http://www.jw.org/en/news/by-region/americas/united-states/history-exhibit-tour-through-time/.
just saw this on fb.
Why was all this work done? When asked what benefit Jehovah’s Witnesses would gain from taking the tour, one member of the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses repeated the well-known saying: “To know where we are going, we have to know where we have come from.”
I could not agree more unnamed governing body member. Thank you!
i was reading an article where it said that weeding rings and the brides vail come from pagan origins,... who have any more?,please post.
Pinatas. There is even an awake article that is hopelessly ironic in its language. I am sure someone has it handy.
Wind chimes. I believe an article was written about those too.
i am durden.. a teenager that is an unbaptized publisher and is trying to leave this damn cult !!!.
i have been lurking here for some time and i decided to start posting with this intro.. im from europe, both my parents are jw's, my parents are both teachers (math teachers).. my parents are "softcore" jw's, they accept all my questions and try to answer them.. i am trying to "convert" my dad (an elder which might complicate things), me and my dad recently had various discussions about the org ("discussions" on the good sense of the word).. we talked about jehovah in the nt, 1975, 1914, gb in 1st century, the cross, "new lights" ..., you know the usual stuff.. and all is going well i think, i think i can "convert" him until the end of summer.. i mean is a logical man, what can go wrong ?
man, when i found jwfacts it was like my world had collapsed, all thoses lies .... but its good now to have found the truth.
Welcome buddy. Hey your parents love you and are doing what they think is right. Handle it with class and maturity, and honor them regardless.
so we know all the things the wts prevents us from doing, but that's much, much different than the stuff we've grown accustomed to.. for those who have been out for a number of years, what kind of things would end up being abandoned if you suddenly started going back to the kingdom hall?
you know, stuff that you now do on the nights you used to attend meetings, the things you own, the things you wear, etc..
Imagine how many goatee's would need to be shaved in this place. Ha!
we are mentally diseased in ways that most normal people cannot understand.
it does bare asking " what part did the wt.
have in causing this problem?
While I will not agree I am mentally diseased, it would be nice to have a super rich ex-jw just support the cause of lawsuits against the JW's for things we know to be true but can't afford to fight. (I'm looking at you......and don't call me shirley)
i just added this to my youtube channel, jwstruggle.
i know that we have some resident authorities on the history around jf rutherford and i am anxious to see what they make of it.
(leolaia i'm talking to you lol!).
Absolutely riviting.
We clearly live in the age of the documentary. Just log onto your netflix account and say otherwise. There is a young film student out there just BEGGING for material like this, on such a well know American religion.
There is so much information. The societies own publications could be used in much of it. The finishing of the "Finished Mystery". The evolution in doctrine. The "cleansing" and subsaquent takeover. The man himself.
So much to work with. People would watch.
currently from houston, tx, but spent most of my life in chicago.
i've never had an opportunity to just get this out... so i apologize for the long-windedness in advance... .
i spent the first 17 years of my life in a jw home, then the real world caught up to me.
Hey BL,
Glad to have you man. Stick around.
We may not know each other.......but we KNOW each other well enough when we have such similar experiences that only ahandfull of people in the world can relate to.
Later.
well i got your interest.
actually i am mike whos life has been an adventure of improbable tales of more adventure failure and a little romance...yatta yatta boring.
but if i say i am " jesus" " even if iam off my rocker my life really would become a life of adventure of improbable tales of more adventure failure and real romance...yatta yatta..i am jesus...
I am Javier. My brother is Jesus.
just curious as to who on here still regularly attends meetings and goes out in service?
as i sit at the district convention i can't help but think who else out in the crowd is just like me.
doesn't believe what they hear, but are still here..
It is facinating to see all of the faders and how they deal with it. It really is.
well ,one of my relatives is studying with jws,she called me about the sexual abuse lawsuit against the jws,i told her i needed to talk to her about other things,she agreed ,and told me that it will be between us,any suggestions?.
Yes.
Focus not on the problem, but on the policy which protects the org rather than the children. Don't be too harsh. Just tell the truth.
Discuss blood. That is madness.
Explain disfellowshipping. How if you publicly disagree with the governing body about any "current" doctrine even though it is subject to change, that you can be disfellowshipped, which then makes it a disfellowshipping offence for any current JW to speak to you. It is just too much control.
If you celebrated your birthday, or the birthday of your child, that would be a disfellowshipping offence.
Then if doctrine turns them on, you can bring up the changes in doctrine over who is chosen by God, who the GB are, and what kind of power they weild and then enforce through DF'ing.
Make sure you explain you have no beef with JW's. They are good people trying their best, but that the leadership has exerted much too much control over them. Give her a few things to bring up in her study, and then tell her to pay close attention to the reaction of the person studying. Do they say it is all lies without even investigating? Are they willing to investigate? Did the word apostate come up?
Since you can most likely predict the reaction and weirdness of the study condustor, that is your ace in the hole I think.
etc.....
