i note that they're making reference to this in the upcoming convention programme.
someone has has dropped a bollock here, have they not?.
i mean, if i were a jw, i'd be sitting thinking of all the promises made and broken.
did you notice there was no mention of Jesus presence in the article? - kneehighmiah
Hard to believe because when I was in they never stopped banging on about Christ's parousia and the ins and outs of the Greek word, blah blah. Yes jambon I was surprised they even have the audacity to draw attention to it being a hundred years that these poor guys have been waiting for that new system.
i've talked with some good friends on the board about this before and we seem to be in agreement : one reason ( among many ) that some disfellowshipped jw's go back and return to the wt organization is because they are full of uneeded guilt or uneeded fear because they haven't educated themselves about how the wt society uses mind control tactics to deceive them into thinking they have " nowhere else to go " .
i understand that some dfed ones may go back to the organization for family and friends- however- it's an exrecise in futility because once you learn the truth about the truth you cannot undo what you heard.
so some may just go back and live a fake jw life to appease family- but just think of how that can damage a person's emotional and mental health playing the fake jw game the rest of their lives !
You have to work really hard so that the place that you fit in with is yourself, there is no need to say, where can I go? It is all about learning just to be, I am, I exist and I am ok with that. That is vey easy to say I know but takes years of work to achieve. Building up my self esteem took a long time, education helped me learn to think but also helped me feel good about myself, I am not stupid after all. Getting challenging jobs, finding your way in the world, self-actualization and all that jazz. Then how could I go back to the KH where they would patronize me, as a woman, within an inch of my life? No thanks.
we have red clouds.
can anyone else see them, it's way after sunset?.
oneyeopen, I didn't take a pic because I can't seem to post my photos from photobucket on here anymore, it's all changed.
Prologos I hadn't heard of the green flash, thanks for that.
Kaik yeah the concensus online seems to be that odd coloured clouds are due to pollution.
Very chuffed (Midland Brit saying) that so many people, nearly 900 views, are interested in beautiful natural phenomena.
I think cloud formations can be very beautiful, lots of examples online.
Regarding beautiful natural phenomena once as a child walking home from school in a thunder storm I saw ball lightning hovering above a house, it was amazing.
we have red clouds.
can anyone else see them, it's way after sunset?.
Not looking at doomsday scenarios, I was looking at the stars. My garden is particularly free of light pollution and good for amateur astronomers.
so my daughter is coming home from uni next week for the easter hols.
if she said to me i've joined this group that says i have to put them before my family, my health, earning money for food, recreation, getting married and eating.
oh no you've joined a cult!
So my daughter is coming home from uni next week for the Easter hols. If she said to me I've joined this group that says I have to put them before my family, my health, earning money for food, recreation, getting married and eating. What would I say? Oh no you've joined a cult! Is it the Moonies?
Yet that is what the JWs are going to be told at their convention this Summer.
I know lots of people have posted about the program for the 2014 conventions that's on JW.org now but I just have to say if you are lurking here I would tell my daughter to run a mile from any group that says these things.
i know this topic has been discussed before on this forum, but as it goes in jw world we need reminders.. co said in his last talk i can't remember the title in speaking about jesus, that when jesus returned to heaven he resumed his name michael.
jesus was his earthly name.. through the entire rest of the bible after his ressurection not one reference is made about this.
case in point----when jesus oh wait michael pulled saul over and talked to him, he introduced his self as jesus.
I like the Just So stories as well.
just had my 1day assembly this weekend.
an experience given by the bethel speaker was quite troubling and shows how jw's live in constant paranoia, anxiety and they isolate themselves from normal living.. a first grade class was having a fire drill.
everyone ( except one) lined up and stood outside away fron the classroom in the grass.
What if there had been a real fire? Children being taught not to trust their teachers. You're right, so bad for kids. My daughter loved school and loved most of her teachers, now she's at uni doing great. I on the other hand, a born in JW, hated school, no surprises there. Those poor children.
we have red clouds.
can anyone else see them, it's way after sunset?.
Mmm well I can't see any news items yet about it but there may be, people do like to send photos in to newspapers. It was three hours after sunset so I don't know what caused it but very pretty pink/red clouds.
we have red clouds.
can anyone else see them, it's way after sunset?.
We have red clouds. Can anyone else see them, it's way after sunset?
"some though say, 'but you need to be balanced.
you need to work, pay bills, provide for your family and so forth.
' but think about a bicycle.
So you have a talk, watchtower study and memorial today?
