jookbeard
I watched my zeal waver and dwindle away into inactivity and atheism...I was praised for my zeal,enthusiasm and public speaking LOL
Me too - same experience!
i hear rumbling about the rank and file not having the same zeal they had when new.. lets see: door to door at the time least likely to find someone.
waste of a whole morning.
isolated.
jookbeard
I watched my zeal waver and dwindle away into inactivity and atheism...I was praised for my zeal,enthusiasm and public speaking LOL
Me too - same experience!
i hear rumbling about the rank and file not having the same zeal they had when new.. lets see: door to door at the time least likely to find someone.
waste of a whole morning.
isolated.
When Elders have most teaching time taken away.
When Service is more about showing videos.
When standing at a Cart for hours is touted as effective ministry.
And when you declare 105 years of kingdom activity.
That's when people are like, ok, I would rather go watch TV.
at this pace its going to take more than a thousand years to make earth a paradise .by my reckoning.. what have the g.b.
been saying about his kingdom reign now that its gone over 100 years ?
and what he has accomplished ?.
Well - millions have been ensnared and given up normal lives.
Millions have had shitty sex lives full of guilt and frustration.
Millions have married someone out of desperation for sex, or because the pool to choose from was "their congregation", thus being STUCK with the wrong person.
Millions taken up shitty low paying jobs instead of having fulfilling careers.
Millions have substituted fake conditional friendships instead of having life long real friends.
Millions have lost family because they were unbelievers.
Millions have given their money to an evil organization.
To many have died at the hands of governments who just wanted them to have a piece of paper.
To many have died because of not taking normal medical help.
SO LOTS HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED!
2019 december brd newsletter.
https://docdro.id/odvxhqr.
2019-s-1-e-congregation field service and meeting attendance report.
As opposed to how Newly Interested Ones - RUSH to Midweek meetings?
What a JOKE!
Just OWN that no one but Born-Ins come to meetings, and its hard to even keep them coming!
this is what my children tell me... get over the whole jehovah's witness thing!
yes, they tell me they have gotten over the whole thing and they tell me that and i need to also.
my exgirl friend who was raised as a jw also has said the same thing.. my children say they got over it, however they are quick to point out how messed up their lives are now because of no college education and other missed opportunities.
Hmm - exactly how do I get over losing 48+ years of my life?
as jehovah’s witnesses, we were regularly told how awful a college education is.
i’m no longer associated with the religion but i am not so pro university.
it’s not because i think you are better off without a degree.
I am so career limited because I did not get a degree. I can't get hired for what I should be at this age for my line of work.
And I have to admit - rightfully so.
Not having a degree, also meant that I was not able to climb the ladder in my profession the way it should be.
I always relied on "someone knowing me", or a contact, or really just going it alone.
I went to county college, but got so much pressure to leave, I never finished the first semester.
I wish I did.
as jehovah’s witnesses, we were regularly told how awful a college education is.
i’m no longer associated with the religion but i am not so pro university.
it’s not because i think you are better off without a degree.
I find it interesting ,that those who characterise higher education negativity, for the most part have not attended university.
I find it quite predictable really.
as jehovah’s witnesses, we were regularly told how awful a college education is.
i’m no longer associated with the religion but i am not so pro university.
it’s not because i think you are better off without a degree.
I tried my hand at Brain Surgery, by my lack of a degree kept me from getting my foot in the door.
Bastard Liberals!
as jehovah’s witnesses, we were regularly told how awful a college education is.
i’m no longer associated with the religion but i am not so pro university.
it’s not because i think you are better off without a degree.
Minimus you comments are always so insanely right wing you seem like you could be a GB member yourself.
2020 special meeting with pioneers (morning session) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k231wmebpb4.
2020 special meeting with pioneers (afternoon session) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnhvwbjsv2w.
https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/e0gu2z/2020_special_meeting_with_pioneers_morning_and/ .
LongHair - I get that for sure.
But remember those really in today are so averse to looking into anything outside the WT for information.
The fear campaign is higher than ever.
Then you have lots of people who cant accept that their entire life course could be challenged, so cognitive dissidence sets in and they are living with that.
For so many its TOO painful to open the door even a crack, because the fear that their whole world would crumble.
I was not to far away from that myself when I started to wakeup.
Remember we were victims as are most JWs today.