hi one of my jw parents died recently of old age , after decades of brainwashing of the dead are just a sleep and if we are good we would see them again in paradise .. i fully understand now you have one life and should make the best of it but finding it difficult at the moment to get my head around it .. it's just a bit of a rant but your the only ones that i can try and express how i feel and be able to understand after the years of brainwashing how it affects my thinking process.. thanks for any help and advice..
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I am not an atheist, but having both parents die in the last three years I know, without a doubt, there is nothing else. No heaven, no hell; just a 3'X3'X6' hole in the ground.
I admit I think there is a God, but God doesn't care about this speck of a planet we call earth, and he cares even less about us as puny humans. That's why we must make the most of this life. It's all there is!
nice to be here.
still a pimo and struggling through my fade.
i still have several jw friends on social media.
The old time JW's that I knew, if they were still alive, would be blown away by how much the doctrinal based lines have been blurred.
I've commented before about what my mother said towards the end of her life before the dementia took over. She was baptized in 1942, and said shortly before she died, "If Jehovah's Witnesses were THEN what they have become NOW, I would NEVER have been baptized as one!"
my wife is getting regular emails from the cobe ... you know we have the truth, the world is in the dark, we're special, hang in there, read this encouraging watchtower ... blah blah blah ... just wondering if these are coordinated from org.. recent mass email example .... " .... an excellent watchtower article in the july 2020. it is entitled “be convinced that you have the truth”.
the scripture is from 2 tim 3:14. we are to continue in the things we have learned and be persuaded to believe.
reflect for a moment what appealed to you about the truth which drew you to jehovah.
I have set my email to reject any incoming mail from the elders as SPAM.
miss piggy was thrown out of the zoom meeting because she was showing to much cleavage.. https://docdro.id/s9jhehton her way out she grabbed the co's briefcase and gave him the finger.https://docdro.id/szfjix4then miss piggy jumped into her hot rod and is delivering all the co's secret documents to the neighborhood.https://docdro.id/bed59f8if you are on the email list, these documents are already in your email.
so just keep eating your buttered popcorn.2020-04-27--broadcasting meetings2020- information notice of broadcasting congregation meetings2020-notice of broadcasting2020-information on broadcasting congregation meetingspetra!.
https://docdro.id/i8d4tli.
Ad one more to the list, please; and THANK YOU!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uatyyk3hxoc&feature=share&fbclid=iwar3wteffhrsovngi6fwhlg23nuljis43qi7ydvxy1ssc2ww_gjkkqa9jdmi.
Not sure who would vote down the facts presented by "boots on the ground" doctors with the credentials to address COVID-19 in an educated way. But if you are THAT afraid, please, by all means STAY IN YOUR HOME AND DON'T COME OUT! Let the rest of us live our lives as free, educated, self-responsible people. And NO I am not saying COVID-19 is not contagious. It is NOT though serious enough to willingly throw away all our rights as live as slaves of well paid politicians and their useful tools in the media or intellectual fields.
a hunch has just struck me.we get frequent accounts in the literature and videos of people whose dysfunctional lived have been turned around by studying with the jw's and coming to belief in the org (sorry, jehovah).
evangelical type christian groups also use similar testimony stories.here's the hunch:the purpose of these is quite different among jw's compared to other religions.other groups use these testimonies primarily to persuade non-believers.the jw's use them to reinforce the beliefs of those already in the "truth.
"any thoughts?.
Exactly as RTN above stated. I personally knew several who told their lies "experiences". The last one happened to be on the JW TV channel. I was 95% fabrication. Lies by a circuit oversneers wife.
there was a letter read sunday at our meeting that mentioned some parts of us are starting to open back up.
however, regardless of things opening up that no kingdom halls should be used for any meetings of any kind.
also, no door-to-door ministry or any form of in-person ministry is allowed.
Yes, that is exactly the announcement I heard too.
This sentence is what a friend (not very sure of that anymore) used as their excuse to continue to stay away from everyone except during ZOOM "meetings": To the extent possible, it is recommended to stay at home, to maintain social distancing, to clean hands frequently, to wear face coverings in public settings, to limit physical contact with older and high-risk publishers.
Are they going to pull the one and only GT card and say stay in your interior rooms?
The same friend said, "The Branch has told us to stay at our homes, and NOT go out."
this night i could not sleep and my thoughts went on and on.
the result:.
i observe that many jw family members follow the instructions of the elders at zoom meetings like they come directly from god.
What do you think?
I think they will do whatever "the slave" tells them to do. I asked one of the JW's awhile ago when the KH doors were first being locked down, "If Sunday morning an announcement was made, 'Brothers, sisters, in a display of loyalty to the organization we have been instructed to each take a small pill and wait fifteen minutes before the doors will be opened; and please make sure to give your children theirs FIRST,' would you do that?'" His answer was affirmative as "the slave" would, "never ask us to do something without good reason, or that would harm us."
I see something that "doesn't appear reasonable from a human standpoint" being trotted out as a loyalty test. I fear that it may not go well with any who pass THAT test.
this topic is to focus on status updates & advice (no opinion or politics please).. status.
latest status is that it's serious, probably isn't going to be contained and most large companies are making contingency plans, cancelling large events etc... which i don't think would happen if it was just people being alarmist.
the incubation period means it may have already spread further and infected many more people than are currently known, so expect jumps in the numbers over the coming days and weeks.. tracking.
There is a big difference between, "Is there..." and "There is..." I do not like Trump, but he did say, "IS there..." not, "There IS..." The finer points of sarcasm directed at Birx, who sat with a constipated look on her face, has been lost on most people. As Simon brought out above, this is just a repeat of the 'fine people' hoax using a different set of words.
there was a letter read sunday at our meeting that mentioned some parts of us are starting to open back up.
however, regardless of things opening up that no kingdom halls should be used for any meetings of any kind.
also, no door-to-door ministry or any form of in-person ministry is allowed.
I don't have the letter, but I heard the same thing. Also continue to avoid any personal contacts with each other or visiting each other at private homes.
