the bible students and the christadelphians have a lot in common.. i searched on facebook... .
and look what i found:https://www.facebook.com/christadelphianbiblestudents/.
there´s even a group named like that..
Their were so many religious groups that sprung up in the 1800 `s in America that had to do with the return of Jesus Christ and the End of The World .
Christadelphians as a religion was founded by John Thomas in the early 1800`s and they did have similar doctrines that JW`s adopted decades later.
Was Charles Taze Russell influenced by the teachings of John Thomas ? who came before him ? who knows .
i found out a couple of weeks ago that friends who i haven’t seen for over 20 years left the watchtower two years ago.
and it’s having a ripple effect on their friends who are in.. i was also going to post on the thread about posters who’ve left but it seems to have been locked!.
i have been very busy these last few years, working on my hobbies, writing articles and books and haven’t had much time for jw activism.
Another book by an ex JW ,
I think is a good thing and I also look forward to reading it. Hopefully it gives a different slant as to what has previously been published maybe highlighting the Child Sexual Abuse Scandals that are coming to light around the world by Jehovah`s Witnesses that are calling at the homes of unsuspecting householders exposing their children to a potential Pedophile .
A chapter on that issue would be great.
i'm not sure how best to ask this question because of my personal experience-- long story short, i was discovered through informal witnessing back in college.
i was lonely, away from family, and was touched by the attention and care that was shown to me.
during the course of many years i became very very close with the sister conducting the study even though we were thousands of miles away.
And that`s the difference between you and her ohnightdivine , your love for her is unconditional ,however her "love" for you was conditional .
You are by far the better person . Don`t sell yourself short .
Take care .
i'm not sure how best to ask this question because of my personal experience-- long story short, i was discovered through informal witnessing back in college.
i was lonely, away from family, and was touched by the attention and care that was shown to me.
during the course of many years i became very very close with the sister conducting the study even though we were thousands of miles away.
But I cannot shake off the feeling that I was, after all, just another one of her potential converts.
That`s it in a nutshell, and you are not alone in coming to that conclusion.
Welcome to the real world .
She told me that she has given plenty of advice to me for so many years and that it depends on me acting on what I know is the right thing to do
That says it all , in other words if you can`t commit to being a JW after all I have done for you ,then you are a lost cause .
Don`t contact me again .
Read between the lines ohnightdivine.
if i was an author of a book i think i would be over the moon if i was guaranteed a sale of around 5 million or more books for my work.. the jehovah`s witnesses have over 8 million members plus relatives that are fringe dwellers who come to the memorial once a year ,.
so what a gold mine they have been sitting on as a publishing house .. why didn`t they keep publishing books for the faithful ,they could have even upped the price , and the faithful would have paid especially in prosperous country`s in the west.. they could have milked this venture for years to come as the faithful would have bought anything they would have published .. and their prophets (profits) would have soared ,literally and figuratively for many more years to come ..
If I was an author of a book I think I would be over the moon if I was guaranteed a sale of around 5 million or more books for my work.
The Jehovah`s Witnesses have over 8 million members plus relatives that are fringe dwellers who come to the memorial once a year ,
So what a Gold mine they have been sitting on as a publishing house .
Why didn`t they keep publishing books for the faithful ,they could have even upped the price , and the faithful would have paid especially in prosperous country`s in the west.
They could have milked this venture for years to come as the faithful would have bought anything they would have published .
And their prophets (profits) would have soared ,literally and figuratively for many more years to come .
in the last few weeks, i have noticed in (jw.org) the nwt has had new releases in some local languages.. today, i read this: "the new world translation of the christian greek scriptures was released in the kabiye language on december 16, 2018, in kara, togo.
on the same day, in madrid, spain, the books of matthew and john from the new world translation were released in spanish sign language.
the new world translation has been translated in whole or in part into 178 languages.".
And of course the only persons who are going to purchase these books are Jehovah`s Witnesses who speak these languages .
An almost guaranteed sell out of all that is produced .$$$$$$$
in this kingdom hall photo, there will be some members who will probably leave the organization.
some will stay and suffer just to be with family.
i feel sad for those who stay just to please the family.
I concur with everything you said R&R , and may I add, all of their wasted lives slaving for a man made American Publishing and Real Estate Corporation posing as a Religion fleecing the flock of all of their money and valuable assets by dangling the carrot of Armageddon and Paradise before their eyes ,which is always just out of reach .
the money grab continues!!
at a very recent circuit assembly (usa), the accounts overseer gave the typical accounts report for the ca in the early afternoon.
there were 2100 people at the assembly.
I wonder if their is any chance of suing the entire Governing Body for religious fraud ,taking money under false pretenses from their Congregants.
from complications of diabetes.. "laverne & shirley" themesong.
RIP Penny ,
She may have come across as a bit of a Bimbo in L& S ,however she must have had a head on her shoulders to become a successful director worth about 45Million dollars at the time of her death.
My wife was a fan of their show as a bit of escapism from JWISM
what did you make of the conventions i used to dread them.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6bhlhtbaos.
It must have been when i was winding down from from the religion at a four day Convention because on this Saturday Arvo was an AFL grand final and I snuck off to the local pub to watch it and came back after it finished .
For some reason in OZ many Conventions clashed with an AFL grand final.
This is going back 30 or 40 years ago now.
In those days many attendants had radios stuck to their ears listening to the footy scores during the Convention.
as they were walking around the grounds during security watch.
