each time i go, i see a bunch of happy people, young and old.
some smile more than others, but just about everyone seems happy to be there.. maybe we left because we weren't that happy, rather than finding flaws in the religion.. maybe they look happy because they aren't allowed to look sad..
Each time I go, I see a bunch of happy people, young and old. Some smile more than others, but just about everyone seems happy to be there.
Maybe we left because we weren't that happy, rather than finding flaws in the religion.
Maybe they look happy because they aren't allowed to look sad.
this below just came up on the wire and is higher in rank than the globe articlethe watchtower is going into spin control overtimehttp://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/news/?newsid=1725new rules could threaten charity status of jehovah's witnesses.
religious intelligence ltd, uk - 19 minutes ago.
several jehovahs witnesses charities in the uk expressed concern that the draft guidance could affect their beliefs on blood transfusion.
"There is no evidence that our view on blood causes any damage.”I have to give blood cause I have too much Iron in my blood, so it's bad for my health if I don't.
Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that the giving or receiving of blood is wrong in any circumstances
Then why do they accept blood fractions
i must admit, the 30 minute public talk is more "improved" over the older version(s).. the next step should be to reduce the watchtower study to 45 minutes.
in that way, with songs and prayers, you are out the door in an hour and a half.. rub a dub.
I agree totally.
The 30 minute talk is the right length. If it's dull, it will be over in no time. If it's good, 30 minutes is just OK.
As for the Watchtower Study, OMG, it's WAY too long. Either they could go less in detail and ask less questions or simply have less paragraphs to study.
The Watchtower study should also be 30 minutes.
For those who want to go out in the Field Service after the 1 hour meeting, it would be up to them.
praise him all the days of your life!
he is worthy.
holy,holy,holy is he.. god our savior showed us how good and kind he is.
JK666, you made me laugh
Which means God must also laugh
i've been a faded jw for 10 years i left because of my failed first marriage, i'm no hypocrite and realised i had left completely so i embraced the world and dived in, only christmas and birthdays i could not get into, they were too foreign to me having never celebrated them, like if i suddenly tried to do ramadan or something like that.. 1/ all the criticisms of the people in the truth you say on here, i've found in the world, warts and all only in the world nothing holds them back from being utterly horrible to you.. 2/ i got stabbed by a worldly boyfriend, i got married 2 times of my own choosing to men outside the truth, the first smoked and was an alcoholic, the second gambled every penny we had and defrauded me out of money after we separated, 2 divorces later i am currently pregnant and a single mum since current boyfriend decided kids was to much of a responsibility and he needed his freedom and i was 'too selfish to expect him to give up his life'.. 3/ parents-in-law!
i have been shunned by them as equal to anything you accuse witness families of and for the silliest of reasons, i had a disabled son and his grandparents said they wanted nothing to do with him because they didn't want to become attached in case he died.. 4/ i miss the honest friendships of the truth, i had friends of all ages from 14 to 80 years old and they genuinely cared for me, many trying to keep me in the faith a long time after i left but i was determined to fade so moved away completely, but i find friendships in the world so shallow in comparison and very hard to sustain :( i've never been a drinker and sometimes thats what friendship means you being a companion for them to goto pub with.. 5/ my recent boyfriend was in a christian religion, i thought why not find out about it, harvest churches if you ever heard of them, unfortunately it still hasn't stop him leaving me pregnant and alone and when i said to him how does he clear that with god, he replies "as long as i repent it doesn't matter" it's like he has a "get out of jail free card" for any wrong-doing in the bible, this is so alien to me and my witness trained conscience.. 6/ i recently out of frustration tried looking into atheism and joined their forums, it wasn't fun, they are as bombastic and arrogant as their religious counterparts can be from any religion, they make a religion out of not believing in god, it's very weird they talk of saving people from believing in god and offer nothing to replace it.
they said to me "be happy you are in reality now and enjoy it" and i thought "well if this is reality i've had enough of it".
renaii,
You seem to want a quick fix solution. Everything in the JW Organization is quick, either they shun or love bomb you. It's a black and white environment. And you are at a point where you want a big change.
It comes down to your own decision and no one can tell you what to do, but only give advice.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfdoi24rrae.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnzr7mqyhak.
yesterday, the jw's left an invitation in each mailbox in this apartment building.
i looked at mine earlier this morning.
there is a picture of jesus and lots of text i didn't read, then the hour and address of the kingdom hall.
Where I'm from, it's a criminal offense to leave something in the mailbox without proper postage.
They put Restaurant advertisements every now and then in my mailbox as well as Catholic church leaflets, so I guess the JW's are legal.
This morning I also had Mc Donald coupons
I was surprised to see how few in Canada believe in God. It seems as if the poorer the country, the more they believe in God.
i've been a jw all my life and am thoroughly convinced this is the truth.
but there is one thing that i just don't understand.
many jw's believe that people who get resurrected in the new system will not get married.
Nemail, I felt the same way back in 1990, when the good news of the kingdom became bad news for me. I wanted to get married one day and have sex, and live normally like everyone else. When they said that the resurrected ones don't get married, I lost my joy very quickly.
yesterday, the jw's left an invitation in each mailbox in this apartment building.
i looked at mine earlier this morning.
there is a picture of jesus and lots of text i didn't read, then the hour and address of the kingdom hall.
Yesterday, the JW's left an invitation in each mailbox in this apartment building. I looked at mine earlier this morning. There is a picture of Jesus and lots of text I didn't read, then the hour and address of the Kingdom hall. An they also put the time of the Sunday meetings, hoping some would be interested.
I showed the invitation slip to my mom, who is Baptist, and she said, "since when do the JW's put emphasis on Jesus like that"
