i notice the sexist language of the watchtower a lot more these days.
is it on the increase or am i simply more tuned into to noticing it now?
for example this statement in the june kingdom ministry:.
This is one of my personal favorites, italics are mine,
'As a housewife scrubs even the hidden corners of her kitchen to keep her home clean and sanitary, a repentant person should work hard to clean up his thoughts....'
This gem is from the Jeremiah book.
Everyone in the congregation understand? The kitchen is no place for a man, and the house should be kept clean by 'the wife'.
i feel so sorry for devout bacs (born again christians) and devout jws because they are spending their whole lives waiting for something that may or may not come.
i sometimes want to cry when i speak with my 80 yr old jw mom and hear her say armaggeddon is around the corner.
or hear my born again aunt say "the rapture is near and jesus will take her to heaven soon" i just want to shake both of them.
They won't have to wait long, this system can't go on much longer.
We are in the last of the last days.
It's coming soon......
i'm new to this forum and wanted to give everyone a shout out.
i've been a silent observer of this forum for a long time, but now i feel it's time for me to break the silence and get involved.
i've been inactive since november of last year.
Hello DilloTrace,
I also became inactive at around October/November last year. It was 607/1914 and the WT revisionist history that really woke me up. Like you, I couldn't handle anymore field serve-us, especially since it is such a chore, nobody is interested and it gets really hot here (Brisbane area). Once you are awake, witnessing is impossible. I don't know how some who are fading manage to do it and keep their sanity.
I don't post on here a lot, but it is scary to read how similar others people's situations and experiences are. It's a hell of thing learning the TTATT, and can get a bit overwhelming at times.
Welcome to the forum.
i noticed over the years how bros & sis(tm) would pronounce words/names differently or totally substitute them so as not to sound offensive.. egs:.
instead of 'bible aids' a bro(tm) said 'bible helps' thus avoiding aids disease!?!.
instead of sodom the bro(tm) pronounced it 'sow dom'.
Instead of YHWH they like to say 'Jehovah'.
hi folks!.
someone told me that there is a rumor that soon the watchtower and awake's magazines will be only one (fusion).. anybody knows something concrete about that, or is only rumor instead?.
tj curioso.
They use the word "Nested" because "Inserted" sounds too sexual and worldly.
I agree. If they used the word "Inserted", some could refer to the mags as "Penetrated", and then before long, we could have "magazine fornication" causing immoral thoughts in some of the brothers.
so, unexpectedly, the final talk was announced today and to my surprise and evil glee, they announced gerrit loesch as the speaker!
first off, at the beginning of his talk, he interrupted himself in the middle of his sentence to scold the microphone brother to lower my mike it's right in my face.. anyway, it was the talk on inspired truth, vs. inspired falsehoods.
he went through 6 expressions inspired by the demons.
I gotta say Snare, I always enjoy reading your posts.
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Hey zound, I sent you a PM.
on sheep, wolves, and sheepdogs - by ltc (ret) dave grossman, author of "on killing.
honor never grows old, and honor rejoices the heart of age.
it does so because honor is, finally, about defending those noble and worthy things that deserve defending, even if it comes at a high cost.
I have a 90 lb barely a year old Rottie pup
That is pretty heavy, considering it is a female and that a Rotty develops it's muscle a fair bit in it's second year. My male was around 115 to 120 pound full grown and he was a strong beast. Great dogs, terrific breed.
so, unexpectedly, the final talk was announced today and to my surprise and evil glee, they announced gerrit loesch as the speaker!
first off, at the beginning of his talk, he interrupted himself in the middle of his sentence to scold the microphone brother to lower my mike it's right in my face.. anyway, it was the talk on inspired truth, vs. inspired falsehoods.
he went through 6 expressions inspired by the demons.
What the hell.
Why would he say that "once a child molester always a child molester" is a demon inspired expression?!?
That is just freaking nuts.
Of all the evil things that are said and done in this world, not showing pedophiles proper forgiveness is one of the Satanic attitudes we need warn peolpe to be aware of. Okkaaaaay...... The food at Jehovahs table is starting to smell real rotten.
....watching their videos?.
i am a subscriber to quite a few of the ex jw youtube channels and i enjoy many of the videos.
i do cringe a bit when i hear the person in the video remind the jw that they "should not be watching these videos as it is against the rules and council of the wtbts, gb, elders taking the lead, etc,..".
I think it so they don't have to engage a JW apologist in an endless debate, where the JW just goes round and and round with circular reasoning and refuses to listen to the sound reasoning and clear logic that the 'apostate' is using.
Have you seen some of the comments on these YouTube videos? The JWs are deluded and arrogant, they will never learn and they refuse to take an objective and critical look at their religion. It is frustrating.
So by putting that reminder at the start of the video, all observers can see that the JW who is engaging the 'apostate' in a debate has automatically made himself a hypocrite by disobeying the rules of his own beliefs.
