http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20131115/seven-shepherds-eight-dukes/.
paragraph 17.
"at that time, the life-saving direction that we receive from jehovahs organization may not appear practical from a human standpoint.
If I was till 'in' this would give me pause and I would have to seriously step back and analyze this study article. Very little actual bibloe study lately. Seems to mostly be, 'Stay away from internet", "Stay away from apostates' "shun your family that left"
Line up for your favorite flavor of Kool-aid!
if even jesus christ himself and other people in the bible did not addressed god using his name jehovah, why should we?.
http://www.catholic.com/quickquestions/is-gods-name-yahweh-or-jehovah
WTBT$ also admits that 'Jehovah' is a Catholic invention in the 1980 2/1 pg 11-13
i talked to my 83 year old pioneer mother over the weekend and she said she's going.
pioneer school for 2 weeks starting today in lynnwood, wa.
is that how long they usually are?.
My husband & daughter both went. It is 2 weeks of intensive studying, there is also some going out in the field door to door activity. They even have you study at night for the next day.
yep.
jw's don't like to hear anything negative about the organization and this got me unfriended from a few of my jw friends.
this was the start of our enlightenment:.
Welcome Jaydoubleu! Glad to have you here with us.
I know it is unbelievable how they want to just stick their head in the sand and ignore the obvious.
this very first sentence in the bible makes no sense to me, i struggle with it and i am wondering what other's thoughts are on the subject.
don't get me wrong, i believe in god, i believe their is a creator, or atleast i hope their is.
but i struggle with him creating the heavens and the earth, i mean, why would he?
Geek: You might find this interesting. From what I've been learning about the Hebrew language, it loses the true meaning and SYMBOLISM when translated.
yep.
jw's don't like to hear anything negative about the organization and this got me unfriended from a few of my jw friends.
this was the start of our enlightenment:.
hi, i'm newly awakened and just needing reassurance that the wt is indeed a mind-control cult.
i have two lovely children (under 5) and a husband who is currently asleep..
Oogie, you will still have nigglin' little doubts that you are doing the right thing for awhile, but after you start researching the WTBT$ history and older literature [available all over the internet] you will realize that it never was God's organization.
You can PM if you want. Just click on my ID, then it will take you to a page with my avatar on it, at the top you will see 'Send Message' click on that and send a private message. When you first click on YOUR messages, you will get an 'Error message' just go back and click on it again and it should come up. Just a little glitch.
hi, i'm newly awakened and just needing reassurance that the wt is indeed a mind-control cult.
i have two lovely children (under 5) and a husband who is currently asleep..
Welcome Oogie to the forum, glad to have you here with us. Keep researching. Our family is newly out also, after being a JW for my entire life.
This is what made Hubby & I realize that it is a mind-control, information-control cult:
child sexual abuse case filed against former jehovah's witness elder michael brunner.
an albuquerque woman filed a lawsuit claiming a church leader sexually abused her as a child.. monica jaramillo said michael brunner, an elder at the jehovah's witness church in los lunas, sexually abused her when she was just 8 years old.. jaramillo, now 35, filed a lawsuit claiming other elders of the church knew about the incident but chose to do nothing.. the complaint also alleges jaramillo's mother was raped by brunner.. jehovah's witnesses in los lunas told kob eyewitness news 4 that brunner left the congregation years ago.. .
video news interview: http://www.kob.com/article/stories/s3130582.shtml?cat=500.
Thanks ray/JJ, I've been following all these comments on the news channel website and it amazes me the depth of cognitive resonance they possess. I bet I could also tell them a few things that they don't even know about their own religion, right out of their own literature. Nice job on defended Shyla's comment.
i heard an announcement some time ago, " [ insert name's ] reinstatement has been rescinded and is no longer one of jehovah's witnesses.
" has anyone ever heard of such a thing?
elders, have you ever done this?
weird. I've heard of DFings being reversed but not reinstatements
