i remember one time i was sitting there and the speaker said "see, men were'nt meant to have long hair.
it's not as full as women's etc., thin and scraggly" when right next too me was this blind "study," asian guy, with maybe the best hair, long, i'd ever seen.
another time, we were going thru the infamous "disco" issue of the awake during the service meeting, and they said "disco is so prevalent that there's even a grocery store called disco now!!
hahahahaha.
It would take a 30 volume set of encyclopedias written in microscopic print to log down even one hundreth of a percent of all the bullcrap that is related from the stage and in the mags.
They'll say whatever fits their agenda at the time and try to make it fit.
The funniest thing I ever heard was a CO who said that the kingdom hall was the "happiest place on earth".
folks,.
with all the information out there, available for all to see; exposing the lies,hypocrisy, and outright ridiculousness (is that a word?..if not it should be) of this whole witness religion, how in the world are people still buying into this?.
is it because i don't have jehovah's spirit anymore?
Folks,
Help me with this. With all the information out there, available for all to see; exposing the lies,hypocrisy, and outright ridiculousness (is that a word?..if not it should be) of this whole witness religion, how in the world are people STILL buying into this?
I just do not get it. Is it because I don't have Jehovah's spirit anymore? No, that can't be it, ever since I have distanced myself mentally from this mess, I have been closer to God than I ever have been. So, what the heck is it?
There are some really intelligent persons, with very respectable jobs; persons who appear to be very smart about all kinds of subject matter. Some that do a lot of research etc. on bible history, world history etc., and there they are; every week at the meetings, going out in service, even giving what appear to be heartfelt comments on how great the "Faithful Slave" is and truly seem "into it". What is the deal? It is very frustrating. There is ALL THIS INFO available that clearly refute the WTS, and expose them for the lying, manipulative, jackasses they are, and STILL they feel that God actually puts His stamp of approval on them as His one and only choice. I am overwhelmingly flabbergasted at this.
By this time, with all this info out there, I would have assumed that the whole thing would be crumbling by now; but noooooooooo, it keeps going, and going, and going..........
I just don't get it. People should be exiting this farce en masse.
When is this all going to end? Or at least start the downslide?
I'm waiting..............
i'll never forget the assembly in madison, wi.
where some poor sap had to tell everyone that he had become addicted to porno on the net, but through much prayerful contemplation and after confessing to the elders he was able to come to "grips" with it.. good luck to that guy with ever getting a fine sister to marry him.. poor guy.
i really felt sorry for him.
I'll never forget the assembly in Madison, Wi. where some poor sap had to tell everyone that he had become addicted to porno on the net, but through much prayerful contemplation and after confessing to the elders he was able to come to "grips" with it.
Good luck to that guy with ever getting a fine sister to marry him.
Poor guy. I really felt sorry for him. I figure they forced him to relate his "experience" in front of thousands of people to show he truly was repentant. I can't beieve anyone would actually volunteer to share that with all those people. How utterly humiliating that must've been for that hapless guy.
-Integ.
the author (from australia) makes some great points.. http://www.noelbatten.com/watchtower.pdf.
46 pages long.
some excerpts:.
One of the above posts stated that one of the signs of true mind control cult power over it's members is that the members would willingly commit suicide if asked to.
I'm sorry, but there is NO WAY IN HELL that even a small minority of even the hardest-core witnesses would commit suicide for the 'Society". Maybe...MAYBE, a few of the real disturbed ones would follow through with it, but come on now?
I mean in a "Jim Jones Guyana tragedy" kind of suicide
I don't know if that disqualifies the WTS from being a cult or not, but does anybody honestly believe that the WTS would ever ask it's members to kill themselves???
Wait a second, would the blood transfusion thing qualify?
-Integ.
this babe was in my house doing a anti scam report.. http://wcbstv.com/bios/kirstin.cole.wcbs.9.8628.html.
while i was on tv, my wife was upstairs........... :'-(.
I had an ex girlfriend who once invited some guy (who is a local radio announcer) over, and she had the hots for him. He was a witness too. I always thought it was weird how a guy could be a radio dj and still be a witness. How did he pull it off? I guess for whatever reason he got a pass from the local elders. I think they thought it was cool.
I remember him saying that he hated christmas time, because he had to really watch what he said, how he said it, etc. cuz there were some witnesses who always listened to him and would call him out on stuff.
I remember him saying that he HAD to play SOME x-mas music or he would get fired. Nobody gave him TOO much crap though...to his face...but there was a lot of gossip about him.
just wanted to share this with fellow jwd members.
i went to the norco circut assembly and these are the recent $ numbers quoted ... .
as of 4/14/2007 (the first of two circut assemblies) we had $10,260,22 (a surplus) .
I'll do ya one better;
I had to ingest 4 NORCO just to be able to cope with being in attendance at the last Circuit Assembly.
They didn't cost me $ 16,000, but I would have been willing to pay that much.
-Integ.
i think posting on a discussion board can tend to come across in a certain way, personality wise.. i'm the type of person "in real life" that is usually considered quite funny.
i have a very quick wit and i can usually disable someone rather quickly with a facial expression, smile or definitive body language.
of course, you can't see those things here but you might notice a person's humor (or lack of it) by how they post.. so what tickles your funny bone?
Well, I think "Dumb and Dumber" is a masterpiece, and I find poop jokes funny. I also love the Saturday Night Live years of Chris Farley, Phil Hartman, and Dana Carvey (especially the grumpy old man bit), very funny.
My most recent laugh was while I was using a urinal at a public restroom, and someone had written " I'm so gay it hurts" on the top of it. I really found that to be funny.
-Integ.
many of us believe the days of the watchower society may be numbered.
they are receiving an unprecedented amount of well deserved negative publicity.
however, they are still experiencing modest growth.
Jourles, your post made me laugh and made total sense at the same time.
"forget this wishy-washy jehovah is the judge crap".........................................that is freakin funny. Thanks.
elder 1,. .
i will be in town on xxxxxx, december xxx.
i'm sure you would agree that my everlasting life is an important enough reason to revisit some of the outstanding questions i posed last year to be addressed.
Wow!
You go Mavie. I'm impressed.
elder 1,. .
i will be in town on xxxxxx, december xxx.
i'm sure you would agree that my everlasting life is an important enough reason to revisit some of the outstanding questions i posed last year to be addressed.
