a few weeks ago the watchtower study condemned the teaching of hellfire, among other things, because some religions have used the hellfire doctrine as a justification for torture:.
the false teaching of hellfire has been used to justify torture, including the burning at the stake of those who opposed church teachings.
according to a book on the spanish inquisition, some of those responsible for this cruelty may have believed that they were only giving heretics “a taste of what perpetual hellfire would be like” so that they would repent before dying and be saved from hellfire.. it occurs to me that jws justify disfellowshipping on a similar basis.
SlimBoy, good point. At least JW's don't throw people into the water and judge an innocent person would sink but a witch would bob on the surface like the early American witch trials.
When I am lonely, often lately, I have to remind myself that I am in the winner's circle. My life is more peaceful without Witness family.
is there anything that will make that loyal witness ever see the light??
you know, that well respected elder, pioneer, or witness who has been in the “truth “ for decades..
I believe it takes humility to admit that you have been the victim of a scam such as Jws. When the feeling overcomes you personally that you have been fooled and then "how could I have been so stupid?" It doesn't set well with a mind that has been told that Jws have all the answers that worldly people are in the dark about.
today is 4th of july in my part of the world- the us- and i was reflecting how we were strongly encouraged when we were still in to go out in the ministry on holidays.
i just mentioned this memory to my husband and we reflected on how cult like this was.
anyone else have thoughts on this?
For the few years that I was a service overseer, I had the field service group meeting at 11:30 on any of the holidays.
have you see the latest fashion for jesus in the wt?.
he's sporting a cape, just like superman!maybe caleb can get a t-shirt with a j logo instead of an s.. .
if it does not have hips it dies if i see it.
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Go to Florida, the government is trying to get rid of the pythons that have taken over the glades. There is a reality show about wild crazy people running barefoot to catch a python. I never watch those reality shows, but it was at a hotel with nothing to watch. Ok, I'm good.
being born in to me was devastating.
when you are a child born in and raised with the they vs us and they are evil and worldly and going to die.
not allowed to form relationships with anyone not one of you.
Sure stunted my sex life.
some people are very suspicious of the police.
some folks value policemen and women.
i’ve had experience with some.
Keep an eye on the police, When you cruise into Nutbush.
but i believe in jehovah god, and i read the bible every day.. i believe the bible is god's word.
and i pray to god every day.. it's somewhat off topic.
but i'd like to find a friend who loves the bible and want to read and find the truth of the bible together with me.. i live in japan and i am a japanese.
Yea, you want to read the Song of Solomon with a beautiful woman? Two or three hundred dollars should take care of that.
did you know that the current organization book for jws is available to freely download from their jw(dot)org website?
seemingly gone are the days when it was treated with the same secrecy as the holy grail and wasn't shown to a bible student unless they were genuinely considering baptism.
https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/organized-to-do-jehovahs-will/.
When you click on to download the link, it indicates that this is an internal document not for the public, but it doesn't stop you from downloading it. Of course, now my computer has all these JW cutties all in it and I have to clean it up. Yuk, cutties.
hi guys.
i was an active member of this forum many years ago and it played an integral part of my awakening and making peace with my decision to leave.
it’s been a while since i posted here.
One more thing, if your sister does tell the elders and they attempt to do anything other than let it go, I would have a lawyer send all the elders "Individually" a letter that indicated that they will be held personally accountable in a financial way and held personally accountable for the abuse of this elderly person and the emotional trauma he has experienced. When these cowards see that they could serve some time behind bars this crap seems to stop.
