if you choose to enter into a discussion on this site and you don't have the time, or patience, or are just too damn lazy to defend your position on any given topic that is perfectly fine.
i'm not going to bash you over the head about it.
however, please don't tell me that i'm "wasting my time" or that the person i'm trying to convince, "will never learn.
*Sees wall of text* oh what a waste of time...will people ever learn?
(sorry I had to) <3
No but seriously, I totally agree with you. I like disposable of hypocrisy's point. We don't know who's watching so might as well type some stuff up in the hopes of helping others. And having the information at a moments notice as you mentioned is invaluable.
Peace,
Garrett
i had a man walk by the cart and say "hey, you guys are now catching up the herbert armstrong's literature carts from the 1970s!
he wanted to know if our organization move's at the pace of "evolution" when it comes to adapting to social norms, what madness is he speaking about?
did herbert armstrong's crew have "the plain truth carts" in front of stores before jws had literature carts?
today i added a new article to my blog that shares a bit of astounding evidence of just how ridiculous it is for a jw to tell anyone anywhere that jws abstain from transfusion of blood, and plasma in particular.
this article is based on two studies authored by medical staff at duke university's center for blood conservation, a program that is heavily touted by the active "noblood" crowd among jws.
one of these studies contains a real whopper of a piece of information!
when you had to start dumping your worldy friends ??.
just curious that's all.
not being a witness ( ubm here ) i think everyone has known a jw kid and at a certain age " my mommy won't let me play with you ".
Ehm, personally, I wasn't much still am not much of a social creature, so I didn't have many friends... None of which I dumped. However I did dump my witness friends recently :P
i think i've mentioned before that from time to time my commute on the bqe takes me past the old factory buildings and the soon to be former headquarters building.
i was struck the other day with how shabby they've become.
even 25 columbia heights, still currently occupied, its facade is filthy.
Would you like to know why it won't be going anywhere any time soon?
Right here - "From 1966 to 1975 the Watchtower regularly implied that Armageddon would arrive in 1975. However, ask a Jehovah's Witnesses about this date and they will invariably deny there ever being such statements or that the Watchtower assigned any great importance to 1975. With this in mind it is enlightening to read the following quotes showing exactly what the Watchtower said. "
That right there gave everyone a good reason to leave the organization. Did they? No. The most valuable asset to the organization are the people and they have built a almost fail-proof system on keeping that asset.
Why do you think they stress going to EVERY meeting?
What about 10 hours of service a an average? To get that 10 hours you have to be out at least every Saturday.
Studying for meetings beforehand? I mean, 95% of the stuff in those magazine as so simple to comprehend and reply to that there is practically no reason to study it before hand.
Not to associate with "worldly people"? Why? So that they don't get idea put into their mind that contradict the WT.
Shun DFed DAed and be careful of your association with inactive ones? Because if you hang out with us long enough, you'll see the truth about the org. The brain can only handle so much logic before it realizes there is a problem somewhere.
All of these things are put in place so that no matter what happens, a witness will know that the org foretold it and will know how to respond.
I could keep going, but you get my point. The org has such a strong grasp on the minds of the "strong" that they will never sway in their beliefs.
during the many years of being a jw, i could never really bring myself to be exited about the co's visit.
this has been an issue that always kept me wondering back to religions.
why could not feel the same happiness that made everyone around me cry during the sunday service?
Ha, for the past 3 years I've missed every CO visit, then got pounded by the brothers when I said "he's just another brother". The CO visit is no different than a regular talk (except you have to sit on your bum for longer periods of time). I was never excited for it either.
What I love, though, is how everyone is on their best behavior when the CO comes. Everyone and their mother goes out in service as much as possible, literature which would have been a mess is now perfectly tidy, people who never commented are now commenting, elders are finally shepherding the flock like they're supposed to. And when he leaves? Everyone goes back to their normal routine. One brother once said "when the CO is here, I feel like a little child, I need to try to be good and perfect".
this video contains "the truth!!
" can you accept it??.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=et8f6p6blfg.
sorry.
i see it is on jw survey and from one of their earth shaking, mind bending, nausea producing jw.org broadcasts.. .
i'm new here but not new to researching and questioning the jw beliefs.
i have quite a story.... one that's been haunting me for awhile... but first, i'd like to hear what people have to say about this topic question, please.. -gigi.
i havent seen this posted in a while and i think its really well done, so i share here now:.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdp7pkecjvq.
