lifespan of watchtower teaching?.
today i added a new article to my blog showing a snapshot in time of what might be a revelation of whats to come of watchtower doctrines of today.
its short and its telling.
The revelation book was made to be studied 3 times over and now they discard it. When I think of the cumulative time spent studying and restudying this crap --i feel a little vomit coming up. :(
Thanks Marvin for bringing this to the light--love your blog
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If its something I can't stomach, then I make up an excuse not to do it or swap with another sister.
milan italy public demonstration against ostracism practiced by the watchtower.. .
two years after rome, yesterday december 1st, day by day, we were about 100 of us demonstrating on a public square in the center of milan, italy.. .
at about 10-11 a.m. many of us were already on the spot, installing our gazebo on the public square where we were granted authorization by the police and starting the distribution of about 4000 tracts to passersby in the surrounding squares, boulevards and streets exposing the watchtower for its teachings and instructions on discriminating those who decide to use their rights to walk away from this religious movement without to have to incur the ostracism imposed by the leadership.
Grazie Marco, Gianni, Davide e Silvana for your youtube expressions.
As many on this thread have said--I also applaud the fact that educating the public is a better way to go.
after reading coc and isocf i cried, i was in shock, disillusioned, angry, and afraid... anyone wants to share their experience?.
i would like to see what you think about these questions when compared with your account.. why people from different backgrounds feel similar reactions?
(cannot be a conpiracy).
While I was reading Ray's books I started feeling like a heavy rock fell off my back. I felt a tremendous relief. All those pieces of the puzzle finally fit. But after everything sank in then I became really angry. I went through a period of depression at the thought of having been so gullible and stupid --and sacrificing my entire youth for men in New York.
yes, we can call them that now, without fear of being disfellowshipped for apostasy.. .
http://www.jw.org/en/news/events-activities/annual-meeting-report-2012/.
http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/governing-body-says-we-are-the-faithful-and-discreet-slave.
tooooo funny
here's my article on the latest development in the conti case.... http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/you-cant-use-patterson-court-denies-watchtowers-bond-motion.
i've tried to write it in such a way as to explain what's going on for people (like myself) who struggle to understand complex legal issues.. i've also availed myself of the help of a valued poster on this forum who wishes to remain anonymous.. i hope people will find the article helpful.
as always, if people notice any problems with it, please let me know (as kindly as possible!
Thanks Cedars! Very nice and easy to understand. I can't wait to see this through.
there is an article today in daily mail one of the largest uk newspapers about the plymouth brethren that should worry every thinking jehovah's witness.. the charities commision in britain is threatening the charitable status of a small offshoot of the aglican church the plymouth brethren .the reason ?
they don't perform enough charitable work for their local community .
at a time where the tax avoidance of large businesses such as google ,ebay,amazon and starbucks is under serious question in britain ,the charities commision's investigation into this little church's charitable status comes as no surprise .the 2006 charities act forced charities, often at high cost, to 'demonstrate' value to society .so far being a christian church automatically exempt you off taxes ,this is not the case anymore .
I have wondered for some time how watchtower how been able to get away with their charitable status. Perhaps things will change. This report from the UK and others appear to indicate that the winds of change are arriving. Yesterday someone sent me this link regarding the Italian government and the vatican's tax exempt status.
http://www.euronews.com/2012/02/17/italy-government-ends-vatic aan-tax-exemptions/
richard m. rawe was born may 10, 1934. he died in his sleep a little before midnight, october 26, 1012, in soap lake, washington.
his death was caused by probable acute myocardial infarction and cardiovascular disease.. in 1995, richard had a major stroke that left him with damage to his vocal cords.
previous to the stroke he had a beautiful speaking voice and was much in demand as a speaker in kingdom halls in the northwest when he was a jehovahs witness prior to 1975. in his later years, richard was the host with the raspy, croaky voice of the dialogue telephone conference-line program which hundreds of people listened to twice a month on saturday evening.. up until his death, richard was an attractive, partially balding, gray-haired man, still tall and elegant in appearance, who carried himself with class and dignity no matter how bad he physically felt.
REst in peace Richard
i used to listen to all the stupid comments and wonder if i could sneak out of there and scram!
even after i resigned as an elder, i went for a while and eventually began missing more and more meetings.
but while i was there, i'd listen to comments, chuckle to myself how dumb it all was and then go home with the knowledge that my days were numbered there..
mental grocery list
planning my weekly meals
how long were they able to stay?
what conversation or other things did you do together?.
The maxiumum any CO and wife ever stayed was 1 hour. The conversations were pretty shallow. I remember one that always felt compelled to tell us of all the places he and his wife visited and how they visited different contries by going to international assemblies or their ski trips.
