They should do a TV series where every week they catch a pedophile in the Kingdom Halls, like the TV series "To Catch a Predator"
One week they catch a Ministerial Servant, the next week an Elder, the next a pioneer, and the finale a CO.
this looks like a good one, another small blow coming straight from satan's system!!!
vice versa: crusaders.
(hollywood reporter article) .
They should do a TV series where every week they catch a pedophile in the Kingdom Halls, like the TV series "To Catch a Predator"
One week they catch a Ministerial Servant, the next week an Elder, the next a pioneer, and the finale a CO.
did you ever give a talk and made that point?.
growing up i had the opportunity to live for a while in a farm like place with all kinds of animals.. mom and dad always taught us kids early, what to watch for because there were dangerous animals and insects roaming around.. snakes, black widows, brown recluse spiders, and so on.. there were times when i would just sit by this huge tree and wonder why jah would make all these animals that were dangerous, and hard to see, until it was too late.
like the black widow spider.
PTB
As courage is an attribute every civilisation has admired and viewed as a positive characteristic, I think it is a safe one to start with. And with this in mind, always speaking the truth is something which requires a great deal of courage.
Winston Churchill once said, "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." The challenge is getting universal agreement.
And what would we do with "Evil"' people?lock them in a cage with a Diamond. It may take a while but good will always conquer evil.
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did you ever give a talk and made that point?.
growing up i had the opportunity to live for a while in a farm like place with all kinds of animals.. mom and dad always taught us kids early, what to watch for because there were dangerous animals and insects roaming around.. snakes, black widows, brown recluse spiders, and so on.. there were times when i would just sit by this huge tree and wonder why jah would make all these animals that were dangerous, and hard to see, until it was too late.
like the black widow spider.
PTBI think working for the best requires some universally beneficial guiding principles
What are some principles you envision that would be universally beneficial.
And what would we do with "Evil"' people?
Evil meaning in this context, those that REFUSE to cooperate with society and instead resort to stealing, laziness, injuring other citizens- etc.??
the video for midweek.
walking 25 km, stay in a witness home and the topper, selling a chicken for money to feed 2 or 3 families.
all while wearing a tie..
the topper, selling a chicken for money to feed 2 or 3 families. All while wearing a tie.
I usually eat a whole chicken when I sit down for a meal. Along with salad, fruit, a drink. And that's when I'm watching my weight. My girl is a healthy eater too. And the kids are walking mouths, they seem to eat all day.
So feeding 2 or 3 families with one chicken, I just don't see that unless the family was;
did you ever give a talk and made that point?.
growing up i had the opportunity to live for a while in a farm like place with all kinds of animals.. mom and dad always taught us kids early, what to watch for because there were dangerous animals and insects roaming around.. snakes, black widows, brown recluse spiders, and so on.. there were times when i would just sit by this huge tree and wonder why jah would make all these animals that were dangerous, and hard to see, until it was too late.
like the black widow spider.
Did you ever give a talk and made that point?
Growing up I had the opportunity to live for a while in a farm like place with all kinds of animals.
Mom and dad always taught us kids early, what to watch for because there were dangerous animals and insects roaming around.
Snakes, black widows, brown recluse spiders, and so on.
There were times when I would just sit by this huge tree and wonder why Jah would make all these animals that were dangerous, and hard to see, until it was too late. Like the black widow spider.
I never asked, but I just wondered all the time. Especially when we would get up and see 50 plus chickens torn to pieces by Coyotes. Or I remember when my kitty had baby kittens, and I loved them all. Then one day I woke up and our dog torn them all to pieces.
It just didn't make sense to me growing up and then going to the Kingdom hall and being taught that God is Love, merciful and knows when one sparrow falls to the grown.
One day we had hundreds of sparrows on the grown. And to this day no one knows why.
I always believed in a Creator.
But one day one of my brothers did something that got me wondering about God.
One of my brothers started an ant farm for some school project. He would feed them and spend a lot of time just making sure they were taken care of. This went on till the end of the school year.
