just become aware of it.. is the wtbts preparing to avoid losing a fortune, by declaring bankruptcy?.
the cult's scumbags may be about to initiate their own "great tribulation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-66zz1fptu.
wishful thinking with no basis in reality.
just was thinking how some powerful quotes, remarks, sayings hit the mark with me and how much it enriched/ enhamced/influences my life.
love beyond color.
reality is that which when you no longer believe in it , does not go away.. “the truth is a battle of perceptions.
Top 2 ever.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
Truth should never fear scrutiny.
alice laughed: "there's no use trying," she said; "one can't believe impossible things.".
"i daresay you haven't had much practice," said the queen.
"when i was younger, i always did it for half an hour a day.
I dont know if it was said, among the other completely obvious problems that we all ignored there is one more.
What ever water was in the "atmosphere" would raise atmospheric pressure.
i.e. if there were say 100 ft of rainwater to cover the earth over our heads, the atmospheric pressure would be the same as it would be 100 ft under the sea.
Creatures above the sea are built to take 15psi, not any more.
what if we could exchange one president from another country to yours?...
say trump for trudeau, trudeau for trump, trump in exchange for your respective european country, etc -- for a few years?
would you consider it a win or a loss for your country?.
I would happily exchange him for for a sack of potatoes.
He will go down as one of the worst leaders in world history.
Trumps dad was a general contractor.
Are you insane? My plumber is a general contractor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Trump
