according to the unfpa.. so, i really don't get the whole "trying to get everyone to see jehovah" thing.
even if they got a million more people a year, that wouldn't make up for all the other all these babies born who won't get warned at all.
so, why wouldn't the big a come sooner then later?.
There was some sort of gobbledigook going around at one point that applied something Jesus said about not completing the "circuit of the cities of Israel" to the obvious conclusion that JWs would never be able to reach everyone on the planet.
That neat little verse was followed by a point about either a "community responsibility" or "Jehovah can read hearts."
favorite:.
1.book: godel,escher,bach: an eternal golden braid [douglas r. hofstadter] .
2.movie: synechdoche, new york (written and directed by charlie kauffman) .
1.Book: The Scarlett Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
2.Movie: The Matrix
3. Wine: Chardonnay (cheap will do)
4.Artist: Frederick Childe Hassam
5.Opera: The Pirates of Penzance (Gilbert & Sullivan)
6.Song: Highway in the Sun (Kohala)
7.Classical composer: Frederic Chopin
8.Music (contemporary): Fleetwood Mac
9. Painting: Boston Common at Twilight (Childe Hassam)
10.Scientist: The guy who invented Velcro
11.Philosopher: (See favorite wine)
12.Car: VW New Beetle (not that 2012 abomination)
why, he even has gone to some meetings at their kingdom hall!
someone calls with a large wedding tent that they would like to donate and set up in the kingdom hall parking lot for the public memorial on friday.
i was amazed how people who came that didnt even know whitney, but simply felt a need to be here and comfort the family.
What about Holt's wife? I don't see any reports of the congregation rallying around her. Or was she "irregular" too?
I'm surprised the elders aren't dizzy from all the spinning going on.
i live nowhere near the east coast, nor does my jw mother in law.
but according to my wife, mommy dearest thinks "sandy" is the latest sign that gawd almighty is about to bring about the end.. so i ask my lovely jw wife what she thinks, amazingly she says its probably just another storm, though it does look bad.
i tell her yes, i agree, and if there is anything we can do to help out, i am willing to help.
Oh for pity's sake! It's just a bad storm! Jaysus!
And of course Jehovah's Witnesses were there, patching roofs and handing out water to the first responders....
Vow of poverty? A-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Back when I was a teenager there was at least one WT article about prayer, and it said that matters that affected your spirituality would be appropriate subjects for prayer. It specifically said that selection of a marriage mate was one of those matters.
When I was 17 I started getting some attention from the opposite sex, and I knew I was susceptible to flattery and would probably make a huge mistake in picking a husband if I was left to my own devices. So, one day I got down on my knees and prayed earnestly and in tears for Jehovah's help in selecting a mate.
Five months later an upstanding brother in the congregation (MS, good family) asked me to marry him, and although I didn't love him I accepted, thinking this was Jehovah's direction.
Flash forward 25 years. 25 years of misery, marital rape, emotional abuse, and dire poverty. I stuck it out because I was sure I was following Jehovah's direction, but I finally admitted that Jehovah had betrayed me. I had asked for an egg and had been handed a scorpion. It wasn't long after that I left the scorpion and the god who gave him to me.
In my mind, if my childish prayer had been inappropriate a loving god would have let me know so that I didn't make the worst mistake of my life. Therefore, either Jehovah was a false god or he was incredibly cruel. Either way I wanted no part of him.
Does the anger come through?
from mein kampf on the subject of propaganda:.
"its task is not to make an objective study of the truth.
and then set it out before the masses with academic fairness; its task is to serve our right, always and unflinchingly".
Scary for sure. It's just what the WTS does - they're not interested in "truth." They publish whatever will keep people's minds under their control.
If they were interested in publishing the "truth," they would have admitted that 607 was an incorrect year. Then they wouldn't have had to furiously backpedal over 1975 and "generation."
over 40 yrs baptized, service, builds, talks and talks and talks that i put countless hours of prep into, elder, meetings, assemblies,----you all know.
but through it all i never bought the whole truth idea 100%.
no matter what it was, meeting, service, assemblies, i just couldn't wait for it to end.
I agree. I tried so hard to be zealous, and I succeeded for short spurts. I temporary pioneered every summer as a teen, aux. pioneered frequently when I was married, regular pioneered twice - even went to Pioneer School - all the while hating the field ministry. Moved to where the need was greater, making a huge financial sacrifice.
But I always ended up in a nearly inactive slump, angry at Jehovah, angry at the organization, angry at my husband. Went through depression/anxiety many times. Always felt guilty and never good enough (especially since my Golden Boy brother was at Bethel for 18 years).
I finally admitted that the organization and Jehovah had failed me and that the whole thing was a huge corrupt mess. After 33 years of trying, I left at age 45. I've lost my family, but at least I'm at peace with myself.
you know one of the reasons why some witnesses decide to stay inside is to help others wake up and leave as well, and although this hasnt been exactly a goal of mine, it was something i'd ponder every now and again.
and we all know that it is not easy to get to jw's when they are fully mind controlled.
but i'd like to tell you guys what's been happening with brothers and sisters without the help of others who know ttatt.... so last night i got a phone call from a brother who's a good friend of mine whom i've talked about in the past here.
When I started missing a lot of meetings my ex-husband was still attending regularly. He came home one evening and told me the elders wanted to pay a shepherding visit on me. While wanting to explode like a volcano, I kept my cool and told him that I already knew every single one of the scriptures they would read to me, and since they couldn't address what was actually bothering me (pedophilia in the org) there was no point in them wasting their time.
He persisted in trying to arrange a visit, so I gritted my teeth and told him, "Do not invite them over. If you do I will leave the house."
He backed down with a shocked look on his face. I think that's when he realized I was an apostate.
