just wanted to say hi.
i understand how you may feel.
i remember lurking here years ago cause i didn't want to tell the elders on myself and have a judicial committee if i could figure a way out of it.
Lurkers lurk because they know that most current JWs know it is not "the truth," but they don't know how to leave the only way of life they have ever known. The only ones who still believe it is "the truth" are those who aren't too bright to begin with.
And I mean that in the nicest possible way. (You can say anything you want as long as you add that last sentence.)
i'm not far away from sending out a bunch of letters to all the jw's who i knew when i was one.
the letters are the accumulation of the last few months of research etc.
i've put a lot of effort into wording things just right so that that the jw's don't instantly throw it in the trash.
"I've learned that people only pay attention to what they discover for themselves." Last line spoken by Anthony Perkins in the film Pretty Poison.
In other words, don't bother.
anyone from the dallas, tx area?
pm me if you want to get together sometime.
it would be nice to meet someone face to face who truly have learned the truth and have been set free!.
snare&racket asked <<Do you guys play the Dallas theme through loudspeakers as you walk about?>>
Yes. We do.
And the slogan on the t-shirts was "I shot J.R."
so my family has obviously been noticing over the past several months that i've been missing meetings and fs.
i've had excuses sometimes, but not others, so my parents are definitely getting that this is more than a long bout of illnesses or fatigue.
i just received an email invitation to join them in service this weekend.
Share this quote with your family: “No one should be forced to worship in a way that he finds unacceptable or be made to choose between his beliefs and his family.” (From the article, “Is It Wrong to Change Your Religion?” July 2009 AWAKE!, page 28)
some background here; non-jw family members who are overly respectful and protective of the jw's.. i thought i might try a completely different tactic.
what are your views on my letter below?
i thought i'd let it sit with her for a couple of weeks or more before following it up .
Stop criticizing and keep your thoughts about JWs to yourself. ... Otherwise, you will only succeed in making yourself appear foolish. I speak from personal experience.
"I've learned that people only pay attention to what they discover for themselves." (Last line spoken by Anthony Perkins in the film Pretty Poison.)
i was hired to interpret for a church event in a neighboring town last night.
i did have a brief moment of thinking demon's would be jumping out to get me as i walked through the front doors of the church, hahahaha, not really, but it did feel awkward at first and i stuck very close to the other interpreter who asked me to help her.
i was definitely out of my comfort zone.. anyway last night i met james walker from the watchmen fellowship.
Excellent post, Gojira_101! I, for one, am pleased that your faith in God is in tact. I am also pleased to personally know many ex-JWs who neither disassociated themselves nor were disfellowshipped, who simply came to realize that the WTB&TS is nothing more than a destructive authority that actually impedes one's personal relationship with God through Christ. Hold your head high when you read Hans Christian Anderson's The Emperor's New Clothes because you possess the courage to announce that the 'emperor' is naked. The WTB&TS, like so many other organizations, relies on a simple fact for its existence: "You can fool some of the people all of the time. And that's enough!"
wow so here we are, april 25th.
3 years ago to this day something within me made me google my former religion.
it was all the the years of doubts concentrated into one all nighter to have the veil drop like a sack of shit.
Hello, gutted. Here is a quote I thought you would find relevant to your experience. I know that I can relate to it.
“[Psychologist] Stanley Milgram . . . pointed out that people who disobey destructive authority suffer psychologically, too. Often a person who disobeys finds himself at odds with the social order, and may find it hard to shake the feeling that he has been faithless to someone or something to whom he pledged allegiance.” (From the book The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout, Ph.D.)
how do you think the wtb&ts (and the average jw) would answer the following two questions?
how would you answer them?.
(1) can one be a genuine christian without being a jw?.
Deputy Dog: How did Jesus feel about those who said one thing but did the opposite? I don't believe what people say; I believe what they do. I hope this answers your question.
hi guys, i'm new to the site.. sorry to bring up an old topic.
but just wondering if anyone knew if the brochure referred to in the infamous un letter of 2004 is available to read anywhere?
this is the brochure of 1991 (before the supposed "changed language that we cannot subsribe to").
The fact is that the WTS has never publicly addressed the issue of registering with the UN in violation of its own published policy; therefore, the "old topic" remains very relevant. By its own standard of judging other religions, the WTS itself stands condemned as an apostate organization.
The World Headquarters letter to its Branch Committee suggests a very flimsy excuse the very purpose of which was to deflect sincere questions by devout JWs who thoroughly understood the WTS's policy concerning such affiliations. One cannot help but wonder who posted the confidential memo on the Internet. Whoever it was performed a great service in doing so.
how do you think the wtb&ts (and the average jw) would answer the following two questions?
how would you answer them?.
(1) can one be a genuine christian without being a jw?.
How do you think the WTB&TS (and the average JW) would answer the following two questions? How would you answer them?
(1) Can one be a genuine Christian without being a JW?
(2) Can one be an "exemplary" JW without being a genuine Christian?
