gorby has been offline from jwd for some weeks, and it made my situation not better, have had some serious problems with the fading, much pressure, i have nothing new to say, it must be very similar to the situation of many faders here.. so, i had so much pressure, that we have had to change our holiday booking so we are able to visit the convention, due to family reasons, you all know what i mean.. please wish me (and us) much luck for this summer.
it is not my best summer season in life.. this is how i feel:.
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The convention I plan on attending has some decent sightseeing opportunities.
i don't want to miss the parts that offer the most conversational value here on JWC.
Can anyone tell me which morning/afternoon session is the LEAST insane and will be talked about least on these threads?
sorry i thought it was a new morning worship video but it is 6 months old and has already been discussed on here.. it is presented by gb helper k flodin and about this generation.
the delusion and hypocrisy runs deep.. he reminds the cult members not to speculate because they aren't supposed to know the day or the hour.
then he proceeds to speculate that armageddon will occur before 2040.. https://tv.jw.org/#en/video/vodprogramsevents/pub-jwbmw_201511_3_video.
What the heck am I SUPPOSED to take away from this?
the excellent italian ex-jw website geova.org directs its readers' attention to two big news articles on the jw pedophilia problem.
milan-based il corriere della sera is one of italy's most respected newspapers:.
http://www.corriere.it/video-articoli/2016/05/11/i-testimoni-geova-casi-pedofilia-non-denunciati/919c8e32-1794-11e6-aaf6-1f69bf4270d2.shtml.
Crap. I'm on a smartphone so the translation feature isn't available. Wonder if the can of worms is opening in Italy? 🤔
has anyone noticed that witnesses (from the top down) seem to have a quiet form of smug arrogance toward all non witnesses?.
perhaps it comes from being told how "special and unique" they are but they end up looking down on all normal members of the community because they are not witnesses.. so any form of "love" they show those in the territory is also limited as long as they accept the message...otherwise they are viewed contemptuously as "worldly" and therefore of little value...after all,they will be destroyed right?.
Ughhh that word ENCOURAGE. Its up there on my annoyance bar with "appreciate."
As a non-JW, I told a JW of a JW suicide.
"That can't be very encouraging," she said.
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"Encouraging for.... WHO? ME?" I asked.
"YES! You!" she replied
The callousness for the deceased blew me away. Add the layer of an assumption that the victim was contributing to my failure to accept the WTS as my Lord and Savior and the whole situation became mind boggling.
there are a couple new tabs on the app, one of which is the 'meetings' tab.
can you guess what the other one is?.
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A JW posted a meme on Facebook yesterday. It welcomed people to visit their local KH
at the bottom... "No Donations Required"
hmph
i'm a little puzzled.
if the wtbts was not approved by jehovah and christ until 1919, does that mean that they were not spirit guided until then?.
if not, that would explain the countless errors in doctrine up to that time.. if, however, they were spirit guided, wouldn't that indicate that they had already been chosen?.
King Freddo! Sounds Royal.
In the WTS study edition being "studied" now is a question from readers segment on this. The question never really gets answered.
Someone help me... What darn difference does it make to the WTS that the year be changed to 1919 and not 1918? What's the real goal?
To me, it would seem pretty important if the Creator of the Universe told me I won a prize. Surely I'd remember the date. 😒
so after the 2 special pioneers visited i thought i had given them an earful about the arc and the pedophile problem in their organization surely they would have put me on the do not call list.. oh, no not my luck i get an elder and his lovely little mute wife with infant child in the stroller this morning at 9 am.
don't these people have a job to go to?
it was a car with 3 men & a woman.. we go through the standard do you read the bible yada yada, i tell them i know the routine very familiar with your game.
Note to self:
when a JW comes to the door grab iPad.
After they ask me about my eternal life, say, "I have a question." Open saved YouTube video of GJ
Ask if they recognize the dude
Make them watch first segment. Ask questions.
Then ask them if they have a smartphone or email.
Ask them if they would mind reviewing the video and returning so that you can ask more questions.
Text or email the video to them.
Agree for them to come the following week.
Part ways knowing you'll never see them again.
in an effort to reduce the number of posts, this year i will try to add links to this post.
now, on with the leaks & releases!
first up.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nzvwhflss4.
In anticipation of this, can anyone tell me which scriptural passage(s) the WTS uses as a basis for this "remnant" that will be hidden DURING and survive through Armageddon?
with last night's meeting it became official: here in the states is a must to keep up with 'jehovah's org' that one fully jumps on board with this tablet/iphone crap.. so, now, all of us that up to this point have refused to follow the wtbts in their electronic/wireless revolution will deal with the browbeating from the 'spiritual' ones.. already receiving lots of grief from hubby and rest of the family/close friends when seen at the meetings with paper publications.
damn it!!!
am i alone in this resistance???!!!.
So the adherents who browse apostate sites using the KH wifi will be known. 😮
Surely that will require a new BOE letter titled "Misuse of One's Own Tablet-Disfellowshipping Directive"
https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/children/become-jehovahs-friend/videos/one-man-one-woman-marriage/.
disgusting!.
Here's another piece that I haven't seen talked about yet...
So this pre-pubescent kid goes back to school and advises the other kid (who is grateful to be adopted and loved) that God hates her family. Non-JW kid tells her friends and teacher. The classmates tell their parents and the teacher tells the administrators. Parents who understand and teach tolerance without judgement tell their kids to avoid the crazy JW kid who says everyone but JWs will be dead after Armageddon. JW kid gets thrown under the proverbial bus by peers, teachers and administrators.
JW kid now has no friends or sincere support from the school because of the ruckus caused and so mom and dad point at others and teach the JW kid that they're experiencing classic JW persecution. The behaviors of appalled non-JWs are then inaccurately perceived by the JW child for years afterwards.
This video can only serve to ruin potential friendships for JW kids who are already set apart.
To me, that is the sickest component of all.
