did you have any favourite books by the society when you were in ?not that this book was my fav.
yet it was the first book i read learning about jw`s.
" from paradise lost to paradise regained " i know , it was designed for the young , however my mentor thought that since i had no understaning of the bible it was what i needed.
The Truth Book! on the opening page, a guy with a bird on his finger, a little girl petting a lion. My initial reaction was fantasy land man! You can't even walk
the streets here unless you can run fast, that was reality! Stupid and delusional I was, easy to teach out of in F/S... "Mankind Search for God" though was
good!!seeds were planted in my head, comparing religions. I don't recall ever having a congo book study on it... Wonder why?
insot4
when one looks back retrospectively at the very beginning of this organization, you could see that the wts.. was on a structural platform of success, created by cunningly created doctrines, such as the invisible return of.
christ, the end times and the imminently soon to come armageddon, all bundled together.. .. this religious organization like so many others established in the united states was unregulated and had.
no upper governing control over its daily operations.. they proclaimed and taught what they wanted to or needed to sustain their operations as a publishing house.. .
Hello thedog1
You probably already know that WTS is just a money making scam that is just full LIES and false predictions and THE WTBS KNOWS IT. And yes people
have been hurt badly, after all who likes to be lied too and decieved? Once you realize you can't do this "theocractic" activity anymore, be prepared to be
ostrasized, even exiled. As you re-examine everything, know that you're not alone.
PS..I totally understand the turmoil felt after 30 plus something years..It gets to feel so much better after a while.
insot4
mine was a gradual going away.
but once it dawned on them, i think people were shocked that i left the religion i espoused from youth.. were people "in the truth" and "in the world" surprised by your departure?.
"Worldly people" I think were more surprised I quit. They became friends and still are today. Some of them were "bible studies" who would visit the
hall occasionally. The JWs (especially the local elders) on the other hand here were relieved. Bible inconsistancies, stupid rules, made it were very difficult
to keep me from speaking out publicly at any meeting. But when my wife and kid finally quit the nonsense: SHOCK! boohoo, fart, boohoo. What other
'FRIENDS' in other congos think or spit gossip about. It don't matter and I don't want to hear it. Its nothing but pain my man. The future looms so damn the
past..
insot4
i'm pretending the gb decided to hire a ceo to combat dwindling membership and overall apathy.
here is a list of the changes i would make to the organization if i were hired as ceo.
feel free to list your ideas (serious and humorous)!.
Shut down the whole thing except #12. Give back the money especially to poor and needy, look after the elderly and the victims of abuse.
Back to #12. Education and BASKETBALL. There's lots of talent among The Dubs (thats a cool name for a team) Let the CEO coach them!!!
Finally put the GB and their behind the scene chumps out to the Atlantic Ocean on a small row boat heading for N. Korea..NAKED.
insot4
sometimes i have to recheck my motives for doing things.. sometimes i do things for the pure joy of it...dance, yoga, nature walk, listen to music, read something interesting, etc.
but, sometimes when i am engaged in something, like college studies(which i do for the end result and also enrichment), i get flashes of my past that creep in that remind me of a negative message, and it makes me wonder if one of my motives is to also prove something about my self.
at times i recall my ex-husband calling me 'stupid' or 'dumb'.
Hello Faerie.. "I long for kindness"......wow
Las Vegas used to be my home and probably knew hundreds of JWs there, but not even one anymore including relatives..
Can't say much here because of lurking a$$holes..Not that I hate them, I just don't have nothing to say to any of them..
Feel Free to pm..
insot4
hello all, it is nice to have a forum for former jw's and see i wasn't the only one out there having serious doubts.
my parents got into it when i was about 4 years old.
my family was part of the granville ny congregation.. my dad in time became an elder.
Goldiver, a big WELCOME!!! "Its been a long road to healing but the best choice I ever made in my life was leaving the JWs"
Oh yeah that COs wife who shit when handed the micophone..FUNNY.
insot4
go chargers!!!!!
i'm delusional.
so, who are you pulling for?.
OK, I'm gonna have to be x conservative with 49er and Panties game. Final Score: SF 72, Carolina..nothing.
Seahawks vs the Aint's, another smashing by Seattle cause they're hungry, terrifying, mean, smooth and JeffT...GO HAWKS!!!
Tom Brady should wear a blackhood, Executioner!! 'I'm stinkin' upset... Bet the moneyline..... Colts win in overtime!!
Now, SD and Denver...humm.. Yellow Rivers is good but not as good Mr. Payton (55000 TDs this season!) This is a pick'em and smell your fingers.
Its the Playoffs Baby!!!
insot4
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/04/1263154/-what-s-the-most-jewish-congressional-district-in-america.
take a good look.
provides support for my theory that the society wants to 'hide out' in an area dominated by jewish enclaves - who quietly are a publically unchallenged 'law unto themselves' as they dominate or largely control wide swaths of ny territory right down to local pta elections.. this is not politically correct stuff, folks but power brokers in ny state gov.
metatron is on, grab the the money and run. These clever a$$holes, WTS know just where to hide. Legal department, lawyers, their front men and all
the white collar basturds. And them zombie butt kissing dubs working for nothing.
insot4
i thought that the best team in the nfl deserved their own thread.
actually, i am not a huge football fan.
i do not watch much sports at all.
SF and the west coast bros are gonna "cut the stinky cheese" on GB on their astroturd field even though SF had a way better record. Should be a good
game. Final score SF 35 GB 1. Our defense is back and gonna sack the pack.
insot4
i'm just making a query into the red coloured book that had peoples faces stamped into the hard front cover.
the "you can live forever in paradise on earth" book.
this is so long ago so please forgive me if i get few things wrong.
Hey Joe.
There was whole lot of subliminal crap they was putting out in the early eighties. Some JWs were upset (understandably). But when they complained too much, WTS DF'ed them. BASTURDS...I should of woke up back then.
insot4