When the school project was over, my brother went and got a magnifying glass and started burning the ants one by one. Then he flooded them with water. Then he got some paper and started a fire and threw it at the ant farm killing a bunch of them. Then he started throwing huge rocks on their home and buried a lot of them.
I went and told dad and he came and whipped his butt.
But that night I started wondering about what my brother had done.
Then I started wondering about all the animals that killed each other like our chickens and our kitties, and some of the people that we knew that were killed by animals.
Then for the first time this thought came into my head.
Is God a Kid with an ant farm????????
Here is this new activist and his video
many jws (and others) are serious about their biblical studies, but don't ask the right questions.
in basic journalism one learns to ask the right questions which in my years here, i've never hear asked.. who, what, where, by what help, by whose help, why, how and when.
these are all basic questions when researching anything that you want to write an article or paper on what ever related subject.. who wrote/created the bible?.
so my wife and i just went on a walk, remember right now she has been listening to her convention.
so she starts in with the world is getting bad and will end soon.
what started it was we were talking about the economy and such.
the poster was using a username--and not naming his wife---in person. For all we know it could all be made up! i know exactly where he is coming from--but i got lucky--my born in dubbette divorced me 40 years ago...happy days !
I agree! goingthruthemotions is not his real name and it's absurd to believe that it's GROSSLY WRONG to say whatever you want about your UN-NAMED wife----on Social Media-----to a group of persons--who also are also UNKNOWN. Talk about living in a fantasy world🤣🤣🤣
Go ahead goingthruthemotions-----and vent all you want-----we're here to listen to your frustrations. And if you are young like me------then by all means walk away while you still have time and find someone else or be single which is not bad either.
I have lots of friends who are single and never married and they certainly don't feel like they need a partner or it would be hell to be single. They are in their early 30s, date beautiful women, are very wealthy--(as a result of not getting married and having children) ----- what more could you want in this life!!!!
so my wife and i just went on a walk, remember right now she has been listening to her convention.
so she starts in with the world is getting bad and will end soon.
what started it was we were talking about the economy and such.
well anyways we were walking more and she said that the true religion follows that bible. So I said, OK...where in the bible does it say that Jesus returned invisibly in 1914? she said we don't teach that
Wow, that's incredible.
I don't think your wife is an idiot, but she is indoctrinated for sure.
Jws are not dumb people, most of them know that taking a blood transfusion can save your life in a blood loss emergency accident. I know several jw nurses who have a College degree in nursing and who are fully aware how a blood transfusion has saved millions.
But it's the indoctrination that has them messed up in the head. And even though they are well educated, the indoctrination that a blood transfusion is wrong in the eyes of Jehovah keeps them a slave to the Watchtower.
It's not easy waking up. Just look at all the ones here that were enslaved for years, some an entire lifetime because they believed with all their heart, mind, and soul that they HAD THE TRUTH.
despite the wt's and young earth creationists' teachings against human evolution (namely macroevolution from non-humans) being a reality, the evidence of human evolution keeps getting stronger and stronger.. consider for example two science news articles and one other science article, each pertaining to the fossil that is nicknamed "little foot".
below are links to three science articles, listed in order of the articles from oldest to newest (except i don't see a date for one of the articles).
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2187639-exclusive-controversial-skeleton-may-be-a-new-species-of-early-human/.
From MANY points of view : Cellular, Information and now Genetics, Evolution utterly fails to explain how we got here. When viewed through the lens of real science, Evolution has become, in my opinion, little more than a fairy tail for adults.
Sea Breeze, I personally give evolution a 50/50 probability of life evolving. I read some information on it but for some reason it does not interest me that much for me to dedicate hrs of research on the subject.
On the other hand I don't believe in the God of the bible either. I "Feel" meaning with no evidence, that there Was or is a Creator, but not like the Creator Humans describe as benevolent, omniscient, and omnipotent.
I'm a possiblian, meaning there are so many scenarios on how life could have started or evolved that it is actually impossible at this point in human history to claim for a certainty that we know how life on earth started.
