In that case, they probably leave "en masse"
YOu'd think they would have already did this when they went over it that 15th bazzillionth time.
i told my jw mum and jw brother that i'm pagan, i mean, this time i really told them.. previously i'd "mentioned it" to my mum, who seemed to accept it, but then chose to totally ignore what i'd said.. anyway, i suspect my jw brother reads this board, because of some things he said.... .
my mother said i'm "jumping on the bandwagon" which made me think she knows more about neo-paganism than i'd realised lol .
my brother surprised me very much.
In that case, they probably leave "en masse"
YOu'd think they would have already did this when they went over it that 15th bazzillionth time.
i told my jw mum and jw brother that i'm pagan, i mean, this time i really told them.. previously i'd "mentioned it" to my mum, who seemed to accept it, but then chose to totally ignore what i'd said.. anyway, i suspect my jw brother reads this board, because of some things he said.... .
my mother said i'm "jumping on the bandwagon" which made me think she knows more about neo-paganism than i'd realised lol .
my brother surprised me very much.
A new revelation book?
OH NOOOOOoooooo!!!!
The last one was bad enough, you'd think they'd know better than to publish another book like that to torture the JW masses with.
i recently was called upon by jw?s at my door and given the brochure ?keep on the watch?
i posted about it last week, the very nice jw lady with the novel take on ?how close the end is, with special reference to how many bible pages i am holding between my fingers?.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/80651/1.ashx.
The WTS is reporting a worldwide 1% growth for 2004, the lowest for decades. Maybe it has to do with all the loathsome diseases one can catch on the Internet.
ROFLMAO
It's laughable that they'd even publish a stat like that although they will be sure to use it as being a pointer to being so close to the end.
so, not only do i have to greatly sacrifice mentally by going to the darn assemblies 3x yearly, but now they've made it so that you have to pay attention and take notes because there'll be a review with questions and answers at the following meetings.. gosh, the mind control never stops!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
comments anyone?!.
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My poor husband wants even more privileges, but he's reached the top a man can reach with a 'spiritually weak' wife. I feel really bad for him.
"Spiritually Weak"
I detest that vile term to no end in the context that JWs use it and have taken to task everyone of my JW relatives who've used it to denigrate me.
I guess I'd rather have a considered "weak sprirt" than to live life as a JW and have it totally crushed.
no, really, do you know how it all started?
i'm just curious.
****sniff***
***sniff***
You smell that.........?
the day jehovah's witnesses in riverside california blinked
on fairly short notice silentlambs sent out an advisory to the public that jehovah's witnesses were once again going to court to speak as character witnesses for a convicted pedophile.
earlier in the week on monday a large group of jehovah's witnesses had made known their intention to come to court as they had for the last two years to publicly support and offer character statements for a man convicted on several counts of molesting his daughters.
This is amazing.. I used to live in Morino Vally, Calafornia back in 1989. Morino Vally is about 30 miles from Riverside.
Yeah...I visited with a relative in Morino Valley a couple of years ago and got to know the area very well.
I remember going into a mall there and was surprised to see that the JWs had a table set-up in a local mall offering their litter-ature. Guess it's a lot easier doing that than going door to door in that sweltering heat.
shunners, they are afraid.
how to deal with them.
having been df'd about a year ago for apostasy (the sin of thinking for yourself without disengaging your mouth) i have taken advantage of several opportunities to speak to local jw's.
I'd hardly call white briefs with skid marks in the back panties...you dirty little apostate.
ROFL....
does it have to do with having been a witness?
the fact that you missed out in something??
what?
Not reallizing the true potential I had for realizing the dreams I had for my life sooner.
Spent most of my young adult life doing things bass-ackwards or half-assed because that was all I thought I was capable of doing. My experience with the "hovah" organization only exacerbated this situation since to belong you have to sift most every decision you make through a WT or Awake magazine or the strictest conscious in your JW social circle.
Ten years ago, after I'd made the decision to go back to school and the "brothers" and my wife were sitting there in a living room my paltry salary at the time paid for telling me that I was wasting my time and nothing would come of me trying to educate myself.....I don't know....something in me just snapped.
I've been making up lost ground, to all of their dismay, ever since..........
i had another visit from witnesses at my door on saturday, only the second time in the four years we?ve lived here.
a very nice young girl, it was, offering me the ?keep on the watch?
magazine.. i let her make her pitch, which was mostly all about how terrible the world was today, and then just replied with enough interest for her to keep going, without giving anything away.
yeah...I had a bunch of elders in my ouse 10 years ago spouting that where we are in the 'stream of time" crap to me when I'd decided tog o back to school.
should've kicked them both to the curb then
at the circuit overseer's talk last week he made the comment that some "of the friends" are finding it difficult to move ahead with jehovah's organization (tm).
the co said that a few had asked, "is it necessary to have 5 meetings a week, and a magazine every other week?".
"couldn't we do without one meeting a week, and have monthly editions of the watchtower?
In the 20 years I was a JW, the only thing I saw moving ahead were the constant changes in their lies.
that's the only "moves" I've seen this organization make the thirty years I've known them to exist also.
good observations..