when i was young we were taught to refer to other adult jws as aunt or uncle.. was this also the case in other countries and does it still happen?.
was it just a custom or has the literature ever commented on it?.
thanks.
I'm a white boy in the southwest US. I never heard anyone in my neighborhood or among my schoolmates call a person their aunt or uncle unless that person really was their aunt or uncle.
I did sometimes hear it among black (aka African-American) JWs, but that was the only place.
no big news here, just a couple of nice quotes from the c.o.
#1) so how do jws really feel about worldly people?
yes, they do, or rather the leaders do.
The only "fairness" that exists is in the Organization!
Right. That's why WE WORK and the GB DONT, BUT CONSTANTLY ASK FOR MONEY. - Acts 18:3
It's also the reason why if you question anything the GB say or do you risk being cut-off and shunned by all your family members and so-called "friends."
That's "fair"?!?
Let's review: It's a cult!
hello everybody, i was wondering if anyone has been guilted or emotionally blackmailed into attending the memorial this year.
something along the lines of "if you loved your family you would at least attend the memorial".
i myself haven't attended in 5 years.
hello everybody, i was wondering if anyone has been guilted or emotionally blackmailed into attending the memorial this year.
something along the lines of "if you loved your family you would at least attend the memorial".
i myself haven't attended in 5 years.
"If you loved your family ... you wouldn't keep trying to guilt them into participating in meaningless rituals just to cater to your delusional beliefs!"
Let's review: It's a cult!
if you are a non-believing relative or spouse who is hostile to their doctrine are you an apostate?
if you studied with them and rang the logical fallacy buzzer for chits and giggles to see how they would react does this make you an apostate?.
if you are a born in who never got baptised does this make you an apostate?.
An "apostate" is a fictional boogeyman manufactured to serve a multi-function purpose: scapegoat, fear-factor, thought-stopping monster. You name it. All cults need someone to blame for their failure and mistakes. Satan serves a certain purpose in this, but he is invisible. It's convenient for cults to have a visible entity to blame: apostates.
my parents are zealous jecultah's blindnesses, but my sister and i are not.
because of this, we are limited in our abilities/opportunities in life.
mu parents hate my sister because she went to college and started a full time job and thus isn't able to go to meetings or service.
Ivan: I want to go to a good university,to marry a wife who loves me and I her, and to get a good job.
Those are excellent goals. You should pursue what you want and live your own life.
Ivan: I can't do that because this is the opposite of a "happy life" as described by the Great 7.
Sure you can. The only thing stopping you is fear. "The Great 7" as you call them, are not going to take care of you. They're too busy fleecing the flock. Have you noticed not one of them has a real job or earns a living? (Acts 18:3). They are parasites sponging off of their deluded followers. Don't be one of them.
Ivan: What should I do to make sure our parents love and treat us as their children, regardless of our religious beliefs.
There is nothing you can do to make anyone love you. You would think that the natural love and affection (2 Timothy 3:3) a parent should have for their own children would be stronger than any dubious religious beliefs, but this cult (as well as countless others) have proven time and again that this is sadly not true.
Ivan: Should we try to convince them of TTATT?
No you should not. No one will "wake up" unless and until they are ready.
Ivan: We don't want to have parents who disown us because we live our lives the way we feel the most comfortable.
Of course you don't. But you should still live your own life. It's the only one you will every have. Ultimately, the most important relationship we have in this life is the one we have with our self. - (Attribution redacted)
march kingdom ministry insert is about how the field service meetings will be shortened from 10 to 15 minutes down to 5 to 7 minutes.
they want the publishers to report more hours.
in my experience the problem isn't the length of the meeting for service but pioneers and publishers dogging it after the service arrangement.
if the witnesses have the truth and have been going to meetings for many years and every week they learn how to be effective in the ministry and learn about the bible on sundays and every week have a family worship night, why are they afraid to talk to anyone who doesn't agree with them or question their beliefs?
if they have the truth then nothing can refute it.
the truth is the truth.
Megjana: I basically felt like I was on a tether.It's not a tether, it's a leash.
wbt$ gb rock star popes and their fancy watches... .. are "extremely expensive" rolex watches being forced on the wbt$ rock star popes?!!...
are the watches just rolex "knock offs" so the wbt$ gb rock star popes only "appear wealthy"?!...
.. geoffrey jackson.
Splash: Little did they know that they were writing about themselves!
Wow, good catch.
In a way, it's even MORE ironic if they're wearing knock-offs: then the GB only appear to be wealthy, but are in fact cheap, imitations of the real thing.
I like it.
Let's review: It's a cult!
i've decided to graduate at the end of this year (2015).
i need 69 credit points to graduate successfully at my university, and i already have about 80. i also have to write a capstone essay (of 5000 words) on a ancient history topic.
in addition, i'm doing two other 5000 word research essays this year.
