this is the first message from the co:.
"william claire menninger, a co-founder of the menninger foundation in topeka, kansas, wrote 13 symptoms of mental illness.
one of them is: the attitude that i am always right and others always wrong.
A nice quot of Menniger. However...
A "cherished teaching", but based on what? At least JW try to base their doctrines on the Bible. The teaching of the trinity is even bigger fee-faw-fum. Accepting the trinity because the Church Fathers did so, is just plain stupid. And how is that teaching beneficial? Just because it can be interpolated into a statement about vices and virtues, doesn't make tha teaching beneficial.
I think this so-called CO is getting delusional.
Wow... In about 5 hours already 21 (ex-) elders.
hey guys !
i've stopped believing the watchtower crap a few years ago.
i achieved this on my own, despite being raised as one.
Hi cookiemaster,
As a fellow European (dutchmen in Spain) I'd like to welcome you!
You describe yourself as a nonbeliever and even a secret atheist.
How long do you think you can keep up the appearance of a JW?
i have been noticing in recent threads that people have been observing that the zeal has been waning among r+f jws.
i have observed that most zealous, die hards have gone to foreign lands, or foreign language congregations, leaving the others in the stagnant english congregations.
when you think of it, if you cared at all about bringing people into the cult, you probably would be preaching where it is fertile, the foreign field.
I loved the book study. But most of the time I felt I was the only one.
http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/activities/help-community/suicide-prevented-sky-tower/.
posted 21 nov 13. actual event.... 5 jan 13. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10857849.
perhaps this is why is does not appear in the news headlines.... http://www.jw.org/en/news/.
Under the title 'Priest helps talk man down': "As well as three police negotiators, the man had asked to speak to a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses and a Catholic priest." - See http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10857555
what might the wts do to counteract growth stagnation and attrition?.
of course they could ditch certain teachings and practices such as blood, shunning and homophobia.. how about if they closed the kingdom hall network (all proceeds back to mothership) and built out more regional mega-churches?
<assembly halls>.
They should make a clear distinction between clear biblical teachings and personal convictions . If the Bible is not clear on a particular topic, it should be a matter of personal conscience. That would then also include teachings like 1914, preaching, the earthly/heavenly hope, etc (so, uhm... basically every teaching ). Don't force people to believe in things that aren't obvious.
for yourself and others.. do you think the wts can or should be destroyed, will continue on as-is or grow / change?.
do i blame them?
so i blame that on them.
Interesting read. I see many similarities between us. Thank you.
maybe its just me , i`m just curious as to how many people on this site are from australia as i am .
how many from germany , italy , zambia , etc.
etc.. do two or three "countries " seem to dominate the threads ?
Here another dutchie living in Spain.
i have learned to stay away from all religion and jehovahs wittness doctrine (that includes the watchtower and awake magazines).
stay away from positions of ministerial servant, pioneer, aux pioneer, elder, and the like.
once you become a full fledged jehovah wittness you are doomed to be unhappy.
as my second post on this forum, i want to share this with you guys!
this is the official branch organization manual (updated 2003) of jehovah's witnesses:.
http://jhonlemos.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/branch-organization-watchtower.pdf.
@notgoinback Thank you for that Standards Manual (2005). The last part about SPECIAL TERMINOLOGY did have some interesting guidelines about disallowed expressions in the literature:
| Approved Term | Disallowed Term |
| blinded, deceived, or comparable expressions | brainwashed |
| friends When refering to the brothers | |
| Jehovah’s Witnesses | Jehovah’s Christian Witnesses (opposition group) |
one of Jehovah’s Witnesses |
a Jehovah’s Witness |
| selected delegate Individuals who have been designated to attend special conventions |
approved delegate |
| unassigned territory | isolated territory |
