thanks to jw archive wiki we have a pdf of the new elders book.. https://www.dropbox.com/s/mz9z38909t3fh7c/2012-shepherd-the-flock-of-god-ks10_e.pdf?dl=0.
I'm gonna second everything OrphanCrow wrote.
These kinds of issues are problematic for people that actually have the appropriate training and experience.
As well-intentioned as some JW elders might be--and I know from personal experience that not all of them are--they are simply NOT QUALIFIED to deal with these issues.
As a result, they almost always make a terrible situation worse.
It's criminal. It really is.
Let's review: It's a cult!
this topic is what what it says on the tin.
do jws suffer/are suffering, from stockholm syndrome?.
getting abused (mentally) and then seem to form a relationship with the captives (wtbts).. there is also a condition called oslo syndrome, but haven't read up much about it.. personally, i think i might be suffering from the former.. would love to get a few opinions.....
thanks to jw archive wiki we have a pdf of the new elders book.. https://www.dropbox.com/s/mz9z38909t3fh7c/2012-shepherd-the-flock-of-god-ks10_e.pdf?dl=0.
Thanks!
I got mine, probably before most of the local elders too!
It seems that Jehovah can help worldly people find leaks on their construction site, but he can't plug the leaks in his own organization.
Why is that? Oh, I know: God ain't got nothin' to do with this religion.
Let's review: it's a cult!
perhaps i'm just getting older and crankier, but it really seems to me that the jw faith is deteriorating at an accelerated rate.. case in point: this year's memorial talk.
it was one of the most incoherent messes i've ever heard.
(and i've heard a lot of memorial talks over the last 50 years....).
"..the governing body watches the moon."
How astute of them. That makes sense because they're all lunatics!
"there are only three reasons you should miss a meeting.
fever, fracture or funeral.
everything else is a sorry excuse.
sir82: s there anything more pointless and stupid than chastising congregation members for not attending meetings...at the lowest-attended meeting of all?
It's not as pointless as you might think. It serves to affirm in the minds of those in attendance that they are the obedient ones and they are the ones pleasing to Jehovah.
It also makes them more self-righteous and less compassionate.
after years of leaked info, the gb has finally decided to publish their own shepherding textbook in epub format.. dear brothers:.
we are pleased to inform you that the shepherding textbook is now available in epub,.
mobi, and pdf format.
tim3l0rd: Now everything that is translated to ASL is in video format. KMs are now all signed video. Even the talk outlines are now signed videos that can be downloaded. I imagine they will sign the entire flock manual as well.
That was the question I raised a few pages back. I really cannot imagine them doing the entire elders' manual in ASL videos. But just because I can't imagine it doesn't mean they won't.
The idiots running this religion never cease to amaze and amuse me with their stupid ideas. They seem to have an inexhaustible supply of dumb ideas.
"there are only three reasons you should miss a meeting.
fever, fracture or funeral.
everything else is a sorry excuse.
I don't need "excuses," I have reasons, many of them in fact, to not go to the Kingdom Hall.
But here's the most important one: It's a cult!
we all know the wts abandons and invents beliefs faster than apple can churn out new shiny stuff.
but have they ever abandoned a belief and later picked it up again?.
i remember many years ago we had one of those post-district-assembly review parts (part of the service meeting) where they were discussing some "new light".. there was some confusion about which was the "new" and which was the "old" and a semi-discussion ensued with people commenting.
I hear the GB are thinking of reintroducing Russell's teachings on the pyramids: '
had an interesting thought this morning.
when a witness is 'in' they think everyone else is following and trying there best all in unity.
i believe the reality is there are a lot of us 'in' who know different.
FMF, this is a powerful epiphany you've just had.
As Morpheus said, we all at first think we're the only one that doesn't believe. It is different though for those of us that leave. We are courageous, even if it's painful to lose family and friends.
Ultimately, the most important relationship we have in this life is the one we have with our self. - Attribution redacted.
i do believe it is written somewhere in jw literature .
Great responses WF!