I feel that many Scientist who are bent on saying evolution is a fact as well as creationists and their view, feel that there is no need to discuss the subject of how life started any further because they got it all figured out
TRUE SCIENCE is about "Creativity of making NEW HYPOTHESIS, - IT'S THE TOLERANCE OF HOLDING MULTIPLE HYPOTHESIS AT THE SAME TIME. Then trying to duplicate their hypothesis in a lab.
And the reason for having this frame of mind is because at this point we know to little to commit to anything in particular.
I really like it when true Scientists, whether in the field of biology, neuroscience, or Biology admit that there are still to many HOLES in the theories of Creation and Evolution.
Here are a couple of examples with men in different fields who are very vocal in just saying;
We Still Don't Know!
something i've notice with born in jw kids posting on reddit, is that they have no problem telling off the elders.
this generation of born in jw kids just have no fear of who the elders represent because they know from researching on the internet, that jehovah is a created character by ancient people, and no different or real, than thanos.. these kids know exactly what's going on with the child sexual abuse in the organization.
they also have read and memorized the elder's book online.
Something I've notice with Born in jw kids posting on reddit, is that they have no problem telling off the elders. This generation of born in JW kids just have no fear of who the elders represent because they know from researching on the internet, that Jehovah is a created character by ancient people, and no different OR REAL, than Thanos.
These kids know exactly what's going on with the Child sexual abuse in the organization. They also have read and memorized the Elder's book online. They also know all the doctrinal flip-flops throughout the years of the organization including the false date of 607.
This unique situation among the young jws is the result of the internet and all the information out there on the Watchtower Organization.
These kids won't be wasting their life pioneering, reaching out to be MS or Elders, and jw girl won't be looking to marry a Ministerial Servant like Tony Morris said is a must.
Most of them are just waiting their time out until they turn 18 and move out.
So here is one experience by a teen that was forced to attend a shepherding call by three elders via Zoom to see if she had done something needing judicial meeting.
Experience;
As you all know convention is today, so yesterday I had a virtual shepherding call. Not one or two BUT THREE elders joined to talk with me. Normally I would of been intimidated but now after some critical thinking I never knew why they scared me before.
The entire meeting they kept trying to bait me. They kept digging into my past to try and get a response to validate there pestering. But I stayed stone faced and gave quick and precise answers.
Finally one elder asked me to explain in my own words why I don’t like following the Borg. They tried to joke, this is the best option haha. I was waiting for this question.
I absolutely tore into them, on the child abuse and sexual assault in the Borg that’s covered up, the unlawful and immoral practices taken by a large majority of the elders at my hall etc.
They were so stunned until that cliche older elder got heated and tried to yell at me that I’m letting satan corrupt me and I don’t have much longer left and this comes from a place of love.
My response was, don’t gaslight me. They all got so flustered and tried to say it wasn’t gaslighting. So I pulled up the definition. That led to more “not” gaslighting until I just told them I felt pity for them.
They were shocked I said this so I took my time to explain why. I told them, I feel pity because I look on your faces and I see the regret. Your old men now devoted your entire lives to this but I cannot say any of you are happy.
All you do is sit there and judge others and put them down to make yourself feel powerful. Well let me tel you something, none of you have any actual power than what we give you. If everyone collectively stopped listening to elders what power do they have to enforce anything?
None, just old men desperately to hold onto power but you can do nothing. So i feel pity for all of you. Your not happy but your in so deep you convince yourself your happy to not live with the knowledge that you wasted your life away.
After that they just all went quiet and said they’ll pray for me and an elder kicked me off of the zoom link. I was scared I’d get in trouble but my parents told me they were happy I didn’t stoop to that certain elders level and get emotional(they thought he was too extreme) but they ofc were pissed i didn’t suddenly convert back.
I only was able to do this due to this sub and a few of you who I’ve befriended outside of reddit. So thank you all for the help and advice and experiences to motivate me to finally stand up for myself.