http://www.jesus-witnesses.com/jwnews.htm.
"jehovah's witnesses join 'babylon the great' interfaith effort.
jehovah's witnesses have always claimed to be against interfaith 'contamination' considering all religions other than jehovah's witnesses "false" and collectively making up "babylon the great" (rev.
"CESNUR, the Center for Studies on New Religions, is an international network of associations of scholars working in the field of new religious movements. Its director is the Italian scholar Massimo Introvigne. CESNUR is independent from any religious group, Church, denomination or association."
Quote taken from their website.
Shimmer
You only live once---but if you work it right, once is enough.
---Joe E. Lewis
yesterday, when farkel announced his departure and shunning of us all, i was incensed and outraged.
in fact i had similar feeling's to those day's 20yrs ago, after being df'd, where former friends and relatives, just simply said 'your no good, your not worthy of my/our attention anymore' turned thier back's and walked away from me.
then witnessed farkel ignore the sweet comments lilac's writes just for him....made we want to ring his neck.
Malcom,
Thank you for that fine discourse. You were working on informative material, clearly presented. I'm going to have to have you work on that again because you made absolutely no sense whatsoever. We appreciate your enthusiasm, however your volume and pausing leaves much to be desired. I encourage you to seek psychiatric care immediately to work through your anger and aggression.
Shimmer
You only live once---but if you work it right, once is enough.
---Joe E. Lewis
i understand it but at the same time i dont understand it because i was born and raised a jw so i was always in their mindset.
but how does someone who comes from the world and joins the org justify going against every natural instict they have?
i mean its just unnatural to turn against your own flesh and blood.
I did not come in as an adult, but my mother did. Basically she was raised in a highly disfunctional house. Married a very controlling man. Didn't have many friends. Met a neighbor and a parent of a friend of mine that were witnesses and of course they were sooooo nice to her. Not to be her friend of course but to sink their bible study hooks into her! I think that for her, it was getting away from my dad and having something of her own, without him controlling it. Oddly enough he was never oppositional. And having people show her a lot of attention, while she was studying. It did take her 5 years to get baptized. Though now she is constantly complaining about the clicks at the hall that she is never incuded in.
Basically, I noticed that sometimes when people came in as adults. They were very unhappy with their current life situation. And of course the witnesses spew forth nothing but happy, happy, happy. What a crock!! I even had someones study tell me that the pioneer who was studying with her had all but told her that the witnesses were perfect. Can you believe that shit??!! I of course felt it my obligation and duty to let her know otherwise. ;)
Shimmer
You only live once---but if you work it right, once is enough.
---Joe E. Lewis
please help me understand this jw dream.. my therapist once told me that dreams are one of the ways that our subconscious mind have of telling us something emotionally urgent about ourselves.
as i had a dream last night that really aroused my feelings, i was wondering if anyone cared to take a stab at what it is trying to tell me?.
the dream.... i find myself at an indoor circuit assembly.
skipper,
I'm not much of a dream interpretor, but I saw a woman on t.v. who is. She said that you look at how the events in your dream made you feel and ask yourself if there is anything going on in your life that makes you feel the same. Just my 2 cents. :)
shimmer
You only live once---but if you work it right, once is enough.
---Joe E. Lewis
if ever there was a phrase that irritated a po, then that was surely the one.
people who told the po that they were writing to the society were trying to make a point that they were not happy with the way that the congregation was being run.
hey mr. po, sort this out or else i grass on you being the thinly veiled threat.
I remember being told by a ms and his wife that people who write letters to the society are apostates. Of course at the time i accepted that because i was in the depths of brainwashing. But now looking back on that statement, it is totally wrong!
Shimmer
You only live once---but if you work it right, once is enough.
---Joe E. Lewis
i was getting the kids ready for bed last night and i heard the doorbell ring.
it was about 7:30 and i had no idea who it could be.
i opened the door and 2 elders from our hall were standing there.
I wonder, is it possible to get a restraining order against them?
Shimmer
You only live once---but if you work it right, once is enough.
---Joe E. Lewis
I feel sorry for the Afghannies. A fate worse than death.
Shimmer
"Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug" Mary-Chapin Carpenter
some time back, i found this while searching for commentary on jehovah's witnesses.
the first page is a reporter who asked the various main cults about their religion.
the mormon one was the funniest.. http://www.fadetoblack.com/bestcult/index.html.
jayhawk,
That was fun. Just goes to show that you can back up any hairbrained belief with the little twist of the scriptures.
Shimmer
"Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug" Mary-Chapin Carpenter
Kiss Crack!
"Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug" Mary-Chapin Carpenter
what you got to say, in a nutshell?.
peace.
celtic
We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.----Joseph Campbell
Shimmer
"Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug" Mary-Chapin Carpenter
