i know dubs are delusional.
i know dubs don't reason well.
i know dubs are a bit off, like many groups.
FMF: I always had a fear in the back of my mind all these years, what if this was just another mainstream religion.
No. Mainstream religions do not excommunicate and shun people for victimless "crimes" and certainly not for simply disagreeing with their delusional leadership!
This religion is a high-control authoritarian group otherwise known as a cult.
my mom called me yesterday to ask how i was doing.
i hadn't seen her in a while, so it was nice to hear her voice.
we went through the motions of jw small talk and then she started telling me about her co visit from last week.
A series of Public talks and Watchtower Studies will be streamed over the Internet
How nice!
my mom called me yesterday to ask how i was doing.
i hadn't seen her in a while, so it was nice to hear her voice.
we went through the motions of jw small talk and then she started telling me about her co visit from last week.
Finkelstein: Has the WTS put any signs up such as " Arbeit macht frei" which is a German phrase meaning "Work Makes (You) Free".
No Fink, but the WTBTS repeatedly tells us all to come, "Work for Us for Free!"
my mom called me yesterday to ask how i was doing.
i hadn't seen her in a while, so it was nice to hear her voice.
we went through the motions of jw small talk and then she started telling me about her co visit from last week.
Jeffro: Or it could just be speculation based on gossip.
Now we're spreading rumors based on "speculation based on gossip!"
my mom called me yesterday to ask how i was doing.
i hadn't seen her in a while, so it was nice to hear her voice.
we went through the motions of jw small talk and then she started telling me about her co visit from last week.
First, whenever anyone in a leadership position in the organization says the word "soon" you know it's meaningless. They've been saying "soon" for over 100 years.
As for the rest of the statement, it's so obtuse it could mean anything, (assuming your mom even repeated it accurately).
That being said, this religion has changed so radically over the last few years that it's already a true statement. JWs are practically mainstream. If they drop the no-blood policy and end shunning they'd be practically indistinguishable from most other religions.
Let's review: It's a cult!
i have noticed something even long before even looking into ttatt, something about morris bothered me.
i am personally very attuned to body language, facial expressions and general subtleties in human interaction.
there was something about his face that really bothered me, and i will explain it.
BTeB: They've reduced themselves to cheap Internet copies of TV evangelists, right down to denouncing gays... just before they get caught at the airport with a rentboy helping them with their luggage.
I can't wait for that to happen.
Ol' Tony getting caught with his tight pants down!
remember this and other threads a few months back, on the subject that some kingdom halls in chile acquiesced to govt rules that every building should display the national flag on the day of celebration?.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/262505/kingdom-hall-chile-has-national-flag?size=20&page=1.
many of us here and around the net, calling on our dub experiences cried "never would that happen!
"... the flag is simply an emblem of the state ..."
It was just a pinch of incense ...
The cowards that run this religion have completely lost their moral compass. Anyone that follows them is bound for spiritual shipwreck and ruin.
Grow some balls, exit the Kingdom Hall and live your own life!
Let's review: It's a cult!
listener gave a link to a short version.
not taking away from that post but here is a more complete version, 2 minutes longer.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnbmyudrwgs.
WP: I am wondering if they had to pay royalties to use his song?
Legally, the producers of this video are required to have obtained a synchronization license for the music AND the particular master recording of it.
Failure to do so exposes them to a copyright infringement suit.
Pretty ironic considering how pugnaciously the WTBTS pursues even minor infringements of any of their copyrights.
it seams like every time i turn around i find out that the elders are trying to meet with one of my kids or are talking with them about things and of course my wife is instigating it.
if i say anything to my children she mentions something and they come running.
one of the ms's is also studying with them as well.
Definitely assert your authority as the spiritual head.
Tell the elders in no uncertain terms that they are NOT to meet with your wife or any other family members without you present and/or your express permission, which at this time you are NOT giving.
You gotta' have boundaries.
the current jws do not cease to amaze.
here's their latest video on youtube and straight from bethel.. there is a lot of work involved in this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwou6e5vwbo .
OK, there's nothing wrong with what the R&F Bethel drones are doing in the video. I mean seriously, who wouldn't want to dance down the hallway with a toilet brush? Everyone gets that!
Doh!!!
It's that the freakin' WTBTS leadership has forbidden this kind of thing for three centuries! Do the math: 19th, 20th and the early 21st Century.
This is NOT your father's religion.
The GB has all gone apostate and now resemble the 700 Club/Mormons/Scientology/Catholic Church .... EXCEPT ... they'll still disfellowship and shun your ass if you dare say anything negative about the WT leaders.
Why? Because the GB members are all a miserable bunch of narcissistic whiners!
