not a very shocking headline, but it's true.
the witnesses are always pointing at things and attributing them to jehovah's direction.
every religion in the world does that.
Everything good (raise in pay, new job, getting married, pioneering, new bible study, $60.00 dollars in tips when you need $60.00 to pay the rent, etc.) is the blessing of Jehovah. The angels are directing these good things. When a family gets slaughtered in Mexico, I guess Jehovah and the angels were too busy blessing other JW's to notice the problems in Mexico.
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there is a gray space, unconnected rifts in the truth.
it is a question that once you ask it you will never be the same - like being on the.
event horizon of a black hole.
Isn't there a WTBTS principle/rule that states "an hour for a donut, a hour for a donut" or is that "a day for a year, a day for a year"?
Can spin it anyway they like.
there is a gray space, unconnected rifts in the truth.
it is a question that once you ask it you will never be the same - like being on the.
event horizon of a black hole.
Anywhere from 607 to 1914 seconds. Depends on how many JW's are in the donut shop.
i'm glad that i had biblical doubts - which led me in turn to ttatt.
happified in fact.. for those of you who escaped the wt because of abuse or malice on the part of people in your congregations: are you glad?
(obviously not glad for the abuse itself).
All JW's are abused by the WTBTS. If we have been ill-treated or abused by 'people' in the org, it's because of the way the 'people' were trained or conditioned by the WTBTS. We have all been mentally manipulated and 'dumbed down' for decades. Being kept in constant fear of the big A and the constant guilt of not doing enough. We have been intellectually insulted with the WTBTS's screwy explainations and interpretations. We have been placed in danger due to their stupid medical restrictions. But---we have allowed ourselves to be in this position. so now is the time to get the hell out.
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i have seen quotations from time to time that says the wt & awake magazines have been changed when the bound volumes come out , has anybody ever been able to list these changes ?
and make a comparison .?
to me this is quite deceptive , like speaking out of both sides of your mouth .if you pick them up on one thing then they quote something different , and have the printed page to prove it.surely they need to be nailed down on this.. smiddy.
We can all be thankful for the internet and the ability to 'go back' and research to see the 'slight of hand' the the WTBTS has used on us for decades. Since the internet they can't hide their 'stuff' anymore. So much has been exposed via sites such as this and I am very thankful to see ttatt.
faking of hours in field service or dragging service time out by making coffee stops or driving for hours "between" household contacts are never frowned upon, let alone mentioned, in the publications.
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yet, in each congregation of jehovah's witnesses, to one degree or another, faking hours, padding time out with coffee stops and long journeys between opportunities to "witness" are endemic practices..
My wife's best friend is a 'pioneer' and they go in 'service' together often. (I have not been out in 'service' for years.) Just the other day I asked her how her field service day went. She replied that there were not many people at home so they made RV's. I asked her how much ACTUAL/REAL time was spent preaching and/or teaching during the hours they spent in 'service'.
My point of course was that JW's may spend hours going from d2d, all the while visiting and socializing, but in reality only minutes in actually preaching or talking about God and Christ. A sad waste of time!
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hey gang,.....i continue to write as thoughts come to me.
i would love to hear how the ladies here feel about my observations on how the wtbs views/treats women.. new article here: http://darrinhart.hubpages.com/hub/gods-view-of-women-according-to-the-watchtower-bible-tract-society.
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Freddy Franz didn't like women so that's why dubs have the attitude they have toward women. To be seen but not heard. Do all the crap work so the men can shine. Yep it's the JW way. Sad but true.
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faking of hours in field service or dragging service time out by making coffee stops or driving for hours "between" household contacts are never frowned upon, let alone mentioned, in the publications.
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yet, in each congregation of jehovah's witnesses, to one degree or another, faking hours, padding time out with coffee stops and long journeys between opportunities to "witness" are endemic practices..
"Making your time" is the most important thing to pioneers. All of them have creative ways to 'count time'. The 'pioneer shuffle' was one of my favorites. At the end of the service year the big buzz among pioneers is; "Did you make your time?".
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this is and odd topic but there is a part of me that really misses feeling that i knew more about the world than 99.9% of the people.
i spent so many years in school being the odd person because of religion.
i embraced it to some extent.
If a false sense of security/superiority is better than no sense of security/superiority then I would answer yes to your question.
However, I have found it much more comforting and intellectually rewarding to have; questions that cannot be answered as opposed to answers that cannot be questioned.
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what is the proof it should be there?.
i've brought up to jws that revelation says not to take anything out or you will get the second death.. but they are ok with it because they compare it to not using the book of thomas, mary, etc.. what would you say to that?.
'Let's change or omit whatever doesn't fit cause the rank and file will not care enough to say anything'.
When the next updated and revised NWT comes out, the words at 1 John 4:8 will also be revised to say "God is organization".
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