this was a very painful article to read, and i can only imagine that after this years convention - people will be even more emboldened to cut off friends and family.. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/07/03/many-ex-jehovahs-witnesses-have-received-texts-from-loved-ones-ending-their-relationships-forever/?utm_source=silverpopmailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=atheist%20071316%20(1)&utm_content=&spmailingid=51830798&spuserid=mty4mdi2oty3odkws0&spjobid=961945281&spreportid=otyxotq1mjgxs0.
Thanks for posting this, I was just reading it on my phone!
My mum is going to the CONvention tomorrow in Newcastle. She hasnt phoned or texted anything to me in about a month now, not that she does that a lot anyway....
I was thinking about sending her a heads up text about the program, but chicken out when I come to type!
I feel i should say something to her, but dont know what. What can you say to a deluded victim?
on a road trip with my jw dad and stopped at the rest stop.
this jw lady walked up to me with a craptower.
big mistake.
Actually, I quite like that idea of introducing yourself as a `watchtower historian`. They wont know what to do, run or be intrigued!
Its got to be better than saying ex - jw, or mentally diseased apostate...
after some considerable thought i have decided that i will no longer post on this forum because i want to return to jehovah.
thank you for all the kindness and many interesting discussions over the years.
i wish you all well in the future and the decisions you make.
Attention seeker....
.......again.
two years ago i had a kundalini experience.
i felt energy or chi pulsate through each of my chakras, from the base of the spine to the crown of the head, then back, after that i felt like a newborn for three days.
i felt like i was reborn spiritually and god gave me a new name - indi.
"I felt energy or chi pulsate through each of my chakras, from the base of the spine to the crown of the head, then back, after that I felt like a newborn for three days."
.....you went and gave an electrical wall socket a wet willy, didn't you?
a couple weeks back my husband got a phone call from his brother, whom he hasn’t spoken to in nearly 17 years.
well i take that back, he did speak to him at the family reunion, asking him to leave.
my husband basically told him to f off, he would leave when he’s darn good and ready, but he didn’t use the word darn.
Gather a list of all the child abuse cases involving jw's, make up loads of leaflets, ( "leaflets", thats a dub word is'nt it?) and then pay a student to put them under the windscreen wipers of all the cars in the carpark while the funerals on. Cant be traced back to you....
jesus taught that we must die unto ourselves, and allow the holy spirit to take up residence within us.
some people get saved by simply inviting jesus into their hearts, to be the lord of their life.
this serves as a countering force within the born-again christian to counterbalance the will of the flesh, which is still unsaved in this life and destined for destruction in imitation of our lord himself.. attempting to live the christian life without having this spirit within you is a waste of time at the minimum, and dangerous on the downside.
Perry is studying again.......
telling and knowing the truth.. it is your job to tell and know the truth and not be decived by the lies of satan.. believing this, you need the knowledge of what is good and evil.
because with the bible you believe you can know the truth.
where there is no knowledge of the truth and good and evil.
"Jehova's paradise , his love is available for every man, here and now. He created man so he could love and care for them. He asks only one thing in return. That you accept this love and care of your own free wil."
.......cos if you dont, he's gunna KILL YOOOO!
via reddit.
here are the morning program highlights.
will update for the afternoon once it's all over.
Air raid shelters for sale! Yours for just 20,000!
To qualify you must at some point, have sold your home and drawn closer to god. And given the equity to the "help our pedo's hide" fund.
Available in armageddon red, or silver sword grey. Comes with 100000 free watchtower's to wipe each others ass on.
how was your wedding?
did you have a jw wedding or something different?
my wedding was not what either of us wanted at first, but it turned out very lovely.
Mine was like a car crash. I cant remember any of it.
However, we have just celebrated our 25 wedding anniversary. We are more connected than we have ever been. Just fortunate I think.
And i`m reminded every day that I made the right decision to marry at 18. Totally blind, didn't know what I was doing. Wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
Still, we have 3 fine daughters, a good life full of adventure, and common goals that bind us as a family together.
I can honestly say, if we'd stayed "in", we would be divorced by now.
for the many years i was mentally " in " the congregation, i equated the organisation as interchangeable with the persona of jehovah, in effect whatever the organisation said or thought, that was what jehovah thought and that was what jehovah said.... it was that simple.
so when i found out the ttatt and the cynical moves of the organisation over the years,including 1975 , the donation arrangements, the united nations, etc i was devastated and thought " where's jehovah in all of this?".
the god who i'd poured my heart out to on many occasions and who i thought was silently listening and hearing my pleas ..... was not there , .
