2 things.
from your experience would you say that capitulation (going along with) and/or enforcement of all the ridiculous rules and sub-minutia (stupid crap: beards, wash the car for sat svc, no tight pants, paint the kh with a 2" brush vs. a 4" brush cause the boe says so) rules are primarily made possible or facilitated by the friendships that are maintained within the borg?
also, would you say you saw yourself as part of the power structure or subject to it?.
Utterly convince yourself that the CCoJW can't possibly be God's organization/people, by comparing many of their doctrines with the Bible. Once you open this cupboard door, other skeletons become far more visible.
Any mystique and reverential awe of the org and its "faithful slave" will pop like a bubble!
The more I researched & collated, the greater my freedom became.
PM on its way.
my doctor says that i need to have an operation to fuse the bones in my neck.
he said that after it's done i'll never look back!.
alcohol was my father's answer to everything.
My doctor says that I need to have an operation to fuse the bones in my neck. He said that after it's done I'll never look back!
Alcohol was my father's answer to everything. He didn't drink - he was just lousy at quizzes! (Milton Jones)
I was proud that my dad made a name for himself - although the police called it identity fraud.
hi friends, .
can somebody please help me locate a recent thread that dealt with shunning of family members and the policy double standard, e.g.
jw.borg explanation that the family relationship is unchanged and the recent daily text that suggested that we should shun them.. tried searching but could not find it.. thanks rb.
@ At 1 hour 13 mins 26 secs – “Jehovah's Witnesses do not use the word 'shun' or 'shunning.' Disfellowshipping literally means “no further spiritual fellowship with the individual. The nature of the relationship then of a disfellowshipped person is not completely shunned, they can still attend the KH etc.; as far as their family members are concerned, normal family relations continue, with the exception of spiritual fellowship.”
@ 4 hrs 11 mins 35
secs - “If a JW
doesn't agree with certain things, they can walk away and start their
own religion –
or from within the
congregation they can try to share their different thinking with
others. Perhaps their beliefs will resonate with others in the
congregation.”
i'm not sure why this memory popped up, and i was wondering if any others, when they were still active jw had dealings with a pyramid scheme involving other witnesses in the organization?
at the time it was 1993, and my husband and i were still newlyweds.
once in a while, we would attend a neighboring congregation because that was where he grew up, and some of his family was still attending there at the time.
https://www.worldreligionnews.com/religion-news/russia-confiscates-30-4-million-property-jehovahs-witnesses.
it would appear that with this most recent confiscation the total taken from the jws by moscow amounts to more that $75 million.
(ouch!
At Revelation 12:9-12, the angels were told to be glad at Satan's comeuppance, therefore, shouldn't everyone who has been deliberately hurt, abused or damaged by the WTBTS be pleased to witness such a corrupt entity having to suffer in the worst way possible - financially?
The cult deserves to be pillaged & plundered. Poetic justice.
so i was talking with my husband about all the things the organization is doing ie.
hiding pedophiles, lying about what 1914 was etc.
so his response was that the nation of israel had times when they weren’t doing the right thing, but it was still gods chosen organization.. another topic we were talking about was disfellowshipping.
Ask your husband these simple questions:
"How did you find out that God picked the Bible Students to be His people and Mr. Rutherford and his friends to be the "faithful slave"? Where did you get that information?"
i believe that before an active jw will care about all of the incorrect claims and prophecies made by the organization, they first must be shown how the society claims to be speaking directly for god, and revealing truth from god.
once this can be established, showing them all of the incorrect predictions and changes of doctrine can have an effect (does jehovah make mistakes?
how can they be speaking for jehovah if they were wrong?
Welcome the forum Deut 18
I'd like to add these to your list:
w07 1/1 p. 28 par. 11 - "It seems that resurrected ones of the 24-elders group may be involved in the communicating of divine truths today."
re chap. 20 p. 125 par. 17 - "This suggests that resurrected ones of the 24-elders group may be involved in the communicating of divine truths today." (spiritism at HQ?)
w10 7/15 p. 23 par. 10 - "When the time comes to clarify a spiritual matter in our day, holy spirit helps “the faithful and discreet slave” at world headquarters to discern deep truths that were not previously understood."
2019-march-announcements and reminders.. https://we.tl/t-ezzkzv9q6n petra!
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Thanks Atlantis. JW's will be delighted to hear the reminder of how to donate electronically! :)
since the hbo documentary, more people are condemning mj.
will these child abuse allegations affect you if you ever liked his music?.
Can you separate Paul Simon from his Art?
youngs kids can go behind their parents' and guardians' backs - and against their wishes - and get this vaccine!.
aren't children so lucky nowadays to be able to dismiss their parents' authority and guidance!
remember the puppies in george orwell's animal farm?
Youngs kids can go behind their parents' and guardians' backs - and against their wishes - and get this vaccine!
Aren't children so lucky nowadays to be able to dismiss their parents' authority and guidance!
Remember the puppies in George Orwell's Animal Farm? Sheesh!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/health-47419895/why-are-bame-girls-less-likely-to-get-the-hpv-jab
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/07/16/hpv-vaccine-effectiveness.aspx
