i've seen a few postings of a possible "next date" for dubs of 2034. based on an article they published comparing the last days to the days of noah.
preaching for 120 years.
however, i noticed a little tidbit from wiki about age:.
Data Dog, they might see your post and copy and paste it! They are just that lazy.
I dont think they want to highlight 2034 just yet because that would give JWs an excuse to slack off for a few years in the meantime, even enjoy the debauchery of the world for a few years and then return. They must maintain a constant fear that the end can come anytime. As the year approaches they may hype it up to eke a little more out of whatever masochists are left in the fold.
well, i told my wife over the weekend i was going to go back school to finish my degree.
she is 100% supportive of it!
apparently she doesn't think higher education is so evil either.. since my former major was computer programming and that was in the late 1990's, i was told i'd have to retake a bunch of classes since times have changed.
any thoughts.
i will have the music video separated shortly.
will post the link once it's done..
The guy in the video who turns down the promotion does it because he knows his wife will nag him that he misses meetings. That is the situation for many of us stuck in by marriage. When I skip, I'm happy, have no anxiety, but when the wife gets home I get guilt tripped and nagged about not going.
But when I go, my wife is happy but I am miserable. No peace either way! It really sucks to be in this situation
Thats dead on Absolom. I resonate with your comment. So much of what people do is because of peer pressure. Maybe the girl rejected the college brochures because of pressure from her parents or siblings. I feel the same way about missing meetings. Either I am stressed because of sitting there listening to vile hateful propaganda, or Im stressed because my wife is pissed off and home life sucks. What a sh#tty situation to be in. Sometimes I just want to join the coast guard or something and run from my life.
this topic has been on my mind lately.
i have been looking around at jws and wondering how many truly believe the end is as near as they are told.
from my personal experience, i know that my parents fully believe the end is imminent and may come any time now.
my wife called me at work saying she is scared after reading today's daily text.
i don't read it anymore, therefore i went online and found this.. tuesday, march 3 .
those days will be cut short.matt.
my wife called me at work saying she is scared after reading today's daily text.
i don't read it anymore, therefore i went online and found this.. tuesday, march 3 .
those days will be cut short.matt.
Hi Suavojr!
I would just read her some quotes from old WT that sound urgent, or that discourage college because the end was so close etc just like todays text, with dates like the 30s-80s. Ask her to guess when these urgent warnings were written. She will likely think they were written within the last few years. When she sees they were from the 60s she will get the point, at least subconciously that these are tired old warnings and there is no need to freak out over them! The reaction todays text had on your wife was the intended one. Create Fear Obligation and Guilt, spurring on further activity, contributions, obedient thoughts etc.
Please remember that IN GENERAL women FEEL and use emotion in a way we generally do not. While you are using your power of reason and logic, she will not, or may not be capable of doing so. Try to tailor your response with this in mind. Facts will not get through, so use things that will make her feel. Thats what the WT and jw.org is all about right now. Just think of all the sappy music in the jwbroadacst videos! Its all designed to bypass concious thought and go right to the emotions.
Also why is she so freaked out by the end coming? Is she afraid for your "spirituality"? Do you think she has a clue about how you feel?
see jws have said time and again jesus died once for all time... a quote from hebrews.
okay rule out humn-like aliens what about animals plants and microbes... i once had a hot fight with an elder when i still believed that here was no reason to doubt alien animals etc.
yet not based on any wt article witnesses reject this often.. lets suppose say in a month microbes are found on ceres (i doubt it will happen but let's roll with it) they are living as much as our cells are and reporduce... okay what would mother say in the magazines when millions of jehovah's witnesses demand to know why jehovah created microbes on a dwarf planet?.
caleb states, "now i can speak to chinese people.
" ummm, there are many chinese people that speak english, caleb.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p2tgjvxdb4.
for those who have left and are still in contact with jw family, how do you usually respond when they bring up jw stuff, i.e.
start talking about the nearness of armageddon or things like that.. i usually say nothing and just let it pass but i'm considering changing tact to something more confrontational, less because i want to change their mind and more because i find it tiresome.
thoughts?
