hey everyone, long time lurker, first time poster.
i'm currently in a jehovah's witnesses household, which is very deep into the "truth".
i woke up a few months ago, and i haven't told my parents yet.
Very positive development!
The videos have been very helpful and some are very, very good. I'd put Apostate Chick in that very, very good category. Her videos are candidly humorous while offering poignant critical thinking stimuli.
Wishing you the very best as you proceed with your initiative.
most jws i know claim they are happy being in the great crowd.
they'd rather live on a paradise earth and pet lions than go to heaven.. heaven is a place they can't relate to, a place where they don't expect their friends and loved ones to be.. so why are more and more jws claiming to be of the anointed?.
aren't they looked down upon as if they are crazy, proud, ignorant, or engaging in apostate thinking?.
Waton,
"Tranche" would surely fit!
I was thinking more along the lines of "Trance" as in Hypnotic Trance. Anyone, in my opinion, who would cling to any WTBorg unique fear laden beliefs must be in some sort of Cult Induced Trance.
I haven't examined all of the new sects and their beliefs. Probably won't. What I've seen thus far is that they're to some extent simply "echo chambers" for The Cult while claiming to forge new territory.
Blech!
i'm honestly in awe about this particular scripture (and honestly i can't keep thanking jwfacts enough for providing biblical contradictions to the jw doctrine!).
"john said to him: "teacher, we saw a certain man expelling demons by the use of your name and we tried to prevent him, because he was not accompanying us.
" but jesus said: "do not try to prevent him, for there is no one that will do a powerful work on the basis of my name that will quickly be able to revile me; for he that is not against us is for us.
Quote from Searching:
I just don't really understand, and I suppose since I no longer see it that way I never will, that if Jesus & God wanted, or demanded that we in the future form one small exclusive group - who were the only ones that could be saved from destruction, why did they not make that more explicitly clear? Why was nothing laid out in the bible, but instead had to be stumbled upon? Instead Jesus said that the way to gain salvation was through him and him alone.
Guess its in the fine print somewhere
Super questions! The so-called "Good News" that the WTBorg "preach" in their recruiting efforts really isn't very good news. It's some really bad news borrowed from certain sects of Christendom which is heavy on the Fear component. Why would a God, for whom all things are possible, even think about throwing a "destruction" tantrum to eternally annihilate most of the human race to prove His Love for the World? The message at John 3:16 is certainly much bigger than that!
Happily, there is indeed some Really Good News which demonstrates a Love which covers ALL.
Some Bible Scholars have truly gotten it right!
most jws i know claim they are happy being in the great crowd.
they'd rather live on a paradise earth and pet lions than go to heaven.. heaven is a place they can't relate to, a place where they don't expect their friends and loved ones to be.. so why are more and more jws claiming to be of the anointed?.
aren't they looked down upon as if they are crazy, proud, ignorant, or engaging in apostate thinking?.
There are in fact "anointed" who are loyally in the WTBorg and other "anointed" who are disfellowshipped out of the WTBorg. Some of those who are out appear to be forming new sects which claim to support the Basic WT Truths while introducing new doctrine in opposition to the WTBorg Governing Body. One who claims to be "anointed" and has developed some followers is e-watchman. The WT Society is effectively splitting up into several different flavored sects with varying blends of active JDubs and Apostate followers.
One can only wonder how this will continue to develop. The WTBorg Inc. GB must be well aware of how the "religion" is being trance-formed but what can it do? Very interesting times indeed!
i have posted the full story on a fb site.
so my apologies to anyone who's already read it.
some of what i've written is what was told to me by my father.
Great story with an incredibly happy conclusion. Well done!
i have a very xjw type problem, i am invited to my cousin's 70th birthday party, and really don't know what to buy him.. i only met him a couple of months ago, as my jw parents never encouraged the non-jw side of the family, so i don't know much about him, except that he is retired and his hobby is sailing his boat.. i don't have contact details for his kids etc to ask them for ideas, so could you come up with something please ?
not too extravagant, i am a poor pensioner !
but, it is his 70th.. thanks in advance for any tips !.
Sailors tend not to be picky and are quite easily pleased. Something about the love of the Sea and Sailing that accomplishes remarkable transformation.
Anything that is given with love and respect is welcomed. Even a simple request to accompany the Skipper on his craft on one of his outings.
Yeah, our language can be coarse at times. But we're really lovers of life and all that is good.
The Prophecies are not about "Dates" but, rather, about Events. Events of a magnitude which will make them unmistakable to those who are looking in Faith.
The Love of Money has led many False Prophets far astray...
after being a jw made me lose trust in religion, from the lies, hypocrisy and greed of this organization made me lose faith completely.
what does one do after this mind f$%@, what is there to look forward to?
do i make up my own agnostic theory in head and hope for the best?
Aye, 'tis very true. All "religions" of Christendom have been corrupted and perverted to tyrannically impose the rules of men upon the deceived followers. Not only Christendom in fact, but virtually all religions upon the face of the Earth.
It is the shape of things soon to come. Cults are everywhere; Politics, Science, Climate. Truth is of no value to our modern System of Deception. Those who advocate Truth are accused of being "meddlers." How ironic...
As many have discovered, real Faith is not dependent upon any organization or group claiming to represent the Almighty One.
i just viewed this.
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5703039295946752/clapping-singing-conventions-like-evangelicals.
ok the point has been made.
...to dominate all.
How on earth is an edit accomplished?
i just viewed this.
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5703039295946752/clapping-singing-conventions-like-evangelicals.
ok the point has been made.
Wouldn't be surprised. The Love of Money is the root of all manner of oddities. The Protocols devote much activity to the destruction of Organized Religions as they are morphed into the Beast which cannot be too far off. The various Cults are merging into one Gigantic Cult do dominate all.
