i was in the organization until 2011. .
i n-e-v-e-r heard of this problem.
not even a whisper.
i had it hammered into me at an early age - not to bring reproach on jehovahs name. everything had to be dealt with internally ..if at all.
brothers who had a business deal that went sour were encouraged to handle it away from the courts.
anything to do with sex went straight to the elders and rarely any further.
it`s always a buzz to see this with the naked eye and know that their are human beings orbiting the earth a couple of hundred miles up every 90 minutes or so .. the wife and i were just sitting out on our porch/patio waiting for the cool change to arrive when i noticed this "star" moving across the sky in a se/nw (?
) direction { i hope that`s right }.
anyhow i thought some others on here may be interested in tracking the iss from time to time.. by the way the cool change hasn`t arrived here yet it`s still quite warm though not as hot as it was today at 41 deg c.
i remember about 5 years ago i was back in latrobe valley - near warragul, but up in the hills. anyway i was spotlighting looking for foxes and a bright star started moving across the sky.. it really freaked me out and i was convinced that it was aliens XO next day i did a bit of research online to see if anyone else had seen it and i found out it was the space station.
anybody got any idea why the cover picture on the young people ask book was changed?
they removed the picture of the boy bottom right & superimposed a different head.
maybe the guy got dfd or maybe it was to change it to an asian guy rather than 2 caucasians?
yes i heard he dropped out needed replacing with sth similar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wktxjuyiat4.
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been listening to a lot of ambient black metal and vaporwave
probably you noticed that my avatar is a photo of steve harris, bassist of iron maiden.
i have quite a few years that i started to listen this kind of music, even when i was in the jwland.
although it was a "no-no" in the borders of jwland, i knew a lot of brothers and sisters that listened and loved this kind of music.
me too - always liked metal and got caught up in the satanic panic of the 80s.. playing records backwards.i remember i had def leppard hysteria record and my family had a kingdom bbq thing ..anyway i invited a few young ones into my room and proceeded to play one of the songs backward - it has really clear vocals when u play it. anyway couple of kids totally freaked out and 2 weeks later there was a public needs part on the tuesday night meeting - all about the devil and music. XD
i would like to state publicly, on this forum, i no longer hold the views i had a year ago.. with much thought, research, study and logical examination i have come to a better understanding of my beliefs and where i stand on all these issues.. i'm very happy to announce i have returned to healthful teaching of the holy scriptures and i firmly believe that the governing body of jehovah's witnesses is the faithful slave.. sorry if i have contibuted to any kind of stumbling and know that if i can turn things around then there's hope for all who come to there sence.. phill4:6,7.
follow your path - fxxx the haters.
growing up was ok being a jw or so i thought, i guess u accept life as it comes when yr a kid , anyhow i played guitar and my elder dad (who is currently df) would forbid me to learn hotel california or even if it came on the radio he would run and quickly turn it off , .
he explained he had heard a tape recording at work that explained that this song along with stairway to heaven and others had back masking on it and when played backwards would say stuff like "satan has his own congregation " or other stuff like that , now this was not a jw sanctioned audio talk just some other christian production .. none of dad's other peers felt the same and growing up it illustrated to me dad's propensity to be influenced and convinced about something seemingly innocuous to others.. fast forward to a year or so ago and i showed him a section from the eagles documentary where don henley talks about the meaning of hotel california and how much trouble christian evangelists gave the song due to their own interpretation etc , so completely refuted the claims my father had told me were fact as a kid ,from the horses mouth so to speak .
his answer was ,"well of course he'd say that he wants to save face ,he wouldn't admit the truth !".
probably true ,the song was supposed to be about the building anton levay converted into satanic church.. the eagles members said it was metaphorical though.
but so what?
we only do what we want to..brain washing isnt real unless you're on medication.
blaming back-masking on your actions is laughable.
another article analyzing how bad poor jw's have it when it comes to opposition from family.
few interesting quotes:.
parr 2:.
i think what it comes down to basically in a nutshell :
As far as their thinking goes - our families are choosing to spend 'eternal life without us' rather than spend the 'rest of our lives' with us.
Understanding that point is what helped me to fully let go.
For a long time I thought they were shunning me because they wanted me to return.
But it wasnt that at all.
They chose their path and nothing will come in between them and their goal.
i'm in japan for three weeks visiting my sister-in-law and brother.
the people are so polite and i came across two female jw using the cart.
it is the same experience i noticed back in the states.
yeah?
well here in japan i often see them having convo's with a broad spectrum and people taking literature..
i'm in japan for three weeks visiting my sister-in-law and brother.
the people are so polite and i came across two female jw using the cart.
it is the same experience i noticed back in the states.
the carts are the new face of the organization. i think they are a great idea actually - from a business perspective..free advertising,brand awareness etc.. also i think a lot of people prefer having the carts on the street at the same location,rather than incessant door knocking. at the very least you can avoid using that particular corner or street if you dont want it in your vision
