we have debated this over many years and in many threads, as all of us have family and/or former friends still in.
it seems that there is no "best" way to wake up a jw, it is as elusive as the "true" religion it seems.. but a comment made by poster "emery" on another thread stood out to me, he/she said :.
"what i have gathered is that most witnesses seem to be in it for emotional reasons.
In the months prior to my exit I would rant to my husband about the pedophilia, the lack of love, the hypocrisy, and the doctrinal issues. He agreed with me on all of it but would tell me over and over, Jesus Christ is the head of the congregation. He'll take care of it. And he'd spend hours every night researching and writing letters to the GB about all of that stuff.
He's still happily drinking the Kool-Aid.
there is anonther topic about the new organizational sheet of the jw organisation.. it's nice to see the gb (=fds) on top of the earthly part of it.
read some interesting information about the.
severe disorder they must have:.
Isn't Jesus the angel on the right?
There are too many middle men in there. What right do they have to mediate my relationship with God?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2174181/sales-rep-repeatedly-accused-gay-didn-t-like-football-wins-44-000-payout-harassment.html.
this story is weird on too many levels.
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They sound like a bunch of childish bullies.
the wts likes to imply how jws should dress in and outside of the hall.
you always want to set an example.. so i couldn't help but share this beauty in the january 15th, 2013, study edition of the watchtower.
i always go to the beach like this!
You might enjoy my last blog post: The Odd Life of Jehovah's Witnesses - Party Like It's 1959
Yeah! I thought Jesus Christ was the head of the Christian congregation.
when you are a jw, you are given a view of spiritism that is like a jack chick tract but without the unintended humor.. when i began to read channeled "information", i was surprized by how positive, optimistic and often loving it seemed to be.
naive?
yes.... often silly?
I've been exploring the whole metaphysical/new age side of things and found that practitioners are very centered and balanced. I don't fully understand chakras, auras, spirit guides, and stuff like that, but I'm open to it. There's no bloodthirsty, vengeful god in any of it. Plus, there's no pressure to attend meetings or otherwise spend your time promoting it - you can do "new-age-lite" and still be accepted and loved.
lately i have been dreaming a lot about old jw's i used to know and be friends with.
i have been out since 2008 but yet i think often of those i liked a lot at the kingdom hall.
i do not get it why do these still thoughts still come?
I have JW dreams all the time, usually I'm at an assembly and I desperately want to get out.
advertise | adchoicesnew evidence in jehovah's witness allegationsthe jehovah's witnesses have settled nine lawsuits alleging church policies protected men who sexually abused children for many years.
below:next story in nightly newsrelated 31frederick mcleanby lisa myers and richard greenbergnbc news investigative unit updated 11/21/2007 5:43:14 pm et2007-11-21t22:43:14 <a href="#" onclick="fdcpurl(window.location.href, true); void(0);">print</a> printfont: +-frederick mclean is one of the most-wanted fugitives in the united states, charged with 17 counts of child sexual abuse in california.
law enforcement sources say that when a victims family confronted mclean in 2004, he allegedly confessed.
So "Jehovah's hand" was seen in helping that family not get killed when the plane crashed into their building (2013 yearbook), but not available to protect these little kids?
That was my point back in the mid 90's when I first heard of unchecked pedophilia in the organization. Why didn't Jehovah protect these children? Okay, if he doesn't directly intervene, then why hadn't he directed his organization to protect them? Got me thinking.
besides the usual suspects that appear on some bibles (1 and 2 maccabeans, wisdom, judith) what are some other apocripha books that exist out there?
i mean besides the so called gnostic gospels.
why have they been ruled out from the cannon?
I remember the WTS literature trashing the Apocrypha by generalizing that a lot of it read like fantasy stories. How many canonical books read like fiction? Some of the crap in Judges springs to mind. I mean seriously - Samson? What about Gideon and his wet/dry fleece?
thanks jwn..........lol.......mr. deity is so great!
too funny!
wouldn't have ever found the vids if not for jwn!.
That was hilarious!
