Once i finally get out of the mess that is JWism, i'll probably ditch religion altogether.
If there is a god(s) ,i'm sure he (they) will understand.
sometimes i get a strong curiosity to start dabbling into other religions, other faiths, you know?
really different ones such as islam, judaism, hinduism, etc.. has anyone here looked into something else?
has your spirituality been satisfied by any other than christianity?.
Once i finally get out of the mess that is JWism, i'll probably ditch religion altogether.
If there is a god(s) ,i'm sure he (they) will understand.
as with the scribes and pharisees, there are a number of unwritten rules that witnesses are supposed to follow.
here's a couple : "worldly" kids in society depictions are shown quite often wearing their baseball caps backwards.
jehovah's witness youths would not want to imitate that "look".
The watchtower underline thing.
Stupid rule. Who needs to underline something to study it?
greetings, folks: so, it's been 40 years since 1975. and, if you were actively involved with the witnesses back then, the mindset of many was, that by early autumn of 1975, it would mark the anniversary of 6000 years of human existence.
and, the hope was then, that it would mark the start of the 1000-year of christ, from the heavenly realm.
but, looking back now, 40 years ago, in june of 1975, only 3 more months remained until early autumn.
1975 was very effective in getting people very busy.
The question remains, will there be another "1975". I'm guessing once they are done with their expansions and the like, they will throw out another date. Millions will leave the religion, and they will have billions worth of property assets at their dispoale.
Well, that's what i would do if i were a cult leader.
there are literally about thirty young single very good looking sisters in this one kingdom hall under the age of 30. that is just one kingdom hall.
in the circuit there are literally hundreds of young beautiful jw girls under 30 who are single and anxious to get married.
about two years ago, this one single good looking brother who is about 30 years old and who is an elder married this plain looking sister who is 59 years old.
It's a no brainer.
Pros of younger girl:
Cons of younger girl:
so, i left about 5 years ago and at that time, the official ruling on number of members was a little over 6 million.
i google jw out of boredom the other day and find they are now claiming 8 million members.
sooooo.... hold on 2 million increase in 5 years?
remember, this is baptisms growth, this is "publisher" growth which includes unbaptized publishers.
In the western world, only about 0.2% - 0.5% of the attendance are getting baptised. If you take another 0.02% for 2 more assemblys during the year, you have a 0.6% - 0.9% growth over the year.
This figure doesn't show the amount of people leaving (dying, dfd, falling off the radar etc).
In an average cong of about 100 in the western world, i would imagine in a year, that at least 1 elderly person will die, and perhaps 1 will get dfd or fall off the radar. That is 2% of the congregation disappearing in a year.
Of course, you have to account for "young ones" getting to be unbaptized pubs.
But if your looking at baptized publishers, the WT has a serious problem.
Another side point, worldwide population growth is 1.14%. So if you use the figure of 0.9% getting baptized each year in developed lands, the WT is actually in decline already.
Numbers can lie.
am3rd life story is in may 15th 2015 study wt.. after reading, he sounds very mental unstable.
i know you guys will be saying "yeah, obviously he is"...but we don't have any concrete evidence saying he has a mental condition.. has anyone ever dug a little deeper, perhaps try to find some people who would have known him from the army?
i mean, he probably doesn't know that many people, he was only serving for a year for christs sake.
Any guy who puts a 3rd after his name has to have a bit of cash.
He's a pathetic excuse of a man. Actually, his sons look like pathetic excuses for men. Not their fault really...
Most GB members i can just about tolerate. He is an exception. Repulsive "man".
i wasn't entirely serious on older posts that our whole universe could technically be a computer simulation and this next thing isn't claiming that but it seems to nudge it closer to that possibility.
as taken from here http://www.vox.com/2015/6/29/8847863/holographic-principle-universe.
"the idea isn't that the universe is some sort of fake simulation out of the matrix, but rather that even though we appear to live in a three-dimensional universe, it might only have two dimensions.
am3rd life story is in may 15th 2015 study wt.. after reading, he sounds very mental unstable.
i know you guys will be saying "yeah, obviously he is"...but we don't have any concrete evidence saying he has a mental condition.. has anyone ever dug a little deeper, perhaps try to find some people who would have known him from the army?
i mean, he probably doesn't know that many people, he was only serving for a year for christs sake.
AM3rd life story is in may 15th 2015 study WT.
After reading, he sounds very mental unstable. I know you guys will be saying "yeah, obviously he is"...but we don't have any concrete evidence saying he has a mental condition.
Has anyone ever dug a little deeper, perhaps try to find some people who would have known him from the army? I mean, he probably doesn't know that many people, he was only serving for a year for Christs sake. But, it could shed some light on his personal life, his sexual orientation for instance.
The part where he says in the article that his sons are in the truth, and they make me and my wife look good? Seriously?? WTF? That's a f**ked up quote right there.
Also, from baptism (1971) to GB appointment (2005) it took him 34 years to rise to the top. That is an alarmingly short period of time for a convert who was 21 at his baptism.
He must have licked some serious ass to rise that quick.
I want that mans name and reputation dragged through the mud. Harsh? yes. Justified? Defiantly.
the last article in this new wt, shows me that the organization is dealing with much information that is damaging them.
i am sure that the many recent lawsuits are being noticed by the r&f.. here are some gems from that article, titled the naive person believes every word.
we must be very selective about what we consider worthy of our attention.
I can't figure out why they put that phrase in there
Perhaps for 3rd world countries who are still just becoming connected to the internet.
This religion will become increasingly popular in 3rd world countries, and i'd imagine a lot of the articles will be directed towards them.
The western world is a lost cause.
just a small anecdote from the meeting last night.. in the item interviewing a couple of older, long standing ones, one of the sisters was asked how jehovah had answered her prayers.
her response was "in lots of ways but it's the little ways i think of the most.
for example, when i am rushing to get ready for the meeting and putting my earrings in and i drop the butterfly clip on the floor and cannot find it.
Riiiiiiiiight. So Jehovah lets you find a earring clip, but lets 250,000 die in a tsunami...
Let that just sink in for a minute.....